Elderly Nutrition Program
I was just reading an article in a supplement to my local newspaper about centenarians who are still
working and loving it.
I intend to be one of them, so I am looking harder and harder at my SAD or Standard American
Diet, and eliminating processed foods slowly but surely.
However, one of those...
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Elderly Nutrition Program I was just reading an article in a supplement to my local newspaper about centenarians who are still working and loving it. I intend to be one of them, so I am looking harder and harder at my SAD or Standard American Diet, and eliminating processed foods slowly but surely. However, one of those centenarians, Attorney Jack Borden has a breakfast everyday of biscuits and gravy with ham or sausage. At 61, I exercise regularly and take care of the pillars of brain fitness, and I really need to tweak my nutrition. I am heavy, but at this stage of the game, I am more concerned with my immune system and making sure it gets the necessary phytochemicals, vitamins, minerals, fiber, glyconutrients, ect. to communicate effectively. I would prefer not to fall prey to either an accute or a chronic illness at this stage of the game, so I am looking at juicing as a way to get good food in my body in a tasty and time efficient manner. I also want to make sure my kids ge
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Pub. on July 3rd 2011
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Drug Abuse Recovery
Drug Abuse Recovery
First the good news about drug abuse recovery.
You can do it.
There are any number of paths to chose from.
You might wake up one morning and decide that enough is enough and quit, and I have heard
people talk about that model many times over the years.
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Drug Abuse Recovery Drug Abuse Recovery First the good news about drug abuse recovery. You can do it. There are any number of paths to chose from. You might wake up one morning and decide that enough is enough and quit, and I have heard people talk about that model many times over the years. There are any number of treatment facilities and models, and then there are the 12 step models of drug abuse recovery. There is the CBT4CBT model which involves computerized cognitive behavioral therapy. There are medical models, for example antabuse for alcoholism. There are biofeedback models, for example the Peniston Protocol for alpha-theta brainwave biofeedback, which is an excellent tool, by the way. You may involve yourself in a nutritional therapy, (ever heard of the CHIP program?) or with a naturopath or an acupuncturist or even a chiropractor. There are non-traditional spiritual paths utilizing shamanic techniques, the study of Chi Gong, or meditation, and I know of a local yoga
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Pub. on May 29th 2011
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Emwave Personal Stress
Does the emwave cause personal stress? The answer is no.
The emwave is the brand name for a
powerful biofeedback stress reliever, based on research on the heart s own sophisticated nervous
system.
I have been using the emwave technology personally and professionally since 2000, and if I
lapse into calling the...
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Emwave Personal Stress Does the emwave cause personal stress? The answer is no. The emwave is the brand name for a powerful biofeedback stress reliever, based on research on the heart s own sophisticated nervous system. I have been using the emwave technology personally and professionally since 2000, and if I lapse into calling the emwave Heartmath, which was its previous name, please know that I use the names interchangeably. I was doing EEG biofeedback in the late 90s and participating in a list serve for EEG brainwave biofeedback providers maintained by EEG Spectrum when I first heard of the Heartmath or emWave technology. Some of the EEG folks were raving about Heartmath and its impact on their clients, and since I am always searching for new tools for myself, I decided to check into it. I discovered that a hospital nearby, in St. Charles, Illinois was providing Heartmath trainings to the general public, and their entire staff had trained on the Heartmath. I was impressed t
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Pub. on May 1st 2011
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Improving Your Memory
Improving Your Memory
Improving your memory has been provoking us to develop memory systems for a long time.
There are hundreds of them, and the most recent improving your memory tools include technology
designed to improve recently discovered capacities of the human brain called neurogenesis and...
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Improving Your Memory Improving Your Memory Improving your memory has been provoking us to develop memory systems for a long time. There are hundreds of them, and the most recent improving your memory tools include technology designed to improve recently discovered capacities of the human brain called neurogenesis and neuroplasticity. A great example of the most recent technology is the Posit Science Brain Fitness Program, which has been demonstrated in the ACTIVE study to roll back memory loss 10 years. The recently published IMPACT study (April 2009) demonstrated similar results when the Posit Science system was used by 524 Senior Citizens, all over the age of 65. In fact, there is quite a bit of uproar in the marketplace about a new concept called brain fitness. The marketers, of course, are saying that we should all begin to work out our brains like we work out our biceps, because those brains grow new brain cells every day which, generally speaking, migrate to the hippocampus
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Coping Strategies for Grief
It is close to Christmas at our house, and last weekend my wife was at a family Thanksgiving
dinner which we attend every year, when she said that she wanted to go by her brother s grave to
visit, and so we did.
Her brother has been gone for nine years now.
Dean was killed in a
construction accident, just...
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Coping Strategies for Grief It is close to Christmas at our house, and last weekend my wife was at a family Thanksgiving dinner which we attend every year, when she said that she wanted to go by her brother s grave to visit, and so we did. Her brother has been gone for nine years now. Dean was killed in a construction accident, just before Thanksgiving, and my wife experiences some pain every year at the anniversary of his death. She was 34 when he died, and Dean was a young man too. As the days get shorter heading into the Winter Solstice, I find myself becoming a bit melancholy with the season, and remembering regrets and the number of days that have already passed in my life, as I am 60. Call it an informal life review. On the whole, I am very satisfied with my decisions and choices, but I have made my share of mistakes too. So I like to acknowledge the season with little rituals and prayers, like cleansing myself and my house with sweet grass, and simple appreciation for the
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Marriage Coaching
Marriage coaching is a growing service.
If you are like me, and I was late in my 40 s when I met
Julie, my wife, I still had a bit of starry-eyed naivete about marriage.
We were a couple for several years before we married, and I thought I was really committed to
her and our son, so I was surprised at what happened...
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Marriage Coaching Marriage coaching is a growing service. If you are like me, and I was late in my 40 s when I met Julie, my wife, I still had a bit of starry-eyed naivete about marriage. We were a couple for several years before we married, and I thought I was really committed to her and our son, so I was surprised at what happened when we tied the knot. I felt a deeper commitment than when we were just cohabitating, and that has grown as I have come to recognize the ways she blesses my life, and the choices she forgoes to stay with me. That is a humbling experience. And even though I have that realization and the feeling of humility frequently, there are also moments of frustration around issues like money, sex, parenting, and follow through on promises made, and at those moments of frustration, I need to very effectively manage my thinking and feelings so that I do not turn the self-talk in my head to an accusation making her the persecutor and me the victim. When I do that in
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Nutrition Counselors
General Information:
Nutrition Counselors advise and counsel on the nutritional value of food, caloric intake, and other
food characteristics, while ensuring that nutritional requirements and health goals are met.
Career Information:
Nutrition Counselors (clinical dietitians) provide nutritional services for...
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Nutrition Counselors General Information: Nutrition Counselors advise and counsel on the nutritional value of food, caloric intake, and other food characteristics, while ensuring that nutritional requirements and health goals are met. Career Information: Nutrition Counselors (clinical dietitians) provide nutritional services for patients in institutions such as hospitals and nursing homes. They assess patients nutritional needs, develop and implement nutrition programs, and evaluate and report the results. They also confer with doctors and other health care professionals in order to coordinate medical and nutritional needs. Some nutrition counselors specialize in the management of overweight patients, care of the critically ill, or care of renal (kidney) and diabetic patients. In addition, those employed by nursing homes or small hospitals may also manage the food service department. Educational Requirements: 4 year degree Suggested High School/Collegiate Courses: Agriculture, f
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Coping Strategies for Anxiety
Can following a strategy based on the pillars of brain fitness help you cope with anxiety?
Absolutely, and not only do you cope with anxiety, you grow new neurons.
Not sure about you,
but when it comes to brains, I think bigger is better.
So what are the pillars of brain fitness and how can I implement...
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Coping Strategies for Anxiety Can following a strategy based on the pillars of brain fitness help you cope with anxiety? Absolutely, and not only do you cope with anxiety, you grow new neurons. Not sure about you, but when it comes to brains, I think bigger is better. So what are the pillars of brain fitness and how can I implement them? Those pillars are; physical exercise, nutrition including lots of omega 3 fatty acid and antioxidants, sleep, stress management, and novel learning experiences. If you have a lot of stress in your life, learning coping strategies for anxiety can help you manage that stress. While some of the strategies cannot replace the care of a doctor or the relief some medications can give, these steps are ones you can begin right away. The first step in handling anxiety is to make sure you spend some time every single day doing something fun. Laughter helps to loosen the tight bands of stress in the body and can help you relax. Whatever it is that you find
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Diet Phone Counseling
Diet phone counseling is another interesting development where combining counseling with
communication technology shows promise for relief.
I have found research in recent weeks about the efficacy of phone counseling with weight loss,
smoking, depression, and anxiety.
As insurance companies and clients realize...
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Diet Phone Counseling Diet phone counseling is another interesting development where combining counseling with communication technology shows promise for relief. I have found research in recent weeks about the efficacy of phone counseling with weight loss, smoking, depression, and anxiety. As insurance companies and clients realize the value of services like diet phone counseling, I am sure the face of counseling will change. Probably much less of the face to face meeting at the counselor s office type of thing, and more of the e-mail, chat, or video session, and perhaps there will be no insurance reimbursement at all. Sessions involving interactive and/or online technology are usually less expensive. Here is the article; "As the use of Internet and telecommunications services continues to grow, researchers have questioned the practice of telephone counseling for general mental health. But according to a study reported in the April Journal of Counseling Psychology (Vol. 49, No.
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Self Esteem Counseling
Almost every counseling situation I have been involved in has had an element of self esteem
counseling in it.
What I mean by that is that clients are struggling with a concern that they do not have the tools to
handle a particular external sitution, and for those folks, self esteem counseling begins with...
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Self Esteem Counseling Almost every counseling situation I have been involved in has had an element of self esteem counseling in it. What I mean by that is that clients are struggling with a concern that they do not have the tools to handle a particular external sitution, and for those folks, self esteem counseling begins with teaching them first where their reality exists, which is inside their heads, in the interpretations and feelings generated after sensory perceptions. For those already aware of their feelings and cognitions, I begin to teach a model which allows them to challenge their thoughts. I usually start by asking them to imagine the best possible outcome, and stating their feelings as they imagine that outcome. And then I tell them to change that thought to the worst possible outcome, and again state their feelings, and clients usually begin to get a glimmer that thoughts bring feelings, and those thoughts exist inside themselves only, since they are in my office and
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Counseling Intervention
The term counseling intervention has taken on a little different meaning since the A&E show about
addictions interventions, although this particular kind of intervention has been around since
Vernon Johnson began it in the 1970 s, I believe.
To me though, as a domestic violence and anger management trainer, the...
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Counseling Intervention The term counseling intervention has taken on a little different meaning since the A&E show about addictions interventions, although this particular kind of intervention has been around since Vernon Johnson began it in the 1970 s, I believe. To me though, as a domestic violence and anger management trainer, the words counseling intervention mean interventions that I use in my counseling sessions. Those interventions come from Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Existential or Experiential models, from the 12 Steps, from Grief Counseling, from journaling models, from Gestalt, from T. A. , from any number of counseling models, from brainwave and heart variability biofeedback, from sound and light and binaural beat technology, from Chi Gong, but most importantly they reflect my orientation toward Solution Oriented Brief Therapy, Positive Psychology, and the Pillars of Brain Fitness. Brain fitness is a great lifestyle and counseling
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Counseling Degrees
I remember back to when I made the decision to pursue counseling degrees.
That moment was a watershed in my life.
Nothing has been the same since, and while there have
been personal and professional struggles across the ensuing 20 plus years, my Masters
counseling diploma has been a reminder of what I can...
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Counseling Degrees I remember back to when I made the decision to pursue counseling degrees. That moment was a watershed in my life. Nothing has been the same since, and while there have been personal and professional struggles across the ensuing 20 plus years, my Masters counseling diploma has been a reminder of what I can accomplish. In 1991, however, there were no online counseling degrees available. Online meant something entirely different then than it does now. Back then, Google was not yet born for example, and universities were just beginning to experiment with distance learning. None of my class rooms had computers in them, and when I began my graduate school adventure, I did not know how to use a computer, and was actually proud of that. Now I am earning my living online, and perhaps will provide for my children s college education through an online business. But now, undergraduate and graduate counseling degrees can be earned online from the comfort of your home, at
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Counseling for Couples
There are many counseling for couples models and counselors and therapists to choose from, and
there is some significant discussion about whether or not couples counseling even works.
I base my ideas about counseling for couples on my experiences as a domestic violence educator.
I believe that people can...
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Counseling for Couples There are many counseling for couples models and counselors and therapists to choose from, and there is some significant discussion about whether or not couples counseling even works. I base my ideas about counseling for couples on my experiences as a domestic violence educator. I believe that people can change. I have made changes, I have watched folks resurrect themselves like the Phoenix, from the ashes of their own lives and move on to productive, normal, existences. So I know change is possible, and I believe that the most economical model out there for couples to follow is the Gottman model called The Art and Science of Love. I have woven the Gottman model into my domestic violence work because of his work in the domestic violence field with Neil Jacobsen,Ph. D. which I found very intriguing. Gottman and Jacobsen addressed something which I believe is very important in domestic violence counseling, which is also addressed in the Gottman counseling fo
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Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Anxiety
Cognitive behavior therapy for anxiety is therapy to break the cycle of wrong thinking.
It gives a
person back control, educates and changes the way certain patterns or way of life have been
lived.
From childhood or through traumatic events, we learn a set of coping skills that can become
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Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Anxiety Cognitive behavior therapy for anxiety is therapy to break the cycle of wrong thinking. It gives a person back control, educates and changes the way certain patterns or way of life have been lived. From childhood or through traumatic events, we learn a set of coping skills that can become coping mechanisms. This type of treatment has been shown to be very effecting in treating anxiety and helping patients understand why they do what they do and how to change it. When a person feels fear, the body will react as if that fear was real. So if you feared that wind whipping through the trees would make them crash down around you, your body would release adrenaline in response to that fear. Now if you were actually in danger, that adrenaline could give you a burst of energy that could make you flee from the harm in order to protect yourself. That’s a healthy response. An unhealthy response is living in anxiety because of what does not take place.
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Counseling Courses
Counseling courses could refer to a couple of different ideas, one being the course of your work
with your counselor, your goals, the decisions the two of you make in regards to the overall
direction of your work, and another idea would be in regard to the counseling courses one would
take in counseling school in...
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Counseling Courses Counseling courses could refer to a couple of different ideas, one being the course of your work with your counselor, your goals, the decisions the two of you make in regards to the overall direction of your work, and another idea would be in regard to the counseling courses one would take in counseling school in preparation for becoming a counselor. Most of the information that you will find online has to do with the latter counseling course idea, the courses offered at various schools in preparation for your beginning a career as a counselor. Each university will have its own offerings, and a Christian university will have its own focus, which will be different than an online offering, which might be different than counseling psychology coursework from a bricks and mortar school. Online counseling courses might offer a specialty, such as bereavement counseling courses or addiction counseling courses or you might find yourself at a University website that offers
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How To Manage Stress
How to manage stress is the question of the day.
Not sure when you are going to read this, but it
is the winter of 2009, and folks everywhere in the country are suffering the impact of the worst
recession since the Great Depression, and I see the stress in my counseling practice every day.
I
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How To Manage Stress How to manage stress is the question of the day. Not sure when you are going to read this, but it is the winter of 2009, and folks everywhere in the country are suffering the impact of the worst recession since the Great Depression, and I see the stress in my counseling practice every day. I am located in one of the hardest hit manufacturing regions in the United States, where recessions last longer because of the strong manufacturing base. In fact, I began to notice that my court ordered guys were struggling to pay in July of 2007, which preceded the official beginning of the recession by about 6 months. So my clients are looking at a true double bind, completing court ordered counseling or psychoeducation within a certain time period, but having no or little money to pay for it. Many of my clients simply do jail time rather than complete the counseling since they cannot pay for it, which can put a tremendous strain on their family because one of the parent
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Listening Communication
How can listening be part of communication?
Isn t communication about speaking your message?
If no one hears your message, has communication occurred?
Actually, if no one listens to your message, no communication has happened.
I teach my clients over and over again in my domestic violence education program that...
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Listening Communication How can listening be part of communication? Isn t communication about speaking your message? If no one hears your message, has communication occurred? Actually, if no one listens to your message, no communication has happened. I teach my clients over and over again in my domestic violence education program that listening is a skill with discreet steps that can be learned and if you learn those steps, you will reap huge benefits in your personal and professional relationships. So what are the discrete steps of listening? 1. Make a commitment (thought) to yourself to listen, and then pay attention. And renew the commitment if it fades during the conversation, which takes some self awareness. 2. Repeat the speakers words to your self as they speak, which keeps you from preparing your retort. 3. It the speaker communicates more data than you can hold in your short term memory, ask for permission to repeat back to them a summary. 4. If the answer is yes, th
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Cognitive Exercises
Most counseling experiences are going to touch on cognitive exercises in some way, shape, or
form.
In Alcoholics Anonymous, for example, there are a number of catchy little phrases like "The
Attitude is Gratitude" which serve to change the chemistry in my brain and body very rapidly.
In fact, Mihalyi...
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Cognitive Exercises Most counseling experiences are going to touch on cognitive exercises in some way, shape, or form. In Alcoholics Anonymous, for example, there are a number of catchy little phrases like "The Attitude is Gratitude" which serve to change the chemistry in my brain and body very rapidly. In fact, Mihalyi Cszikszentmihalyi,Ph. D. , the author of the book FLOW says that we respond to changes in facial expression and tone of voice in 1/18th second, which is about twice as fast as I can blink my eyes. I have also seen the number of thoughts we have is 60,000 per day, so we already do a lot of cognitive exercise. So I need to have my cognitive exercise thoughts available for frequent and rapid deployment over the course of the day in order to achieve my feeling and or behavioral goals. In fact, cognitive exercises might actually involve a workout, because a brain that is regularly exercised is a brain in which awareness is increased, and the potential for positive cogni
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