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What’s it Like to Parent Two Mentally Ill Children?

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Several years ago, Susan and Michael Schofield learned that their daughter, Jani, had been born with schizophrenia. The couple had a second child, a son named Bodhi. At first, they believed that Bodhi was born without any mental illnesses. As time went on, they learned that Bodhi also has some mental health issues. What’s it like to parent not one, but two, mentally ill children? Michael and Susan Schofield decided to publicly share their story about parenting a child with schizophrenia when their daughter, Jani, was six years old. As an infant, Jani did not sleep for more than half … Continue reading →

Mental Preparation for Labor and Delivery

While it may be tempting to think of labor and delivery as a primarily physical experience, it is important that you do not underestimate the mind’s role in the process of birth. Mental preparation for the birth of your baby is important, and preparing yourself for success can help you to have a smoother labor and delivery. Here are a few things that you can do to mentally prepare yourself for the big day. Read positive birth stories. When I was pregnant, I used to avoid hearing birth stories because many of the ones that I had initially heard were … Continue reading →

Developing a Healthy Body Image

There tends to be a lot of mixed messages when it comes to body image. It makes me wonder how tweens and teens are able to digest it all. On one side we are being told that America has an obesity problem and the trend in overweight children is increasing. Yet on the other hand we are bombarded with images of skinny people and made to feel that unless you are stick-thin, you don’t measure up. Both sides of the coin aren’t healthy. We need to meet somewhere in the middle. But it’s difficult. I know because I have a … Continue reading →

How the Candidates Compare – Women’s Health Care

It has been said that women, and their votes, will play a big role in the upcoming Presidential Election. This directly relates to each of the candidates plans regarding women’s health care. It is important to be an informed voter, so here is some information that will help you to know what Romney/Ryan will do, and what Obama/Biden will continue to do. The Romney website has absolutely nothing to say about women’s health care. This is unfortunate, because it means that voters cannot go to the official Romney website and use it as a resource to learn about what Romney/Ryan … Continue reading →

The Self-Sufficient Home: Food You Can Grow Indoors

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I’m suffering from a terrible case of hippie kitchen. I have sauerkraut fermenting in one cupboard, kombucha on another shelf, and sprouts hanging in a bag from one of my cupboards. It’s a serious situation, to say the least. But all is not lost: I don’t have my yogurt maker on at the moment, nor have I received my new mushroom logs. I’m joking, of course. I love growing food and cooking up recipes from items that are on hand. Yes, I do have all of the above in my kitchen, and I am eagerly awaiting the entrance of the … Continue reading →

Mentally Ill Patients Without Insurance Flood ERs

Emergency rooms across the nation are facing a high amount of patients who are coming there in order to have their mental health needs taken care of. This is difficult, if not impossible, for ER doctors to provide within the ER itself. The main problem is that people lack health insurance, and see the ER as the only place to get the care that they need. One of the biggest problems faced by Americans comes from their inability to afford health insurance coverage. Unfortunately, in this country, those who lack health insurance become completely unable to pay for the health … Continue reading →

Health Insurance Reversals are Bad for Consumers

People will buy health insurance because it is supposed to be a form of protection. It helps individuals and families be able to pay for the healthcare that they need. Unfortunately, some insurers are approving certain treatments or surgeries, and then are reversing their decision. This leaves the consumer stuck having to pay for the entire bill. It is called a reversal. This is the term used when a health insurance company abruptly changes its mind about covering a treatment, surgery, medication, or doctor’s visit that it originally approved coverage of. When this happens, it means that the insurer has … Continue reading →

Lindsay Lohan Doesn’t Have Health Insurance

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It appears that some celebrities have a problem that many of the rest of us can relate to. Lindsay Lohan says she doesn’t have health insurance, because she can’t afford it. This is likely to cause big problems for the actress because a judge has required her to seek psychological counseling. There are a whole lot of Americans who have been unable to find affordable health insurance. I am one of them. Every time I get sick, I find myself trying to calculate the potential medical bill that I will be stuck with if I dare to go see a … Continue reading →

Meditation Can Help Ease Anxiety and Frustration

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Everyone experiences frustration from time to time. Many children who have special needs frequently feel frustrated. If their special need includes a tendency to have low impulse control, this is going to make their lives more difficult. Learning how to meditate can help these children learn to self calm. Meditation is an ancient practice that has been used to help clear the mind and calm the body. It can help reduce feelings of anxiety. It is a practice that people can spend their entire lives working on. Even so, meditation can be something that a complete beginner can quickly pick … Continue reading →

Having Health Insurance Doesn’t Prevent Medical Debt

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People buy health insurance because medical bills can be extremely expensive, especially if a person has a serious illness or injury. However, a study shows that having health insurance does not guarantee that you will not accrue a debt from your medical bills. Health insurance can help with some of your medical bills, but not all of them, and not all of the time. Health insurance can be confusing. It isn’t easy to understand exactly what kinds of treatments, services, and prescriptions will be covered by your health insurance plan, and which you will be expected to pay for out … Continue reading →