Comments on: Writing As A Heart Healthy Prevention Activity

By: Ellen Taliaferro, MD

Ellen Taliaferro, MD — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:23:16 +0000

Jan, thank you for this link. Awesome. Ellen

By: Jan Pagonis

Jan Pagonis — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 04:55:54 +0000

Hello again Dr Taliaferro and Mellanie – I did leave a response to your comment on our SHI Symbol International weblog, but maybe you didn’t get it. Thanks again for your comments and if you click or copy this link http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/65885.php you will go to a source for the University of Arizona’s Research by Kory Floyd, Associate Profesor of Human Communication. You should be able to do your checking that what we published was in fact – fact!
kind regards Jan

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By: Steve Kirk

Steve Kirk — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:39:32 +0000

“When we write to honor others, we honor ourselves…” I think this coincides with my advice to the self-absorbed to try to reach a point of empathy and identity with someone else. Assessing, considering and cataloging the problems of others does two things with regard to depression. First, you gain a sense of perspective, you are not the only one suffering on earth. Second, your focus even if for just a brief moment is not merely ego-centric. The happiest elders I have met, for example, are those little “old” ladies who sit and rock and pray, sit and rock and pray and sit and rock and pray. Often wracked with arthritic pain, themselves, their outlooks are invariably bright, caring and outward looking. Steve Kirk blogs for seniors at http://www.theperfectsense.com.