Happy Holidays!

 

During the holiday season, when I worked as a therapist, friends would comment on how busy I must be.

 

It is a common belief that depressed people are knocking down therapist’s doors before and during the holidays.

Perhaps this is a myth.  Perhaps it is true in some quarters, but for me and my colleagues business slacked up a bit around holiday time.

 

People become caught up in the excitement and busyness of the holidays. The sound of silver bells echoes on street corners, children are excited, the office is decorated, and parties are planned.  In general, a feeling of anticipation reigns mightily over the emotions. Worries often get moved to the back burner.  During the month of December therapist’s phones do frequently ring—for cancellations— more than the scheduling of new appointments.

 

What happens to our mental perspective during the holidays?  I think that many people feel less isolated and alone and the see the future as a field of rich possibilities.  Positive expectations build.

 

Isn’t it interesting how much our perspective can affect our mood?  All too often, during the holidays, we allow ourselves a reprieve from the concerns of daily life.  It’s as if those concerns have floated off into the cosmos.  We eat, drink, make merry and put our regular routines on hold. Of course if we are experiencing economic problems it might be a different story. Economic problems can make the holidays an especially stressful time.

 

In January our mood often makes a large thud as it drops from above.  Perhaps the mood changes because there is a pile of bills sitting on our desk.  But, quite often this change is due to overeating, too much alcohol, not enough sleep or exercise during holiday time.  In our anticipatory mood we’ve let go of normal restraints.  We’ve had fun.  Unfortunately we have to pay the piper a few weeks later.

 

We let down our guard and changed our habits.  Indulgence in December means payback in January.  Physiological payback is in the mind-body but it’s as real as that pile of bills sitting on our desks.

 

In our book Healing Depression the Mind-Body Way Sandra and I offer many suggestions for avoiding the build-up of physiological toxins.  This build-up comes about from over eating, over imbibing, eating late at night, and consuming foods that aren’t nutritious.  We’re all going to do a bit of this during holiday time but you can prevent ill effects with a bit of know how.

 

1. Watch sugar intake.  That extra cookie really isn’t worth it.
2. Get sufficient sleep.  Life is a mess when sleep is amiss.
3. Drink hot water with lemon during the day. This simple concoction will help your body to detoxify.
4. Watch the intake of alcohol.  Imbibing is hard on the liver and can make you feel tired and less clear the day after, and the day after, and the day after……
5. Don’t forego your regular exercise routine.
6. Don’t over spend.  Parents want to give their kids a special time during the holidays.  Remember kids watch you—your mood—-.  You can create happiness for your children by your behavior and your excitement.  If you can’t buy expensive gifts don’t let it get you down.  The creation of a warm and cooperative atmosphere is a blessing and a great gift to the children.  Only do what you can comfortably do in the gift department.
7. Drink spiced water.  Spices have power and can be used to enhance physiological balance and remove toxins from your system.  During holiday time you can probably use a balancing boost.  Try the following recipe.
8. ¼ teaspoon cumin seeds (cumin helps to absorb and use nutrients)

¼ teaspoon coriander seeds (coriander helps to eliminate toxic chemicals and waste through your kidneys)

¼ teaspoon fennel seeds (fennel helps to normalize digestion, thereby reducing gas and bloating)

Add the spice seeds to 1½ quarts of plain, pure water, and boil for several minutes.  After straining the spice seeds, pour the liquid into a thermal container that has a glass or stainless steel (not plastic) lining.  Sip the powerful concoction every hour or so throughout the day.

 

We send blessings to you for happy and healthy holidays!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Setting Your Sails!

You can’t turn the wind, so turn the sail.

 

Does this African proverb imply that we should “go with the flow”? Going with the flow, a frequently spoken about concept, is not always easy to put into action.

 

Doesn’t each and every one of us wish that one or another thing could be different from how it is?  Perhaps life is grand, but still you wish for a different house, more money, a different job, different co-workers, or that your child or spouse would change in one way or another.

 

Wouldn’t you like to turn your sail to take advantage of the prevailing winds? Don’t you intuitively know that going with the flow is helpful but not always easy to do?  Sandra and I believe that making this shift in thinking requires more than a switch in mind-set.  It requires internal change.

 

In our book Healing Depression the Mind-Body Way we recommend meditation to change the internal world. We all need assistance if we are to go with the flow and maintain our equilibrium in spite of having heavy winds toss us about.  Meditation is the perfect assistance.

 

We all (at least sometimes) make the mistake of thinking that the external world (the wind) needs to change in order for us to be happier or to enjoy life more.  This simply isn’t so.  It is the internal world that is calling for change, and meditation is the most effective technique by which to accomplish internal change. If we meditate we will be better able to set our sails to take advantage of the wind.  The internal strength we secure through meditation will help us to not rail against the prevailing winds but to go with the flow!

 

In spite of all the meditation techniques that are available, we strongly recommend the Transcendental Meditation technique.  We realize that different forms of meditation work for different people, but our primary reason for recommending the TM technique is that it has been rigorously evaluated for efficacy.  In addition, unlike some forms of meditation, the TM technique does not require adherence to any belief system—there is no dogma or philosophy attached to it, and it does not demand any lifestyle changes other than the practice of it.

 

If practiced regularly, the TM technique will inevitably yield positive results.  Research has shown that this technique works no matter what the expectations of the practitioner are.  It’s a bit like holding a tennis ball in your hand and then letting it go—the ball will fall to the ground whether you believe it will or not.  It the same way, the TM technique will affect your physiology whether you expect it to or not.

 

Because the regular practice of the TM technique affects the central nervous system it positively affects every aspect of human performance. Certainly it affects our ability to develop positive traits that disallow the seeding of a depressive mood.  In other words, it helps us to set our sails to take advantage of the wind; to sail on with the flow and not get blown over.

 

A study analyzed the effect of the TM technique on the development of self-actualization.  As defined by this study, self-actualization includes the following qualities:  an open, receptive, and caring attitude; cheerfulness and good humor; a predominance of positive thinking; spontaneity and freshness of appreciation; self-sufficiency; loss of fear of death; and an acceptance of self, nature, and others.

 

Pick up a copy of Healing Depression the Mind-Body Way and read the chapter on meditation to learn more about how the Transcendental Meditation technique can assist you in setting your sails to take advantage of the wind!  There is a fee to learn this technique.  The training to become a teacher of Transcendental Meditation is a six month long residence course.  However, no one is ever sent away and arrangements will be made if you wish to learn.

 

Contact the organization to find a teacher near you.  TM.org

 

We send you our best!

 

 

Western Yoga!

Yesterday morning I went to a yoga class.  I left wondering if yoga has been westernized everywhere or just in the class I had wandered into.

 

No pain no gain was the mantra of the young woman who taught my Sunday morning class.  She encouraged us to concentrate and to hold poses significantly beyond the comfort level.  Her theory was that holding poses for a long time could prepare one to handle the challenges of life.

 

She spoke about living life by going with the flow.  It was her belief that we could take life more easily if we concentrated and struggled during our hour of yoga.

 

We were told that taking a drink of water during class or fidgeting was a symptom of the desire to flee from difficulties.

 

Yikes!  I left the class wondering how the western no pain no gain exercise philosophy had became intertwined with yoga.

 

The purpose and goal of this ancient form of exercise is to assist us in achieving a state in which the physical body, the senses, the mind, and the spirit are fully integrated, functioning in unison. The practice of yoga poses should never put stress on the mind-body.  Its purpose is to remove stress.  When we remove stress we free the mind and body to do what my teacher suggested—-to go with the flow of life.  She had the correct destination but was directing her students to travel on an incorrect road!

 

Within the solid mass of flesh and bones we call our body is a network of channels that transports energy and natural intelligence.  The life force—the energy extracted from our digestion of thoughts, emotions, and food—moves through these channels.  The musculoskeletal system holds together this bundle of channels, but it is our posture and our breath that direct the flow of energy throughout the network.  A yoga practice is meant to put a plug on the energy drain caused by our overactive mind and body in response to the stresses of life.  In essence, it should revitalize us.  It should fill us with life energy!

 

The goal of yoga is met when we perform our poses with gentle awareness on the body.  This attention is like water to a plant.  It provides nourishment and liveliness to the physiology and refreshes as it rejuvenates.

 

Do you do yoga?  In our book Healing Depression the Mind-Body Way Sandra and I promote the use of yoga poses to heal depression. Yoga is considered the ideal Ayurvedic exercise because it rejuvenates the mind, improves digestion, and removes the stress incurred in the process of daily living.  If performed correctly yoga addresses the three key Ayurvedic principles for health maintenance:  restoration of energy, enhancement of digestion, and purification of the physiology.

 

If you haven’t tried yoga yet may we suggest you do so.

Remember that yoga poses are indeed, as my teacher suggested, an exercise system, but they are so much more than that.  Research has shown that they are a form of medicine, dissolving many problems and helping good health to flourish. You can practice yoga in a studio, at home, or go back and forth between the two.  Should you wander into a class where you are told to focus and struggle our counsel is to not listen to this advice but to turn your attention gently inward and allow your awareness to develop and your body to heal.

 

As always, Sandra and I wish you perfect health and happiness!

 

 

 

Do Antidepressants Work?

The answer is no, the antidepressants do not work. This information has now because of a “60 Minutes” broadcast (February 20, 2012) reached the mainstream.

As we’ve said before, antidepressants do not work any better than placebos in almost all cases of depression.Only 13 percent of people suffering from depression have severe symptoms and it is only in those cases that researchers can detect a statistically significant effect from antidepressants.

The jury is in and the verdict is that most people with depression are going to do as well with a sugar pill as they will on medication.  The good news is that sugar pills don’t have any side effects!

The bad news is that millions of people now feel terrified because since learning that antidepressants don’t work, they don’t know what to do to solve the problem of how they feel.  I have a simple suggestion for these millions of folks: Step out (or stay in and use Amazon) and buy a copy of Healing Depression the Mind-Body Way.

In our book, published in 2009, Sandra and I discuss life style changes that are helpful for treating and preventing depression.

How did it happen that the public was so taken in by the pharmaceutical industry for such a very long time?  After all, antidepressants have been on the market for about 60 years and it is only fairly recently that we have learned they do not work.

According to Andrew Weil, M.D., the reason we believed that drugs would help with depression is that we have been living under a “Biology Tells it all” belief system for quite awhile.  The credo of this biomedical model has been “There is no twisted thought without a twisted molecule.”

The development of antidepressant drugs fit the model.  If a person was depressed there was a biological reason and correction lay in a medication.  Isn’t it always this way?  Our solutions lay in how we see our problems.

Fortunately mind-sets are changing and knowledge of Ayurveda and integrative medicine is coming to the foreground and we are realizing that depression results from a nexus of risk factors; not from brain chemistry alone (or at all).

Depression is endemic in all industrialized countries in the world and this is because of life style.  We must realize that the mind and body are not separate entities.  The mind, body and spirit is one seamless energetic system which is continually interacting with the environment.  Each action creates a reaction and if life style is not healthy a problem will show up physically, emotionally, mentally, spiritually or in every area of life experience.

People are eating more processed food, sleeping less (especially teen agers), not exercising or exercising too much, and perhaps most significant of all—-millions are moving far away from their spiritual center.  Spirituality is an appreciation for the abstract qualities of life and this is easily lost in the chaos of today’s hectic world.

Sandra and I hope that more stories like the one last night on “60 Minutes” program will be presented and will help to move our society away from a “biology tells it all” attitude toward a “lifestyle tells it all” mind-set.

Things can and do change very quickly.  Not even a decade ago, physicians treated heart disease by focusing on the organ of the heart, rather than focusing on the whole person experiencing the disease.  Nowadays, no cardiologist would think to give a pill for heart disease without simultaneously discussing the impact of lifestyle on heart health.  Perhaps sooner than the blink of an eye (or so we hope), the psychiatric and psychological communities will shift their current paradigm and begin to think of depression in a holistic manner.

We are hopeful that this switch will happen quickly because we know we’re living in a time of great and rapid change.  Previous mind-sets are melting away and new ideas taking hold.  These are exciting times in which to be alive.  All fields including medicine are changing rapidly.   The positive aspects of western medicine—and there are many—will be kept and will expand.  The negative aspects based on a division of mind and body will be swept away.  I envision millions of little antidepressant pills bobbing up and down as they float downstream and out into the airless sea where all bad ideas eventually sink to their demise.  The replacement for these millions of pills will be an awareness of lifestyle habits that empower our populace and promote health and happiness.  This is all to the good!

 

Here is a short video that was shown before the segment but gives good insight into what they talked about: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7399119n

 

As always Sandra and I wish you perfect health and its by-product, happiness!

Is Modern Science Beginning to Catch Up with the Vedic Sages?

On May 9th The New York Times published an article about a phenomenon called overgeneral memory.  The title of the piece was “Hazy Recall as a Signal Foretelling Depression.”

Overgeneral memory, we were told in this article, is a tendency to recall past events in a broad, vague manner.  Mark Williams, the clinical psychologist who led the memory study atOxfordUniversityinEngland, said overgeneral memory was “an unsung vulnerability for unhelpful reactions when things go wrong in life.”

Now researchers atOxford, atNorthwesternUniversityinIllinois, and at other universities are conducting studies with thousands of teen-agers to determine whether those with overgeneral memory are more likely to develop depression later on.

“Based on everything we know of memory specificity and depression, there’s a good chance that we will find these effects” said Dirk Herman, a research psychologist at theUniversityofLeuveninBelgiumwho collaborates with Dr. Williams.

As I was reading this article in The New York Times I thought that I “heard” the ancient Vedic sages exclaim, ‘Yes, yes, you will find those effects, but only because memory problems and depression spring from the same ultimate cause.’

“You see,” the sages said, “memory problems and depression are both related to Vata imbalances.  Balance Vata and memory and mood will improve.  These scientists are learning what we knew thousands of years ago,” said the sages, “but they are not looking at the holistic picture.  They are seeing only symptoms.   Both memory and mood are symptoms of imbalances in Vata dosha.”

Do you understand?  Both physics and Ayurveda tell us that five elements lie at the basis of the natural world.  These elements combine:  air and space form Vata dosha, fire and water form Pitta dosha, and water and earth form Kapha dosha.  The doshas are expressed in all aspects of nature, including our mind-body.  They are overarching homeostatic principles regulating the functioning of our physiology.

When we understand the doshas and how to keep them in balance we are able to stay healthy.  Symptoms are the last stage in the disease process but when we look at doshic imbalances we are able to identify potential problems before symptoms occur.

Vata is referred to as the “King of the Doshas.”  It is responsible for regulating all the movement in the mind-body.  Its purview is the nervous system.  When Vata is out of balance, due to situations, events, or lifestyle, both memory and mood will be adversely affected.  Memory often is affected first.

In our book Healing Depression the Mind-Body Way we discuss Vata dosha at length.  We explain it from the viewpoint of the ancient sages and from the viewpoint of modern quantum mechanics.  We also devote a great deal of our book to a discussion of “balancing acts.”  Depression is created and depression can be undone.  Keep Vata dosha in balance and you will be able to insure that your memory is specific, not overgeneral.   You can, with Ayurvedic knowledge, avoid depression and improve your memory all through particular Vata balancing lifestyle changes.

Have a happy day (and remember everything you do today!)

Everyone’s Enemy–Anxiety

Everyone’s Enemy—-Anxiety
Anxiety is our enemy because it gets in our way.  It gets in the way of enjoyment of life, good decision making and optimal functioning at work, home or play. At the same time what would we do without anxiety?
Our enemy can sometimes be our friend.  Anxiety can be a physiological response to a situation that is stressful. When we experience the adrenalin rush that comes with anxiety we also experience a heightened awareness which helps us to handle a threatening situation.  In the short-term anxiety can be a helpful assist.  In the long-term anxiety can cause serious impediments to our health and happiness.  Being in an overly alert state of being for extended periods of time simply wears down our nervous system and can cause havoc with our entire physiology.
Oftentimes anxiety gets in the way of sleep.  Is this happening to you?
If anxiety is disrupting your slumber here are some suggestions you can easily implement.  
1. Try drinking a cup of warm milk with cinnamon and nutmeg.  Warm milk, especially if these settling herbs are added, calms the nervous system.  
2. If milk upsets your stomach try drinking a tea.  Chamomile, kava kava or skullcap tea are all helpful for settling the physiology.
3. Buy some organic sunflower oil, run hot water over it to warm it, and massage your feet and hands.  You’ll be yawning in no time at all!
There are also some breathing techniques which can be very helpful for reducing anxiety and encouraging sleep.  We can, you know, use the brain to relax the body.  
In our book Healing Depression the Mind-Body Way Sandra and I wrote quite a bit about breathing techniques.  Following is one of these techniques, taken from the book, which will help with anxiety and bring on the zzzz’s for you.
1. Sit comfortable and quietly.
2. Place your palms turned upward on your knees.
3. Relax your jaw, and touch the tongue to the roof of your mouth behind your teeth.
4. Observe your inhalation and exhalation just as they are.
5. In the quiet of your mind, attach So to your inhalation and Hum to your exhalation.
The power of this exercise rests on understanding the symbolic meaning of this exercise.  So refers to the Divine; Hum refers to the I.  When we breathe in (So), we are inhaling life (prana) and bringing the goodness of the Universe into us.  When we breathe out (Hum), we are exhaling our limited individuality (ego), that which no longer serves us so we can make more room for prana. Prana is, after all, divine medicine.  
Sandra and I wish you a good night, an anxiety free physiology, and we hope your sleep is blissful!
 

Ice Isn’t Nice

Ayurveda considers optimal digestive processes to be of the utmost importance for our health.  If we don’t digest our food properly we are not completely nourished.  Without proper nourishment our organs, tissues—-the very cells in our mind-body will not have top-notch functioning.

Faulty digestion, overtime, leads to big problems.  It leads to feelings of fatigue and lethargy and to chronic illnesses.  Currently it is estimated that approximately 40 % of American adults suffer from some form of chronic illness.  It seems that as a society we need to focus improving our digestion.

The Vedic sages gave us several instructions for how to optimize our digestion.  Today let’s “talk” about one of these.  It is suggested by the sages that we avoid iced drinks and carbonated beverages with meals.  Yikes!  Avoid iced drinks and carbonated beverages–this almost seems un-American.

However, let us think about how our physiology works when it digests food.  It seems that our digestive enzymes and other vital factors were intended to operate at body temperature.  Iced drinks hamper the digestive process.  (Ice water is neither nice nor wise.)  Enzymes also function best within a narrow pH range.  Carbonated beverages are, in general, highly acidic.  By altering the ph of the physiology, they impair the breakdown of food.

Perhaps you are wondering just what pH ranges and iced drinks have to do with depression.  Can a carbonated drink slurped down with a meal cause depression?  Can depression be cured by drinking non-iced water with food?

Depression is created and its roots are often physical.  Of course situations and genetics play a role in the creation of depression.  But, no matter the situation we are encountering or our genetic make-up we can avoid depression from gaining a foothold in our physiology through our daily choices.  Life style is everything.

We make many decisions every day.  We decide what to eat, when to eat, how to eat, when to go to sleep, how to respond to other people and whether or not to exercise.  Daily life is a flurry of decision making.  Decisions which support the physiology will help us to avoid depression or to recover from the blues quicker after a situation has tossed us upside down.  Drinking iced drinks and carbonated drinks is just one of those decisions.

The sages recommend that we follow their instruction manual for the creation of health at least 50% of the time.  The body is resilient and it is never a good idea to put pressure on ourselves to follow a lot of rules.  Daily decision making should be easy–never a strain.

We suggest that you think about iced drinks and carbonated beverages with food.  If it makes sense to you that optimal digestion is pivotal for proper health and that iced drinks and carbonated drinks interfere with digestive processes then begin to drink room temp water with your meals.  Pay attention and notice if you begin to feel a bit better after eating.  Notice if your digestion begins to run more smoothly!

As always, we wish you perfect health and its companion–happiness

Happy New Year——in the month of March!

As time marches toward the New Year, many of us decide to make changes in our lives.  We tell ourselves that we will eat better, exercise more, be nicer and kinder to other people, and basically just be a vastly improved person in the upcoming year.

When the first of January rolls around we finely hone our resolutions and begin the New Year in a spirit of renewed vigor and determination.

By the time March raises its windy head we begin to feel disappointed in ourselves.  In January we were hopeful but by now we realize that nothing much has changed.  But, have we changed?  Were our expectations too high?  And, last but far from least—do we even understand what constitutes real change?

In Healing Depression the Mind-Body Way we explain that change never comes in one fell swoop.  But we are changing incrementally all the time. If we set our mind to it we are capable of making positive change every day of our lives.

Don’t be too hard on yourself if you haven’t kept those New Year resolutions.  It’s not too late to get started.  Focus on the grand possibilities that each day brings to you.

Here are the facts:  The mind body changes one molecule at a time.  It changes with each morsel of food you consume.  Every thought releases a cascade of neuro-chemicals and each good intention impacts the overall functioning of your physiology.

Every day has the possibility of being a New Years’ Day and every moment brings an opportunity for evolutionary change.  This is why we are wishing you Happy New Year—-in March.  Continue to feel hopeful about change because the opportunity never ends.

 

Thanks for reading,

Nancy and Sandra

 

 

 

Being Your Own Guru

 

Is it possible to be your own guru?  We think it is

Fortunately for us, we have had the occasion recently to speak with many college age men and women.  In our conversations we’ve noted a recurring theme. The young people we have spoken with have a strong desire to live a life exemplifying good values and they have a desire for wisdom.  Several students have commented that they wish they had access to a “guru.”  To them the word guru implies a spiritual leader, one who imparts wisdom and understanding about life and life lessons.

In the absence of gurus we were wondering—-is it possible to be your own guru?  Sandra and I think it is very possible and we want, today, to suggest a step in that direction.

First and foremost, if we are to become gurus we need to learn to respect our inner voice and our inner wisdom.  Perhaps that marvelous invention the internet can interfere with this process.  Certainly, the internet has offered us many wonders but sometimes I think having access to global information can be harmful to self confidence. After all, don’t we all want to know everything and although we know “everything” is within our grasp we also know that we cannot possibly know it all.  How does one find the time to access such a plethora of information and if you do have more than twenty-four hours in your day how do you retain all this information?  The end result is that most of us believe we should know more than we do know. Gurus need self confidence and we need to begin by accepting our limitations and overcoming any anxiety about “holes” in our knowledge base. After all, information is good—but it is not the same as wisdom.

A second problem which interferes with our “guru-ness” has to do with the fact that we are rational beings.  As rational beings we also often make the mistake of rationalizing how we feel about pretty much everything.  We tend to put constructs around our emotions.  We think way too much about our feelings and in so doing we suppress them.  Suppressed emotions can and will cause physiological havoc and will interfere with our ability to develop wisdom.

Emotions are guides……every emotion, every feeling is telling us something.  If we listen to our feelings and allow ourselves to feel them fully we will learn from them.  Letting our feelings be our guides is very different from rationalizing and putting a framework around them.  Using feelings as guides is liberating and if we move slowly with this process we will begin to hear the message behind the emotion.

Becoming your own guru begins with listening to yourself.  Listen to your heart as that is the source of your inner wisdom.  Not putting mental constraints on your emotional life is an excellent way to begin becoming your own guru—-wisdom is within and it will show itself if we allow it to blossom.

Have a great week everyone.

 

 

Remember to put your answer to our Twitter question on our “Twitter Answers” page here on our blog. You will automatically be entered to win this month’s prize! Good Luck!

Medicine for a “Clean” Mind!

Ayurveda tells us that we “consume through our senses.”  What does this mean?  It means that everything we see, hear, taste, touch and smell has an effect on the mind-body.  As living, vital beings we incorporate into our physiology whatever comes into contact with our senses.

Last week we were flooded by images of violence.  The events that took place in Arizona have been played and re-played.  When, 24/7 we ingest this tragic information it becomes an aspect of who we are.  Life impressions do become our body.  We need to clear our mind of violent impressions just as we need to cleanse the body after eating a heavy meal.

In Healing Depression the Mind-Body Way (p. 77) we discuss ama.  There are three types of ama:  physical, mental, and emotional.  Ama is a Sanskrit word—the modern word for ama is “toxin.”  Mental ama, which is what we accumulate from seeing and hearing all sorts of negative things including violence, blocks access to our inner knowledge, our intuition.

Your mind-body can become exhausted from carrying around negative mental and emotional impressions.  For you to live your life to the fullest you must continually transform your life experiences into vital energy.  Our suggestion this week:  Be aware that your senses ingest everything you come in contact with.  We are caring human beings.  We are part of the world community.  Sadness, images of violence and stories about tragedy affect us deeply.  We must be emotionally and mentally involved and yet we also need to know how to return to our self—–how to cleanse the mind.   We believe that our book Healing Depression the Mind-Body Way will be extremely helpful to you in this task!

 

Our Twitter/Blog Contest starts today!

We have decided to come up with a fun contest for you all to take place in each week. Starting today (January 18, 2011) we will be posting a question on our Twitter page and then next week we will post the correct answer here on our blog page under the Twitter Answers section. Every month we will hold a drawing and one lucky person will win various prizes.

 

So how do you win? Each Monday we will post a question on our Twitter page, then you have to go to our blog page under the “Twitter Answers” area and put your best answer to the question. Anyone who posts a comment on the blog in the Twitter answers area will automatically be entered to win that month’s prize. You do not have to have the correct answer, we would just like to hear your thoughts and what answer you think is the correct one. So, whether you are right or not in your guess to our question you will be entered to win!

 

If you have any questions please post them on here or send us an e-mail anytime at healdepression@gmail.com

- Nancy and Sandra