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How to Liberate Yourself from Repressed Anger

Studies have shown the link between cancer and repressed anger: ““Cancer is caused by the suppression of toxic emotions; primarily anger, hate, resentment and grief. Suppression of these toxic negative emotions increases stress hormone cortisol levels, which directly suppress immune system function. When the immune system is not fun- ctioning properly, normal cells mutate into cancer cells as […]

Managing Stress

Managing stress is a difficult problem for most people. They either succumb to it and panic (like I did on my Ph. D. orals at the University of Chicago) or they use it as a trigger to harness their full capacity to conquer their situation (like I did when I first got cancer in 1997). […]

Harvard MD’s Secrets To Balanced Hormones

You must know by now that I am a fan of Dr. Sara Gottfried. Her book, The Hormone Cure is a New York Times Best Seller and I have my own copy. In case you missed it, I want to make sure you get a chance to take advantage of an amazing offer that ends […]

Anger Control Guided Meditation

In primitive times, anger was necessary to get our adrenalin working so that we could harness our energy to run away from or stay around to fight lions and tigers. Now, anger is one of the most destructive emotions we experience. It causes us to inflict pain and suffering on ourselves and the people we […]

9 Fat Triggers

Meet each of the 9 Fat Triggers brought to you by Jon Gabriel, founder of the Gabriel Code. He is doing a webinar on these next week. He is a biochemical researcher who lost 220 pounds and now dedicates his life to helping others transform their bodies and their lives. The following 9 fat triggers […]

3 Tips For Reducing Stress

Dr. Sara Gottfried and I offer 3 tips for reducing stress and this short video. As you must know by now, stress is officially a disease as serious as a heart attack. It can also lead to many other problems such as headache, back pain, heart palpitations, high blood pressure, decreased immunity, stomach problems, insomnia, anxiety, […]

10 Big Ideas To Turn On Skinny Genes

Dr. Dean Ornish demonstrated that targeted lifestyle changes can turn on disease-fighting genes and turn off disease-promoting genes. I heard him speak about how lifestyle changes reversed heart disease at Dr. Marty Rossman‘s Academy for Guided Imagery convention in Hawaii many years ago. Now his work is going mainstream. One of the exceptional doctors to […]

Secular Mindfulness For Stress Relief

These days, business leaders, politicians, and educators are using mindfulness to cope with stress. They are taking advantage of secular mindfulness for stress relief in their lives. This video from Laura Evans of Fox News in Washington, DC reports that 65% of Americans are not able to take time for themselves at least once a […]

Mindfulness Can Help Reduce Stress

Here is another excerpt from The Science of Consciousness in which Amishi Jha explains how mindfulness can help reduce stress. She responds to Jon Kabat-Zinn‘s definition of mindfulness: “Mindfulness is paying attention in a particular way on purpose in the present moment non-judgmentally.” The first element of mindfulness in dealing with stress is the attention factor. […]

How You Can Easily Fall Asleep With Guided Meditation

How You Can Easily Fall Asleep With Guided Meditation Are you having difficulty falling asleep because you are experiencing a lot of pain, anxiety or worry? All of these are symptoms of stress. More and more people are stressed out, can’t sleep and don’t know what to do about it. Stress triggers the fight-or-flight response […]