Educate Yourself about Ebola with Facts, not Fiction

B'SD

18 Tishrei, 5775

Headlines and conversations about Ebola aka Hemorrhagic Fever are scary, and increasingly often.

Rumor-mongers are not improving matters. I suggest that you take their comments with skepticism.

Here are four sensible ways to cope with your concerns about Ebola/Hemorrhagic Fever:

1. Educate yourself with facts about the Ebola scare, via the World Health Organization Ebola Fact Sheet.
2. Read the Centers for Disease Control (though some people wonder if Ebola is under any sort of control) fact sheet at Ebola Virus Disease/Hemorrhagic Fever Updates.
3. Ask your trusted medical professionals about sensible ways to protect yourself and loved ones, and how to behave overall during this frightening time. 
4. Bolster your efforts with prayers and decent behavior. They can keep you calm. Calmness can help you overall. 

 UPDATE: See WHO's Risk Assessment for Ebola and Arutz 7's "Problematic Questions (second half of the article)".

Epidemiologist Dr David  Dausey declares, in the Washington Post, "Stop the Flights Now."

NEWER UPDATE: Can Protalix Pharmaceuticals produce the CURE for Ebola?



Need to cheer up over some sort of medical, mental or emotional health issue? 

Want to know which worldwide organizations are willing to pay part or all of your specific medical bills?

You need to read the E-book or print edition of EMPOWER Yourself to Cope with a Medical Challenge.  

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Fight ignorance with facts.


 

The Gratitude Challenge: How Happiness can be Achieved!

B'SD  

12 Tishrei

Whew! The 3-weeks-long High Holiday season takes up lots of energy on the Jewish calendar and in personal lives.

I fasted easily on Yom Kipur as usual, and felt more relaxed than I have in decades. Many important personal issues and perspectives are in satisfying order. 

But I prayed hard for many soothing miracles to embrace the earth. What with the Ebola, enterovirus plus other health and safety scares in the headlines, we mortals need those blessings.

Holidays are too often filled with anxiety, anger, misery; Inner and outer pain of any sort. Sometimes the worst comes out in angry, sad or vengeful people just when you want to feel content, safe and secure.

Maybe this can help you to deal with all that:

A real life friend tagged me for The Gratitude Challenge. It's a bit of a game in which a person is asked to name 3 things for which they're grateful, several days in a row.

My Gratitude Challenge schedule is going to be briefer than most due to the High Holiday season (Sukkot begins tomorrow night). 

But some of my thoughts illustrate how, and that, I persevered past some deeply upsetting and painful episodes in my life. I'm sharing a few of thoughts below.

Perhaps they'll help you, too. Please let me know.

Yocheved Golani

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I've accepted a Gratitude Challenge (3X daily for 5 days - 2 days due to the Jewish holiday season) though I have a policy of not accepting ANY challenges. PUH-LEEZ don't challenge me with anything, fb friends. This exception to my rule is onl ybecause I have so much to be thankful for that I'm kinda bursting at the seams to let the public know about the bounty.

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  Bracha Barbara Goldman beautiful!

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  Yocheved Golani Day 2 of the Gratitude Challenge:
  
  1. I find it easy to fall asleep due to the fact that I stick to my Early to Bed, Early to Rise habit. ...See More

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  Yocheved Golani I'm supposed to nominate 3 people per day for this thing but I cringe when people pressure me in public to do something or other. So, I nominate the first 3 fb friends who choose to join me in feeling thankful. TAG! You're it! (Esther I can officially nominate you on Day 3, per your request, OK? You can begin sharing your Attitude of Gratitude after Sukot))

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  Yocheved Golani If you accept my "Your choice to share gratitude online" offer, please let me know below. TU!

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  Yocheved Golani My Gratitude Attitude, Day 3: 
  
  I'm thankful that this video confirmed a lot of my thoughts/beliefs. I've kept a happiness diary for ages. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXy__kBVq1M
  
  I'm grateful for opportunities to make things right, to understand things right, and to learn from other people that yes, what I did was "right."
  
  I'm grateful for giggles. I need outlets for my sense of happiness. Sharing a sense of relief or satisfaction makes it more fun.
  

  
  

  

  TEDxBloomington - Shawn Achor - "The Happiness Advantage: Linking Positive Brains to...

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  Yocheved Golani BTW, Shawn explains about gratitude being a Reality Check. I so agree! http://www.forbes.com/.../shawn-achor-what-you-need-to.../
  

  
  

  

  Shawn Achor: What You Need To Do Before Experiencing Happiness

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Follow the conversation (join it, please!) until tomorrow.

You can even accept the Gratitude Challenge I gave to my Facebook friends/readers.



Grow your sense of gratitude. Read "Refining Silver" in the E-book or print edition of EMPOWER Yourself to Cope with a Medical Challenge. It can rev up your emotional life.

Face Your Medical Problems with Dignity. Face Your Future with Optimism. 

Feel happier, one step at a time. It's a process, not an immediate commodity. 


 

Medical World Miracles - News You NEED to Know!

B'SD

5 Av, 5774

The world at large knows I've been under fire with the rest of Israel for weeks. Life has been hectic, and rather tiring. Sleep deprivation is nasty stuff. So is this.

I want to focus on what's going right with the world, so here are some heartwarming updates about medical advances, some of it news you probably need to know:

WOW - this puts theFantastic Voyage movie/story into the back of the class: See-thru Bodies Technique coming to medical centers worldwide!

Surgical staples have their up and down sides. Check out this improvement on the problem: TopClosure!

The Ebola virus has made scary headlines and miserable lives (not that they last long after a person has contracted the illness). The exciting news is that a cure for Ebola might soon be a reality!

Heart health is high on medical agendas. Listen in on an expert's Quality of Care Improvement assessment of that.

Need to know how to organize overwhelming amounts of medical and appointment information in your life? Want to lower the cost of your medical and/or mental health care? You need to read

Buy the E-book or print edition of EMPOWER Yourself to Cope with a Medical Challenge. 


It's been a bargain for readers around the world, saving time & money, let alone preventing heartaches and headaches. Medical and mental health professionals recommend that you read it and follow the suggestions inside.

Face Your Medical Problems with Dignity. Face Your Future with Optimism. 

Fill your life with healing optimism.