Life Changes
Healing Through Storytelling: Lessons from The Odyssey
The journey of Odysseus in Homer's 'The Odyssey' offers profound insights into healing...
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- Written by: Paul Pearsall, Ph.D
"Fight or flight! That's the only way we cope with stress," said my professor years ago. This is our automatic alarm state that pushes our body to the max so we can do something very aggressive to win over a predator or perceived source of severe stress, or to hightail it away as quickly as possible.
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- Written by: Pierre Pradervand
When I was a child, what the family doctor said was gospel, and no one would even have thought of disputing it.
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- Written by: Pierre Pradervand
When I was a child, what the family doctor said was gospel, and no one would even have thought of disputing it.
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- Written by: Valerie Segrest (Muckleshoot)
A panacea garden awaits our next steps. In early summer, we introduced seven traditionally healing wildflower plants and how to invite them into our gardens. Now is the time for harvesting and transfiguration.
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- Written by: Connie Zweig, Ph.D.
Each day, as sunlight dims and dusk falls, I stop. I watch the light turn to darkness, then close my eyes to make the transition from doing to being, from fast to slow, from outward to inward...
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- Written by: Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com
Unfortunately many of us have become victims of instant gratification. We want to succeed and we want it now. We want to heal and we want it now. Whatever it is we want, we want it now.
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- Written by: Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com
Unfortunately many of us have become victims of instant gratification. We want to succeed and we want it now. We want to heal and we want it now. Whatever it is we want, we want it now.
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- Written by: Kimberly Meredith
Looking at life in this modern world today, there’s no question that a lot of people are dealing with many challenges, both physically and emotionally.
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- Written by: Kimberly Meredith
Looking at life in this modern world today, there’s no question that a lot of people are dealing with many challenges, both physically and emotionally.
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- Written by: Eileen Day McKusick
Cultivating neutrality is how I describe the process of acquiring equanimity. What I mean by this is a state where you are neither happy nor sad, neither elevated nor depressed, but simply neutral.
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- Written by: Eileen Day McKusick
Cultivating neutrality is how I describe the process of acquiring equanimity. What I mean by this is a state where you are neither happy nor sad, neither elevated nor depressed, but simply neutral.
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- Written by: Athena Bahri
You are a remarkable being of energy, individual and unique in your own right. You have both the power and ability to create your happiness no matter what challenges you face in life.
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- Written by: Athena Bahri
You are a remarkable being of energy, individual and unique in your own right. You have both the power and ability to create your happiness no matter what challenges you face in life.
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- Written by: Marie T. Russell
Many of us were raised on Fairy Tales...where Prince Charming rushed in to the rescue, the fairy Godmother waved her magic wand and made everything better... Having grown up with these 'role models' is it any surprise that we expect life to be the same?
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- Written by: Ewald Kliegel
Our body is like an orchestra in which the organs play the symphony of life with the greatest virtuosity. If we listen closely, we will experience that what is important is happening in between the musicians, instruments, and sounds.
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- Written by: Ewald Kliegel
Our body is like an orchestra in which the organs play the symphony of life with the greatest virtuosity. If we listen closely, we will experience that what is important is happening in between the musicians, instruments, and sounds.
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- Written by: Joe Alexander
There are dozens and hundreds and thousands of diets, diet books and diet experts in the world today. For one reason or another, many people have decided to adopt some restrictions. The greatest value of the raw food diet is its transformative value.
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- Written by: Christian Moro, Associate Professor of Science & Medicine
We all know the burning sensation we get when eating chilies. Some can tolerate the heat, while others may be reaching for the milk carton.
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- Written by: Marion Werner, Associate Professor of Geography
As North America enters its peak summer growing season, gardeners are planting and weeding, and groundskeepers are mowing parks and playing fields. Many are using the popular weed killer Roundup, which is...
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- Written by: Margaret Smith Peet, ND and Shoshana Zimmerman, ND.
Have you ever had the experience of visiting your doctor because you didn't feel well only to be told there was nothing wrong with you or that you were "perfectly healthy"? You left the office still wondering why you didn't feel well. Was it all in your head? "If I am so fine," you asked yourself, "why do I feel so bad?"
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- Written by: Michele Siegel, Ph.D., et al.
When an eating disorder exists, it is recognized by certain behaviors, the most noticeable being an obsession with food and weight. This obsession can take the form of binge eating, starving, vomiting, compulsive exercising, or other behaviors focused on eating, getting rid of, or avoiding food.
