From Conducive Mag- Korea to Haiti: Lessons in Overseas Adoption Corruption March 8, 2010Arrested by Haitian authorities for trying to cross illegally into the Dominican Republic with 33 so-called orphaned children, whose parents were later found to be alive, U.S. citizens and Idaho Baptist missionaries Laura Silsby and Charisa Coulter remain imprisoned in Port-au-Prince pending investigation of alleged child trafficking. Seeking to save... […]
- Stressed Graduate Student March 8, 2010Dr. Mai Kieu-Loan offers relationship advice to a female law student and highlights the differences in how men and women handle dating in graduate school. […]
- Preserving Relationship with Parents Despite Their Disapproval Over New Job March 4, 2010Conducive advice columnist, Dr. Kathy Hahner, gives advice on preserving the relationship with one's parents despite tension over a new do-gooder job. […]
- FEBRUARY/MARCH 2010 February 25, 2010ISSUE 6 FEBRUARY/MARCH 2010 […]
- A Bronx Girl Goes Home February 5, 2010The murder of a cousin takes Conducive editor Heather Tirado Gilligan back to her home in the Bronx, and back to the childhood and experiences that continue to shape her. […]
- Using Anger Constructively February 4, 2010Conducive advice columnist, Dr. Kathy Hahner, gives advice on using anger constructively. […]
- Looking Back to the Future? January 30, 2010Humankind, both collectively and individually, has a strange little quirk. We ignore the past when it holds valuable lessons that go against what we want to hear or believe. Our insistence in doing this has negatively affected our future many times, both as individuals and as a society. We give... […]
- Campaigns Take Individual Involvement To New Level January 28, 2010The production and consumption of bottled water contributes to waste, pollution, toxins, and the bottled water industry’s interest in controlling our water resources. As a result of these negative impacts, many people have vowed to stop buying bottled water. If you have successfully ditched bottled water, and want to stay... […]
- REDUCING THE SUICIDE STIGMA Suresh Unni's Story January 21, 2010There are many ways of coping with the loss of a loved one. For Suresh Unni, solace is found in sharing his brother's experience with depression and eventual demise from suicide. Through his work as a clinical social worker and therapist and participation on the board of directors of the... […]
- Dating a Separated Person January 18, 2010Conducive advice columunist, Dr. Kathy Hahner, gives advice on dating a separated person. […]
- Korea to Haiti: Lessons in Overseas Adoption Corruption March 8, 2010
Author Archives: Amy Considine
MSG by Any Other Name: Part III
If consuming monosodium glutamate (MSG) and its related substances is safe, then why do we need a “Cheeseburger Bill?” Otherwise known as the Personal Responsibility in Food Consumption Act, (which has not yet become law so there’s still time…), the Cheeseburger Bill was initiated and passed by the House of Representatives to prevent people from [...]
MSG by Any Other Name: Part II
People get excited about food. And people get especially excited (even defensive and agitated) when we start talking about what’s in their food. At least that is what I experienced from my last post, MSG by Any Other Name. Perhaps it is because they are unknowingly consuming hidden neurotoxins or excitotoxins in the form of [...]
Posted in Food & Drink, Mind & Body Tagged excitotoxins, FDA, food addititives, John Erb, monosodium glutamate, MSG, neurotoxins, obesity, Russell Blaylock, The Slow Poising of America 7 Comments
MSG by Any Other Name
I am writing this because I had a whopper of a headache after eating some seemingly innocent “all natural” onion ring snacks. Man were they tasty! Sure, I probably ate more than I should have, but they were soooo good. Shortly thereafter, my migraine set in which prompted me to look at the ingredients on [...]
Posted in Food & Drink, Mind & Body Tagged Gelatin, Glutamate, Glutamic acid, Hydroyzed vegetable protein, migraine, modified food starch, MSG, onion rings, sodium caseinate 3 Comments
Get Real! Reclaiming Authenticity in an Artificial World
Wow, that’s a hefty title. And, this may be a somewhat ironic topic by virtue of the fact that you’re most likely “plugged in” to the Internet right now reading this. More ironic, still, is that I was “plugged in” when I wrote it. But beyond the technicalities and plays on words, there is a [...]
About Face! Lookin’ Good the Natural Way
Beauty is only skin deep. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. You are what you eat. We’ve all heard these sayings before. But you may not have heard this one: You are what your skin eats. What?!?! Over the period of one year, over four pounds of cosmetics can be absorbed through the [...]
Posted in Environment, Mind & Body Tagged beauty, cochineal extract, cosmetics, environmental safety, parabens, phthalates 8 Comments
On My Soapbox
Are we that much dirtier than we were 50-60 years ago? (Keep those thoughts clean, I’m talking laundry here!) And, do we really require industrial-strength, petroleum-based detergents and synthetic fabric softeners to get the grime out of our clothes? Given that we’ve entered into the 21st century and much of our work is hardly [...]
Posted in Environment Tagged Environment, environmentalism, laundry detergent, recycle, save energy, save money, soap 3 Comments
Shop Locally: Get More Flavor for Your Dollar
I recently had the opportunity to visit a locally-owned, coffee shop called Sacred Grounds in upstate New York. Sure, I could have stopped at that famously-named coffee shop along the way, but I didn’t. I shopped locally. Why? For several reasons.
Firstly, it’s new in our community and I thought I would check it out. I [...]
If Grandma Wouldn’t Recognize It, Don’t Eat It!
Let’s face it, even smart people can get confused. And super-busy smart people can get more confused just because they don’t have time (or don’t *think* they have the time) to “slow their roll” and get their proverbial stuff together, especially when it comes to what we eat. On a macro scale, I think [...]
Posted in Environment, Food & Drink, Mind & Body Tagged nutrition, organics, vegetarianism, wellness, whole foods Leave a comment
How to Go Green at Work
Eco-steps are not just for the home front. You can carry eco-steps principles just about anywhere– even to work! My friends at Treehugger and Planet Green put together a handy little list of things you can do to help lighten your load on the planet and your pocket!
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Posted in Creating Solutions, Environment Tagged Energy, environmental, environmentalism, environmentally friendly, fashion, go green at work, Green, green living, recycled 29 Comments
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Lighten Up by Going Green