PERSPECTIVE LIVING MAGAZINE

For independent thinkers. Because life is too short to see it from one perspective.

Health

Tapping therapy for mind and body: Can something this simple really work?

All over the world, there are people getting into tapping therapy. They say the East-West approach helps them with mind and body health, stress, and trauma. More and more scientists and health care professionals agree. But, tapping therapy is not yet mainstream. And that can have something to do with the fact that it’s so easy to use. After all, “something that simple can’t really work” is a perspective that feels true for many of us.

The happy and proud new ‘couch potato’. Is our stigma about staying home and spare time changing?

From the US to Australia, and from finally reading that book to taking that relaxing walk. When it comes to our spare time, many of us are becoming a proud new ‘couch potato.’ But that was certainly not always the case. Is our stigma about staying in versus going out changing?

Help, I’m 50 and it’s only going downhill from here! To what extent does our decline happen because we expect it?

As we reach “middle age,” we don’t just dread the decline of our bodies and minds—we expect it. We wait for our knees to ache and our memories to fail us. While some of these things happen because we’re getting older, do some also happen because we expect them? And, more importantly, can we age better if we expect better? In other words, can positive ageing help us age more healthily?

The magical world of Glimmers: An interview with Deb Dana (AUDIO)

During our busy day, we can focus on all the things that can go wrong. Or we can spot Glimmers. The term comes from trauma specialist Deb Dana and is used by people all over the world. In this audio interview she tells us how subtle, magical Glimmers are all around us. How little moments of goodness are personal to us and can help us see the world in a different light. And how our specially equipped nervous systems, minds, bodies and souls will all thank us for it. We will even feel better connected to others.