Postpartum Depression is a type of depression that a mother experiences immediately after childbirth. It is more serious and lasts longer than ‘baby blues’.
Postpartum depression occurs in approximately 10 percent of childbearing women.
Postpartum depression often requires counseling and treatment. Postpartum depression can occur after any birth, not just the first.
Does every mother experience postpartum depression?
No.
Symptoms?
The [...]

Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation whilst innovation can be defined as idea selection, development and commercialisation.
There are other useful definitions in this field, for example, creativity can be defined as consisting of a number of ideas, a number of diverse ideas and a number of novel ideas.
There are distinct processes [...]

Organizations are finally creating cultures that support a work and life balance for their employees. After years of demanding high productivity and increasing on the job hours and expectations and not achieving the hoped-for better results, companies are finally embracing polices and procedures that support employees in integrating their life and work experience. The results [...]

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and [...]

My name is Greg Ryan. For the last twenty years I have counseled thousands of personal trainers, fitness directors and gym owners on how be successful in the health and fitness industry. No matter where I go in the world, no matter the size of the gym the biggest reason for their lack of success [...]

Like enough of the noise awready! Geesh, people…
No, I’m not talking about the sometimes nearly overwhelming noise pollution that goes hand in hand with living in a big city. Traffic sounds, horns, sirens, airplanes, construction noises. I’m not even referring to the eardrum-shattering volume of the concert and bar bands - [...]

You may have heard of Roger von Oech’s book, A Whack on the Side of the Head: How to Unlock Your Mind for Innovation. It’s as much fun to read as its title suggests. It covers the ten common obstacles to creative thinking. It’s about ways in which you can unlock your mind for innovation, [...]

We had a winter storm the other day here in Toronto. And as I was driving, I started thinking about what my winter driving had in common with my creative dreams. Here’s what I came up with.
1. Being grateful to be in my car, pointed in the right direction and moving (however slowly). Some days [...]

“…Meet this solemn question with a strong, simple ‘I must,’ then build your life in
accordance with this necessity; your whole life, even into its humblest and most
indifferent hour, must become a sign and witness to this impulse.”-Rilke
We are, all of us, meant to create. We are creat-ures, thus it is evident in the [...]

Are you a doer, a thinker or a feeler? Although we are all a combination of the three, almost everyone is stronger in one of these areas. Once you identify your lead area, steps can be taken to increase your natural personal power.
Read the three profiles that follow and try to choose the one that [...]