Category Archives: Spirituality

Preparing for a health miracle

You almost have to read the title of his article twice, and even then, you may still wonder if you got it right. Here’s the title: You are not prepared for a health miracle. In this recent Houston Chronicle article, Keith Wommack of Corpus Christi, Texas — a self-syndicated columnist writing about health, thought, and spirituality —

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What’s in a name?

Recently, a report with recommendations of a working group of the National Cancer Institute was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The report advocates changing the definition of cancer and eliminating the word from medical diagnoses in cases where it is deemed unwarranted resulting in over-diagnosis and over-treatment to the detriment of

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Can attending church affect your health?

A guest post written by Tim Mitchinson, media and legislative spokesperson for Christian Science in Illinois. Recently, actor Michael J. Fox talked about his visit to the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan.  He said there was “something special with these people, something special with the way they live their lives, something special about how they look at things.”

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What is Mind?

Think about it for a minute. How would you answer this question? What is mind? John D. Clague from Salem, Oregon, who writes about spirituality and health, discusses this after hearing neurobiologist Dan Siegel open his talk at a Portland, Oregon conference on integrative medicine with the question. Clague shares Siegel’s observation that in measuring the brain,

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Mental Buoyancy Is Good For Health

An intriguing view of “buoyancy” as applied to thought comes from Health Blogger Beverly Goldsmith of Melbourne, Australia. She writes: “No one enjoys the ‘sinking feeling’ that often accompanies upsetting news. Some people can deal with it as if it’s nothing more than a blip on their emotional radar. For others, feeling down can seem

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Spiritual vital signs

He spoke of a closet in their home with carbon inscriptions. It took me a moment to figure this out. Don’t worry – he explains it. Steven Salt, writing about health, spirituality and thought in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, addresses vital signs – not just the usual: height, weight, body mass index, etc., but also spiritual vital signs.

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With no side effects?

Only two countries permit the direct advertisement of pharmaceutical drugs to consumers. Can you guess which ones? These advertisements invariably list side-effects. Ingrid Peschke, health blogger in Massachusetts, writes in The MetroWest Daily News about side-effects, placebos, and a pre-med student who found a non-pharmacological approach to health without side-effects. An interesting read: A Prescription For Health Without Side-Effects.

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Qualities for More Compassionate Care

Attention, sympathy and understanding. Compassion, humility and respect. These are qualities that help make for more compassionate – more caring – care, regardless of the healing modality involved, according to Keith Wommack of Corpus Christi, Texas, a self-syndicated columnist who writes about health, thought, and spirituality. Here’s an excerpt from his article last July entitled, When Your Physician

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Lifting the Fog of Chronic Depression

A guest post written by John D. Clague, media and legislative spokesperson for Christian Science in Oregon. I have a friend who suffers from SAD — seasonal affective disorder. The long periods of clouds and rain depress her so much that she feels she can no longer live in the northwest. She and her husband

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Ever considered detoxing thought?

“When showering, don’t just think about keeping externally clean. Look within.  Exfoliate dead-end thinking.  Cleanse away any build up of disappointment or resentment. Allow calming, comforting, reassuring, and peace-encouraging ideas to flow into thinking.” This intriguing approach comes from Health Blogger Beverly Goldsmith of Melbourne, Australia, who examines how “detoxing your thought could lead to

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