Stress Response

Learning how to cultivate a higher level of Heart Rate Variability is very likely the single most important thing you can do to support your physical healing and emotional well-being. The research around Heart Rate Variability (HRV) and the Self-Regulation methods...

One of the advantages of journaling is that a journal doesn't talk back. A journal patiently waits for whatever comes next. A journal doesn't interrupt or distract us from our honest, heartfelt expression. On the other hand a journal doesn't really care. So, if we can...

New science is confirming that our hearts are neurological centers of intuition, creativity, and biochemical healing, in addition to being muscular pumps. So it seems that the poets did know a thing or two about the human heart. Learning to activate the wisdom of your...

The answer is 'Yes' ... with an explanation. Since the healing process involves tissue repair, as well as cellular detoxification, healing can often be a complex process that involves some temporary discomfort. This is a very different process from the suppression of...

A study published in the August issue of the journal Pediatrics, suggests that psychological abuse can be just as damaging to a child's physical, emotional, and mental health, as other forms of maltreatment, including physical and sexual abuse. The literature in the...

Research into the power of placebos sheds light on the power of our thoughts to help or hinder our health. A study on aging showed that when participants were asked to focus on words that had a negative connotation when related to advancing age, like 'slowing down',...

Slowing down your breathing is one of the most important things you can do to positively affect your physical and emotional health. It's amazing that we can influence our biology so profoundly with something that's free ... as well as, side-effect free. Slowing down...

In the Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, Deepak Chopra comments that out of chaos and confusion come his certainty. You might think, "That's easy for him to say, he's a spiritual adept, but what about me?" Actually, I said that yesterday. I'm also very fortunate to be...

The most accessible, and at the same time, the most elusive resource for supporting our health, is our breath. Fortunately, our breath is controlled by deep, unconscious parts of our brain, which allow us to breathe through the night without being consciously aware....