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When struggling with the daily experiences of chronic illness, we rarely engage a most powerful (and empowering) healing force at our disposal. Many of us with chronic illness are so busy coping with symptoms each day, we may never even be aware this healing force exists. Instead, it remains ... Views: 1262
Do we no longer eat according to who we are? Our health and well-being have taken a back seat to our materialistic values. We have lost our connections to who we truly are, and due to that we have fallen victim to unfortunate circumstances of dis-ease. We are no longer functioning according to ... Views: 1262
The healing stream is a frequency of energy that comes from the divine source. Some people call this source God, the higher self, the higher power, the divine self, the creator, the spirit, and other names. The key is that this energy exists in a higher dimensional plane of existence and it ... Views: 1262
There are reasons, good reasons, why certain people have reached the state of constant happiness - it's all about things like wonder, self satisfaction, never forgetting ones roots and the inspiration gained from others...
... others who are or have been in worse positions than yourself - ... Views: 1259
Spending hours a day in front of a computer is now part of almost every job description. Combine that with a commute, meal times, and entertainment, and the average person could spend up to nine hours a day in a chair. It is not wonder people reach the end of their work week feeling stiff and ... Views: 1257
There seems to be a great deal of emphasis these days about attaining the perfect abs, sculpted upper arms, toned calves and getting rid of every ounce of fat.
Magazines, reality shows, advertisements, and celebrities all tout the perfect physique; at what price? Working out at a gym, ... Views: 1257
This may sound crazy, but if you really take the time to listen and to feel, you’ll find that Yes, your body is indeed talking to you. Think about it. What do all those aches, pains and tiredness at the end of a long hard day mean? It means that you have most probably exerted yourself too much. ... Views: 1257
Discovering the proper mattress for the physique kind may be a bit daunting. Nevertheless, in the event you understand what you're searching for, you are able to discover the mattress that may resolve your rest requirements. This will be the greatest time for you to search for a mattress that ... Views: 1257
We are inundated, on a daily basis, with multiple messages about how our bodies can or should look better from slimming and facials to skin whitening and body hair removal. There is just so much we can be unhappy with when it comes to your bodies. How can we ever be happy with the way we look, ... Views: 1256
How to cleanse your system and enjoy better health. It is very important for me to remind you that from the day you landed on this planet, your body has been greeted with poisons and toxins. It is only natural for you to adopt nature's way to detoxify your body for better health.
These ... Views: 1255
Christmas is generally a time for joy, giving, receiving and thinking of others. For some people however, Christmas brings about fear, trepidation and anxiety.
As schools are about to break up for the festive season, some pupils in particular may be filled with dread and the thought of having ... Views: 1253
I have a couple of people that I am working with that have Spinal Stenosis. My first one runs the Boston Marathon every year. He is in his 60’s. God Bless Him. Spinal Stenosis is 2 discs that slipped and is pinching the nerve root. Plus he has 3 areas where it is herniated. When he first came to ... Views: 1253
The psychiatrist Carl Jung was the only person in this world who managed to understand the dream logic and discover the symbolic meaning of the dream images. My research, continuing his research, definitively proves to the world that everyone must urgently learn his method of dream ... Views: 1252
I am sharing my vulvodynia story, which is long and complicated, because it ties into every aspect of my life, including becoming a life coach and learning how to work with emotions and the thoughts that create them. I want to make it clear that I am writing my story in the hope that it will ... Views: 1251
Part 1 of this article demonstrated the many ways in which soldiers benefit from practicing meditation, especially those who are affected by mental illnesses like PTSD as well as traumatic brain injuries (TBIs). This article actually teaches veterans how to meditate.
The U.S. Department of ... Views: 1250
A few years ago, the well known American news anchor Peter Jennings died of lung cancer.. Just a few months before his death, he publicly announced that he had the disease and that he was going to fight it with everything he had.
After his death, I read some of the tributes that poured in ... Views: 1249
Sharon Osborne once said on the Oprah Winfrey show that she preferred to be a beautiful face alighting from an old car rather than a wrinkled woman in a posh one.
The US and UK television personality and wife of rock star Ozzy Osborne was talking about society's obsession with physical looks. ... Views: 1249
If you’ve ever been on a diet before, you probably know that they don’t work. The true definition of weight loss success is not the amount of weight lost, but the amount that is kept off. Diets and intense exercise will undoubtedly help to lose weight, but only for the short term for most ... Views: 1249
The reality for most is that the art of healing touch has never crossed their mind. In the western world, we pay little attention to those things which seem foreign to us unless they are a current trend. But when it comes to the mind body connection, it is very important that we understand there ... Views: 1248
Autism, schizophrenia, ADHD, and bipolar disorder risk in kids may be linked to older dads, according to research. American and Swedish researchers analyzed data from over 2.6 million Swedes. Men who fathered children after the age of 24 faced higher risks of having children with psychiatric ... Views: 1248
Do you ever feel as though you have entered rat-race season starting about the end of November? We can become so caught in up in what we think we should be doing for the holidays that we lose track of how we really want to be feeling.
We send holiday cards that wish each other peace and we ... Views: 1246
A psychiatrist told the following story at a professional meeting in Houston:
“I have a patient, an 8 year old little girl, who received the heart of a murdered 10 year old girl. Her mother brought her to me when she started screaming at night about her dreams of the man who had murdered her ... Views: 1246
Brainwave entrainment is a relatively new technology about which not much is known. Many people are not sure if this technology is actually suitable for them. I’ll try as much as possible to outline the various uses of brainwave entrainment and who it is suitable for.
What Is Brainwave ... Views: 1246
My washing machine always gets a chuckle out of me (good thing when you're doing lots of laundry, right?). Take a look at the dial. There's a setting for "normal." Apparently the manufacturer assumes that we, as intelligent consumers, identify, understand, and collectively agree that a certain ... Views: 1245
You may have heard about the California study that randomly selected a group of teachers and assigned randomly selected students to them. They told both the teachers and the students that they were selected from the top 10% of their respective groups and that everyone expected out-standing ... Views: 1245
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Many people are interested in habits that will improve their health. Unfortunately, due to rampant misinformation, some practices are not ... Views: 1244
In the next two articles I want to take a close look at four processes the optimum performance of which I believe is absolutely vital to the proper functioning of all the body’s cells.
Further, I believe that either prior to birth or as babies or both we knew these processes and how to use ... Views: 1244
Hypnotherapy is the therapy of choice for helping smokers to be free of this dangerous and destructive habit. But not all hypnotherapists are trained in the latest and most effective technology for easy recovery from this stubborn addiction. So in this article I list seven of the most advanced ... Views: 1244
Color Your Kitchen with Feng Shui
While the bathroom may be the most used room in a home, the kitchen is the next most often used room. The Kitchen is the heart of the home and is where we build and develop chi energy and loose chi. As we all need to eat, the kitchen becomes the place where ... Views: 1242
Color Your Kitchen with Feng Shui
While the bathroom may be the most used room in a home, the kitchen is the next most often used room. The Kitchen is the heart of the home and is where we build and develop chi energy and loose chi. As we all need to eat, the kitchen becomes the place where ... Views: 1242
How many times have you wolfed down a meal so quickly your body barely registers that you even ate? And then you kept on eating....
I have watched my kids inhale and it makes me stressed out just watching them eat!
This is an unfortunate consequence of our fast-paced society, but you don’t ... Views: 1242
How someone acts in a Crisis, can this be an indication of their True Colours - Or Not! What Do you Think?
“Do you think people reveal their true selves in times of crisis? Or should we make allowances for shock, fear & panicked fatalism?”
Obviously, for each of us this can be different, ... Views: 1241
Have you ever gone through a day when you’re very, very busy and you have to get things done so even though you are hungry you just keep going and slowly that hunger sensation turns into a headache? I’ve seen this happen to my wife a lot when she’s busy and she just forgets about, or puts aside ... Views: 1241
We are all our greatest enemies, we perceive who we think we are and react accordingly. I look into a mirror and see at least 20 extra pounds that are not there. I struggle with diet, exercise and menopause and still see those extra pounds. We are the frustrated ones, trying to lose fat and not ... Views: 1239
Did you know that when we feel understood by our doctor we do get better faster? In fact, the relationship between the doctor and the patient can stimulate…or hinder the efficacy of the treatment. Research has shown that people, who feel cared for with attention, not only reported a higher ... Views: 1238
There are many ways and techniques to stop anxiety. Everybody is unique so some techniques will be effective for some people while for others find it not so helpful. Most of the time it is our thoughts that made us feel anxious and worry so stopping anxiety is a state of mind. The root cause of ... Views: 1237
Surveys suggest that around 20% of the US population will suffer at least one or more panic attacks at some time during a lifetime. It is also reported that around 1.7% has a serious panic attack disorder. Let’s talk about what panic attacks are and how they affect people.
What is a panic ... Views: 1237
As a child our parents are God to us. We worship the ground they walk on; they gave us life and keep us alive. A father shows his son what it is to be a man, a mother, to her daughter, a woman. And yet this same parent, the one we worship, can come to make us feel as though we are inadequate, ... Views: 1236
There are lots of possible triggers for overeating and emotional eating. Many people turn to food when they feel dissatisfied or trapped or unhappy—when life isn’t working the way they want it to. An important and related skill that many people could work on enhancing is asking for what you ... Views: 1234
One of the most powerful ways to control your blood pressure is by simply “telling” it to go down. Before we go into how you can “tell” your blood pressure to go down, let’s take a look at the mind-body connection.
Take a moment right now and pay attention to how you feel. Are you calm, ... Views: 1234
Substance abuse problems can disrupt peoples’ lives and wreak havoc on their physical health, their careers, their social life and their family relationships. Turning the situation around takes considerable self-examination and effort to makes the changes that lead to recovery. Drug and ... Views: 1233
It’s been a long hard winter of spending many a day inside planted in front of this computer of mine. I love and hate this blessed and cursed place. The warm outside temps that got me to the park for a mid-afternoon walk today further drove home what I have been sensing lately which is that ... Views: 1233
Having reviewed hundreds of books and articles on medicine, health, and nutrition, and interviewed dozens of doctors and nutritionists, I’ve learned that scientific fact is a moving target. What is touted as being good for you one day can turn out to be damaging down the road. Why? Either we ... Views: 1232
We want fast food, speedy customer service, instant messaging and expedited payments. And yet, there is something about the familiar that wants us to stay connected to Freud’s old paradigm that healing, forgiveness, and letting go of old beliefs is an arduous task that will take years. So, when ... Views: 1228
Ya KNOW how YOU are ALLways there to lift the spirits of yOUR friends & family, tell’em how fabYOUlous they are and that everything is gonna work out and BE OK?
When was the last time YOU lifted yOUR OWN SPIRITS???
When was the last time YOU told yOUR SELF how fabYOUlous YOU ARE, how great ... Views: 1227
I think this blog post might be an ode to the mind-body healing process. I’ve been reflecting lately on how incredibly grateful I am to have learned what I’ve learned about my body, my emotions, and my inner wisdom. Ten years ago, I was in agony, suffering through each day, unable to live ... Views: 1226
Flu season is right around the corner, and those over the age of 65 have a higher chance of catching it than other age groups. For this reason, many seniors opt to get the flu shot, but if you’re like the many older adults who are on cholesterol-lowering statins, it may be ineffective.
Two ... Views: 1224
Take a deep breath because there is something you need to know. Ongoing research has shown that proper breathing can be an intelligent way to respond to chronic fatigue, high blood pressure, stress and other ailments - no health club membership required.
Each one of us takes about 20 000 ... Views: 1221
For thousands of years, retreat was the primary vehicle for spiritual and personal development. It was an art, at the center of all the great esoteric teaching of Buddha, Jesus and others. But in the modern fast paced world it became a lost art. Retreat is misunderstood, and carries a negative ... Views: 1220
Happy people generally feel continually positive and joyful and rarely do they experience negative emotions. Negative emotions are often referred to as 'baggage' and are usually the result of negative or traumatic experiences and memories, negative beliefs and negative thoughts. Unhappy, ... Views: 1220
It is a well known fact that the current economic depression has caused a lot of stress to many in the world although how it affects individuals differs from one country to another. According to the American Psychological Association, almost every American experienced the feeling of stress and ... Views: 1218