Have you ever thought about the healing power of compassion?
It cannot be overestimated when it comes to long term illness and disease. Especially where, as often can be the case, inner self-judgement or outwardly directed blame compounds the illness and often results in a resistance, conscious or not, to healing and being well.Self compassion is [...]
Archive of posts tagged stress
Healing Moments: The Role of Compassion as Healer
Stress and Hypertension Causes and Remedies
One of the silent illnesses that you don’t see on the outside but which is all the same, chronic and life threatening, is high blood pressure
As the name implies, the chronic illness, hypertension is simply having a blood pressure higher than usual. When it is lower than usual, we call it hypotension. But this is [...]
Hypertension Treatment
High blood pressure is one of the most common chronic illnesses in the West today and it is mostly down to a high paced stressful lifestyle
As the name implies, hypertension is simply having a blood pressure higher than the usual. When it is lower than the usual, we call it hypotension. But this is not [...]
Laughter Psychology, The Power of Laughter to Heal
Psychologists studying the science of happiness believe that laughter promotes both physical and psychological health
>> Boost your health with simple laughter exercises. Click here to learn how
A managed care consultant dies and goes to Heaven. Frankly, he can’t believe his good fortune in being there, given the life he has led. But St. [...]
Human Connection and A Balanced Life
As social human beings we naturally crave balance, connection and happiness.
But often lock ourselves away on the computer for hours at a time and end up isolated and stressed.
Stress leads to ill health. So do something about it now for your own happiness and well being. Here is an article I discovered recently from [...]
Why worry
What does worrying do? If you could be relaxing by the sea with a cool wind blowing in your hair right now would you be able to enjoy it? Or would you be worrying about what’s going on back home?
Most of us can probably think of someone we know who seems to worry about every [...]
Meditation has Numerous Benefits
The world in which we live provides for many stresses. We have the pressures of work, personal obligations and the day-to-day grind with which to contend. These pressures can take a toll on our mental and physical health. Unfortunately, responding improperly to these pressures such as by using drugs or alcohol, can result in long-term [...]
Chronic Illness, Coping With Change
Apart from the obvious impact of most chronic illnesses in terms of mobility, pain management and the challenges of daily living, there is also what might be described as a hidden aspect.
This hidden aspect is how we feel, react and respond, or cope or don’t cope with the condition we find ourselves in.
Living with chronic [...]
How Does Laughter Or Stress Affect Your Overall Health
Can laughter be used as a stress reliever and coping strategy in difficult situations? It would appear so.
Learn how to reduce stress through laughter
During World War Two, the soldiers between their battles would laugh and have fun whenever and wherever possible, so that they would put the negative and unpleasant memories out of their minds.
Why? [...]
Can Laughing Improve Your Health
Do you have to think twice even before you laugh? Well, it’s time you take a look at the importance of laughter therapy and many ways a good session of laughter can benefit you completely.
Laughter – is surely the best medicine! We probably realize the importance of laughter only when we grow out of [...]
Fun Ways To Relieve Stress
You should incorporate some humor in your life. What would it be like to go around in a serious state of mind all the time? You’ve got to laugh sometime.
Laughter is good medicine for you and you should prescribe it to yourself as much as possible. This is definitely stress buster material.
Check out some ways [...]
Priceless Humor, What It Can Do For Your Health
You have one of the most powerful healing resources at your fingertips and it won’t cost you a penny. Yet it is priceless! What is it, you might say? It is the amazingly precious healing gift of laughter
Building a positive focus in your life which includes a regular dose of laughter can play a key [...]
Physical Benefits Of Laughter
How Laughter Can Reduce Stress and Improve Your Health
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine; but a broken spirit drieth the bones. -Proverbs 17:22
Feeling stressed out, angry or sad? Dread going to work?
Try this: Open your mouth as wide as you can, bug out your eyes, stick out
your tongue, bring your hands [...]
