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  It is very easy if you are taking care of your loved one with Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia to fall into a depression. This depression can put a major risk to your health, and if you are depressed you will not be a good caregiver for your loved one either. Check Your Mood Elevator Before sharing what you can do to reenergize your positivity and power, an important capability is knowing when you need to be uplifted.    There is a simple tool that can help immensely with this; it is called the “Mood Elevator”.   The “Mood Elevator” was created by Larry Senn, a leading consultant, and author in the field of Leadership.   Larry Senn created the “Mood Elevator” to help leaders know when they have the needed positive energy or “mood” to be effective and when they don’t.    The higher buttons on the Mood Elevator are states that include “being grateful”, “insightful” “creative”, “resourceful”, and “hopeful”.   If you do a gut or feeling...

How Buddhism Differs from Christianity Two paths, two vocabularies — one human search for meaning Buddhism and Christianity are among the world’s most influential spiritual traditions. Both ask the same questions: Why do we suffer? What brings peace? How should we live? But they answer those questions in profoundly different ways. 1. The Starting Point: A Human Search vs. Divine Revelation Buddhism begins with a human being — Siddhartha Gautama — who sought insight into suffering and found awakening through meditation and understanding. Christianity begins with divine revelation — God entering human history through Jesus Christ to redeem creation. Buddhism starts from human experience and moves toward enlightenment. Christianity starts from God’s initiative and moves toward salvation. Both see transformation as possible, but the source of that transformation differs: wisdom in Buddhism, grace in Christianity. 2. The Nature of Ultimate Reality In Buddhism , ultimate reality is not...

  Just the basics — because it really is a vast tradition Buddhism is one of the world’s oldest living spiritual traditions. It began in India more than 2,500 years ago and has since taken root across Asia and, more recently, the West. It is not a religion of a single book or a single authority. Instead, it is a path — a way of seeing, understanding, and living. Here are the essentials. 1. The Story at the Beginning Buddhism begins with a human being, not a god. Siddhartha Gautama, later called the Buddha (“the awakened one”), was a prince who left a life of comfort after encountering the realities of aging, illness, and death. He wanted to understand why human beings suffer — and whether there is a way out of that suffering. After years of searching, he experienced a profound awakening under the Bodhi tree. What he discovered became the foundation of Buddhism. 2. The Buddha’s Insight: Why We Suffer At the heart of Buddhism are the Four Noble Truths , which are not dogmas but obse...