Category Archives: health

Death in the COVID ICU through a nurse’s eyes

A huge burden placed on COVID ICU nurses can be seen in this film. I fear for the amount of post traumatic stress disorder cases these nurses will be affected by. While governments pour money into COVID mental health issues how much is going directly for ICU nurses? What’s the plan for dealing with this?

Tara Brach’s “Radical Acceptance Embracing Your Heart with the Life of a Buddha”: Fear

“We all have neglected and hungry dogs in the cellar. If we make a mistake, the dogs can tear down any sense of competency we may have. If somebody gets angry at us, suddenly the dogs ae there, threatening to dismantle our world. If we feel rejected or betrayed, the dogs convince us that noContinue reading “Tara Brach’s “Radical Acceptance Embracing Your Heart with the Life of a Buddha”: Fear”

Beware Long Nappers!

Long naps may be bad for health Date:August 26, 2020Source:European Society of CardiologySummary:Many believe that lying down for a snooze is a harmless activity. But in newly presented research, scientists show that drifting off for more than one hour could be risky.Share:    FULL STORY Many believe that lying down for a snooze is a harmless activity.Continue reading “Beware Long Nappers!”

Tara Brach’s “Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of the Buddha”: The Importance of Pausing

“Pausing is the gateway to Radical Acceptance. In the midst of a pause, we are giving room and attention to the life that is always streaming through us, the life that is habitually overlooked. It is in this rest under the bodhi tree that we realize the natural freedom of our heart and awareness.  LikeContinue reading “Tara Brach’s “Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of the Buddha”: The Importance of Pausing”

Canadian Government Update on COVID Vaccination of its Indigenous Population

Government of Canada COVID-19 Update for Indigenous Peoples and communities From: Indigenous Services Canada News release February 17, 2021 — Ottawa, Traditional unceded Algonquin Territory, Ontario — Indigenous Services Canada Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) is closely monitoring the number of COVID-19 cases reported in First Nations communities across the country. Overall, case numbers continue to decline,Continue reading “Canadian Government Update on COVID Vaccination of its Indigenous Population”

Your Sleep and COVID

We continue taking a Quebec view of COVID based on a lengthy article in the monthly Quebec magazine “L’actualité (December edition). The number of insomniacs has increased in the past few months notes Charles Morin the chair of research of Canada into sleep troubles who is also a professor at the University of Laval inContinue reading “Your Sleep and COVID”

Tara Brach’s “Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Heart with The Life of a Buddha”; Importance of the Pause

Tara Brach, psychotherapist and meditation teacher tells us in her book the importance of a pause. “Learning to pause is the first step in the practice of Radical Acceptance. A pause is a suspension of activity, a time of temporary disengagement when we are no longer moving towards any goal.” “A pause is, by nature,Continue reading “Tara Brach’s “Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Heart with The Life of a Buddha”; Importance of the Pause”

COVID Poetry Corner: “Stuck in a Perpetual Lockdown”

Stuck in a Perpetual Lockdown It would seem with half baked theories you politico medico eliteare trying to keep me from being in a hospital gown in some sort of totalitarianism spite At times your deference to shaky theories has me puzzled beyond beliefcausing millions grief Can we digress to biblical times and look forContinue reading “COVID Poetry Corner: “Stuck in a Perpetual Lockdown””