Free PDF of "Know Thyself: A Kid's Guide to the Archetypes" by Kiersten Marek, LICSW
Reblogged from Therapy with Kiersten Marek, LICSW: I am currently in the final stages of revisions for my first ever therapy book, “Know Thyself: A Kid’s Guide to the Archetypes.” If you would like to receive a free PDF of the book, please send me an email at kiersten.marek@gmail.com. This offer is only good until [...]
Should We Pay Doctors to Take Patients for Walks?
This is an interesting piece for the way it calls on us to shift our approach and pay doctors and other health care professionals to engage patients in prevention. I have to ask, though: what would the rate of reimbursement be for doctors taking patients for walks? A Long View on Health Care – Think [...]
Super Important GMO links
Reblogged from organic urban farm girl: This is from the Institute for Responsible Technology – the most comprehensive source of GMO health risk information on the web. Please share and realize how important your purchasing power truly is. Links GMO Awareness – GMO Awareness is uniting everyone in the United States who cares about food [...]
Headline Rewrite: Spending Cuts and Tax Breaks for the Rich Could Prompt Recession Next Year
I like how the headline on the article linked below cites only “tax increases” as the problem with next year’s budget. While there are some issues with taxes that will affect the middle class, the real issue are staring us right in the face in the text of the article: spending cuts and tax breaks [...]
"Saying the wealthy create jobs is like saying squirrels created evolution."
Reblogged from Collapse of Industrial Civilization: Alternet has more: TED: Even More Elitist Than We Thought TED curator Chris Anderson seemed most concerned that “business managers and entrepreneurs would feel insulted” by some remarks about income inequality. We’ve long heard complaints that TED is elitist. The annual conference in California costs $7,500 to attend and is nearly impossible [...]
Freelance Nation: How Protections for American Workers Are Becoming Increasingly Irrelevant
Reblogged from Sasha Said: Once upon a time you could be fairly certain that investing the time, money, and effort required to earn a four-year degree would allow you to land a good job with medical/dental/vision benefits, a retirement plan, and paid vacation time. In the event of a bad break, you could count on [...]
The Controversial Placebo Effect of Antidepressants
The article linked below captures many facets of the complicated beast known as psychiatry under the influence of corporate pressure from Big Pharma. In particular what struck me were the descriptions of how colleagues of Irving Kirsch, whose research exposes that antidepressants on the whole are no more effective than placebo, have been ostracized and [...]
Programming Note: Ads on Kmareka
Dick Van Dyke did it for Kent Cigarettes and Cheer Detergent, and Kmareka has decided it, too, will do some advertising. Without advertising it will be increasingly hard to keep Kmareka viable. With advertising, we plan to grow the site and make it do more of what it already does — call attention to underreported, [...]
Breakfast treats class this Sunday
Reblogged from Free Range Cookies Blog: Scones Breakfast treats like gluten free scones, muffins, donuts and pop tarts are on the menu Sunday, May 20. Register for the class at Kitchen Conservatory. -Linda It’s Monday morning food blogging! These look so good. Unfortunately, the class to learn how to make them is in Missouri. But [...]
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