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It's The Economy's Fault

It's not all in your mind. It's in your body too! The mind-body collaboration becomes very obvious during times like this... high stress, fear, and uncertainty. It's a great opportunity to tune in quietly and ask "why am I harming my body right now". If you're truly tuned in, you will get an answer in the form of an image, a movie or a feeling. If not, you can learn more here. << MORE >>
Posted by Liz at 2/19/2009 | Add Comment

Mindfulness Mends Relationships

Learning how to listen to yourself (breath, thoughts, intents) is the first step to effectively communicating with others. Call it self-hypnosis, guided imagery, active meditation... they all lead to awareness and mindfulness. Your own practice will improve the way other people receive you and your message(s), lessening overall stress, anxiety and frustration. << MORE >>
Posted by Liz at 2/8/2009 | Add Comment

Largest Ever Bulimia Study Seeks Participants

News taken from www.paloaltoonline.com

I would like to see more mind-body approaches applied to treating Eating Disorders, but I support their efforts in this study.

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Stanford, Packard hospitals to seek answers to stubborn disorder under five-year, $2-million grant


by Sue Dremann
Palo Alto Online Staff


The largest study in the nation of adolescents with bulimia nervosa is seeking volunteers at Stanford.

An eating disorder characterized by binging and purging, bulimia starts out slowly. But doctors have never pinpointed how best to heal the disease before its destructive cycle gains years of momentum.

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Posted by Liz at 1/27/2009 | Add Comment

Intentions, Time & 2009

Defining what you want for your self this year, in 5 years, or for the rest of your life is probably the hardest mental and physical exercise you will put yourself through over and over again.  It doesn't have to be if you simply break it down into small steps nourished with intentions.

An Intent can be defined as a mental and physical feeling of total focus in a particular action, and the belief of that action to lead to a specific goal. 


A Mind-Body Collaboration
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Posted by Liz at 1/20/2009 | Add Comment

Ten things you need to prepare for 2009

A common-sense list of things to thing about not just in 2009, but always!

1. Protect your health - Free yourself from dependence on the conventional medical system by getting off all pharmaceuticals, if you can. Get onto natural supplements and disease prevention strategies combined with regular exercise, sunlight and stress reduction. The more you're in charge of your own health, the less likely you are to become a victim of a failed health care system.

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Posted by Liz at 1/2/2009 | Add Comment

Leave Drugs and Other Addictions in 2008

This article refers to drug addiction, but it applies it to other  addictions.  

Whether you're destroying your body and life through excessive food, alcohol, or other toxins, think about leaving that behind in 2008, and starting fresh in 2009, so that you can move forward with a productive, healthy, and vibrant life.


Don't Dismiss Rehab


 


 



 

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Posted by Liz at 12/31/2008 | Add Comment

Rhythm & Rules

These emotions confuse your decisions, dampens motivation, and skews your reasoning. When this happens, your body breaks down, offering very little energy for healing, making you susceptible to illness, and essentially calling out to "pay attention to me" - something is missing in the mind, body and spirit cohesion. Compulsions, addictions, and other mood disorders usually graduate from there leaving you feeling disoriented and vulnerable. Without knowing how to circumvent, or identify the sources of those disorders, the body continues to compensate and eventually breaks down. Disease is almost always inevitable in these situations.<< MORE >>
Posted by Liz at 12/9/2008 | Add Comment

New Johns Hopkins Research Study on Bulimia

Bulimia Research Study - The Johns Hopkins Eating Disorders Program is seeking women 18-40 years old with bulimia nervosa interested in a research study funded by the Klarman Family Foundation. The study includes a health assessment, blood testing and pictures of the brain taken using a medical scanner. Eligible women will be paid up to $400 for their participation and will be offered 6 weeks of outpatient treatment. Please call (410) 955-3863 for more information.<< MORE >>
Posted by Liz at 10/27/2008 | Add Comment

The Economy, Hoarding, & Tropical Smoothies

Similarly, your ability to act on habit (however destructive) overrides a danger that you just can't yet imagine. Your bad habits helped your mind/body find a reward over and over again for months... years. The ill effects haven't yet overwritten these rewards. Ever hear of "hitting rock bottom". Your threshold for suffering is much different than someone else's. This is why it's important to learn self-empowering techniques so that you can know how to communicate with your mind/body and be mindful of your actions. << MORE >>
Posted by Liz at 10/10/2008 | Add Comment

Love is not an Emotion

You can decide now as an adult what it is you want and go for it, but it's not going to happen automatically because there's so much you've substituted for love throughout the years that you've conditioned yourself to accept the substitutes however damaging they are.   Is it Food? Alcohol? Drugs?  Control to the point of being out of Control?  The resources are here for you.
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Posted by Liz at 9/22/2008 | Add Comment
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