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Take Care of Yourself
© Björn Söderqvist
Necessity is the mother of invention, right?
Quite often, folks need to hit rock bottom before they make serious changes to their lives. It’s a bit ironic that I should write a book called Habit Guide because I was as resistant as anyone when it comes to change.
I guess that’s what makes me so qualified to speak about habits — they dominated my life (the bad ones) and that was a massive factor in me becoming so ill that I barely got out of bed for 13 years.
It’s a long story really so I’ll just give you the very brief version…
The start of the nightmare can be traced back to when I was just eleven years old and had glandular fever. I had it pretty bad and it took me a long time to recover. After that I was hospitalized for three weeks with complications (serious constipation) and my health was never the same again… Read more
Little Known Ways to Avoid Death!
"Ouch"
This post contains frank and possibly shocking views. Click away now if you’re easily upset!
You know, it’s unbelievable! How often have you heard the “wisdom,”…
“Live for today, you might get hit by a bus tomorrow!”? Or something similar? …
But I have to tell you; it’s unlikely a bus or any other accident will get you. No, it’s much more likely to be cancer, heart disease, stroke or diabetes.
These are the big killers — the so called chronic diseases… Read more
9 ways to get rid of unwanted thoughts
© Andrew Mason
This is about the ongoing saga of my friend who struggles with unwanted thoughts and phobias and has been given the (I think unhelpful) label of OCD.
If you’ve not seen the original unwanted thoughts article then it might be worth checking that out first…
What’s happening as he works through his problem is that actually, his progress goes in spirals — sort of 2 steps forward, one step back type of thing.
His last setback was actually caused by just one late night. Just the lack of sleep for one night has made it more difficult to stay on top. Everything affects everything else… Read more
The Gift of Love
Sandpiper
The Sandpiper
She was six years old when I first met her on the beach near where I live.
I drive to this beach, a distance of three or four miles, whenever the world begins to close in on me.
She was building a sand castle or something and looked up, her eyes as blue as the sea.
“Hello,” she said…
I answered with a nod, not really in the mood to bother with a small child.
“I’m building,” she said.
“I see that. What is it?” I asked, not really caring… Read more
Good News for Good Habits!
Good news for good habits
4th July, 2008
I hope you don’t mind me sharing our good news!
Passion for Health (our previous website) and Habit Guide are mentioned in the current issue of WellBeing — an Australian natural health magazine.
The article called Virtual Health was written by Kathryn Elliot — a nutritionist, herbalist and award winning writer. It’s all about getting the best out of what’s on the web… Read more
