Mike Casey Mike Casey is an inspiring colleague who’s wealth of knowledge provokes thought and simpley put…make a lot of sense.  He is an expert in nutrition, mind-body connection, and stem cell therapy. You visit Mike Case at his website http://stemcelltherapyresearch.com/

Now I am not about to take credit for this post, but I have been recently talking about Stem Cells and how they work and the scientific research, but I thought it only fair to give credit where it is due. See growing up I was always taught “logic” and that you had to scientifically prove everything. Believing was not enough if [Read more...]

April Braswell

April Braswell is one of the leading Dating and Relationship Coaches in the country, specializing in Online Dating Coaching and working with clients over 40.

In my work as a dating and relationship coach, a number of the men and women who approach me or their friends refer to me, tell me secretly of their fears and anxieties about dating, romantic sex relationships, and their fears about getting married.
Secretly, they fear that they will never find someone who will truly love them. Secretly they are afraid that if the person they’ve been dating, if it doesn’t work out with THEM, then “Marriage, it’ll never happen for me!” Do you ever feel that way and have thoughts like that?
“April, what if it never happens for me?”
When they do this, they are carrying stress and anxiety in their bodies. Indeed that stress and anxiety can build up cortisal secretions in their system and create stress-related illnesses. When their minds are filled with such fearful thoughts and anxieties, their stress level just increases and worsens the situation for them.
In my dating and relationship coaching, I make a point of actively listening to [Read more...]

Kevin Hogan, Psy.D.

Author of 19 books, Professional Speaker, Doctor of Psychology

Why does putting our feelings into words — talking with a therapist or friend, writing in a journal — help us to feel better? A new brain imaging study by UCLA psychologists reveals why verbalizing our feelings makes our sadness, anger and pain less intense.

Another study, with the same participants and three of the same members of the research team, combines modern neuroscience with ancient Buddhist teachings to provide the first neural evidence for why “mindfulness” — the ability to live in the present moment, without distraction — seems to produce a variety of health benefits.

What are Scientists Seeing?

When people see a photograph of an angry or fearful face, they have increased activity in a region of the brain called the amygdala, which serves as an alarm to activate a cascade of biological systems to protect the body in times of danger. Scientists see a robust amygdala response even when they show such emotional photographs subliminally, so fast a person can’t even see them.

But does seeing an angry face and simply calling it an angry face change our [Read more...]

Mike Casey

Mike Casey is an expert in nutrition, stem cell research, and the mind-body connection.  You can visit his blog, where this post originated at http://stemcelltherapyresearch.com/

I again want to focus on the power of our mind and how it works with our body.

In the face of heroic efforts needed to save our own lives, what chance do we have to save the world? Confronted with current global crises, we understandably shrink back, overwhelmed with a feeling of insignificance and paralysis-unable to influence the affairs of the world. It is far easier to be entertained by reality TV than to actually participate in our own reality.

But consider the following:

Fire walking: For thousands of years, people of many different cultures and religions from all parts of the world have practiced fire walking. A recent Guinness World Record for longest fire walk was set by 23-year-old Canadian Amanda Dennison in June 2005. Amanda walked 220 feet over coals that measured 1,600 to1,800 degrees Fahrenheit. Amanda didn’t jump or fly, which means her feet were in direct contact with the glowing coals for the full 30 seconds it took her to complete the walk.

Many people attribute the ability to remain burn-free during such a walk to [Read more...]

Dr. Michael Roth

Author of “Balancing Your Emotional Health” and found of the Roth Wellness Center

     Fibromyalgia was recognized by the American Medical Association as an illness and cause of disability in 1987, yet it has been a struggle for many since Hippocrates first described a similar set of symptoms in 400 BC. In the early 1900’s, fibromyalgia was considered “arthritis of the muscles” and classified with other rheumatological conditions involving pain in the muscles or joints.

Stress and pain are irreversibly linked in fibromyalgia. For many people, some kind of stressful event is what initially triggers the illness. It often shows up after a serious illness, some kind of emotional or mental shock or with PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). Many believe that stress unmasks the disorder.
  Today fibromyalgia is thought to be a central nervous system disorder in which either pain-sensing nerves are excessively sensitive, or the brain is extremely sensitive to pain impulses. People with fibromyalgia are out of balance in the HPA axis – hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal – which is our body’s system for responding to stress with neurochemicals like adrenalin and serotonin. Pain sensation and abnormal stress response are related and people with fibromyalgia experience more pain when they are stressed.
  Simply having fibromyalgia is stressful. Though fibromyalgia feels different to each person, the common denominators are… [Read more...]