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When Doing Good for Patients Means Doing Battle with Bureaucracy by The MotherMind Doctor I've been a psychiatrist long enough to know that healing doesn't always happen in a consulting room. It can happen on a forest trail. It can happen in a number of different environments like wellness activities such as sauna, spa, or simply through learning to breathe differently. These aren't fringe ideas. They're evidence-based interventions with a growing body of scientific literatur

By The MotherMind Doctor The concerning trend around all corners of the internet involves ‘maxxing’ and started with maximising your status in gaming. Then it was picked up and extrapolated to popular use with obsessional intent on specific aspects of your life like your appearance with ‘looksmaxxing’ for your face, and your body with ‘gymmaxxing’.It can even be referred to for health pursuits like sleep, ‘sleepmaxxing’, and diet…yes maxxing; going so far as strategies such

By Dr E K Wills night baths a stone's throw from home Where is your favourite place to go when you’re feeling overloaded and need a break? There are so many options available it can be hard to know where to turn and we often start with what we know: Do you prefer spas to ice baths? Or saunas to hot springs? How about a massage? And then which type: Swedish deep massage, Chinese reflexology or hot stones, maybe Thai dry massage or Japanese shiatsu? Now you can be feeling