Tag: depression

  • Learning to Lean

    Namaste Jagged Little Pill album on blast. Alanis is screaming at me through Forgiven in this moment. I’m nose deep in my blog archives and some of these experiences require spirits in a shot glass, but I’m settling for alternative rock. Come on down memory lane with me, again, if you remember reading this one.…

  • Stress Reduction

    Namaste It is important for us to appreciate that we process stress different because everyone is different. We must therefore try to understand how we perceive and respond to stress so that we can adapt the appropriate coping techniques for our circumstances. If allowed, stress can make us ill and keep us ill. One way…

  • Insomnia

    This is the name by which the disorder of not being able to go to sleep or stay asleep through the night is called. It is a natural occurrence in women who are experiencing menopause due to the imbalance in oestrogen and progesterone levels, and in young women with premenstrual syndrome for the same reason.…

  • Massaging HIV/AIDS Clients

    Namaste When I think of HIV/AIDS red ribbons and African faces flashing across the television screen come to mind.    Words like retroviral, cocktails, discrimination, safe sex, latex condom, get tested, etc. are some of the words I recall, never is the word ‘friend’ associated with the disease.  Yet I have had a few friends who…

  • Massage for Low Libido

    Namaste Mrs B is in her 50s and menopause is really taking a swing at her.  Her husband has developed a sinus problem because they have had to install A/C in the bedroom to help her to deal with the heat, but while she enjoys the cold, he is struggling.  The air is too thin. …