"Sometimes chanting a mantra, performing a small ceremonial ritual, prescribing some herbs and instructing a healthier diet is all that it takes to reduce the symptoms of certain mental health problems, " she said.
These days my pack is filled with a small container of olive oil, dried herbs, salt and pepper and fresh fruit rather than packets of dehydrated beans and rice or bags of quick-cooking oatmeal flavored with desiccated strawberries.