Play is Healthy for Kids and Adults

Children love to play and do so naturally & unselfconsciously. Below is a story that illustrates the deep emotional bonds that children form through play. Personal details  have been changed to protect privacy.

 I recently took my daughter to visit our close friends in our old home town. We had moved from there more than a year ago and the girls had been inseparable friends before. My daughter

Exercise Gets Rid of Depression...or Does It?

Most of us have experienced the post-workout "high" or feelings of relaxation following exercise. There is a general feeling in the popular culture that exercise is a great stress reliever, if we could only get off our chairs and get moving. There is also much much information on the internet about the psychological benefits of exercise, some hype, some accurate. But is this enthusiasm backed by