“No placebo effect going on there.” Much attention has been given to the placebo effect. The placebo effect shows that what we believe – what we think – matters when it comes to health. Some wonder if the positive effects on health of spirituality are simply a variant of the placebo effect. Wendy Margolese, Health Blogger
“Think carefully. It matters.” This admonition comes from Russ Gerber, writing in Psychology Today in an “Our Health–The Future of Healthcare” column. Here are two excerpts from an article of his discussing a healthy shake-up in health care — an article that seems as relevant today as when it first ran last fall: “It doesn’t
Consider this: “If scientists suddenly discovered a drug that was as powerful as love in creating health, it would be heralded as a medical breakthrough and marketed overnight – especially if it had as few side effects and was as inexpensive as love.” This insight is from Dr. Larry Dossey, M.D. in his book, Healing Words. We
“Addiction is like a chasm opening up before you and enticing you to keep walking despite the dire consequences ahead,” says Tony Lobl, a Christian Science practitioner and writer on spirituality and health living in the U.K., writing in the Huffington Post UK last fall. Lobl points out that more than one million Britons are
AGING “‘Old’ really is a state of mind…” (Dr. Shari Rochen, doctor of internal medicine at the Pearland Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, Houston Chronicle) “Age by itself does not necessarily bring premature disease and disability, but it is the belief that age brings these conditions that hastens their arrival.” (Norman Vincent Peale quoted by Dr. Victor S. Sierpina, Galveston
DRUGS “… the answers are not in a sack of pills” (from EscapeFire on CNN). “If there’s one thing that I would love to see you begin to implement in your own practice and teach others about, it’s to try to change this mindset that has so completely taken hold in our culture on the
Here are three articles in the news recently with Christmas in mind that focus on the intersection of spirituality and health. In the first article, Scrooge’s life lessons are adapted to health, the second includes a personal account of gaining freedom from depression, and the third has a surprise ending that will make you smile. 1. Transforming a bah-humbug
With the one-year anniversary of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, coming up tomorrow, Saturday, December 14, it’s important to turn our hearts and thoughts in directions that will continue the healing process. In Watching what we’re watching for health’s sake, we are reminded that research shows a link between watching
Come meet John. Seventy pounds overweight and in poor health – little exercise, a poor diet, and no energy. See how, with a few life-changing mental ‘turns’, he became healthy and full of vigor. Last month, my colleague, Huffington Post “Changing Tides of Health” blogger Ingrid Peschke, shared a touching account of how a man she met
“Those who reported a lot of stress but didn’t view it as harmful actually had a lower risk of dying than anyone else in the study, including those who reported low levels of stress.” What? Really? That’s what the study found. Furthermore, can caring for others and divine inspiration help reduce negative effects of stress?