Breakfast Habits Associated with Depressive Symptoms SUGAR BLUES? – July 6, 2025 - Eating breakfast can improve concentration, memory, and academic performance in children. It may also help regulate metabolism and support healthy weight management. “Breakfast skipping... Read More...Articles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionEating DisorderMental Health
Do You Have Cognitive Decline? WHY DID I COME IN HERE? – July 10th, 2025 - It happens from time to time: You start telling a story, only to lose your train of thought halfway through. Or you walk into a room and can’t remember what you went in the... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJuly 15 2025Mental Health
Children’s Screen Addiction Linked to Mental Decline VIDEO – SAD FACETIME – July 2, 2025 - 13News chatted with Jennie Voelker, a licensed clinical social worker with Community Health Network, on how to navigate screen time with our kids. CONTINUE@YouTube h... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetinterventionJuly 15 2025Mental HealthSmartphone Addiction
Peppermint Tea Improves Memory and Attention HERBAL MAGIC – July 2, 2025 - Peppermint can improve attention, working memory, and even mood. Some scientists have proposed that these benefits arise because peppermint increases cerebral blood flow, especially in t... Read More...July 08 2025life expectancyMental Health
Risks of Drinking Soar in Older Age SO OLD-FASHIONED – July 3, 2025 - Alcohol affects “virtually every organ system in the body,” including the muscles and blood vessels, digestive system, heart and brain. I”t particularly impacts older adults, because... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJuly 08 2025Mental Health
Understand “neuronal ensembles” and Revolutionize Addiction Treatment IMPROVE YOUR GAME NOW – July 3, 2025 - I am a behavioral neuroscientist studying addiction, and my team is interested in how reward memories are formed and processed in the brain. We study how memories linked to natu... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionJuly 08 2025Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Man’s Disability Caused Police to Arrest Him as a Drunk VIDEO – MISTAKEN IDENTITY – June 17, 2025 - Roger Lewis admits when Mt. Juliet police arrived on his call for help, he was in a real mess. Body camera footage showed the 66-year-old Hendersonville man stand... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionJuly 01 2025Mental Health
Single Psilocybin Trip Delivers TWO Years of Depression Relief NO SIDE EFFECTS – June 16, 2025 - Psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, might just revolutionize how depression and anxiety are treated in cancer patients. In a groundbreaking trial, a single do... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionJune 24 2025Mental HealthPsychedelics
Miracle Drug Makes Our ‘brains happier’ NO, NOT CANNABIS – June 15, 2025 - A surprising new study has found that some common medication used to make people feel better might also be effective in the fight against cancer. In lab tests using both mouse and h... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCancerDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 24 2025Mental Health
The Surprising Health Benefits of Spicy Food SPICE UP YOUR LIFE – June 16, 2025 - Several studies find that people who regularly eat spicy food have better overall health and fewer diseases. A diet rich in spicy peppers was associated with less obesity, heart d... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediafood addictionJune 24 2025life expectancyMental Health
Singing Is Good For Your Brain! HUMMING IS TOO – June 10, 2024 - If there is a song in your soul, sing it out loud — whether in your car on your morning commute or at karaoke with friends. It’s okay if you are not the next Taylor Swift. Ma... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionJune 17 2025life expectancyMental Health
Wishing Things Were Different…Or Loving What Is? ACCEPTANCE is THE KEY? – June 6, 2025 - The transformative or transcendent potential of love has been reported for thousands of years. It’s been suggested as a means of connecting with the infinite, with what l... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionJune 17 2025Mental Health
Eight Psychiatric Disorders Share Same Root Cause PARENTS? – June 10, 2025 - They identified 109 genes that were linked in different combinations with eight psychiatric disorders, including autism, ADHD, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depressive disord... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJune 17 2025Mental Health
Facebook Invests $14.3 Billion in Artificial Intelligence ANYTHING THE BRAIN CAN DO – June 12, 2025 - Superintelligence is a futuristic goal of A.I. development. OpenAI, Google and others have said their immediate aim is to build artificial general intelligence, or A.G.I., ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainternetJune 17 2025Mental Health
Being Alone Can Make You Happier THE ONENESS – June 9, 2025 - In Wim Wenders’ recent film Perfect Days, the main character, a Tokyo toilet cleaner, spends many of his hours in solitude; watering plants, contemplating, listening to music and re... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJune 17 2025life expectancylonelinessMental Health
Most Popular Processed Foods Linked to Parkinson’s Disease AND TOOTH DECAY – June 3, 2025 - People who eat a lot of ultra-processed foods, such as cold breakfast cereals, cookies, and hot dogs, may be more likely to develop early signs of Parkinson’s disease compared t... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadiet sodaEating Disorderfood addictionJune 10 2025Mental Health
Kennedy Is Shrinking the Agency that Helps The Mentally Ill and Addicts GOODBYE SAMHSA – June 6, 2025 - The country’s main mental health agency, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration, commonly known as SAMHSA, is in the process of being dissolved. It has lost more th... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJune 10 2025life expectancyMental HealthRecovery
Documentary on Homelessness Crisis Debuts at REEL Recovery Film Festival MOVIES MATTER – June 6, 2025 - “InhuMAINE,” created by Rogan O’Donnell, was filmed almost entirely in Bangor and attempts to capture why the region has struggled with growing homelessness in the wake of the pandemic.... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediahomelessJune 10 2025Mental HealthREEL Recovery Film Festival
6 Daily Habits That Will Help You Live Longer AND HEALTHIER – June 6, 2025 - Cut back on sugary and salty processed foods in favor of whole, fresh ones; quit smoking; cool it on the alcohol; and get in some regular exercise. However unsexy such recommendations m... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJune 10 2025life expectancyMental Health
Loneliness as Deadly as Obesity and Smoking VIDEO – ALL THE LONELY PEOPLE – May 25, 2025 - Elvis Presley sang it in Heartbreak Hotel and now a top voice in American health says the classic song’s chorus has become an alarming reality: Americans are feeling so... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJune 03 2025lonelinessMental Health
Thousands Might Have Alcohol Brain Damage PROBABLY DO – May 25, 2025 - Thousands of people with alcohol-related brain damage (ARBD) could be going undiagnosed, an expert says. Research suggests consuming 35 units of alcohol per week for five years or more... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJune 03 2025Mental Health
I Spent a Year Celibate LOVE LOVES – May 28, 2025 - This essay is adapted from “The Dry Season: A Memoir of Pleasure in a Year Without Sex” By the turn of the century, my lovers were increasingly women, which meant I finally had orgasms wit... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJune 03 2025Mental Health
Rob Ekno: Addiction’s Toll on Mental Health VIDEO – ARE YOU EXPERIENCED? – May 19, 2025 - “We think we’ve done enough dumb things, or horrible things, to never be worthy,” Rob said. “And so, why get sober, I’ve already screwed up my life let me just keep maki... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionMay 27 2025Mental Health
The Delusion of Porn’s Harmlessness SOCIETY’S SICK SECRET? – May 19, 2025 - These days, virality is difficult to achieve. But the British OnlyFans creator Lily Phillips managed it this winter, when she appeared in a documentary titled “I Slept With 100... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetMay 27 2025Mental HealthSexual AddictionTrauma
35% More Kids Depressed From Being on Social Media We're All Kids – May 21, 2025 - Depression and suicide in youth spike, experts are asking whether social media makes kids depressed — or whether depressed kids simply spend more time on social media? “There has bee... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phonedepressioninternetMay 27 2025Mental HealthSmartphone Addictionteenagers
Why Revenge Can Feel Like an Addiction DOPAMINE – May 12, 2025 - If you’ve been passed over for a promotion at work or had a romantic partner cheat on you, you know how much it can sting. You may replay these events over and over in your mind and think ab... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMay 20 2025Mental Health
The 42 Best Romantic Comedies of All Time WE ALL NEED A GOOD LAUGH – May 7, 2025 - A group of Vanity Fair’s writers and editors compiled a list of their own top 10 rom-coms. Then—after some number-crunching and establishing what met our unimpeachable r... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionMay 20 2025Mental Health
Addiction Isn’t Just About Brain Chemistry… IT’S ALL IN YOUR MIND – May 8, 2025 - Consider someone addicted to alcohol, drugs, or a behavior like gambling. Why do they continue, even when they say they want to stop? It’s a question that highlights a fund... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMay 20 2025Mental Health
Finding Spiritual Awakenings In Recovery From Addiction VIDEO – SATORI ANYONE – May 13, 2025 - Some people who find themselves struggling with addiction issues could find great benefits in working with the 12-step program. Ian Morgan, Author of ‘The Fix’ and Enneagram Ex... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMay 20 2025Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery Advocate
One Out of Four Children Have a Parent with Addiction Problem AUDIO – ALANON HERE WE COME – May 13, 2025 - “If one-quarter of kids in the U.S. have a parent with a substance use disorder, that tells us that every day in our clinics we are encountering many, if not dozens of fa... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMay 20 2025Mental Health