By Judith J. Wurtman, PhD,
Co-author of The Serotonin Power Diet: Eat Carbs — Nature’s Own Appetite Suppressant — to Stop Emotional Overeating and Halt Antidepressant-Associated Weight Gain

Antidepressants have been associated with weight gain since they were first used about 50 years ago. Tricyclic antidepressants (TCA) relieved depression but left patients considerably heavier as a consequence of treatment. One in particular, amitryptyline, was associated with uncontrollable sugar cravings. When Selective Serotonin Re-uptake Blockers (SSRIs) were introduced as the new generation of antidepressants, it was hoped that weight gain would not be a problem. Unfortunately this expectation has not been … Read More »

Life’s transitions are ultimately positive, even if they don’t always feel it. Here’s how to navigate them gracefully.

By Ariane de Bonvoisin

Everyone is born with a will to survive, get better, and be happier–I call this the Change Muscle. It helps you accept the reality of your situation and find your center again. Every time you are faced with a change and move through it, you are activating that muscle. And once you flex it, it’s strengthened for life–you can never lose all that you have gained from experience. Next time you’re faced with transition, remember that your Change Muscle will … Read More »

There’s a certain calm one experiences when one knows she has made the right decision.  Even she struggled in order to make that decision, peace comes when the decision is right.  Peace remains even if there are elements of uncertainty about the outcome of that decision.

Unfortunately, our general society is fear-based one.  The news tells us the economy’s bad, so we hang on to jobs that make us miserable.  The fear of being alone causes us to dwell in toxic relationships.  We stop eating Oreos because we’re told they may kill us.

As a result, we’re afraid to take leaps of … Read More »

We sometimes mistakenly feel that as long as we think our motivation for speaking and standing up against another person is right and just then, “let the chips fall where they may, I will do what is right…” It seems like such a proper and correct position. But what we must learn is that we are too often completely blinded to our true motivations. We might honestly and truthfully think that our motivations are pure and just but in truth somewhere deep in our heart, what is pushing us to cause separation and to speak ill of another person is … Read More »