Just published as a Beliefnet gallery … Brain hiccups. We all get a case of them now and then. For some they are fleeting and all a person has to do is to take a deep breath, visualize their departure, and poof! They’re gone. Not so easy for the rest of us. If I counted up the...

Two bombs explode in the crowded streets near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. Three people are killed, including an 8-year-old watching his father run, and more than 130 are injured. But there are thousands who will leave the race with post-traumatic stress symptoms. Although not all will develop what we define today as...

Here’s an entry from my archives that you’ll appreciate. Maybe. If you have a sense of humor. And are a tad OCDish like me. The most challenging part of my sprint triathlon last weekend had nothing to do with physical endurance, although I did feel like I was going to fall off my heavy mountain...

Tara Parker-Pope writes an interesting piece in the New York Times about using music to treat depression. You can get to the original article by clicking here.   Many people find that music lifts their spirits. Now new research shows that music therapy — either listening to or creating music with a specially trained therapist...

“To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain and play with it.” Those words fell out of the mouth of British comic actor and filmmaker Charlie Chaplain and they frame an appropriate attitude toward depression or any mood disorder. Because if I’ve learned anything in my lifelong recovery from depression and anxiety,...