Happy November, SynerLINK friends,
I really love this month’s lead article. Our own health and happiness truly start at home — positive family relationships contribute to health, while strained relationships are health risks. This article describes a simple and elegant way to create family connection over the dinner table. I’m looking forward to using this at our house.
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Chanel Helgason, MD
QUOTE OF THE MONTH
“The rush and pressure of modern life are a form, perhaps the most common form, of its innate violence. To allow oneself to be carried away by a multitude of conflicting concerns, to surrender to too many demands, to commit oneself to too many projects, to want to help everyone in everything is to succumb to violence. More than that, it is cooperation in violence. The frenzy of the activist…destroys his own inner capacity for peace. It destroys the fruitfulness of his own work, because it kills the root of inner wisdom which makes work fruitful.”
– Thomas Merton
THIS MONTH’S LINKS
Link of the Month:
http://mindvalleyacademy.com/featured/5-questions-dinner-table
A nice overview of MTHFR genetic variations and what they mean in practice.
http://www.holisticprimarycare.net/topics/topics-a-g/functional-medicine/1637-making-sense-of-mthfr-polymorphisms.html
While I’m glad people are supporting their neighbors, this makes me sad that we have to resort to this for necessary medical care.
http://holisticprimarycare.net/news/1635-hobbled-with-medical-bills-americans-turn-to-crowdfunding.html
Blood tests for depression?
http://www.psychcongress.com/article/first-blood-test-depression-19063
Great points on the psychological effects of clutter. I found it both awesome and terrifying… (adult language warning)
http://domesticity.gawker.com/throw-everything-out-1633115044
A thought-provoking piece on acceptance of aging and death.
http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/09/why-i-hope-to-die-at-75/379329/
Breastfeeding lowers Alzheimer’s risk in women. Good for mom & baby!
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/breast-feeding-may-lower-moms-risk-of-alzheimers-disease/
Nobody is thinking about you, anyway. Enjoy the freedom!
http://www.elizabethgilbert.com/the-most-strangely-reassuring-advice-i-ever-received-long-ago-when-i-was-in-m/
A really good article for other tea aficionados. Your tea may not be as healthful as you think.
http://foodbabe.com/2013/08/21/do-you-know-whats-really-in-your-tea/
The vital importance of improving access to psychiatric care, especially for the severely ill.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/untreated-mental-illness-an-imminent-danger/
A BIT OF HUMOR
Would exercise and sleep be too much to ask?
http://www.theonion.com/articles/antidepressant-cant-believe-its-expected-to-fix-th,37309/
