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Scientists Reversed Brain Damage In A 2-Year-Old Girl Who Drowned In A Swimming Pool

By
Elizabeth Williams

US researchers reported about what they think is one of a kind happening – doctors have reversed brain damage in a 2-year-old girl who drowned in a swimming pool and was in the water for 15 minutes. They treated her condition with a combination of oxygen therapies.

The little girl’s heart didn’t beat for whole 2 hours after she was dragged out from the pool. She lost her ability to walk, speak, and recognize voices. Moreover, she would involuntarily shake her head and squirm around.

Her first MRI scan after the incident showed a deep grey matter injury along with a cerebral atrophy with white and grey matter brain loss.

However, the great thing is that doctors were able to reverse this brain damage using oxygen treatments which included hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT). This therapy was administered by a team of doctors from LSU Health New Orleans and the University of North Dakota.

“The startling re-growth of tissue, in this case, occurred because we were able to intervene early in a growing child, before long-term tissue degeneration”, said Paul Harch, a hyperbaric specialist from the LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine.

This incident occurred last year in February. Eden Carlson, in the time a two-year-old girl, slipped into the baby gate and down into the family swimming pool while her mother was taking a shower.

Her mother saw her drowning after 15 minutes and immediately gave her CPR, but she was not resuscitated for 2 hours. Eden was finally revived by doctors at Washington Regional Medical Centre in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

After being in intensive care for 48 hours at the hospital, doctors suggested that she get oxygen therapies in order to “wake-up” her injured brain.

These hyperbaric oxygen therapies happen in a room in which the air pressure is three times higher than the air pressure in a regular room. This expands the lungs’ capacity to gather more oxygen than in a room with normal air pressure. This way the person gets 100% pure oxygen in greater amounts that spread throughout the whole body, thus repairing any damaged area.

At first, they gave her a series of normobaric oxygen treatments with a sea level pressure, 55 days after the drowning occurred. This treatment lasted 45 minutes and she received it twice a day through a nasal cannula.

These treatments helped Eden in reducing her squirming. She also recovered her alertness and got back her ability to move her hands and arms. She could also laugh, pronounce short sentences, and she was partly able to eat orally again.

Three weeks later, Eden and her family moved to New Orleans where she started receiving hyperbaric oxygen treatments.

Her mother noticed that her little girl is back to nearly normal after just 10 sessions. Along with the hyperbaric treatments, Eden started doing physical exercises also, in order to get back her major motor functions.

Once she completed all her 39 hyperbaric sessions, Eden’s walking had drastically improved along with her speech that was even better than before. Also, she showed valuable improvements on all neurological abnormality tests and her cognition and motor movements were almost normal.

At the end of her treatment, and 162 days after the incident, she did MRI scan again and the results showed just a minimal residual brain injury. But, what is important is that the MRI scan revealed an almost complete reversal of her brain’s cortical and white matter atrophy.

Eden’s case and treatment are further explained in details in Medical Gas Research.    

The team of doctors behind Eden’s case said that this case is not reported yet with any therapy.

They still cannot fully explain how this brain reverse actually happened, but the fact remains that normobaric oxygen therapies combined with hyperbaric oxygen treatments did wonder to the little girl’s brain – they reduced the inflammatory processes in the brain and helped in the revival of the brain cells.

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10 Bad Habits That Drain Your Energy And How To Quit Them

By
Elizabeth Williams

As human beings, we are born to make mistakes. We all know that old saying: To err is human. We have many faults and we are prone to stray from the right path. It takes a strong character and will to become the person you want to be.

One has to be disciplined to achieve the set-out goals in life. In our lifetime, we interact with all sorts of people and the trends of society impose themselves on us without us even realizing it.

Some of these factors may have a negative impact on our way of life and one can easily be caught up in the grips of bad habits that are sometimes extremely hard to shed.

These bad habits drain our energy and leave us completely exhausted, as if life itself had given us a good beating. How to avoid this? Is there a way to shed these bad habits and live a better, healthier life?

Here are the top 10 bad habits that drain our energy and the solutions to these issues as proposed by the Dalai Lama himself:

  1. Keep your promises

Don’t make promises you can’t keep. In an effort to be nice, you will end up destroying your good name. So, if you make a promise, stick with it!

  1. Stay away from toxic people

Many times, through wanting to help people, we end up receiving complaints and negative energy from others. Surround yourself with positive people, and avoid the toxic ones.

  1. Pay your bills on time

“Don’t owe anyone anything” should be your life motto. Always pay back your debts on time. Treat others the way you would like to be treated.

  1. Learn to forgive

If we choose to live with unforgiveness, we choose to suffer. Instead of poisoning yourself with hatred, choose to forgive and move on, whether or not someone deserves your forgiveness. Do it to give yourself peace. You’ll feel like a weight has been lifted off your chest.

  1. Focus on doing what you like

Sometimes we need to do things we don’t enjoy, but, when possible, delegate the tasks you don’t like doing and focus on what you are passionate about.

  1. A time for every purpose

There’s time to rest and time to act. Both are equally important and necessary in your life. Do not forget it.

  1. Don’t clutter…renew!

If you want to let your life flow, don’t get stuck. Start by rearranging your bedroom or renovating your closet. Your home is a reflection of your energy, and clutter blocks its natural flow. So, if you want to clear your mind, start by clearing out the clutter in your space.

  1. Face adversity

Do not hide from confrontations. If something bothers you, express it and cut it out of your life. Do not wait for the solution to fall from the sky. It’s often right here — you just have to look around.

  1. Keep an eye on your health

Even the most brilliant mind can’t do without good health. Those who take care of both their physical and mental health needs are much happier. Spend enough time taking care of your body.

  1. Let your life flow

You are a part of everything, and everything is part of you. Stop fighting with life, accept it, and let yourself be carried away by the flow. Just remember that you are the one who navigates the boat.

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Why You Should Treat Loneliness As A Chronic Illness

By
Elizabeth Williams

Although the word “loneliness” is used very commonly, only since resent it has been acknowledged that this is in fact a psychological disorder that can turn out to be a very dangerous one if not treated properly. Most of the time in ordinary talk loneliness is confused with being alone, but it has far more deeper meaning than that.

Loneliness is actually a state of mind and not a state of solitude. Solitude is a way of life when one, very consciously, chooses to leave all people behind and live by himself in seclusion.

Opposite to this, sometimes being lonely occurs even when you do have everyone around you, your life seems full and intense, it might look like you have everything you’ve ever wished for. But when you are lonely, you feel empty inside, you feel like you are left to die slowly and alone.

Many of us think that loneliness is an ordinary, everyday feeling that a person can have and it is true sometimes, when you feel that no one understands you.

But the difference here is that if it’s an everyday feeling, the thoughts that you are alone go away rather quickly and don’t come back until another situation triggers that same emotion.

When this happens you might call a friend to come over or you can talk to your parents, or you just grab a book and you are full again with yourself, your hopes and love for the future.

Although loneliness does have the same symptoms, it is followed with a strong feeling of being unwanted, being rejected by the society, by your family, friends and partner. It’s a state of deep sadness and not-belonging.

This kind of sadness exactly makes loneliness so dangerous and chronic, because it doesn’t go away, it just gets deeper and deeper.

This becomes a very real state of the mind, an awful reality where the soul is literally dragging its body behind and has absolutely no reason why it should continue with this life on Earth.

Exactly this is the moment when suicidal thoughts rise up inside the mind of the lonely person. This is the moment when he/she believes that they won’t be even missed.

So you see, loneliness is when you can’t find any reason why should you stay and endure the pain that comes from not having anyone to help you, to hear you.

Despite the medical studies loneliness is not a genetic disorder. As I stated above it is a state of mind, a state of consciousness that has nothing to do with genes or any part of the physical body for that matter.

Further, it is a psychological disorder, meaning the state of the mind was once in order and somehow, in some period of time it became unbalanced. Thus, loneliness is caused by something, some event, some person that has triggered such a deep pain, an everlasting sadness that has gone beyond repairing.

Knowing all this I hope now you’ll know a little better to distinguish loneliness from simply feeling alone and from the usual sadness. If you can understand loneliness than you can help yourself or someone else to recognize this unnatural state of mind.

Because if it is not recognized and acknowledged it cannot be treated properly can cause or evolve into further psychological and health problems like:

  • Depression (major depression or persistent depressive disorder),
  • Low self-esteem that can trigger suicidal thoughts;
  • diminishing cognitive performances;
  • Compromise the whole immune system;
  • Increase the risk of cardiovascular disease or heart attack;
  • Increases the symptoms of developing dementia in early middle age or Alzheimer disease by decreasing the ability to think and learn;
  • Altered brain function;

I will emphasize this once again – if no help is given, this disorder can grow really bad and really fast. It can easily turn into major depression that will require years of work on the Self, or it can push the person to developing a progressive dementia since the one who is lonely doesn’t have any need to read, to study, or to think even.

Lonely people don’t just turn away from society, they leave their Self too. This is so because as the disorder progresses the person doesn’t want to think, because thinking means remembering, all memories are simply too painful for them.

They remember that no one cares, no one asks how they feel. They feel like an extra part, a sick part of humanity that needs to be removed. So they literally try to remove themselves from everywhere and if not treated correctly they can easily take their own life.

Here is some advice on what a person who suffers from loneliness should do:

  • They must recognize their condition, their state of mind as unnatural;
  • Must understand what the consequences from loneliness could be;
  • They should respond to this disorder (maybe by developing quality relationships with people with common interest);
  • Hope for the best, not the worst – which doesn’t mean that one should become a forced one optimist, but only realist and opportunist, because life does give us enough chances to change our life. But we all have free-will, which on the other hand gives us the right to take or to dismiss that chance.  

So, please be careful when you judge the condition of someone who suffers from loneliness, it’s not a very nice state to be in. Therefore, be a good friend to someone who is lonely, you might just save their life.

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ADHD Exists And It Should Be Treated With A Combination Of Treatments And Medication

By
Mary Wright

You keep losing keys, constantly forgetting deadlines or appointments or maybe you have problems managing your time and act impulsively in everyday situations.  You probably need a help of a health professional as you may have ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) and need professional treatment. 

Is ADHD Real?

Do you know someone who doubts that ADHD exists? Or do you perhaps, have doubts yourself?

According to all the major medical groups, like the American Medical Association, American Psychiatric Association, National Institutes of Health, and the American Academy of Pediatrics, ADHD is known as attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and such it is considered a real biological condition that should be treated. (1)

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the many conditions treated by Adderall, a prescription medication. It has also been used to treat related issues and sleep disorders, like narcolepsy or excessive daytime sleepiness. There are also Adderall alternatives that actually work like the ADHD medication

But What Precisely Is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder?

It is a brain disorder that makes people unable to stay focused, pursue tasks until their very end, and concentrate. In addition, it makes them excessively active, often to the extent of restlessness.

People suffering from the disorder are unable to calmly go through a decision-making process but rather rush into hasty judgments and actions. As a result, of all of the above, they can be a burden to society.

However, many people out there, including researchers, some doctors, and therapists openly disagree. Some of them believe that the problem starts with the way the condition is diagnosed.

Actually, some skeptics believe it is an excuse for bad parenting in children and not being able to take responsibility as a grown-up rather than a real health condition.

These skeptics also question the high number of diagnosed cases in the United States, and the number is much bigger than in European countries.

Some doctors state that children are very often misdiagnosed as the number of diseases and different health conditions that may cause these symptoms are big, and this doesn’t mean that children have ADHD.

So, they think that adult ADHD is not a valid clinical diagnosis. On this end of the spectrum, there are many critics who believe that ADHD is just another social construct. One of them is Jerome Kagan, a renowned Harvard psychologist who has been loud about this subject and has expressed strong doubts about the neurological basis of ADHD in a few interviews. He describes this condition as an invented illness created by the psychiatrist as well as the pharmaceutical companies for their own interest.

Now, while some have openly agreed with him, some out there have completely rejected the idea that ADHD might indeed be just a socially constructed condition.

That is why it is important to focus on context, says Samuel Veissière, Ph.D., an anthropologist, cognitive scientist, and professor at McGill University in his article published in Psychology Today.

“Human realities are too complex to be fitted in extreme biological or social views. While current figures may be overblown, it is likely that a cognitive and mood style that resembles ADHD—impulsivity, high energy, rapid shifts in focus—may be normally distributed in the human population and manifest itself in different ways depending on the context.  Males, for example, are more impulsive than females on average, and are almost three times more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD.”

According to evolutionary scientists, one of the primary reasons for the ADHD epidemic is the highly inflexible and stressful environment in which we live and every day, struggle to adapt to. Let’s think about it. We live in the digital age. As much as the hyper-availability of information at any moment that is mainly provided by constant connection through mobile devices is helpful, it is also harmful. Especially when you take into consideration that the average attention span of 6-year-olds is 12 minutes. Therefore, it is essential that our selective inattention in a world overflown with information is perceived as us doing our best to adapt to it.

Research Proved That ADHD Is A Real Health Condition

There are some studies that suggest that ADHD is a real disease and it is related to changes in the production of the chemical dopamine in the brain.

One study found that one form of the dopamine receptor gene may increase the chances of this behavioral condition, and it can also improve its end result in the long run.

So, according to studies, this condition runs in the family, and if you have this gene, you may have an increased risk of getting ADHD. The researchers said that children who had this gene usually normalize as they get older and tend to be more intelligent. (2) 

One other study from 2008 found that ADHD can be related to the lower production of dopamine. The researchers studied children of 10 years of age, studied their MRI scans and their DNA, and found that the dopamine D4 receptor gene (DRD4) is related to ADHD, and this gene is linked with some parts of the brain that control the attention. 

Researchers have studied the children over the course of 6 years, and children with this gene had better results and improved their behavior in their teen period and can recover from ADHD more quickly. 

So this study also noted that ADHD is a hereditary disease with some predetermined genes and often can require medical and psychological treatment. (3) 

What Causes ADHD In Children?

Modern Lifestyle

Most researchers found that ADHD is an epidemic of modernity and the modern way of life. The modern lifestyle has an impact on the brain and having in mind that children today are dependent on instant messaging, TV shows, and video games, have busy lives, and it is very hard for them to accustom to the slow pace of the classroom and want to transfer the urgency they have at home to their scholarly endeavors. 

But, playing video games can also have positive effects and increase brain efficacy. It just needs to be played for 60 to 90 minutes per day, so most children reap all the benefits from it. 

Hereditary Factor

Another factor is the hereditary factor, already mentioned above in the article, but more research is needed to prove this as young brains are very supple and brain cells constantly make new connections, a process is known as ‘arborizing, according to health professionals. 

Still, it is very likely that it runs in families since: 

  • A child has an increased chance of getting ADHD if some of their family members have it by 4 times. 
  • 1/3 of the fathers who had ADHD when they were young have kids with ADHD. 
  • Most of the twins shared the ADHD trait. 

So, to prevent your child from ADHD, limit the children’s stay in front of the TV and in front of screens and do some low – pace activities such as gardening and cooking. 

Alcohol And Drugs During Pregnancy

Professional healthcare practitioners also advise mothers to have a healthy pregnancy and not to indulge in alcohol, drugs, or cigarettes when pregnant since this can also increase the risk of having ADHD. 

What Causes ADHD In Adults?

It is very important to recognize the symptoms of ADHD and treat this condition if you have it. In addition, it is also important to recognize what causes it and make some necessary lifestyles if needed: 

Lack of sleep 

Lack of sleep may lead to poor concentration, reaction time, and comprehension in adults and children and can also make a child hyperactive. 

Food and additives 

Some types of food may worsen the symptoms of ADHD, so you can pay attention to the foods to the food you take as some foods such as sugars and fat may worsen the symptoms, while protein, calcium, magnesium, and vitamin B may alleviate the symptoms. 

Stress

Too much stress may affect your daily life activities, and you may find it difficult to focus a person with ADHD who is under stress will even have more difficulty focusing and filtering out the excess stimuli.

Overstimulation

If you are bombarded with overwhelming sounds and voices from crowded venues and amusement parks, this may trigger ADHD symptoms.

10 Most Common ADHD Symptoms

Almost everyone may have ADHD symptoms at some point during their life, but if the symptoms are persistent or cause you problems with your everyday activities, it is best to trace them in childhood.

Actually, ADHD symptoms may appear in childhood and continue to adulthood and even in some cases, this condition can be diagnosed just in adults when the hyperactivity may decrease, but difficulty with paying little attention and impulsiveness continue to appear.

So, in adults, the main symptoms would be restlessness and impulsiveness, which will range from mild to severe. However, many adults aren’t aware of this condition, and they just find everyday life challenging and may have some of the following symptoms:

  • Difficulty in focusing on a task
  • Making impulsive decisions
  • Problems with finishing tasks on time and meeting deadlines
  • Mood swings and anxiety
  • Problems with planning and coping with stress
  • Organization problems and low time management skills
  • Hot temper
  • Impatience and inability to control impulses
  • Feeling restless and uneasy
  • Having chaotic environments

How Does ADHD Affect Person’s Everyday Life?

When you have ADHD, you will probably have problems limiting your behavior. ADHD will affect your life in the following way:

  1. Most people with ADHD also have an anxiety disorder and worry too much. So when you treat your ADHD symptoms, you will also treat your anxiety disorder.
  2. Disrupt your internal clock, called the circadian rhythm and you will struggle with falling asleep or getting out of bed regularly.
  3. You will be very distracted and forget things and have problems with focus, and this may lead to missed deadlines at work, and school, and losing some personal objects.
  4. You will become a screen addict – you will have difficulties focusing, but when it comes to screens, the constant change of graphics and images will get your attention.
  5. Hard to control emotions and becoming tactless and interrupt other people’s conversation,
  6. Poor listening and comprehensive skills, which leads to misunderstanding and missed appointments, and problems with organizing and dealing with adulthood problems.
  7. Compulsive eating and the inability to control your behavior by excessive eating ( this is an example of raising your dopamine level).
  8. Alcohol and drug misuse and overuse
  9. Felling constantly under stress may lead to heart and other health problems like diabetes and muscle tension
  10. Employment and school problems are caused by disorganization, not being able to focus and be attentive.

7  Types Of ADHD

Treatment of ADHD depends on the diagnosis and diagnosis techniques that sometimes include scans of the blood flow and brain activity patterns. 

In fact, diagnosis of ADHD can be sometimes difficult as there 7 ADHD types: 

  1. Classic ADD ( caused by dopamine deficiency and medically treated with stimulating medications like Ritalin and supplements such as Fish Oil, Green tea, Ginseng, and other supplements).
  2. Inattentive ADD ( caused by low activity in the prefrontal cortex and dopamine deficiency, treated with stimulant medications like Concerta and a lower-carbohydrate diet; regular exercise and other stimulating exercises and medications).
  3. Limbic ADD (caused by increased activity in the limbic part of the brain and decreased activity in the prefrontal cortex and treated with antidepressants such as Imipramine, fish oil, special diet, etc.). 
  4. Ring of Fire ADD (“ADD plus”) (in this case, the entire brain is hyperactive and stimulants are not recommended and for the medications, anticonvulsants, and the blood pressure drugs guanfacine and clonidine are recommended).
  5. Temporal Lobe ADD ( caused by abnormalities in the temporal lobe, which can be treated with Amino acid GABA to calm the brain activity, magnesium, and anticonvulsant medications to help with anxiety and irritability).
  6. Anxious ADD (caused by increased activity in the basal ganglia treated with calming supplements such as relora, magnesium, holy basil s L-theanine, and antidepressants.
  7. Over-focused ADD ( caused by serotonin and dopamine deficiency, treated with supplements such as 5 – HTP and L-tryptophan, and antidepressants like Cymbalta).

Three Subtypes Of ADHD

There are 3 subtypes of ADHD that should be properly diagnosed :

ADHD – hyperactive & impulsive

7 % of adults have this type of ADHD. The main symptoms are:

  • Hyperactivity
  • Impulsivity 

Sometimes people diagnosed with this type of ADHD can also have problems with inattention. 

ADHD – inattentive

33% of adults have this type of ADHD. The main symptoms include:

  • Difficulties to stay focused
  • Difficulties in finishing the daily activities
  • Easily distracted by sounds and sights

ADHD –combined 

About 60 % of adults have this type of ADHD, and it is a combination of both types of ADHD, as the name suggests. 

So, What Is The Solution To The ADHD Problem?

According to many researchers, including Kagan, the process of concluding if someone is mentally ill should be more thorough and precise.  Instead of putting a child or a young person on drugs; psychologists should work on defining the reasons that cause sadness and anxiety. This practice of diagnosing someone only on the basis of symptoms opens the door for many new illnesses, such as bipolar disorder.

That is why today we have more than a million Americans under the age of 19 defined as bipolar. Psychologists have started classifying every child with changes in temper as mentally ill, and again, pharmaceutical companies immediately accept the novelty and new drugs are on the way.

So, as Kegan advises, instead of putting a child on drugs, find him a tutor to help him in school and spend time with him/her to help them overcome their obstacles since their earliest appearance.

Below are 5 simple tips that professor Samuel Paul Veissière Ph.D. have found effective in helping children and highly suggests:

1. Shift attention and expectations toward strengths and growth.

2. Use peer mentoring to increase pride and confidence.

3. Be consistent in enforcing consequences.

4. Limit time with electronics to a minimal, predictable schedule.

5. Spend time outdoors, and allow for unstructured, resilience-building play.

Source: WebMD / Psychology Today

Psychological benefits of music in Advertisement

By
Elizabeth Williams

The effectiveness of music ads is an important tool in creating a successful advertising campaign. Many people remember the catchy phrases or phrases used in commercials. The relationship between music and advertising in every area has been demonstrated, and the benefits brought by music at different times and in different ways for companies seeking to promote their products or services. The fact is that without the music in the ad, there is often a bridge is not a gap between the advertiser and the end user.

Music influences the structure and durability of an ad. It can provide continuity in television, film, and digital media ads by providing music content that connects different viewers. Why is ad music so powerful? Music creates an emotional relationship with viewers or listeners. Each of us is influenced by music in one way or another.

Music is a way of identifying certain cultures and regions of people. We understand that there are different types of music that people listen to We choose music styles based on our preferences in life and where we are at the same time mentally and emotionally. Successful marketers understand this powerful tool and use it as a feature of their campaigns.

Psychological benefits of music

 If we spend time listening to music in commercials and breaking the importance of these words, we understand that they are used as a psychological tool to reach us as consumers who deal with the advertised product or service and want to buy what is being offered. In the same way that music is used in movies to bridge the emotional gap with the viewer, you must understand that the same method is used in commercials.

According to soundchime.com research successful ads are created when the advertiser or person in charge of the campaign mode can correctly identify the target market and demographics. If this is discovered and when the individual will begin to understand how to use music effectively in the campaign.

For example, if the type of product being sold is directed at the elderly, playing metal death music in the background will not be an effective way to reach the target audience. Once the target audience is achieved, the advertiser can learn the appropriate musical style for the project.

Often, advertisers will use “canned music,” which is rented or purchased from websites and music libraries that have already been created. While this is an economical choice for many people, using new and original music designed for a specific ad campaign is much more effective because it is specifically designed for the project.

Music producers and composers who specialize in music and commercial songs understand how to put ideas in the commercial market and target market to create a musical piece that will fill the emotional gap to create contact with the end user in order to draw them and make them want to buy the advertised product or service.

Original music can be a much better tool for an ad campaign although it may be more expensive because it can have minimized modifications, alterations, and completely appropriate subjects according to the copyright used in advertising.

20 Profound Quotes By Carl Jung That Will Help You To Better Understand Yourself

By
Elizabeth Williams

Carl Jung is a deep philosophical thinker who examined all aspects of the self when writing about the human experience. He was clear on the notion that we are spiritual beings. Having a spiritual relationship with oneself truly helps us to understand the deeper aspects of who we truly are.

To some people, this idea translates to religion, finding solace in the existence of something greater than yourself. My opinion is that this is a fickle form of spirituality that does not truly help a person get to the core of who they are (or, alternatively, who they are not).

 “Carl Jung was one of the creators of modern depth psychology, which seeks to facilitate a conversation with the unconscious energies which move through each of us. He contributed many ideas which continue to inform contemporary life:complex, archetype, persona, shadow, anima and animus, personality typology, dream interpretation, individuation, and many other ideas. He had a deep appreciation of our creative life and considered spirituality a central part of the human journey” says www.cgjungpage.org.

This summation of Carl’s life and work connects deeply to what Collective Evolution is all about. After putting together the quotes in this article, I gained an even deeper appreciation for Carl Jung and his work, since I uncovered the conscious themes that were apparent throughout his teachings and shadow archetype. 

Here are 20 quotes from Jung that serve as an accurate representation of his work, and also provide much to reflect on.

20 Profound Quotes By Carl Jung That Will Help You To Better Understand Yourself:

1.“The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.”

2. “Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.”

3. “Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.”

4. “Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.”

5. ”One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light but by making the darkness conscious.”

6. “I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.”

7. “Don’t hold on to someone who’s leaving, otherwise you won’t meet the one who’s coming.”

8. “If you are a gifted person, it doesn’t mean that you gained something. It means you have something to give back.”

9. “Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”

10. “Loneliness does not come from having no people around, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to oneself, or from holding certain views which others find inadmissible.”

11. “People will do anything, no matter how absurd, to avoid facing their own souls.”

12. “A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them.”

13. “Depression is like a woman in black. If she turns up, don’t shoo her away. Invite her in, offer her a seat, treat her like a guest and listen to what she wants to say.”

14. “Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know what a thing is, it is at least an increase in knowledge if he knows what it is not.”

15. “Your perception will become clear only when you can look into your soul.”

16. “Everything about other people that doesn’t satisfy us helps us to better understand ourselves.”

17. “What you resist, persists.”

18. “I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.”

19. “We may think that we fully control ourselves. However, a friend can easily reveal something about us that we have absolutely no idea about.”

20. “A dream is a small hidden door in the deepest and most intimate sanctum of the soul, which opens up to that primeval cosmic night that was the soul, long before there was the conscious ego.

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21 Of The Most Powerful Photos Ever Taken. #18 Brought Tears To My Eyes.

By
Elizabeth Williams
Powerful Photos Ever

If you love the feeling you get from seeing a powerful picture, we suggest you take a look at these that we’ve prepared for you.

We may constantly see social media photos that describe the mundane living of our friends, but looking at these pictures is not even a similar experience.

A picture can give you goosebumps, it can make you laugh, or even burst into tears. Some pictures are so powerful that they can literally change your life. You may never look at the world in the same way after watching these pictures.

Some may move you to tears and make you want to turn off the computer, but some can be so soothing and make you want to make a poster out of them in your room. These various pictures show humanity at its best and at its worst.

1. A heart-surgeon looks away exhausted from the 23-hour-long surgery after he had successfully transplanted a heart. His assistant fell asleep in the corner.

2. This is a photo of a 12-year-old boy from Brazil, named Diego Frazão Torquato. He is crying while playing the violin at the funeral of his favorite teacher, who taught him the power of music against violence and poverty.

3. This man is crying with grief after finding out about his brother’s murder.

4. This is Victoria, Australia in 2009, after the devastating bushfires when koalas were put to danger. A firefighter is giving water to a koala.

5. The son is pulling his alcoholic father in order to get up.

6. A mesmerizing view of a Mars sunset.

7. As cyclone Nargis hits southern Myanmar in 2008, Hhaing The Yu, 29, is left with only remains of his home near Myanmar’s capital of Yangon (Rangoon). He is holding his face in his hand because he is left homeless, just as million other people. More than 100,000 lives were also lost.

8. An old WW2 Russian tank veteran is leaning towards the old tank in which he passed his time during the war. The tank is standing as a monument in a small Russian town.

9. This handshake stands on the graves of a Protestant husband and a Catholic wife in Holland, 1888.10. Moments before the battle of Kursk, 1943, Russian soldiers are preparing for battle.

11. This is a touching advertisement of parents who are probably now in their 70s and still looking for their missing daughter.12. The terrifying contrast between the hands of a starving boy and a missionary.

13. The picture shows an astonishing contrast of ages between a father and a son (1949 vs 2009)

14. A wall inside an Auschwitz gas chamber.

15. This is Chechnya, where a Russian soldier is playing an abandoned piano, in 1944.

16. During the uprisings in Cairo, 2011, Christians protect Muslims in the middle of prayer.

17. Terri Gurrola sees her daughter for the first time after serving in Iraq for seven months.

18. A couple is found embraced in the ruins of a collapsed factory.

19. It is New Year’s eve in the gypsy community of St. Jacques, Perpignan, Southern France, where it is a common thing for young children to smoke. Here is a five-year-old gypsy boy smoking.

20. This photo is named “Wait for me, daddy” by Claude P. Dettloff, in New Westminster, Canada, October 1, 1940.

21. The power of flowers against the violence of weapons.

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10 Golden Rules That Can Make You A Millionaire

By
Elizabeth Williams

Having just a couple of millions in your bank account would go a long way to having a much better and more interesting life, right? But how does one achieve this goal?

It’s not easy, that’s for sure. Millions don’t just fall off the sky or grow on trees. So, what can you do to get a million bucks without waiting for a rich relative to die in order to inherit some “dough”?

Having just a couple of millions in your bank account would go a long way to having a much better and more interesting life, right? It’s crazy to think how the richest men and women in the world are living their lives to the fullest because of their wealth. How does one really achieve the goal of having millions of dollars in his/her bank account?

It’s not easy, that’s for sure. Millions don’t just fall off the sky or grow on trees. So, what can you do to get a million bucks without waiting for a rich relative to die in order to inherit some “dough”?

Well, the first thing you need to do is work hard, be smart and properly handle your savings.

  1. Save to Invest

It takes money to make money. Instead of spending all your savings on a dream vacation or a new car, use those funds to start or buy a business or a small project.

  1. Search for the best way to invest money

How and where you invest your money is an important decision. Successful investing is the key to reaching your long-term goals. You have to continually watch the market to know where the investors’ big gravy train is.

  1. Diversify

Never bet on one horse. Put your money in several investments, and keep your primary job while you achieve your goals.

  1. Don’t pretend to be someone you are not

Don’t spend more than you can afford. Live within or below your means and do not borrow money. Instead of spending every weekend at expensive restaurants, organize meetings at your house and save some of the money you did not spend.

  1. Self-education is the key

If you want to succeed in the business world, you have to be willing to dedicate a lot of time to self-education. You can take courses, buy books or read information on the Internet. A successful person can talk intelligently about many different topics, be it politics, markets or sports.

  1. Change the way you think about money

Stop thinking that money is something impossible to achieve for you or that you are OK with what you already have, although you would like to have more. Start by accepting that having money is not bad as long as it’s obtained legally and without going over someone’s head.

  1. Set goals and targets

The process of setting goals allows you to choose where you want to go in life. Once you’ve decided on a goal, start working toward achieving it. Don’t try to do everything at once- set small targets that you must hit, and be realistic when setting a time frame to attain it.

  1. Surround yourself with successful people

Be around people that are smarter, richer and more successful than you so you will be able to learn from them. They will inspire you to reach for a higher bar and show you how to get to the next level.

  1. Visualize yourself wealthy and rich

If you thing about something long enough, your subconscious mind will draw in opportunities to make it a reality. Take 5 or 10 minutes to visualize yourself getting a larger salary or opening your own business and let the law of attraction work its wonders for you.

  1. Age is just a number

Unfortunately, in some countries it can be difficult for people of a certain age to get good jobs, despite their experience. But remember, if you are determined to make money, you can become rich at any age. The important thing is to have a clear idea of what you want and the knowledge to do it.

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How to Choose a Medical Alert System for Seniors

By
Elizabeth Williams

Use of technology in medical field is making it more promising. From the sophistication of surgical instruments to the use of wireless and USB enabled fitness trackers, the technological innovation in medical field has come long way. Now, the next in the series of innovative healthcare devices is medical alert system, which is wearable in nature too. Here are some of the features you must look for in your medical alert device.

Fall detection and prevention system

Loss of balance is a thing of common occurrence amongst seniors. Therefore, medical alert system must have the provision for fall detection and prevention. Also, it is favorable if the medical alert device is connectible to the emergency healthcare unit in the closest proximity to handle any uncalled for adverse situation. Such facility allows seniors and family caregivers to obtain medical help even when no one is around.

Push button feature for calling help

When emergency strikes, it may not be possible for the person in distress to search and dial the emergency number. Thus, a push button feature that connects the device to the nearest healthcare center in just one click can prove to be the boon for the patient or the caregiver. This is, therefore, a feature of high utility and must be present in the medical alert system.

Regular health monitoring feature

A lot of effort is gone in blood and urine tests when done on a regular basis. Also, it is not possible to have an expert around 24 hours to measure your other health vitals. Medical alert system having facility for the monitoring of health vitals can help keep a close eye on the overall condition of the seniors. In case of the requirement of medical tests, alerts are generated as per the date input in the device. This facility is supportive of close and advanced monitoring that makes daily assessment of health vitals hassle-free. Additionally, daily check-in service, in person or electronically, is also a desirable feature as it enables daily monitoring of the seniors’ condition.

Location detection and activity monitoring feature

If the seniors are active enough to drive, they can enjoy self-sufficiency by taking help of GPS system embedded in the health alert equipment. GPS allows the person to travel on his own and the ability to share the location to other family members keeps them informed about the whereabouts of the user. Thus, the family members can know where the seniors are at any point of time.

Also, motion sensor and detector feature allows the family members to know if the seniors living in home are active as per their schedule. If there is any abnormality noted in the activity of the person, the users connected with the medical alert system can make timely enquiries and take necessary steps, when needed.

While selecting the medical alert system that fulfils all your needs, it is better to check the features offered by top 10 companies. Compare the features and then pick the one that suits your requirement most closely.

10 Ways You’re Making Your Life Harder Than It Has To Be

By
Elizabeth Williams

Life is a challenge. Sometimes life goes good, sometimes life goes bad. Every day we are experiencing different trials and tribulations. Then still, some days will be better than others. Most of us have forgotten the real purpose of living, and thus we conceal it under our complex jobs, chores and responsibilities that capture us more and more day by day.

We are all trying to get ourselves a better life; therefore we are galloping through the time, tracking the end of the day until we find ourselves not contented and troubled by countless problems.

We begin to perceive that every passing day our life is becoming tougher and more entangled and we start complaining about how difficult life has become. What we are not aware of is that we sometimes are solely responsible for burdening ourselves with inessential pressure and that we are the only creators of the complexity in our lives.  Nonetheless, we can just as easily create a simpler life as we can do a more complex one.

Life wasn’t this hard when we were younger, right? At least, it feels that way. But the only reality is that life is still easy and it will always be. The only difference being is our age. We got older, and the older we get, the harder we make things for ourselves. When we were young we used to see the world with pure, sanguine eyes.

We all knew what we wanted and we had no prejudice or secret agendas. We adored people who smiled and we ran away from people who frown. As we grew older, we became discouraged by the negative influences. The perspectives altered, demands got bigger and that’s how we begin to acquire the habitual skepticism. 

Eventually, we have made our lives harder and we have lost touch with who we really are, what we really want and what we really need, without even being aware of it.

Here are ten of the things that are making our lives harder, than it really has to be. Hopefully, when realizing all these things one can finally have some contentment. 

  1. You assign negative intent to people’s actions.

You always take everything as a personal insult. Your colleague didn’t offer you to get coffee together. Another chauffeur cut you off in traffic. Your friend never called you back. Everyone can see a cause to be offended on a daily basis. So what induced you to be offended? Don’t take things personally. People have their own lives to care about, too. Stop doing this to yourself. Stop attributing negative intent to the unintended actions of the people you know. Make your happy days by finding something good in everyone you meet. If you keep looking closely into everything people around you do and you always assign ulterior motives to their unintentional shortcomings, you can never be happy.

  1. You’re your own movie star.

You are one of those people who think that everything comes around you. And you always get to be the very center of every experience you have ever had. Regrettably, you have forgotten to include other characters in your script. As a result, people are so unaware of the main role that you anticipate to have. Therefore, others may ruin your script by not giving you a promotion or not falling in love with you. So, you better let other people star once in a while. Life would get more interesting even for you. One cannot always be the center of attention; everyone gets to enjoy it occasionally. 

  1. You always think about worst-case scenarios.

You often think that something innocuous will become an impending catastrophe in your mind. For instance, a blemish on your face becomes a cancerous tumor. A flight to another state turns into plane crashing. Your child not attending a specific school turns into him never getting a good job.

What’s the point of you spending your precious time and energy on anxiety and stress about your negative future? Negativity only breeds extra negativity. You are simply depleting yourself of what you are trying to accomplish today.

It’s your choice to make; either you are seeing the world through a lens of hesitation and discouragement or hope and exhilaration? Will you be one of those people with a smile or a frown on their faces?  

  1. You are victim of your high expectations.

You have set high standards to your happiness, anticipating people would go miles for you as you ascribe them unrealistic expectations. Your boyfriend forgot your favorite song, your mom didn’t notice your new nails done, and your friend didn’t wish you luck before your final exam.

You keep your expectations so high and that’s why you get so disappointed at the end. Higher expectations lead to higher disappointments. Instead, as long as you keep you assumptions down you will have a greater chance of getting pleasantly surprised by people’s actions.

  1. You are a sign-waiting person

You cannot make any decision without receiving a sign. I have only one question referring this point. How would you know which is the right sign and if the sign is positive or negative?

You would be much happier if you make a rather rational decision. It’s not that the fate or other power plays role in our lives. But it would be better to shape fate than be governed by it.

  1. You never risk.

You always play on the safe side and never take risks. You are researching every detail to ensure that you are making the best choice. You are afraid to do something impulsive or to take chances.

But, life in reality isn’t so predictable or safe as if taken for granted. In order to move forward sometimes you have to take a risk. And who knows, maybe one day you will be glad you did.

  1. You compare yourself to other people

Don’t compare your life to others. Not only will this stop you from improving your own life but it will most probably make you feel resentful and envious. Different people choose different paths to walk through life and none of those are identical.

Therefore, no one should ever have as identical life as someone else. It doesn’t necessarily means that your life is miserable since is not as someone else’s.  Instead, that’s why you should only compare yourself to the person you were yesterday and try to become better.

 8. You allow other people to steal from you.

Instead of worrying whether people steal from you and checking your valuable possessions if they are on their right place, people are stealing your most precious thing- your time. And you are not taking the same precautions to protect it. On the contrary, pessimistic people, egocentric people, selfish people succeed to take your time away. You should guard your time closely like Fort Know and only give it to people who are worth of and appreciate it.

  1. You won’t move on

You are full of bitter memories and loss? Are there people who need your forgiveness?  
In order to be happy, you need to let go of things that are weighing you down, work your way through and try to become happier, make changes and do your best until you succeed. Loss of a loved one, you can’t get over him/her. Make peace with it! Letting go is always hard, but it’s always worth it.

  1. You never give back

You are used to only taking and not giving back. Then you have never enjoyed the incomparable satisfaction that comes from the giving and sharing. Change your life, get among people, spread positivity, become a volunteer. Try just with giving someone a compliment, saying encouraging words, smiling to someone, you will not only make their day better, but you would make your day brighter. Remember, giving and receiving go hand in hand!

“Life is as simple as these three questions:
What do I want? Why do I want it? And, how will I achieve it?” ― Shannon L. Alder

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