#MeToo: When Social Media Can Actually Destigmatize
#MeToo
And judging by my Facebook feed, #YouToo.
For those living under a Facebook rock, the #MeToo hashtag exposes just how pervasive sexual violence is. It lives in seedy basement frat houses and corporate halls of power. And while I frequently disparage social media activism (it is more social than activism — at least from my perspective), the #MeToo hashtag resonates more than #ThrowbackThursday, #FlashbackFriday, or some other silly social media moniker.
Why? Because for many sexual assault survivors, silence is a death sentence. You suffer in tortured agony; your inner turmoil cloaked in a cheery countenanc...
Source: World of Psychology - November 21, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Matthew Loeb Tags: Men's Issues Personal Sexuality Stigma Violence and Aggression Women's Issues Abuse and victims Harvey Weinstein Hollywood Me Too Rape rape culture Sexual Abuse Sexual Assault Sexual Harassment Sexual Violence Source Type: blogs
Navigating Thanksgiving with Difficult Relatives
Thanksgiving. It’s the only general American feast day. The magazine covers at the checkout counter are filled with colorful pictures of pies and pumpkins, vegetable dishes and, of course, that glorious, huge golden brown stuffed bird. In every hosting household, lists are made of food to buy and dishes to prepare for an annual gathering centered on family togetherness and, let’s face it, enthusiastic gluttony followed by football.
Meanwhile, for many people, Thanksgiving is also fraught with anxiety about family dynamics. Will there be tension between that mother and that daughter-in-law? (Yes. Probably.) Will the kid...
Source: World of Psychology - November 21, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Marie Hartwell-Walker, Ed.D. Tags: Family Happiness Holiday Coping Stress arguments family disputes Family Gathering Family Politics Holiday Meal keep the peace Thanksgiving Source Type: blogs
Unity Farm and Unity Farm Sanctuary Update for November 2017
Starting next month, my daughter Lara will take charge of our instagram, Facebook, and Twitter feeds, providing daily updates about the Farm and Sanctuary. As we approach winter 2017, we can officially declare that the farm and sanctuary are now fully built and we ' re transitioning to daily operations. We have over 250 animals at this point, all kept healthy, warm and fed every day. Here ' s a summary of the past month, as told in pictures.From mid October to early November, the swamp maples, oaks, and poplar take on shades of crimson and bright yellow, turning Unity Lane into the kind road less tra...
Source: Life as a Healthcare CIO - November 20, 2017 Category: Information Technology Source Type: blogs
Wheat Belly Pumpkin Pie
Well, the holidays roll around once again . . . and it’s time for everything pumpkin!
Here is a reminder of how us grain-free folk make a wonderful and delicious pumpkin pie that is wheat- and grain-free. Without grains, it does NOT stimulate appetite, does NOT send blood sugar sky-high, does NOT add to arthritis/joint pain, acid reflux, irritable bowel symptoms, leg edema, depression, moodiness, migraine headache, hypertension, dementia, heart disease, or cancer. You can just have your nice big slice of pumpkin pie, even with a big dollop of whipped cream, all without worries.
The pumpkin puree poses only a slight p...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - November 20, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Recipes Wheat Belly Lifestyle Dr. Davis erythritol gluten gluten-free grain-free grains low-carb monk fruit monkfruit natural sweetener stevia undoctored virtue Source Type: blogs
Erin ’s Things: November 20
You're reading Erin’s Things: November 20, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you're enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles.
This week I've got a little self-care (think massage), a little music and some pumpkin pie just in time for the holiday. Check out my list below for discoveries that made me happy last week! (and please share your cool finds in the comments below)
BIGTHINK.COM – This podcast is outrageously good. Historian Nancy Koehn (Harvard) discusses resiliency and muses on the question of what is a real hero? Her research focuses o...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - November 20, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Erin Falconer Tags: Erin's Things self improvement drip erin falconer pickthebrain pumpkin pie the now YAYOI KUSAMA Source Type: blogs
Take it from this physician: Beware the dangers of benzodiazepines
It’s 3 a.m., and I wake with a jolt. My heart is pounding out of my chest. I stumble out of bed to take a beta blocker hoping it’s enough to quiet my heart so I can doze off again. I sleep fitfully the next three hours, experiencing weird dreams and terrifying nightmares.
At 6 a.m., I take my Valium. Nauseated, I lie in bed for 30 minutes, so I keep down my pill. I must get my six-year-old daughter ready for school. Between my confusion and the stress of all the little steps it takes to get out the door in the morning, I am brought to tears. These simple tasks were no big deal before my illness. I left my job as a card...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 6, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: < a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/christy-huff" rel="tag" > Christy Huff, MD < /a > Tags: Physician Primary Care Psychiatry Source Type: blogs
Good Gourd! Dead Presidents Pick Halloween Best
Some Halloween traditions stick to the tried-and-true. Others are just a sticky mess. The Pumpkin Carving Contest at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing is a bit of both. It’s a scarily fun event that unearths the artistic talents (and perhaps questionable tastes) of faculty, staff, and students. The cause is good: the annual United
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Source: Nursing Blogs at Johns Hopkins University - October 31, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Editor Tags: Faculty New On the Pulse candy charity Halloween pumpkin contest students United Way Source Type: blogs
Best of Our Blogs: October 27, 2017
As part of my emotional and physical health I’ve drastically cut out processed foods, which includes sweets. For most of my life, sugary treats were an emotional salve. It was a socially acceptable way to deal with pain and upset.
After facing health challenges in my thirties, I had to make a decision-was I going to continue on this path of junk food and possibly cut my life short or find healthier ways to cope?
Since the birth of my children, I’ve radically change my view on food. I see it now as a form of medication, a healing way to “treat” my body and mind.
This weekend marks the beginning of th...
Source: World of Psychology - October 27, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Brandi-Ann Uyemura, M.A. Tags: Best of Our Blogs Source Type: blogs
Four Habit Strategies that Could Help You Fight Halloween Temptation
Halloween treats! So colorful, so ubiquitous, so fun, so bite-sized… Halloween a major source of temptation for children and adults alike.
In my book about habit change, eating healthfully is one of the most popular habits that people try to cultivate — and Halloween is a challenging time to stick to good eating habits. In Better Than Before, I suggest many ways we can resist the temptation of mini-candy-bars, bags of candy-corn, beautifully decorated cupcakes and cookies, and so on. In particular, it’s useful to harness the strength (and buttress the weakness) of our Tendency.
As a side note, for my who...
Source: World of Psychology - October 26, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Gretchen Rubin Tags: Books Habits Happiness Health-related Holiday Coping Self-Help Diet Fitness Halloween Motivation overeating Personal Growth Self Control Temptation Source Type: blogs
Is There Less Pinkification This Year
A week or so ago, I watched an NFL game and decided that something was wrong. It was october and players did not have pink shoes and pink towels. Then I have seen a lot fewer pink events. I haven ' t been out much because of my stupid knee, but I just feel like there is less pink around.This makes me happy. I would love to go back to the month formerly known as October and see orange and brown again, lots of carved pumpkins and zero pink ribbons. I don ' t need to have pink everything. And this is the first October in many years that it has not been covered in pink.What is wrong? Is the country burned out of pink stuff as ...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - October 24, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: pink washing pinkification pinktober Source Type: blogs
Celebrate American Archives Month With an Exhibit on ASHA ’ s National Offices
ASHA’s second National Office at 9030 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda, Maryland
October can mean a lot of things … pumpkins, Halloween, apples, falling leaves … but here at ASHA (well at least in ASHA’s library) it means the start of American Archives Month!
Last year, to celebrate American Archives Month, ASHA launched its archives website with an online exhibit about the founding of the association in 1925. This year, we added a new exhibit about the history of ASHA’s national offices. You’ll learn, for example, how ASHA had no national office until 1958. Before then, elected volunteers working out of their...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - October 5, 2017 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Mona Heath Tags: Audiology Events Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: blogs
This Summer ’s Top 7 Blog Posts for Audiologists and SLPs
Summer is officially over and pumpkin spice now permeates everything as fall progresses. Many readers of The ASHA Leader Blog took some time off this summer to explore the world or relax with family and friends. The Leader editorial team also took time this summer to snorkel in Iceland, chill on the Delaware shore, find the quiet side of Martha’s Vineyard, cruise the Caribbean, reunite with family in the Land of 10,000 Lakes, and go puffin-hunting in Maine.
Somehow, we still edited and published two or three blog posts a week. So, just in case you missed the exact article you need to help you stay current with your coll...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - September 28, 2017 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Shelley D. Hutchins Tags: Advocacy Audiology News Speech-Language Pathology Early Intervention Feeding Disorders Health Care Hearing Assistive Technology Professional Development Swallowing Disorders Source Type: blogs
Wheat Belly: Quick and Dirty #3
In view of the many new readers on the Wheat Belly Blog, many of whom have not yet had an opportunity to read the book but are eager to get started, here is the most recently updated Wheat Belly Quick & Dirty summary. It summarizes the essential dietary strategies of the Wheat Belly approach to 1) avoid all products made from high-yield, semi-dwarf wheat that wreak health destruction along with all other grains, and 2) create a diet that is otherwise healthy and appropriate for all members of the family. In particular, I’ve tried to clarify some items that were unclear in previous versions.
This is the lifestyle ...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - September 28, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle autoimmune blood sugar bowel flora cholesterol Dr. Davis Gliadin gluten gluten-free grain-free grains Inflammation joint pain low-carb Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
young girls have picked them every one
Despite the fact that it ' s eighty skrillion degrees outdoors in the sun, it ' s officially Fall, which (at least around here) is the season for a particular brand of autumnal barnyard revels. Most of these places are pretty much the same. There are pumpkins, usually some variant of bounce apparatus, listless animals to pet, perhaps some sort of giant PVC tube slide done on the cheap, a corn maze, hayrides, a train ride where the train cars are inexplicably spotted like a Holstein cow 50% of the time, and perhaps cider with donuts. Standard.That ' s not that interesting, because we ' ve all been there, done that. But toda...
Source: the underwear drawer - September 23, 2017 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Michelle Au Source Type: blogs
A love letter to patients
This is a letter to everyone who has ever smiled, shrugged their shoulders, or nodded while either hesitantly or enthusiastically uttering the words, “Yes,” “Sure,” “OK,” “I guess so,” or, “Of course,” when a medical student has asked if he or she can talk to and examine you before your doctor comes in. We know that you are busy and that your time has value. We know that you have every right to decline, and it is ok with us if you do.
However, we are grateful to those of you who let us into your lives — even if only for a few minutes. We love hearing about your recent trip to the beach, your first...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - September 9, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: < a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/marcie-costello" rel="tag" > Marcie Costello < /a > Tags: Education Hospital-Based Medicine Medical school Primary Care Source Type: blogs
