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“A young black man can’t understand what it means to have something he’s never been denied. I can’t make them understand the mental relief I feel at the rights we have. It almost infuriates me that people don’t understand what integration has done for this country.”
~ the late Benjamin Hooks in an interview with
U.S. News & World Report~

Benjamin Lawson Hooks was a son of the American South. (more…)

“Have you seen the bigger piggies
In their starched white shirts
You will find the bigger piggies
Stirring up the dirt
Always have clean shirts to play around in.

In their sties with all their backing
They don’t care what goes on around
In their eyes there’s something lacking
What they need’s a damn good whacking.

Everywhere there’s lots of piggies
Living piggy lives…”~George Harrison

All this talk about Goldman Sachs– the fraud, greed and malfeasance associated with the so-called financial experts at the world’s largest global investment banking and securities management company has brought to mind a tune written by the late George Harrison a member of the Beatles and recorded by the the Fab Four many years ago, 1968, for the White Album. How prescient those mop-headed Brits were.

The decision makers at Goldman Sachs, have been since 1869, (more…)

There are nontoxic and effective options to conventional stimulant medications and other conventional Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). medications. Traditional herbs for ADHD/ADD may be used along with other things like life style along with diet regime adjustments, dietary supplements and herbal cures. Many people are finding that these things can be especially effective for treating ADHD and ADD. (more…)

Natural medicines for anxiety attacks can take account of a number of different techniques that may be valuable to use  together with medicinal herbs, homeopathic remedies or other dietary supplements. To improve your coping abilities for anxiety, stress and depression, counseling therapy may be done on your own, in groups and in many cases over the phone if your counselor does not live close by. (more…)

It is about time we toss out an old, worn out rule of thumb. The rule that held anxiety disorders decline with age.

The theory was  seniors would report mental issues less frequently due to their focus on physical pain and problems. This assumption may be somewhat valid. Does it mean we should simply ignore seniors who complain of anxiety issues? Let’s look at health  for seniors.

This is how we sweep problems under the rug. Rather than face the real possibility seniors do actually struggle with anxiety more with age, we make unfounded assumptions and then pay little or no attention to the problem.

Unfortunately the growing senior population has forced our health care professionals to concede  aging and debilitating anxieties go together. (more…)

Coping with social anxiety disorder is an experience that affects countless numbers of people throughout the world. Do you feel you simply are unable to be in among a group of people? Does being out in public and away from home cause a high level of anxiety and stress within your being? Would you just as soon remain inside your home, living in an isolated world? Friend, understand you do not have to live behind the locked doors of your house for the rest of your life. In treating your social anxiety, please realize you do not have to go without help. (more…)

Social anxiety is a disorder affecting hundreds of thousands of people all over the world. Do you suffer from such a disorder? Are you the person who loathes even being out in public? Do you hate meeting new people, even talking to a person you do not know? Do you simply wish to be by yourself, alone in your own home? My friend, your life does not have to be this way. Social anxiety treatment strategies can help you overcome this problem by allowing you to enjoy your life.

Anxiety attacks are the result of high levels of stress and pressure which (more…)

So you have a great subject for an electronic book (ebook) you want to write but you do not know where to begin. Here are some tips on how to get that electronic book written and out there as fast as possible.

To start, take pen to paper – or fingers to keyboard -  writing down the following information will help you develop and focus your electronic book project.

First, start by writing down the main goals of your ebook. (more…)

The light of understanding is shining brighter when it comes to the human mind. For too long our culture has presumed that little could be done to preserve or enhance the capabilities of our brains. But those days are gone.

Leaders in science are peeling back the layers of the human mind and revealing an incredible pattern-making organ that is constantly interacting with the world and essentially learning how to adapt and grow. (more…)

Do you suffer from the emotional toll in personally experiencing panic attacks? Have these attacks become so debilitating that just getting through a single day is often unbearable? You seek help for these panic attacks, but don’t quite know where to turn for treatment. Please do not give up, as there are natural treatment methods that can lessen the frequency of these attacks.

Regarding the level of stress that many of us have in our lives; factors such as the loss of a job, income, and the possible foreclosure on one’s home could lead to panic attacks. With the present economic downturn all over the world, is it any wonder that more individuals are now completely overwhelmed because of the weight of stress in their lives? Statistically, (more…)