A Look At Spirituality and Health » Mental health

Excerpts: Our hearts ache for all those affected by troubling occurrences of violence. What’s needed is more heaven on earth to displace what to some must seem hellish. You and I can make a dif...

https://www.csinmichigan.com/2022/06/you-and-heaven-can-make-a-difference/

Here’s a very thoughtful article by my colleague Karla Hackney published earlier this week in the Oregonian. Seldom heard are the stories of autistic adults.  And rarely do they report the cha...

https://www.csinmichigan.com/2016/07/guest-post-adult-autistics-are-they-doomed-to-solitude/

Life is a journey that doesn’t end with death. This was one of the consensus views shared by some panelists while discussing choices in end-of-life care at the Mid-Michigan Health Spiritual Car...

https://www.csinmichigan.com/2016/03/experiencing-resurrection-step-by-step/

Health writer Wendy Margolese of Ontario, Canada, writing in SIMCOE News, says, “I am not saying that nature isn’t a wonderful experience, but I’m circumspect of health solutions that end u...

https://www.csinmichigan.com/2016/02/a-better-solution-to-depression-than-a-walk-in-the-park/

A new class of graduates is heading into summer and then very likely college or career. Here are two articles with some helpful ideas applying spiritual perspectives to this exciting time in thei...

https://www.csinmichigan.com/2015/06/helpful-spiritual-perspectives-for-the-new-class-of-graduates/

Veterans suffering from PTSD deserve effective help. “The need for non-drug treatment options is a significant and urgent public health imperative,” says NCCIH Director Josephine Briggs, MD...

https://www.csinmichigan.com/2015/04/ptsd-hopeful-new-treatment-approach-that-looks-beyond-physical-symptoms/

My colleague Valerie Minard, writing in Collingswood Patch in New Jersey, shared some helpful ideas when dealing with suicidal thoughts. Excerpts: “But what about the teens who suffer in silenc...

https://www.csinmichigan.com/2015/04/guest-post-thinking-of-suicide-take-your-troubles-to-god/

You don’t put sugar in the gas tank of your car, right? And if your car takes “Regular”, you don’t put in ‘Diesel’. As society becomes more aware that thought affects the body, it bec...

https://www.csinmichigan.com/2015/03/for-healths-sake-watch-your-mental-intake/

There’s a reason they’re called man’s best friend. If you’ve ever had a dog, then you already know something about dogs’ unconditional love. This warrants considering more deeply the d...

https://www.csinmichigan.com/2014/08/when-unconditional-love-reaches-a-soldier-suffering-ptsd/

Writing in the Huffington Post ‘Healthy Living’ Blog, Sharon Frey McElroy examines how abuse victim Ben Bosinger learned to let go of years of resentment toward his father. And she shares ho...

https://www.csinmichigan.com/2014/07/need-a-ben-bosinger-moment/