About Magic Stream

Welcome to Magic Stream, a multi-faceted literary e-zine, mental health, self-help and wellness resource. The primary focus of Magic Stream is on personal growth and the universal in human emotion. Emotional fitness is approached in much the same way as physical fitness and very frequently in a like manner, since the two are so inextricably related.

Magic Stream provides a wide spectrum of self-help information. There are numerous professional level resources and references to self-help, mental health and wellness resources. It doesn't stop there though, because so much of healing resides in the sharing of the journey. On a literary plane, readers share through poetry, art and story. On a more realistic vein, others share in the nitty-gritty of what it takes to survive in the most trying of circumstances.

The guiding philosophy of Magic Stream is to nurture ourselves both physically and mentally, making the self ever stronger, accepting our self as we are, and seeking help when it is needed.

Among the earliest online self-help resources, Magic Stream was conceived in 1994. The seed came from a fairytale I wrote for a class. That seed sprang to life when I realized the publishing potential in the still young and rapidly growing World Wide Web. After nine months of intense research and development, the site went live in the Spring of 1995.

As a labor of love, Magic Stream has delivered access to well over a million readers, including mental health consumers, professionals, students and other private individuals seeking information on dealing with issues in their own lives.

Since its inception, Magic Stream has been an active member of the online community. As a participant in the 1996 Internet World Exposition, a Special Edition of Magic Stream (as it was then) is included in an historic Internet archive and museum, which is located in Amsterdam. You can view this archived edition online at the 1996 Internet World Expo Pavilion Edition.

Magic Stream has received numerous awards of recognition for everything from graphics, to site design, contributions to the World Wide Web community and online resource development. It has also earned international recognition as an early, pioneering resource utilizing the Internet for the common good. In 1999, Proctor & Gamble recognized this editor for her grass-roots activism in making the world a better place through her online efforts. You can read a copy of that commendation here: Always a Woman.

Despite the one-person web building aspect of the site, Magic Stream is very much about community. It has had many esteemed contributors, including mental health professionals, beginning writers, professional writers, artists and everything in between. It is truly the interconnectedness of the web that makes it such a vital part of our life today. The same is true with Magic Stream.

As everyone knows, even labors of love cost money, and those who provide them incur the labor and expense of both providing the resource and keeping the information current. To that end, advertising and an advertising vehicle, have been brought in to help bear the burden of the site overhead. First known as LaFindz of the Net, the store is now part of the new site and called simply The Store.

If you are a regular, you will have noticed the various references to LaFindz and/or what is now known as "The Store" You can help support the ongoing research and development of this site by making The Store. your home base for online shopping. I am not suggesting that you go spend money just for Magic Stream. None of us need another excuse to shop. What I am asking, is that when there is a need, you look here first. You will be pleasantly surprised to find that many of the most respected retailers, both online and off, are now represented in affiliation with Magic Stream. There are a few new ones as well. You can click the link below for a to take a look.

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The changes are not an end all, they are meant to help provide resources for research and development, as well as continued access to the quality resources that we all have come to expect of the net and Magic Stream.
Thank you for your continued and ongoing support.
Check back often. There is much more to come.

Regina Garson, Editor and Publisher
Magic Stream

Dedicated to all those travelers
who share in the one journey
that can never be made alone

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No claims are made as to the reliability of any of the information on these pages. Sources often disagree. Disagreeing sources are often deliberately listed so that users can easily access alternate opinions. Magic Stream is not a replacement for professional help, but a resource that enables one to be a more intelligent consumer when it comes to issues regarding physical and emotional wellness. You can learn a lot by becoming aware of different opinions and conflicting research. Don't be afraid to ask questions when it comes to your health.

All writings, graphics, art and scripts are copyright by the individual authors.
Do not reproduce electronically or in print without permission.
Copyright 1994-2006 Regina Pickett Garson

Email:  editor@magicstream.org

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