Have you noticed how a mind can be a terrible thing? A busy mind can torment us in many ways, negatively influencing both our psyche and body. The mind is busy, often negative … worrying or obsessing, and the body is tense. Many of us are so hypnotized by our minds...
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How Do I Quiet My Busy, Anxious Mind?
A busy mind, one that disturbs our peace of mind, or sleep, or makes us anxious, is a reflection of a deeper imbalance. A busy mind reflects a stressed nervous system and brain with negative implications for our mental, emotional and physical health. A busy mind can...
Anxiety and the Breathing Cure
When you're anxious you tend to over breathe versus breathing silently and slowly through your nose. When you breathe too much you tend to exhale too much carbon dioxide and this actually lowers the amount of oxygen that is available to your tissues and especially to...
Talking to … Versus Drugging Chronic Pain
The author of Eat, Pray, Love Elizabeth Gilbert recently shared her account of how she dealt with chronic, severe knee pain that hadn't responded to treatment, natural or otherwise. She decided to get very quiet and simply ask her knee what it needed. The response...
Combating Stress-induced Food Cravings
It becomes more difficult to exercise self-discipline when your brain function and body chemistry are negatively influenced by stress. During the stress response, which could be triggered by something as ordinary as an upsetting phone call, our neurology and chemistry...
Best Treatment for Stress-Induced Pain
One of the primary reasons that chronic pain doesn't resolve is that the cause of the pain isn't being addressed. Surprisingly, most chronic pain is driven by brain circuits that are stress-induced. One scenario is when we've had pain for a period of time the brain...
Acupuncture, Stress & Your Brain
New research is confirming that acupuncture exerts a powerful influence on the brain. These findings help to explain why acupuncture can be so helpful for so many issues. A new study from the Georgetown University Medical Center published in the journal...
Chronic Pain is Brain Pain
One of the most respected clinicians in the treatment of chronic pain is Dr. John Sarno of the NYU Rehabilitative Medicine department. His research shows that up to 95% of chronic pain lingers because it is ultimately generated by the mind and brain. This...
Progesterone and Breast Health
I recently read a study published in the journal Nature showing that the addition of progesterone should be helpful in treating about 50% of breast cancers. It’s known that your body produces progesterone naturally, but that this production is minimized by the body’s...