I just read that 460 million vacation days went unused last year by American workers … no wonder we have so many mental problems in our country! To all those people so worried about missing work I say this: “Be responsible, go on vacation!”
By Damien Riley
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Posted in Health, Inspiration, Reviews, Self Improvement
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Also tagged America, Inspiration, life, Love, mental-health, Productivity, sick days, spouse, stress, vacation days, vacation time, Vacations
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Do you know some who when you tell them about a service you received always has a better suggestion? It’s one thing for a person to give advice once in a while or even repeatedly when it is relevant or even better TRUE. It’s entirely another when in every conversation they claim to [...]
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This morning on my way to teach summer school for day one, I heard news on the radio that Tim Russert had suffered a thrombosis and succumbed to a massive heart attack. The news shocked me, he was only 58. The radio host explained he had an enlarged heart which usually means high [...]
More people were using Prozac in the 1990’s than aspirin. It was the pop drug of choice for millions of mental health caregivers. Was all that prescribing warranted? We found that Prozac caused suicides and a set of other mental health impairments that were just as bad as depression if not worse. [...]
By Damien Riley
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Posted in Health, Self Improvement
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Also tagged anger, anxiety, balance, brain, brain chemicals, depression, drugs, mental-health, pdoc, pdocs, popping pills, prozac, suicides, tranquilizer, xanax
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One of my favorite songs is the Beatles: “Let it Be.”
When I find myself in times of trouble …
Speaking words of wisdom let it be.
We live in the most “multi-tasking” and multi-demanding society in history. The human mind wasn’t created and hasn’t evolved to handle all the stress and demands in a given day. [...]
You know it isn’t often I run across a blog and instantly become a fan. That’s how it was for me a few months ago when I found It Might be Love. Of course I am a hopeless romantic so this blog appealed to me right away. It’s an unobtrusive, unassuming blog [...]
By Damien Riley
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Posted in Uncategorized
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Also tagged author, blog, blogger, expert, idea, joy, life, Love, Michelle Stein, philosophy, Psychology, relationships, romance, Writing
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Update: I wrote the post below 8 months ago. Since then, Randy has been on Oprah and the cover of every magazine imaginable. You can read how he is doing on his journey here. This guy is an incredible example of a possibility thinker. I try to emulate him. As [...]
I asked my lovely wife Sarah to video me telling this story. I wanted to get you thinking about times you may have wanted to “crawl into your shell.” This post is really to raise awareness about a site I ran across that deals with shellfish education. As bad as that [...]
March 25, 2008 – 10:08 am
The blogger from In Good Taste asked me to write a guest blog for his clean and impressive Wordpress.com blog. It was no stretch with Sarah’s help. She does a lot of recipe/nutrition type stuff on her blog. Anyway, together we made a pretty good presentation (if I do say so myself). [...]