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Thoughts On The Cure For Cancer

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Oct 29, 2007
Emotional Health and Well-Being

A short time ago, a visiting relative asked my wife and me what we thought about the idea that the cure for cancer was already established, but was being hidden from the general public for various reasons. Being a pharmaceutical sales representative, her idea of the cure for cancer was a drug or procedural treatment that could be received from a doctor, and used right away to experience a complete recovery from cancer. Read more

 

Understanding and Overcoming Chronic Depression

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Jul 29, 2007
Natural Health Solutions
Emotional Health and Well-Being
Personal and Environmental Wellness

Have you ever considered the possibility that if you are depressed, you should be?

Popular media and our society in general tend to teach us that it is normal to be perpetually happy. But is it normal to be happy all of the time? Read more

 

How Do You Know That You Are Depressed?

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Jul 28, 2007
Natural Health Solutions
Emotional Health and Well-Being
Personal and Environmental Wellness

What’s In A Diagnosis?

How do you know that you are depressed? Is it just plain obvious to yourself and those who are closest to you? Did a doctor diagnose you with depression? Read more

 

Mind-Body Exercises to Help You Transcend Chronic Depression

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Jul 26, 2007
Natural Health Solutions
Emotional Health and Well-Being
Personal and Environmental Wellness

What follows are a series of questions and exercises that are intended to strengthen your capacity to deal with life circumstances that can cause chronic depression. I encourage you to work on no more than one exercise per day to give yourself ample time to consider the thoughts and feelings that each exercise brings up for you. Read more

 

Treat Yourself As You Treat Others (If You Believe In Being Kind)

Posted by Margaret Kim on Sep 20, 2006
Emotional Health and Well-Being

As the parent of a toddler, I find that I am often calling out reminders during my son’s play with other children. I tell him, “Be gentle!” He hasn’t learned to talk yet and I don’t know how much he understands, but I am always on my toes to make sure that he plays nicely. Read more

 

Bad Marriage Equals Bad Health

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Sep 14, 2006
Emotional Health and Well-Being

An interesing study out of Brandeis University and University College in London and published in the Annals of Behavioral Medicine reports that spouses in bad marriages face greater risk for serious health problems.

The study goes on to say that marital problems affect men and women equally, increasing both spouses' risks for stroke and heart disease. Read more

 

Can Praising Others Cause Harm?

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Jun 12, 2006
Emotional Health and Well-Being
Children's Health Issues

Several months ago, we had a young lady in her teens visit our clinic from the States for an eating disorder. Over the four-year period preceding her visit with us, her weight fluctuated between 70 and 165 pounds. Read more

 

Funny Valentine's Day Story From Korea

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Feb 14, 2006
Emotional Health and Well-Being

I find the way in which today's generation of Koreans celebrate Valentine's Day to be quite interesting and amusing.

In Korea, Valentine's Day is reserved for women to give chocolates and other presents to their boyfriends or men they wish would become their boyfriends. Read more

 

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