I founded AirCraft Casualty Emotional Support Services after losing my fiance aboard TWA Flight 800 in 1996.
Turning Grief Into Hope for Others
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Category Archives: Resiliency
What Empire Gets Wrong (and Right) About Bipolar Disorder
15
Mar
2015
Much of the early buzz around Empire was focused on Lucious Lyon’s ALS diagnosis. With the series’ skyrocketing ratings, there’s an opportunity to shed light on that fatal illness. When the show first addressed son Andre’s bipolar disorder, I was surprised and oddly delighted. Last year I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. I thought bipolar disorder meant that people act just like Andre. However, I don’t act just like Andre.
Teenagers, Dealing With Addiction, On What Might Have Helped
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Mar
2015
At a recent school event, a mother asked me how she could help her son who had begun drinking and taking drugs. “There must be something I can say that will make him listen,” she implored, hoping I could help her find the magic words that would make her son face his escalating substance abuse problem.
Autism is Largely Down to Genes, Twins Study Suggests
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Mar
2015
The King’s College London team said 181 of the teenagers had autism, but the risk was far higher in identical twins where one twin had autism, as they share the same DNA.
The Upside of Anxiety
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Mar
2015
Immanuel Kant, the 18th-century German metaphysician, believed serenity to be the hallmark characteristic of virtue. A “tranquil mind,” he wrote, is the sign of a virtuous person who has brought “all his capacities and inclinations under his control.” Kant saw morality as action undertaken for the sake of duty, independent of one’s earthly desires: if you are in control of yourself, you will be calm, unperturbed by passion, and radiating peace. If he were alive today, Kant might add: “Om.”
Somali-American Imams Fight Stigma of Mental Illness
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Mar
2015
Somali-American imams have gathered monthly to learn how to spot the signs of mental illness and steer mosque members to professional help.
Suicide Rate for U.S. Girls and Young Women Continues to Climb
09
Mar
2015
NEW YORK — The suicide rate for girls and young women in the U.S. continues to rise, at a pace far faster than for young males, health officials said Thursday.
Duluth Man Chronicle His Struggles With Traumatic Brain Injury
08
Mar
2015
Brad Dearth’s life changed forever in the few seconds it took two cars to collide.
Grief Could Have Taken Her Over. Instead, She Took It to Boot Camp
07
Mar
2015
At 5:15 a.m. on a January Tuesday, freezing temperatures and wind meant that trainer Brooke Bradley Nicholson took us into a parking garage for our workout rather than in the open lot where she normally put us through our drills. Even in there, the cold penetrated my hat, gloves and layers of clothing. After three grueling sets that included power lunges, ramp runs, ramp shuffles and ramp back-pedals, I was soaked through to my outer layer. And, I was ready for the day.
Stephen Moyer Opens Up for 1st Time About Alcohol Addiction
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Mar
2015
“True Blood” star Stephen Moyer opened up about his past bouts with addiction during a panel for Santa Monica’s CLARE Foundation, a treatment facility in Los Angeles. Moyer has been sober for 14 years and has worked with CLARE for more than five years, according to the Hollywood Reporter.