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The Many Fathers of Barak Obama

31 August, 2008 (18:07) | Health, Psychology

In the Amazon, the birds and the bees are different. Spread throughout the rain forest, there are a handful of tribal groups that have a novel conception of conception, if you will. These people, who have no contact with each other or linguistic similarities suggesting contact in recent centuries, appear to have independently arrived at [...]

Verbal Abuse and the Mirror of Love

30 August, 2008 (07:44) | Health, Psychology

Verbal abuse is the use of words or tone of voice to demean, devalue, or otherwise hurt someone’s feelings. Though rampant in distressed families, all those who love each other are susceptible to verbal abuse. The culprit is the Mirror of Love.
Attachment relationships - those held together by strong emotional bonds - serve as mirrors [...]

Postpartum Depression—Treat and Prevent with Fish Oil

28 August, 2008 (21:53) | Health, Psychology

Postpartum depression usually occurs because your body gave up the oils in your brain (which come from fish oil) so the baby could make its brain. That was nicely self sacrificing of you, but you need to eat more fish so your brain will recover—and it [...]

M.D.O.

27 August, 2008 (11:28) | Books, Movies

Today I went to the teachers meeting for Mothers Day Out–the first day is next Thursday. I’m in the ‘Dove’ class this year, and the kids are anywhere from 18 months to 2 yrs. when they start. In a class of twelve, we have three Cole’s, a Karleigh, a Katie, a Kellen, and [...]

The Expectation that Women Be Compassionate

24 August, 2008 (14:05) | Health, Psychology

The fact is that women in most countries are expected to be compassionate, nurturing, and to put their own needs aside on a regular basis. In most Third World countries, a woman’s primary job is considered to be homemaker and mother. Few ever have the opportunity to pursue an interest, much less a job or career. If a woman is not [...]