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The season of dirty fingernails - garden therapy 2013.
I have concluded that my mental health is greatly improved by a day out in the garden. Yesterday was my first real concentrated effort in garden therapy and in the few short hours I invested I was rem...
5/18/13 at 11:16 AM Oops! I did it again... 9/25/12 at 8:53 PM
Crashed computers and Grandma Lil - perhaps it is half true. 1/30/12 at 10:43 AM
Sibling Rivalry
Hello PIC parents! Sibling Rivalry can be jealousy, competition andfighting between brothers and sisters. It's usually a concern for most parents and can be very frustrating and stressful. Read on ...
2/15/13 at 7:02 PM Family Dinners are Beneficial! 9/5/12 at 10:30 AM
A slight case of insomnia
For the last few nights, I've been battling a slight case of insomnia. I've been going to bed around 11:30, 12 p.m. each night. And although I've been exhausted, I unfortunately haven't been able to f...
1/16/13 at 1:19 PM
Autism and Xenobiotics
Methylation and redox buffering activities are equally supported by the methionine cycle and transsulfuration during normal redox conditions. [However], during oxidative stress multiple adaptive mecha...
12/15/12 at 4:21 PM The MAPK Pathway 12/11/12 at 9:19 PM
Alcoholism: an Issue of Mind Over Matter? 12/2/12 at 5:29 PM
A Recipe for Christmas De-stressing - AHHHHH....
You battle the crowds to find that perfect gift. You worry what to make for Christmas dinner. And you wonder how you'll pay for all of this excess. Christmas is supposed to be one of the happiest t...
12/6/12 at 12:00 AM
Change - Both hard and possible.
Change is hard. As almost all people know, it can be really hard to change! When we think about ways to move towards change, some ideas work well and others not so much. Here is a list of routes to ch...
11/28/12 at 2:53 PM
Season of stress
Harvest is the most exciting time in farming. Nothing else measures up to bringing in the crops that were planted and nurtured so carefully. But harvest is stressful, too, especially when the weather ...
9/7/12 at 11:05 AM
The value of doing nothing
For one glorious day this summer, I did nothing. Well, not literally nothing. The cat was fed, a couple of reasonably nutritious meals were prepared and the dishes were stacked in the dishwasher. Bu...
8/18/12 at 10:51 AM The younger generation: more stressed, less healthy? 7/20/12 at 12:21 PM
Frazzled for the holidays 11/25/11 at 11:17 AM
Parenting Perspectives: Grad Party Stress
[Please enjoy my latest parenting column, which was printed today in The Forum, North Dakota's largest daily newspaper, as it is one Tuesday a month. Reprinted with permission.] Parenting Perspectives...
5/17/11 at 9:32 AM
National PTSD Awareness Day
The U.S. Senate has passed a resolution authored by Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., designating June 27 as National Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Day. "The stress of war can take a...
6/24/10 at 9:23 AM
Staying stress free
This week, I'm going to be focusing on keeping stress to a minimum. That hasn't been the case leading up to my previous marathons, even though it's an important time to keep emotions in check. On Sun...
5/4/09 at 9:29 AM
