Calm Down by Putting Life and its Troubles into Perspective

B'SD

4 Tamuz, 5778

Life is interesting, and sometimes I get to write about that from a mental health perspective.

Calm down when you read
the articles I've written for
e-counseling.com! 

and do let me know what you think 

of the articles I've written.

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Fill your thoughts with calming perspective.

Super Sad, Super Glad, Super...

B'SD

23 Kislev, 5775

Sometimes there's a weekly theme to this blog. This week the theme is "Super."

Sometimes the shock, pain, fear, despair and/or inconvenience of a diagnosis leaves us feeling anything but "super" in the sense of "good." 

We tend to feel super-horrible, super scared, and super saddened by a medical challenge, not super terrific by any means.

Hold that thought as you read the blog 
this week. 

I have a bit of a surprise coming up for you
on Thursday. 

But let's begin with the super-wonderful, super-heartwarming Sommers family who dealt admirably with a severe blow to its happiness.

The enthusiasm that the family generated resulted in a Rabbis Shave for the Brave event. There was even a 

Coffeeshop Shave for the Brave. 

The Sommers' looked for the positive, even helping other people despite the loss of their precious child.

Read more about that at the Superman Sam blog.

If you need a how-to guide for figuring out how to feel at all positive despite grim medical news, read several passages about that, spread throughout 

Post traumatic growth is about putting a life-changing, or any significant event, in perspective. That promotes emotional progress and more.

Figure out how to supercharge your ability to cope with your medical challenge, or someone else's.

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Facing fear with growing courage empowers you to make progress.


 

Here's "practical comprehensive information for dealing with a health-related crisis" YOU Need!

B'SD

16 Kislev, 5775

As promised, here's another in this week's lineup of endorsements for

 "I received EMPOWER Yourself to Cope with a Medical Challenge one week after [suffering] my own medical crisis and found it very helpful. [It] will be of great benefit both in dealing with the fragile emotional health of sick patients and the stressful situation of the patient's caregiver… [with] very practical comprehensive information for dealing with a health-related crisis that is so seldom available to someone who is ill and preoccupied with their own troubles. 

"Ill people are often compromised and often don't know where to look for guidance. Putting so much useful information at their fingertips will help them navigate the difficulties of a confusing medical system. Combined with [the author's] encouragement to never give up hope, the book will be of great aid to anyone with a sudden serious medical emergency."

 - Daniel Eisenberg, MD, Department of Radiology at the Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, PA; Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Imaging at Thomas Jefferson University School of Medicine; Medical Ethicist www.danieleisenberg.com 

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Find, then use, the information you need.


 

How to Find the Motivational Answers YOU Need

B'SD

12 Heshvan, 5775


Several people have confided to me that they're feeling down. Scarily "down."

Normal stuff for most people, but it never seems that way when we experience the sensation. 

Listen to the user-friendly point that author Elizabeth Gilbert makes about how to reset your focus and restore your inner happiness.


 





Now listen to Curly make the same point, his way.

Need more inspiration to face your issues? You're gonna LUV the Refining Silver story in

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Upgrade Your Happiness as You Take Time to Recharge Your Batteries

B'SD

3 Elul, 5774

In the past I've posted about your need to be nurturing your inner giggle and clearing out overstuffed brains. A medical professional just endorsed that point of view. I'd like to share his thoughts with you.

Lower your blood pressure in one reading with

The Benefits of Taking Time to Recharge

If the link above doesn't work for you, click here.

I've spent time this week reconnecting with old friends and making new ones now that I've completed a grueling year of ICD10 medical coding studies. I'm also recharging my content provider and other communication services (voiceover work, public speaking efforts, etc.) as I help the world at large to improve its health as best I can.

Stand by for some personal battery-recharged news. I bet it will leave you smiling.

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Make the most of your time, until we meet again.

 

Are there only 3 Options for Taking Advantage of the ICD10 Delay? Or 4?

B'SD

17 Nisan, 5774

Within the medical industry, there's an enduring debate about the merits and upside of the i10 delay. This one is entitled 3 ways providers can take advantage of the ICD-10 delay.

Dontcha just LUV this quote: 

"From a hospital perspective, enough already," Linda Reed, vice president and chief information officer at Morristown, N.J.-based Atlantic Health, told FierceHealthIT. "We've spent the money, done the work and started all the training. From a physician practice perspective, I'm not sure giving another year would make any difference in readiness. The extension from 2013 to 2014 didn't."

Those words made me think of two very different scenarios and the motivations behind them:

  1) Doomsday preppers who shuddered as the clock struck midnight on the last day of 1999... 

  2) The purpose of procrastination, and its inevitable result...

Neither scenario relates to productive results.

People tend to find out that they can cope with reality once they decide to deal with it. That tends to lead to better and better consequences.

Read the rest of the 3 Options story, 

http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/special-reports/3-ways-providers-can-take-advantage-icd-10-delay, 

then ask your legislators what they're doing to redress the ICD10 implementation delay.

By the way, I've identified a fourth option for taking advantage of the ICD10 delay: Learning from the mistake.

There's more good reading in 

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You'll be supporting this blog and the people who need the cost-cutting, stress-reducing book.

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Find answers you need. Do your homework.

 

Americans Need More and Better Medical Resources

B'SD

1 Nisan, 5774

I have something of a heavy heart today. I've learned that the senate passed that SGR bill. Here's what I posted to Facebook:

• 

  Yocheved Golani OY. The bill passed 64 Yes, 35 No. 
  
  I am convinced that America's health is on a totally downward course. Americans have just lost out on improved data-gathering and sharing, bigger insurance reimbursements, better patient care and other positive developments. 
  
  Now the White House, darkened by its utter failure to provide Americans with realistic medical insurance, can sign it into law or deny passage of the bill. Obama is not likely to improve on things, judging from his poorly designed obamacare act. 
  
  America is compost. http://journal.ahima.org/.../senate-votes-on-icd-10.../
  

  
  

  Senate Passes ICD-10 Delay Bill | Journal of AHIMA

  journal.ahima.org
  

  The Senate voted today to approve a bill that will delay the implementation of ICD-10-CM/PCS by at least one year. The bill now moves to President Obama, who is expected to sign it into law.

Legislators missed a crucially important point when they cast their "YES" votes: Americans Need More and Better Medical Resources.

I'm turning my attention to Passover preparations. The happy holiday happens in about 2 weeks. A time of Godly redemption, I pray that it will bring rescue from all kinds of troubles, for people around the world.

Meanwhile, if you or someone you know need affordable or no-cost help with some aspect of your medical care, read a book that medical and mental health professionals recommend:

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Find resources you need.  

 

How to Stop a Pedophile

B'SD

28 Shvat, 5774

Sexual molestation of children is a soul-ripping hell.

The defenseless victims are often too young or too much in shock and horror to find the words that explain what was done to them. 

Caring, compassionate adults are morally obligated to protect children from sex predators and anyone who wants to harm them. The predators can be male or female, relatives, teachers, camp counselors, youth group leaders, neighbors and anybody else. 

Those same compassionate adults are morally obligated to provide the child ith effective therapy for getting past the trauma, perhaps several sexual molestation traumas.

I began to report about innovative programs to help the victims of child molesters and programs to prevent molesters from hurting more people back in 1996, when Nefesh Israel (www.nefesh.org) launched such activities.

I attended a relevant program last week: 

Tzedek-Tzedek

"Justice Justice Shall You Pursue!"

Friday, 17 January 2014

"Who Are The People in Our Neighborhood?" - Dr David Pelcovitz - Monday 20th January

I'd like to share an E-mail exchange between me and Dr Pelcovitz. It can educate you:

"If I recall correctly Dr Pelcovitz, you explained that interviewed perverts rationalize that their young victims are too young to remember the abuse foisted on them. 

I find that lie easy to expose: Do the perverts recall when they were first, or ever, molested? Yes, they do. Those memories are intact. 

Why not confront them with their lie? If they've been confronted with the inconsistency, do they re-rationalize their behavior? What is the lesson for society, in 50 words or less?

I request that you provide your listeners with

1) Handouts describing the body language and personality characteristics of perverts

2) Please remind me of the researcher who discovered that fMRIs reveal the shutdown of language centers during sexual and other trauma. I suspect that the reality could force a change in halacha regarding victims who do not scream for help.

I'm hoping you recall that I wrote about your groundbreaking work for the Jewish - and wider - communities in The Jewish Press, back in 1996 or so, when Nefesh Israel held its kenes (YG: convention) in Baltimore. I believe the event was labeled 'Shhh... It's Not a Secret Anymore.'" 

Dr Pelcovitz quickly replied , "I couldn't agree more. We do confront them.  That is the essence of their problem and the nature of that component of therapy.- they lie to themselves and it's the job of the therapist to uncover this and challenge them. 

Handouts are a good idea for future programs. The researcher I was referring to is Dr Bessel van der Kolk."

Readers, I recommend that you see a most appropriate definition of sexual abuse by Israel's Takana organization, at http://takana.org.il/en/defining-sexual-abuse/.

The home page of Takana is http://takana.org.il/en/.

The organization helps people 

of all ages and

offers 

educational materials 

for use in schools, camps 

and youth groups. 

Ask for them.

The site is available in Hebrew at http://takana.org.il/.

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Shop Online and Save Someone's Psyche - Yours, too!

B'SD

19 Tevet, 5774

Wintry weather has traveled the globe and I bet LOTS of people are happy to shop online. No need to slog through slush, ice, snow or biting winds. The digital experience can prevent colds, stress and maybe more.

If you're wondering what to give as presents to people in need of financial and emotional solutions to medical and mental health problems, follow the suggestions below.

There’s a reason that medical and mental health professionals recommend It’s MY Crisis! And I’ll Cry If I Need To: EMPOWER Yourself to Cope with a Medical Challenge. Read how one of them saved his life with it on the back cover:

"I received EMPOWER Yourself to Cope with a Medical Challenge one week after I suffered my own medical crisis and found it very helpful. [It] will be of great benefit both in dealing with the fragile emotional health of sick patients and the stressful situation of the patient's caregiver… [with] very practical comprehensive information for dealing with a health-related crisis that is so seldom available to someone who is ill and preoccupied with their own troubles. Ill people are often compromised and often don't know where to look for guidance. Putting so much useful information at their fingertips will help them navigate the difficulties of a confusing medical system. Combined with [the author's] encouragement to never give up hope, the book will be of great aid to anyone with a sudden serious medical emergency." - Daniel Eisenberg, MD, Department of Radiology at the Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, PA; Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Imaging at Thomas Jefferson University School of Medicine; Medical Ethicist www.daneisenberg.com

World-renown psychiatrist Dr. A. Twerski chuckles gives http://booklocker.com/books/3067.html to patients on chemotherapy and to addicts in rehab. “They don’t call me much after that. “They feel better just reading the book!”

"She’s Jewish and I'm Christian, but the importance of the spirituality in It’s MY Crisis! was incredibly accurate.” Carl Phillips, ASTA Certified Hospital Consultant and Wesleyan lay minister http://booklocker.com/books/3067.html

"I read thru most of Yocheved Golani's book. Of course I found it almost personalized so I treat it as a resource guide. I will undoubtedly re-read after I get an overview but it is a great read and she is obviously quite a woman." - James Owen (Tzadok Osher) Herlands a'h

"The workbook is very good! We're glad we had you speak for our clients and supporters." Karen Traub, co-founder Jewish Caring Network http://booklocker.com/books/3067.html

"Yocheved Golani's guide issues a powerful 'can-do' message to those most in need of it... A person facing a serious medical threat needs to believe that… positivity and determination make a difference… Golani sets out a compelling argument for taking action: help yourself, get help from others, strategise, maximise whatever you've got. Do whatever needs to be done to get well and overcome your illness, even when you don't feel like it. It could save your life. It could save the life of your loved one… this combination of the can-positive attitude and the do-positive action lessons extend far beyond the medical sphere to life challenges whatever they may be. They are lessons we can't afford to ignore!" – Life Coach Y. Ives, England

"... Yocheved Golani has created a wonderful resource for those going through... life crises. Written with hopefulness, optimism... Yocheved’s book inspires and guides us to meet our own challenges with strength, determination, resilience, and faith." Shiela Strauss, Ph.D., NIH Public Health Researcher USA

"What an incredible wealth of information: spiritual, philosophical, psychological, medical, etc! The book is filled with sound ideas and sage advice. I recommend it to everyone!" – Rabbi Danny Myers, Menorat HaMaor in Ramat Bet Shemesh, Israel

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Calm Mindsets to Help Humanity

B'SD

13 Tishrei, 5774

I held off at making yesterday's blogpost go "live" due to unfolding events in the DC Navy Yard horror.

As it was, I was grieving the death of a dear man, a model of what GOD wants humanity to be: Simply good. The chief rabbi of Bet Shemesh had died early in the morning, after a horrific and valiant fight against a relentless disease process. He was so beloved by a wide cross-section of people, and still is. 

We had spoken with each other about healing modalities, and had shared lovely conversations and experiences in the past. GOD had a plan for how things would go.

I can only guess that as a man of peace, shalom, the rabbi is blessed with complete shalom in heaven. He died just before Sukkot begins. It's a time when we invite saintly figures to our huts, which symbolize GOD's mercy, and strive to emulate their qualities.

The Jewish world begins a week-long celebration of Sukkot (Tabernacles or Feast of Booths) on Wednesday night.  

The video below is of a classic Israeli song. It bespeaks the charming, peaceful demeanor and mindset of the deceased rabbi and the Sukkot holiday. You can read the lyrics translated into English at the bottom of the video.

At this point, while I reflect on yet another headline horror that ended some lives and pained others, I want to ask that you do what you can to promote mental health in your immediate world, and the wider world if possible. 

Suffering caused by one person's misery inflicted on innocent, defenseless others, is something worth preventing.

Calm mindsets help humanity.

Learn of mental health resources in the E-book or print edition of EMPOWER Yourself to Cope with a Medical Challenge.  

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

Focus on bettering yourself and society.