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Feeding Positive Energy Throughout The COVID-19 Holiday Season
How can we generate positive energy when we feel sucked into a black hole of negativity stoked by fear surrounding the microscopic invader: COVID-19? We want to hug loved ones – but might not be able to; we may be mourning the premature passing of a friend or loved one to this enemy. How can…
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Hunkering Down During COVID-19
During the holidays we want to share love and positive vibrations with friends and loved ones. Sadly, during this 2020 holiday season, we need to be physically more isolated than usual. Question: how can we share emotionally during these colder, shorter days of winter? Answer: ZOOM and other platforms over social media are ways we…
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The Stress and Strain of COVID-19 on Relationships (Part 1)
Your family communication and relationship ‘wellness’ (or lack thereof) may have come under a HUGE and powerful magnifying glass throughout 2020, for obvious reasons. Perhaps your positive vibes have been your constant companion, facilitating laughter and joy throughout the long months of an intense COVID-19 crisis. However, if you are like many who have found…
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The Stress and Strain of COVID-19 on Relationships (Part 2)
So, you decided to reclaim passion and share your joy. That puts you on the road to channeling positive energy. Congratulations! This task is well worth your effort. Begin by examining where you are now and why. If you have been living a life of ‘let’s not rock the boat’, you know what it feels…
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Parenthood: a Continuing Journey
Wondering how to handle gas lighting and deflection via email from your adult child? Your adult child is living over 1,000 miles away. It is your impression that your offspring has a full time job in a profession for which additional licenses and certification remain goals towards which there is (you believe) an active investment…
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Finding Your Joy (5 min read)
The human body is designed to self-heal minor physical wounds. While time may facilitate the body’s natural tendency, it may have an equally powerful influence on delaying healing when the wounds are invisible; intangible; emotional. Time may permit distraction, particularly when memory is tainted by pain. In that case, time may actually intensify wounds. What distracts from emotional…
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The Mind, Body and Spirit Approach to Self-Care
Regarding ‘Self-Care’ there are three aspects: mind, body, and spirit (3 min. read) “Self-care” of the mind includes but is not limited to nourishing your own intellect by challenging yourself (i.e. learning new skills & games such as chess, crossword puzzles, Sudoku; recalling faces and names of actors while watching movies, etc.) staying active mentally (i.e. socially; keeping…
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The Deep Dive For Love
A professional note by a colleague: “This article braves 5 major areas and addresses 6 essential questions. To fully understand how to appropriately utilize this article, it would take a person who is in the beginning or middle of this struggle a year of two visits a week with a skilled mental health professional. I…
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COVID-19 Is Here to Stay
As we focus attention on the current “COVID-19” crisis, many emotions come into play. Though understandable, fear is easily quelled with just a bit of perspective. Armed with evidence-based scientific data, we are empowered. To be clear, we live in concert with countless micro-organisms – in, on, and surrounding our bodies. Our beautiful planet is…
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Second Childhood – The Intangible Spirit
We live on this planet with flora, fauna, and organisms of all kinds. When history speaks of ‘plagues’ it represents imbalance. Currently in the middle of a frightening pandemic (COVID-19) we are keenly aware of the devastation an invisible micro-organism can unleash – so how can we regain balance and maintain our best health in…
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Dr. Nancy Iankowitz DNP, RN, FNP-BC 