Is Focusing on Your Own Needs and Wants Selfish?
Putting the needs and wants of others before your's is what is acceptable to society. If you end up putting your own needs and wants before anyone else's, then you are considered to be selfish. I am sorry, however that belief is what is unacceptable. Am I saying to...
Four Ways to Create a High Quality Instagram Account
Instagram is an image sharing app that you can access from your mobile device or iPad, and this network is growing on a daily basis. Many people are visual by nature, and this is one reason the platform is extremely successful. In fact, I have connected with some...
Five Ways to Combat Social Media Depression
I have spoken about social media or Facebook depression in the past. In a nutshell, social media depression is when someone is feeling worthless or hopeless by following connections who appear to have a better life. That person makes the comparison between his or her...
Klout is Dead
You are probably wondering why I am saying that Klout is dead considering their site is still up, and there are still scores. The fact of the matter is, due to that they unsuccessfully had been able to award an accurate score to someone truly influential online as...
Five Ways You Can Keep a Genuine and Professional Social Media Presence
Many business owners are concerned about keeping their social media presence so professional that they end up turning out to appear non-personal or fake. Some unintentionally brag often about their success because they are proud. It is one thing to stay positive and...
A Spiritual Perspective on Grief with Johanna Derbolowsky
On the last episode of Exploring the Eighth House, a very important topic was touched upon. When we lose something or someone very important to us, a loved one or a dream, the response is always grief. Everyone of us has experienced grief in one way or another, and we...
An Overview of Death and Grief with Dr. Ivy Margulies
Dealing with death is dificult, and it is very hard when parents pass on, even though this is what is expected to happen one day. However, when a child passes on, the grief experienced by the parents is undescribable. I had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Ivy...
Klout will Soon be a Memory
Several years ago, I believed that Klout was extremely important. I saw value in it, while many naysayers expressed how silly it really was. All that did was encourage me to defend it's "value" even more. However, over time I saw for myself that Klout is nothing other...
What Uncomfortable Truth I discovered About Myself in 2015
The year 2015 is coming to a close. How was it for you? For me, I had many ah-ha moments and learned a lot. Now, I am definitely not one to look highly upon New Year's resolutions because more often than not, they are forgotten about by the first week of January....
An Overview of Grief with Dr. Mekel Harris
On the last episode of Exploring the Eighth House, the topic of grief was spoken about, the process and how it affects us a whole. Because, at some points in our lives, we will be faced with grief which is difficult for everyone to process. I interviewed Dr. Mekel...
Whatever you do, Never Buy into The Secret
Anyone who is unhappy with his or her life will want to find ways to improve it and to make it better. This especially rings true for those who suffer from depression and other mental illnesses. Most would be desperate enough to try anything to escape the living hell...
An Interview with a Coroner and an Author that Co-Wrote a Book About Death
On this episode of Exploring the Eighth House, Miriam Rachel delves further into the topic of death, and speaks to author Korttany Finn, and coroner, Jacquie Purcell about the book they had co-written Spoiler Alert: You're Gonna Die- Unveiling Death One Question at a...
An Overview of Grief with Mary Lee Robinson
On the last episode of Exploring the Eighth House, Miriam Rachel talks about grief. After the loss of someone or something very important to us, we will grieve. And we all grieve after any loss in our own ways. Grief is a part of life and sometimes we will need extra...
Interview with a Mortician
On the last episode of Exploring the Eight House was a very interesting one. Today's topic once again was one that most of us would rather shove under the rug, which is death. Each and everyone of us knows that one day we will no longer be here, however that is the...
Interview with Forensic Pathologist, Dr. Judy Melinek and Author TJ Mitchell
On today's episode of Exploring the Eighth House, I had the pleasure of interviewing forensic pathologist Dr. Judy Melinek and her husband TJ Mitchell about their book, Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner. The main topic covered...
Stereotyping People with Depression and Mental Illness
The terrorist attacks that just recently happened in France shook people up around the world, just like in all other previous cases of terrorism being involved. People have been understandably angry about what occurred, such as myself. However, there has been a lot of...
Exploring the Eighth House
Topics such as mental illness, death and anything that is considered to be taboo is always shoved under the rug. That is why it is taboo. It is time that these uncomfortable parts of life are brought out. I am organizing a new podcast called Exploring the Eighth House...
Acceptance of Death
I have written many blog posts on depression and mental health. I am going to move away from that in this post and focus on another aspect of life that many of us shun, which is death. Many of us have a difficult time accepting death, however, it does not have to be...