Aging, Anger, Depression, Mental Health, Stress Reduction
Do you spend a lot of time ruminating over past negative experiences? According to an article in Psychology Today, when people are anxious and depressed, most rumination involves feeling inadequate or worthless. And that leads to stress. Click here to listen to my...
Anger, Composer, General Health, Mental Health, Music and Medicine, Music Composer, Stress Reduction
It’s not always easy getting where you want to go. There is lots of rerouting and you may have to make a U-Turn. But it can be easier if you are flexible and willing to learn from your mistakes. Here’s a Musical Musing about a U-Turn. Listen to it with the...
Depression, General Health, Health Song, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Music, Music and Medicine, Music Composer, Stress, Stress Reduction, Yoga
It seems most people today are feeling like the world’s a pretty stressful place. News stories keep the focus on negative things that make it difficult to feel relaxed. We can’t avoid our realities – there are a lot of challenges and there is...
General Health, Mental Health
https://drmache.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Prayer-for-Las-Vegas.mp3 After the shooting in Las Vegas, I’ve felt a bit numb and in disbelief about the senseless violence that not only killed and wounded hundreds of innocent people, but also left our nation...
Brain Fog, General Health, Lower Stress, Memory, Menopause, Menopause treatment, Mental Health, Mindfulness
Do you like doing puzzles? I was assigned one as part of a mindfulness class to help us lower stress by thinking “outside of the box.” It was three rows of three dots on top of each other. The task was to connect all 9 dots using 4 straight lines without...
Aging, Early Menopause, Menopause, menopause symptoms, Menopause treatment, Mental Health, Stress
You’ve probably heard the term “Seven Seas.” It refers to the world’s seven largest bodies of water: the North and South Pacific Oceans, the Southern Pacific or Antarctic Ocean, the North and South Atlantic Oceans, the Indian Ocean and the...