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Category Archives: family illness
“Touch: simple physical act or healing art?” (Cont’d from prev..)
My most recent blog in this series, has attempted to no more than introduce the subject matter entailed in its title. In postings to follow, we shall, albeit briefly, set the scene historically, from which, hopefully we can answer such … Continue reading
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“Just relax”…Easier said than done! (Cont’d from previous…).
Hopefully you are already beginning to see that in reality, the response in fact lies within the compass of the old saying referred to above and gives rise to a further question. Although undeniably, “many roads” do indeed “lead … Continue reading
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Brawn, Brain, Brilliance.
Now, it is important to make the point here that what has been written above must be kept the proverbial “million miles” away from the utterly mistaken and indeed, at times absurd belief that whatever the nature of disease being … Continue reading
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The “split’ brain. (Continued from previous…
Given a fully functional right and left hemisphere of the brain it is – as Timothy Gallway· showed in his fascinating “Inner Game” series of volumes on tennis, golf, music etc. – possible and advantageous to develop the concept and … Continue reading
Living and Learning. (ii) (Continued from previous blog).
Allow me, if you will, to again share my thoughts and memories about good advice received, now long ago. To do so I will need yet again to return, to childhood days and growing up in a home, where much … Continue reading
HOW WE COPE: the Miracle of Brain. Intrduction.
Welcome back most warmly to http://www.coalfacecaring.com ; What has been offered hitherto in the form of previous blogs posted on this website, has throughout, focused on issues and concerns of day-to-day coping, with cancer and other life threatening illnesses. Unfortunately, … Continue reading
Stress Can Be Good For You: about stress generally.
Over the past several weeks now we have been focussing our interest quite specifically on snxiety and depression. I hope you might agree that recently posted blogs have provided a detailed and fairly comprehensive coverage of both subject matters. At … Continue reading
Depression: Some final thoughts.
I have decided to write this postscript, because as is often the way with afterthoughts, they emerge from a ‘thicket’ of focus and concentration on a given topic (in this case, depression) and are often at least worthy of articulation … Continue reading
Depression iic : Coping with life’s ‘deeper troughs’.
The question now arises as to why I have related the above account concerning Stephen as part of my discourse on depression? Well, it is because it does, in point of fact, provide a very good case record and example … Continue reading
Coping with Anxiety iv: The meaning and management of panic attacks.(Cont’d)
Following on from my last blog, I would ask you to consider the case of a woman who worries endlessly about the immediate and continuing safety of her young son, to the point where it is now spoiling lives. Yet … Continue reading