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Dialogue with your body The next time you experience a physical symptom, whether it is a headache or an illness you have been struggling with for a long time, stop your automatic response to fight it. Do not stop yourself from seeking medical care if it is warranted, or form taking necessary medications! But when…
Read MoreThere are lots of good physical reasons why we get sick. Getting rear-ended in a car can result in whiplash. Cystic Fibrosis is a genetically transferred disease, and the flu results from a viral infection. When we eat food that does not nourish us we don’t feel well. When we cut our finger chopping onions…
Read MoreMr. Duffy lived a short distance from his body ~James Joyce Way back in the early 1600s a philosopher and mathematician named Descarte decreed that the mind and the body are separate things and do not affect each other. His was the famous quote: “I think, therefore I am”. This idea greatly influenced the development…
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Identify your “Personal Stress Response” and get yourself “Back To Cool”. At times of stress, no matter whether you are being attacked by a grizzly bear, cut off on the highway, or about to walk into a meeting with your boss, your nervous system reacts with a standard set of physical responses. At times of…
Read MoreI think this poem by Mary Oliver speaks of what healing really is: Wild Geese You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. Tell…
Read MoreAs an “old dog”, the social media world is a “new trick” for me and I have much to learn! I would be grateful for your feedback and comments so I can make this a useful and worthwhile resource for you and your healing journey. My invitation is for you to join me in an…
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