Meditation works for everyone
Erica Fotineas2020-08-25T12:17:51+09:30Meditation is for everyone Everyone is looking for something tangible that relieves the negative effects of worry, anxiety, fear, insomnia and other unpleasant [...]
Grief: The final stages of depression and acceptance.
Erica Fotineas2020-08-25T12:16:18+09:30The fourth stage of grief: Depression While the bargaining phase of grief is marked with motivation and energetic engagement, the depressive stage is heavily silent. [...]
The Emotional Experience of the Palliative Caregiver.
Erica Fotineas2024-10-06T16:21:33+10:30Palliative Care Over the last several years, many articles have been written about the concept of palliative care. At its most basic, palliative care means [...]
Old world glimpses of candle-light, aromatherapy and a simple life.
Erica Fotineas2020-08-25T12:14:03+09:30Candle-light Candle light... it connects us to a way of life which now appears sentimentally quaint, but which we also seem to yearn for with [...]
Denial – the first of the five stages of grief.
Erica Fotineas2020-08-25T11:58:51+09:30We know what has happened, why denial? Whether you have received a diagnosis or lost a loved one, the temporary defense we use to dull [...]
Clinical Depression
Erica Fotineas2020-08-25T11:53:10+09:30Are we depressed, or do we have a mental illness called 'Clinical Depression'? There can be some confusion over this at times. Another word for [...]
Surviving Palliative Care as a caregiver
Erica Fotineas2020-08-25T11:52:30+09:30When your family member chooses palliative care, it can be an intense relief. If they’ve been ill for a long time, or if they are [...]
The Energy of Flowers
Erica Fotineas2020-08-25T12:10:27+09:30Is there more to these beautiful blooms than we think? How do flowers traverse the fields of joy and sorrow so perfectly, that they are [...]
Easy Eating to Prevent Dementia – Yellow Door
Erica Fotineas2020-08-25T13:21:22+09:30Malnutrition The elderly are particularly at risk for malnutrition, even living in a first world country. Poor nutrition has been linked to dementia, obesity, low [...]
The perfect lesson in Down Syndrome
Erica Fotineas2017-08-23T09:19:50+09:30Down Syndrome There is a confronting conversation in the media at present about the option to terminate a child with Down Syndrome, and that this [...]
