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Sara Werner Costa on ‘inner peace and a constant state of joy’

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The ICNY 2020 panelist and The Costa Group CEO shares how a background in psychology guides her personal and business life. Continue reading →

How Meditation Can Ease the Path of Grieving

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(Editor’s note: This is the third story in a four-part weekly series on meditation, including its benefits for pain management, mental health and overall well-being. The first article in the series was Do You Meditate? Here’s Why You Might Want To; the… Continue reading →

Do You Meditate? Here’s Why You Might Want To

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(Editor’s note: This story launches a four-part, weekly series on meditation, including its benefits for pain management, mental health and overall well-being.) How can the simple act of sitting quietly and trying to keep your mind focused on the prese… Continue reading →

Coping With Complicated Grief

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“Thank you for the intervention. Friends and family came to be with me. I agreed to be admitted to hospital. Am waiting for a bed. I had a horrible breakdown. I am sorry for worrying you.” This was my message posted on Facebook to friends on October 19… Continue reading →

Veterans Day 2019: Serving Those Who Served

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Some 50 years ago, they were young, fit and willing to serve their country in Vietnam. Now, three time-worn but smiling veterans of that war sit around a table in the office of the organization that has saved them from homelessness. Today, Frank Knowlt… Continue reading →

A Dozen Lessons From My Father’s Terminal Illness

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At 74, my father found out he had stage 3 lung cancer. The prognosis was grim. That was six years ago. Last month, Dad celebrated his 80th birthday. Even though his disease is terminal, our lives have gone on and we’ve learned a lot along the way throu… Continue reading →

Psychotherapy at Home: Telehealth Makes it Possible

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Bri Vieira, a digital strategist in Boston, saw her therapist regularly, and credited the weekly sessions with helping her manage anxiety and depression. But Vieira never met her therapist in person. She used teletherapy — a method using face-to-face t… Continue reading →

When Concern About Healthy Eating Becomes Obsessive

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(Editor’s note: This podcast is from The Not Old – Better Show.) As part of our Fitness Friday series, today’s show will focus on what can happen to people when they become obsessed with healthy eating. Of course, eating a diet of good nutrition and cl… Continue reading →

How to Avoid Compassion Burnout

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Caregivers, both professional and personal, often suffer from compassion fatigue — a syndrome also known as “secondary trauma stress.” But navigating any close, personal relationship also can lead to emotional stress and burnout. As a self-described fo… Continue reading →

How to Take Charge of Your Health Before Something Bad Happens

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Have you ever noticed it seems to take a life-threatening health incident, like a heart attack, before people will change their everyday eating or exercise habits? According to the two experts interviewed for this story, it’s an all-to-common phenomeno… Continue reading →