Stress Antidote

Your reaction to stress can actually be worse for you that the original stressor. Feeling stressed out is an emotional response to an event or a thought that ends up affecting your biochemistry. Chronic or even serial stress (one thing after another) can make you physically ill, and indeed stress has been implicated in being […]

Thanksgiving and Gratitude

Thanksgiving is the day when our nation celebrates gratitude. And what better way is there to celebrate, than being with your friends eating delicious food? Gratitude is the antidote to stress, sadness and negativity. Does a fish know it’s wet? When you think about it, in order to experience gratitude, there must have been times […]

Is Anger Eating Your Heart Out?

You’ve heard many expression that equate your emotions with parts of your body. Recent research supports what we “knew in our hearts”:  there is a measurable effect of your emotions on your health. Emotional management therefore, is a necessity if you want to improve or maintain physical health! What emotion is most damaging to your […]

New Years Resolutions – Focus on the Positive

What’s Your New Year’s Resolution? An old year ends, and a new one begins. For many people it seems the right time to review achievements, and make plans for the New Year. The one thing we ALL have in common is that we are getting older and more experienced, and you can use the past […]

Want To Live A Longer Life?

“Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution.” Khalil Gibran Gibran wrote the 2nd most popular book of all time (The Bible is 1st): “The Prophet”.  It expresses profound, beautiful sentiment that applies to any sentient being!  From Dean Ornish’s book, “Love and Survival”,  to the multitudinous […]

Are you Sick With Worry?

There’s always so much to do, and limited time. A day can present itself with many opportunities to stress out. But consider this: your attitude is your choice! Do you get “sick with worry”? Yes, it’s a literal description of what having an anxious attitude can do to your body! Worry is one of the […]

Worry can get you sick!

Do you get sick with worry? Yes, it’s is a literal description of what having an anxious attitude can do to your body! Worry is one of the worst, and most ineffective things you do to yourself! Worry is like prepaying a toll for a bridge you never cross- Why is worry so bad? Because […]