Integral Health

Despite the turbulent times we are in, we must still celebrate the 50 year anniversary of Pride and the accomplishments we’ve made so far. If you already have p...lans to be in/near the Castro area on Pride Sunday afternoon (June 28), feel free to stop by 18th and Castro starting at 12pm to pick up a free Impulse SF Pride swag bag (including colorful face masks!). We plan to be there for a couple hours or until supplies last. We of course strongly encourage social distancing and wearing masks, etc. Happy Pride, y’all! See more

Silicon Valley Pride would like to invite you to a panel discussion to amplify, listen to and support our Black LGBTQ+ community. Sunday, June 14 from 11am to 1...2pm PST via LIVESTREAM bit.ly/svpride-facebook or bit.ly/svpride-youtube PANELISTS: B Pagels Minor (they/them/theirs) Tizom Pope (he/him/his) Hank Dean (he/him/his) Shay Franco-Clausen (she/her/hers) Genna Polonia (she/her/hers) MODERATOR: Sera Fernando (she/her/hers)

According to Karen Horney we can have two views of our self: Who and what we actually are. OR The person we feel we should be.... The real self has the potential for growth, happiness, will power, realization of gifts, etc., but it also has deficiencies. The ideal self is used as a model to assist the real self in developing its potential and achieving self-actualization. The neurotic person's self is split. Somehow they do not live up to the ideal self. There’s a flaw somewhere in comparison to what they "should" be. The goals set out by the neurotic are not realistic, or indeed possible. The real self then degenerates into a "despised self", and the neurotic person assumes that this is the "true" self. Thus, the neurotic is like a clock's pendulum, oscillating between a fallacious "perfection" and a manifestation of self-hate. Horney referred to this phenomenon as the "tyranny of the shoulds" and the neurotic's hopeless "search for glory". She concluded that these ingrained traits of the psyche forever prevent an individual's potential from being actualized unless the cycle of neurosis is somehow broken, through treatment or, in less severe cases, life lessons. Horney, Neurosis and human growth. Chaps. 15

No matter where you are, you are not alone. The Trevor Project‘s crisis counselors are trained and available to support the unique needs of Black LGBTQ young people, 24/7 and for free.

According to Karen Horney we can have two views of our self: Who and what we actually are. OR The person we feel we should be.... The real self has the potential for growth, happiness, will power, realization of gifts, etc., but it also has deficiencies. The ideal self is used as a model to assist the real self in developing its potential and achieving self-actualization. The neurotic person's self is split. Somehow they do not live up to the ideal self. There’s a flaw somewhere in comparison to what they "should" be. The goals set out by the neurotic are not realistic, or indeed possible. The real self then degenerates into a "despised self", and the neurotic person assumes that this is the "true" self. Thus, the neurotic is like a clock's pendulum, oscillating between a fallacious "perfection" and a manifestation of self-hate. Horney referred to this phenomenon as the "tyranny of the shoulds" and the neurotic's hopeless "search for glory". She concluded that these ingrained traits of the psyche forever prevent an individual's potential from being actualized unless the cycle of neurosis is somehow broken, through treatment or, in less severe cases, life lessons. Horney, Neurosis and human growth. Chaps. 15

1. Hara_hachi_bun_me. Eating until 80% full. Confucian teaching.

2. Volumetrics and satiety. Overeating, leading to stretching of the stomach, in turn increases the amount of food needed to feel full.

3. Eat foods without labels. If labelled, fewer than five ingredients. If you can’t pronounce it, don’t eat it.

4. Historically, we ate the equivalent of only 20 teaspoons of sugar a year. Now, according to USDA data, sugar consumption in 1999 was 158 pounds per person (CSPI, n.d.).

5. Timonen et al. (2007) reported, in a study of young men, that those who had the worst insulin resistance had an almost threefold risk of having severe depression.

6. Though completely unknown until 1980, we now produce 17.5 billion pounds of HFCS & consume 66 lbs per person per year (Hyman, 2009, p. 56). Effects of HFCS include increased appetite (Johnson et al., 2007) and an addiction reward more powerful than cocaine (Lenoir, 2007 ). https://bit.ly/2RfhOZl

7. HFCS has been linked to anxiety, aggressive behavior, hyperactivity, fatigue, learning difficulties, and other problems (Holford, 2004).

8. High intake of unsaturated, unhydrogenated fats may be protective against Alzheimer’s disease, whereas intake of saturated or trans-unsaturated (hydrogenated) fats may increase risk. (Morris, 2003).

9. A study by Gilliland and Andress (1981) linked extra caffeine to increases in anxiety and depression.