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3 Key Questions To Determine If Your Opinions Are Harmful To Your Health- Healthy Fear Versus Unhealthy Fear about the Ebola Outbreak - by Submitted on Nov 10, 2014 from Julie Roberts, Ph.D.How do we know when we have healthy fear versus unhealthy fear about the latest pandemic? Healthy fear stimulates our awareness and drives us to appropriate action. Unhealthy fear is not as effective because we are over stimulated. We are hypervigilant, stressed, and our body is tense, all of ...
Views: 2142(1 vote) - Healthy Thinking: Using Your Mind To Help Heal Body, Heart & Soul - by Submitted on May 08, 2011 from Sarah MariaYou probably know what it takes to live a healthy life, right? Eat plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables, exercise regularly, take vitamins – maybe add in some fish oil for cardiovascular health. Make sure you get enough protein, carbohydrates, and lean fats. Fortunately for many, healthy ...
Views: 2218(3 votes) - Help for Eating Disorders - by Submitted on May 23, 2011 from Tara SpringettThe following case-study demonstrates what can be achieved in terms of curing an eating disorder by practicing the simple self-help method Higher-consciousness healing. Jane came to see me because she had been suffering from an eating disorder since the age of 11 years. She had been sent to me ...
Views: 1510(1 vote) - Helping the Body Catch Up With Your Consciousness - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2011 from Misa HopkinsAfter reading my recent article on Diabetes and Self-Healing, one of our readers told me that although she has diabetes, she believes she is quite adept at fulfilling the spiritual-emotional need behind this condition—acknowledging the sweetness in life. But that realization hadn’t caused her ...
Views: 1650(1 vote) - Herbal Medicine – the best kept secret of the last 5000 years - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2011 from Tony DosanjhWhat do you do when you’re feeling off color? Of course you make an appointment with your doctor, he’ll give you a prescription, you buy your medicine, and you’re fixed. The same cycle is adhered to throughout the medical profession all over the world: examination, conclusion, and ...
Views: 1092(1 vote) - Holistic First-Aid For Cats and Dogs: You Can Help Them Feel Better - by Submitted on Oct 26, 2011 from Anne Whitehouse PhDWe all value our pets. They give us so much: affection, love and entertainment. So it's very hard to watch them when they are ill, afraid or suffering. Over the years I have sometimes been asked to provide healing for pets. Let me share with you some simple and effective healing techniques which ...
Views: 1608(1 vote) - Honor Where You Are: The Foundation of a Healthy Mindset - by Submitted on Jun 26, 2011 from Roberta Mittman"Honor where you are." Chances are you've heard this guideline for wellness before. It's a concept common to eastern modalities such as yoga and is evidenced in western psychology as well. But what exactly does it mean? Honoring where you are is about embracing the moment and what you ...
Views: 998(1 vote) - Hops could improve cognitive abilities - by Submitted on Nov 01, 2020 from Shivani SikriXanthohumol, a flavonoid in jumps, is accepted to be successful in animating intellectual capacities in youthful mice, as indicated by the consequences of an investigation distributed in the clinical diary Behavioral Brain Research. Xanthohumol is a flavonoid emitted in the foundation of ...
Views: 801(1 vote) - How can I keep my Memory Healthy? - by Submitted on Mar 28, 2012 from Prof. George GrantTaking Natural supplements containing: Phosphatidylcholine (PC), Phosphatidylserine (PS), DHA, EPA, Acetyl-L-Carnitine (ALC), Vitamin B6, Iron, Magnesium, Zinc, Copper, chromium, Green Tea Extract, DMAE, , L- Tyrosine, Herb-of-Grace (Bacopa monnieri), Passion Flower (Passiflora incarnate), ...
Views: 2159(1 vote) - How Common Is Self Harm? - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2013 from Jennifer McLeodShockingly, 2% to 6% of the general public had engaged in self-harm at least once in their lifetime. Where the peak of self harm actions are among students, ages 16 - 22, see falls in 13% to 35%. For most, the problem will resolve before adulthood but sadly, 10% of the remaining still continues ...
Views: 2621(1 vote) - How Do I Heal From Guilt? - by Submitted on Sep 27, 2011 from Misa HopkinsThis is such an excellent question. Guilt is at the core of many illnesses. Its partner is regret. As long as we are living in emotional pain rooted in the past, we are going to have a difficult time healing in the present. Guilt is anger with yourself for some choice you have made. The cells ...
Views: 1844(1 vote) - How Emotional healing Can Save Your Life - by Submitted on Feb 11, 2012 from Joan JacobsThe Newtonian mechanistic approach to medicine has definitely gone bankrupt. The assumption that experiences and feelings are not primary causal factors in illness since they can’t be quantified in material terms, has been scientifically proven as incorrect. Unfortunately, the impact of these ...
Views: 1372(1 vote) - How Healing Objectives Could Help You - by Submitted on Jan 18, 2011 from Misa HopkinsI know this might sound really strange if you have never set a healing objective, but like all things we create, clarity of intention makes a difference in healing too. Of course, creating intentions that truly motivate you is where healing objectives can help you make and see ...
Views: 1500(1 vote) - How Marijuana Helps Calm the Anxious Mind - by Submitted on Jan 17, 2019 from Brooke WhistanceAnxiety is one of the worst disorders one could be clinically diagnosed with. It impairs the average human being’s ability to take control of their feelings, emotions or thoughts. Sufferers are often extremely quiet, have shattered self-confidence, are extremely critical of themselves, and ...
Views: 913(1 vote) - How Negative Thoughts Affect You - by Submitted on Nov 16, 2020 from Robert Gill, Jr.Understanding How Negative Thoughts Affect You If you are like most people, you probably do not realize how negative thoughts affect you. Since thoughts create feelings and feelings create thoughts, negative thoughts affect you in negative ways. Your negative thoughts do affect you. Negative ...
Views: 865(1 vote) - How Our Thoughts Can Make Us Sick and Worse - by Submitted on Dec 21, 2010 from Ed MayhewWe have all known individuals who ate all the right foods, exercised relentlessly and had regular checkups and still got the much-dreaded Disease X. This happening has made us feel vulnerable. "If THIS person, who took such good care of himself -- much better than I take care of myself -- can ...
Views: 1087(1 vote) - How Stress and Comfort Eating Causes Weight Gain - by Submitted on Jun 30, 2011 from Allison FelixThe strongest cravings for food usually happen when people are emotionally at their lowest or most vulnerable. People may turn to food consciously or unconsciously to help them deal with stress, worry anxiety, depression and any range of negative emotions. This is also known as emotional eating. ...
Views: 894(1 vote) - How to Choose a Yoga Teacher - 10 Things to Consider - by Submitted on Apr 28, 2011 from Jasmine KaloudisCompassion - Do you want to have an extremely knowledgeable, know-it-all teacher that makes you feel like less or would you rather have a kind, patient, accepting teacher? Does it seem like your teacher is really committed to making a difference for their students or does it seem like they ...
Views: 1396(1 vote) - How to Conquer Panic Anxiety Disorder - by Submitted on Feb 17, 2010 from Gerry RestriveraAre you experiencing fears to certain situations or objects that somehow lead you to attacks? Or experiencing out of place degree of fear to consequences of not carrying out specific routine? Or suffer from depression and complain panic attacks to some situations? Then you might be a candidate ...
Views: 1236(1 vote) - How To Stop Anxiety - by Submitted on May 08, 2011 from Steven QaresmaThere 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: 1267(1 vote) - How to Support a Person That Has Had a Brain Injury - by Submitted on Dec 09, 2021 from Jaclyn TengWhen somebody you know or love has experienced a traumatic brain injury, this person will need a lot of support. Brain injuries can harm a person in many different ways, both physically and mentally. The victim may behave, feel, and think differently, which can negatively affect past ...
Views: 588(1 vote) - How to Treat Depression, Anxiety and Other Nervous Disorders With Binaural Frequency Harmonics - by Submitted on Feb 06, 2010 from Kyle NortonOur brain is an electrochemical organ, it can produce as much as 10 watts electricity. Depending in each situation, brainwaves can classify in 4 classes. 1. When the brain actively involve in mental activity, it produces beta wave 2. When the brain is in relaxation and non active situation, it ...
Views: 2495(1 vote) - How To Wake Up Early And Not Feel Tired: 3 Proven Tips That Work - by Submitted on Feb 13, 2012 from Michael LeeLearning how to wake up early and not feel tired is something a lot of us have had to struggle with all our lives. It may have started when we were in high school - when we first discovered the joys of cable TV or when we realized just how fun it could be to surf the Internet all night. ...
Views: 4123(1 vote) - How Toxic Are You? - by Submitted on Jul 15, 2011 from Sindy MilsEvery day, our bodies work hard to filter through a perpetual barrage of toxins. From the water we drink, the foods we eat and the air we breathe to the soaps, shampoos, and cleaners we use. We are taking in additives, organic and inorganic chemicals, pesticides, and heavy metals. It’s not just ...
Views: 1106(1 vote) - How We Conceptualize This Thing We Call Anger - by Submitted on Nov 27, 2010 from Ronald Williams-GarciaAs Carol Tavris writes in her landmark work “there does not seem to be a clear understanding of the phenomena we call Anger” (Tavris, 1989). She continues “the harder we try to pin down one explanation the more certain we are to fail.” She argues, “Anger is like beauty, as it is in the eye of ...
Views: 2335(1 vote) - How We Love Ourselves - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2016 from Sheryl PaulWe hear a lot about the importance of loving ourselves these days, and how we can't love someone else until we truly love ourselves. While I don't entirely agree with that statement (adult attachment theory shows that it's through secure attachment to loving others that we feel loved and, ...
Views: 1046(1 vote) - Hypnosis and Gene Expression - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2010 from Alfred BellantiA turning point in Science and our approach to the human body occurred in 1953 when Watson and Crick discovered the double helix structure of DNA. DNA consists of four base chemicals called nucleotides: adenine, guanine, cytosine and thymine that reside on the inner surface of two parallel ...
Views: 3775(2 votes) - I Know Why I Got Breast Cancer - by Submitted on Dec 03, 2014 from Kathi CalahanI found myself fighting for my life with estrogen-sensitive, inflammatory breast cancer -rare, but deadly! How could this happen to me? Today, I know why I got cancer. It's so simple; I wonder why I didn't see it before. I know that if I had taken better care of my mental, emotional and ...
Views: 1191(1 vote) - Instant Healing, Really? - by Submitted on May 08, 2011 from Susan Crampton DavisWe 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: 1262(2 votes) - Irritable Bowel Syndrome--Breakthrough in Brain Research Helps You Heal IBS - by Submitted on Apr 18, 2010 from Karen AlisonNew evidence from brain science reveals that IBS is not caused by something in your gut, but by something that’s going on in your brain (without your awareness, of course!) Deep inside your thinking brain is a much older brain called the “emotional brain.” This emotional brain powerfully ...
Views: 1175(2 votes) - Is Your Mindset Making and Keeping You Overweight? - by Submitted on Apr 01, 2013 from Lianda LudwigMind/Body Medicine, the relationship between what you think (and feel) and how your body reacts is an accepted concept nowadays even with most traditional doctors. When you see your doctor with high blood pressure, besides a pill, they will tell you to “de-stress”. But although many doctors ...
Views: 1885(1 vote) - Is Your Root Chakra Out of Balance? - by Submitted on Jun 09, 2011 from Sharon GreenspanThe root chakra emanates from the perineum. As with all chakras, it takes the shape of a funnel with the small end closest to the body. The root chakra grounds us and also lays the foundation for our spiritual journey. It connects us to the physical world and all that it contains - nature, ...
Views: 2712(1 vote) - Is Your Soul Plexus Out of Balance? - by Submitted on Jun 09, 2011 from Sharon GreenspanThe soul chakra emanates from mid-way between the navel and base of the spine. As with all chakras, it takes the shape of a funnel with the small end closest to the body and extends out from the front and back of the physical body. The soul chakra is the seat of our safety and freedom. ...
Views: 1939(1 vote) - Is Your Throat Chakra Out of Balance? - by Submitted on Jun 06, 2011 from Sharon GreenspanThe throat chakra emanates from the throat, half way between your front and back. As with all chakras, it takes the shape of a funnel with the small end closest to the body and extends out from the front and back of the physical body. The throat chakra is where the mind and heart meet. We ...
Views: 2543(1 vote) - Jogging Your Memory: 5 Tips to Remember More - by Submitted on Oct 06, 2020 from Kalyna KapurNearly everyone has an occasional lapse in memory. Usually, it’s because you have too much on your mind. However, if these lapses start happening frequently, you might be suffering from memory loss. Many factors could contribute to memory decline, including age, genetics, and medical ...
Views: 590(1 vote) - Journal to Dialog with Healing - by Submitted on Feb 03, 2012 from Mari L. McCarthyIn the process of healing from disease, we usually attend most keenly to the physical body, urging it with therapies, drugs, and other interventions to return to wholeness. But it’s important to attend as well to our mental, emotional, and spiritual selves with just as much focus and care. ...
Views: 1701(1 vote) - Journaling with your Inner Critic and Inner Coach - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2010 from Mari L. McCarthyMany people are often stalled in their attempts to learn and grow because of something called the Inner Critic, that judgmental voice from within that extinguishes courage and creativity. You want to make a career move, but your Inner Critic denigrates your abilities. You want to approach ...
Views: 4006(1 vote) - Learn How To Control Binge Eating and What Can Cause the Problem - by Submitted on Jan 02, 2012 from Chrissy CeeIf you're seeking how to control binge eating, which refers to overindulging or consuming more food than essential, this document will describe elements about its triggers, signs, and ways to defeat this disorder. It is typically believed that once it becomes a routine, people might find it too ...
Views: 945(1 vote) - Learn How Your Phobia Started - by Submitted on Nov 17, 2010 from Leslie Meehan“How do I cure a phobia?” is such an important question to all who suffer - often on a daily basis - from some form of irrational fear. A fear that can be so severe it debilitates both the mind and the body of the sufferer. Take the first step on the road to your own cure by searching first for ...
Views: 1353(2 votes) - Let All Your Senses Speak - As You Heal - by Submitted on Sep 12, 2012 from Dr. Erica GoodstoneYour senses support your well being. Listen to the Wisdom of Your Body As humans, we experience the world through our five senses. Although each sense responds to stimuli in its own way, the brain is the common factor which organizes and interprets the sensations we experience. People born ...
Views: 2337(1 vote) - Let go of limiting beliefs - by Submitted on May 18, 2012 from Jason Pegler"Choose to let go of limiting beliefs as soon as they appear and immediately replace them with the greatest things you can imagine. Start by writing down your most important values – the things that matter most to you in life – in no particular order. Then go back and put them in order of ...
Views: 2533(1 vote) - Letting Fear Drive - by Submitted on Jun 23, 2010 from Abigail SteidleyMost of us are not hoping to wake up every morning and feel intense panic or desperate fear. If we could ask for anything, we’d probably ask for peace. Peace for others, peace for the entire planet, and peace within ourselves. Yet, when we face health problems and physical pain, peace seems ...
Views: 1558(1 vote) - Letting Go of the Guilt of Being Ill Using EFT - by Submitted on Jul 03, 2011 from Annabel FisherWhen I work with clients who are seriously ill, one of the strongest negative emotions they often feel around being ill is guilt. They feel guilty because they can't work or do the things they once did; guilty for needing care and support; guilty for resting and guilty for not doing enough in ...
Views: 1828(1 vote) - Living on the Edge: Generalized Anxiety Disorder - by Submitted on Dec 01, 2011 from Sadie SheafeAs this article is being written, I, the writer, am having a hard time swallowing, my palms are slightly sweaty and I feel tension in some of my muscles. The reason for the odd symptoms, is this author, along with 18% of Americans, is affected by an anxiety disorder. There are several different ...
Views: 1596(1 vote) - Managing Your Stress - by Submitted on Aug 16, 2010 from Cheryl GowinHere are some tips that you can do on your own. The tips are designed to be easy and practical. But as you have heard before, you should consult with your doctor or mental health professional. ? Understand the difference between good worry and negative worry. 1. Remembering items, ...
Views: 1884(4 votes) - Mantra for Healing - by Submitted on Feb 05, 2011 from Spirit VoyageMantra for Healing There was a time in my childhood when I was sick enough to die. The virus in my brain flooded the rest of me with pain, causing temporary paralysis, massive fever, and then coma. Eventually my personal ecosystem normalized, and for the most part I recovered. But the need ...
Views: 2707(2 votes) - Massage and Sleep Disorders - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2011 from Eric BrownIs massage an insomnia cure? Are you affected by problems with sleeping? You're not the only one. It's believed that around 64 million US residents are afflicted by insomnia every year. The main thing is that you have to know insomnia isn't a illness but a signal. So to find an efficient ...
Views: 2467(1 vote) - Massage for Health - by Submitted on Mar 29, 2011 from Wayne McDonald, HolisticNetworkExchange.comThere are many people that love to get massages because they feel great but they also benefit your health and most people do not know this. Massage therapy and techniques when they are done the right way can decrease your stress levels but also relax your muscles and they can improve your immune ...
Views: 1500(1 vote) - Maximizing DHA Intake Supports Weight Loss - by Submitted on Apr 20, 2010 from Byron RichardsDHA is now recognized as a superior nutrient for cardiovascular health, cognitive function, memory, mood, learning, vision quality (including protection against macular degeneration), bone health, fertility, cancer prevention, and inflammation reduction. Somewhat less understood is its vital ...
Views: 1328(1 vote) - Meditation and Your Health: How to Reduce Stress with Meditation - by Submitted on Mar 28, 2011 from Dr. Robert PuffImagine for a moment that you are holding your arm out to the side and you just hold it there. No big deal, right? But keep holding it there, and keep holding it there, and keep holding it there. With time your arm will begin to ache and become painful. Unless you do something, you will have ...
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