In January, Maryland Public Television presents Your Health, a compelling lineup of programs dealing with issues in health and well being.
Long Road Home
January 14 at 9pm
When Tony Canzonieri returned from his tour of duty in Iraq, he struggled with nightmares, flashbacks and alcohol. His marriage fell apart. He lost his job. But once Tony acknowledged the symptoms and was treated for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), his healing began and his life changed. Now in his role as director of Vets4Vets in Western Pennsylvania, Tony is helping other veterans who are now dealing with the problems he once faced.
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Maple Ave - The Hurting: Cutting for Relief
with LIVE phone bank during broadcast
January 16 at 8pm
MPT presents a special broadcast which brings attention to a growing number of teens nationwide who self-mutilate. "The Hurting" follows the story of Ashley who resorts to "cutting" to cope with an abusive father, who's regularly victimized her family as far back as she can remember. Ashley regularly cuts her arms and legs, substituting her overwhelming inner pain and rage with an external pain that she is seemingly better able to manage. This last illusion is finally dispelled in a heart-wrenching finale that finds a desperate Ashley reaching out to a sympathetic teacher for help. Host Yolanda Vazquez interviews several local experts on self-injury in teens and the available resources for help.
During the broadcast, viewers may call 1-800-422-0009 toll-free to connect with a crisis specialist, to find local services for self-injury or other mental health issues, or to learn more about mental health.
For information and to locate services near you, please visit the following websites:
• Maryland Youth Crisis Hotline Network: www.help4mdyouth.org
• Mental Health Association of Maryland: www.mhamd.org
• Maryland's Network of Care: www.maryland.networkofcare.org/splash.aspx?state=maryland
• Maryland Cores Service Agencies: www.marylandbehavioralhealth.org
• Maryland Parity Project: www.marylandparity.org
Independent Lens:
You're Looking at Me Like I Live Here and I Don't
January 21 at 10pm
The subject is Lee Gorewitz, living in an assisted care facility in Danville, California. She has Alzheimer's disease. Lee is a living on her own in the present, recognizing her past but not always able to grasp it. And so, even as she is the "two together," she is also not. Contending with the disease's early-ish stages, she's aware of who she is and also aware of specific moments. Lee is quite aware that she's losing awareness. And it's in these moments, as Lee slips between places and times, that You're Looking at Me Like I Live Here and I Don't.
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Dr. Wayne Dyer: Wishes Fulfilled
For his ninth PBS special, best-selling author and teacher Dr. Wayne Dyer presents his Five Wishes Fulfilled Foundations: the five steps to living from your "highest self" and thereby attracting your deepest desires. Using his trademark humor, combined with source material drawn from some of the most original American New Thought philosophers of the 20th century, Dr. Dyer outlines a program for mastering the tools necessary for living a profoundly extraordinary life. Viewers learn how to use Imagination, Living from the End, Assuming the Feeling of the Wish Fulfilled, Attention and the Last 5 Minutes of Each Day to create new and astonishing thought patterns, while defeating unproductive and recurring habits.
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The Happiness Advantage with Shawn Achor
Most people believe that success creates happiness, but positive psychology expert Shawn Achor says we've got it backwards. Based on recent discoveries in the fields of positive psychology and neuroscience, he demonstrates how happiness actually fuels success. By becoming more positive, our brain becomes more engaged, creative, energetic, resilient and productive. The result is an advantage over our entire lifetime — improving success at work, creating better health, better relationships with our loved ones, and creating a happier home.
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Qi Gong: Deeper Flow with Lee Holden
Qi Gong is a gentle form of exercise that helps improve health and overall well-being. Qi Gong (pronounced CHEE-GONG) can be traced back 4,000 years to ancient China. "Qi" is simply the Chinese word for energy, and "gong" means skill that is cultivated through steady practice. So, put together, "Qi Gong" means "cultivating the body's vital energy," and then using it to heal and strengthen every system throughout the body.
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