If it is true that gratitude is good for health, then wouldn’t it be beneficial to actively be grateful on a consistent basis? In a study looking at a conscious focus on blessings, subjects expressing gratitude experienced a 25% increase in happiness and, get this: those with chronic health problems experienced better sleep. There are
“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?
Here’s a guest post written by Katie S. Brown, media and legislative spokesperson for Christian Science in Indiana, writing in the News-Sentinel in Fort Wayne, Indiana. She shares how a cousin of hers found relief from pain by using prayer when post-surgery medications failed to provide relief. DEALING WITH CHRONIC PAIN THROUGH PRAYER by Katie S.
“Do you have a healthy attitude?” This question is tackled in a recent article by Keith Wommack, a syndicated columnist from Corpus Christi, Texas who focuses on the impact thought and spirituality have on health. The article quotes Mark Hyman, M.D., author of Calm Your Mind, Heal Your Body, who said, “… the most powerful
In the U.S., the Alzheimer’s Organization reports that an estimated 5.2 million Americans suffer from dementia and more than half of their caregivers struggle with high emotional stress. Writing in the Fraser Coast Chronicle in northeastern Australia, Kay Stroud presents a hopeful look at helping those suffering from dementia in an article entitled, “Care can
Anna Bowness-Park, writing this week in her Owning Our Health blog in the Vancouver Sun in British Columbia, Canada, looks deeper – much deeper – into lessons on forgiveness from Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban for speaking out about education for girls in Pakistan. Bowness-Park quotes Rev. Alisdair Smith, Deacon
Russ Gerber, in his latest article on Health Care in Psychology Today, writes: “Humorist Art Buchwald said ‘The best things in life aren’t things.’ Perspective matters.” With Health Exchanges open and many considering insurance choices and costs, Gerber nudges us to take a deeper perspective: “Much of what we call health care starts to look like
“Each of us has within us a divine spark.” ~Christiane Northrup, M.D. In her recent article in Westminster Patch in Maryland, Kate Johnson, who writes about spirituality and health, takes a look at how women find better health by looking within. Here are three excerpts showing some of the examples Johnson shares: Dr. Riina, a family physician,
“It was the first time the question had been asked and the study turned up a surprising result: some 6 million Americans had used a mind-body therapy because their doctor had recommended it.” What was the question? “A 2011 study conducted by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School looked at how mainstream
“Remember when you ate too much ice cream as a kid and afterwards your tummy ached?” Wendy Margolese in Ontario, Canada, writing about health from a spiritual perspective, quickly caught my attention with this opening question in a recent article. When I was a kid, our family frequented an ice cream parlor on Friday nights.