Anxiety, Adult Coloring Books & Mindfulness

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http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jun/26/adult-colouring-in-books-anxiety-stress-mindfulness She said sometimes, when really on edge, “if I haven’t had enough work or enough the week before, or there’s a big bill coming up, my husband will actually say, just go and do some colouring, and he’ll watch the telly. We’re like toddlers who parallel play”. There is a crossover with mindfulness and…

Trauma significant threat to mental health

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http://www.alternet.org/personal-health/doctor-childhood-trauma-can-destroy-your-health-decades-later-yet-america-ignores-it In the mid-’90s, the CDC and Kaiser Permanente discovered an exposure that dramatically increased the risk for seven out of 10 of the leading causes of death in the United States. In high doses, it affects brain development, the immune system, hormonal systems, and even the way our DNA is read and transcribed. Folks…

San Francisco’s Pride Parade decries Facebook’s “authentic name” policy

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http://www.businessinsider.com.au/lgbt-protest-against-facebook-2015-6 The protest goes back to the fact that Facebook still requires users to register with “authentic names” and provide identification if asked, or face being locked out of their accounts. It’s a policy which many claim is discriminatory towards the LGBT community, whose members may go by nicknames or pseudonyms for safety. One former…

Man arrested in relation to death of toddler

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http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/69777481/man-charged-after-death-of-south-taranaki-toddler Police have arrested a man following the death of a toddler in South Taranaki at the weekend. Emergency services were called to a Hawera address about 11pm on Friday. Ambulance and police attended but were not able to revive the two-year-old girl. Detective Senior Sergeant Brent Matuku said the family had been provided with…