by UpForIt | Jul 28, 2017 | General Health, Mental Health
Back in May 2016, I published a blog and podcast with the title, Obesity & Depression: opening Pandora’s Box (http://iam.upforit.co.za/2016/05/25/depression-and-obesity-opening-pandoras-box/).The aim of the blog and podcast was to briefly discuss a possible link...
by UpForIt | Jul 11, 2017 | General Health, Mental Health
What is ‘celebrity psychosis’? The Merriam-Webster dictionary definition of psychosis is , ‘… a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions’. While it is possible that...
by UpForIt | Jun 12, 2017 | General Health, Mental Health
Teachable: the spirit underpinning behavioural change. There are a number of aspects involved in improving your health ranging from being knowledgeable about your condition; what action to take to improve matters; being confident about making the necessary changes,...
by UpForIt | Nov 4, 2016 | General Health, Mental Health, Nutrition
In my previous blog, I touched on some of the important issues coming out of the ‘Awakening from Alzheimer’s Disease’ series, presented by Peggy Sarlin and her panel of Alzheimer’s experts. What we saw was that while no effective cure currently exists for this...
by Dr Peter Hill | Apr 28, 2016 | Mental Health, Podcasts
What to include and what to cut out of your diet In this podcast I’m going to take a look at brain health, a subject that is getting quite a bit of attention in the medical and nutritional science communities, and even in some popular media. As the prevalence of...
by Dr Peter Hill | Apr 21, 2016 | Mental Health, Podcasts
People sometimes have distorted or negative thoughts about themselves, which do not reflect the reality of a given situation. Such thinking may be ingrained by the unfair and negative utterances of significant others, even starting during childhood. Any of these ring...
