Addiction to gambling
Do you gamble more than you can afford, even to the point where it destroys your finances or relationship or both? Do you find yourself out of control when faced…
Diaphragmatic breathing: A tutorial
You know how, when you have stress in your life, your body responds? You hear bad news, and your muscles tense; something gives you a fright, and your heart beats…
Migraines and stress
Some people never get a migraine. Some people get one occasionally. But for a few unlucky souls, migraines are a frequent hell of pain and misery. A migraine can be…
Stress Management
How can you deal with stress? Before I answer this question, let's start with a quotation. A growing body of research shows that — by teaching people how to cope with…
Addiction
So many addictions! Think about all the substances and behaviours that a person can get addicted to. Let's have a look at just a few of the addictions that people…
Detox and health diets
I've been one of the very many people to try to improve their health or detoxify their body through the use of diet. Each time, I had no medical advice;…
Dealing with insomnia
It's important to check with your doctor if something medical is behind your insomnia. You can often get medicine to alleviate it in the short-term. In most cases, a combination…
Smoking cessation: Habit or addiction?
How many times have you tried to give up smoking? Is smoking hard because it's a bad habit? Or is it an addiction where the primary drug, nicotine, makes it…
When pain grows
Usually, whether it is physical or emotional, we expect pain to gradually or quickly go away. If you stub your toe, it might take minutes, hours or days to disappear,…
What is it about weight loss that makes it so difficult?
This article is for you if you struggle with weight loss because you overeat. If your problem has, or might have, a medical cause, you must see your doctor. Weight…
Starting afresh
My previous sites were no longer suitable. One of them broke when doing security updates (go figure), and the other one was old and needed replacing. This site will completely…