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The late Norman Cousins — in his book, “Anatomy of an Illness as Perceived by the Patient : Reflections on Healing (1979)” — describes his experiences with the healing effects of laughter.  Cousins’s results were derived from his personal, informal experimentation.  Since the time that Cousins popularized his findings, solid research has been performed that demonstrates just how laughter triggers healthy physical changes in the body.

Dr. Lee S. Berk is a psychoneuroimmunology researcher and preventive care specialist at Loma Linda University’s Schools of Allied Health (SAHP) and Medicine, and director of the molecular research lab at SAHP, Loma Linda, CA.  He has performed research with Dr. Stanley Tan since the 1980s.  Together, they have studied the human body’s response to a positive-stress reaction, which they termed “mirthful laughter”.

In their research, Dr. Berk and Dr. Tan found that laughter aids in optimizing many of the functions of various body systems.  Berk and his colleagues were the first to determine that laughter helps Read more

With so much news pouring out about the tragic, shocking events that occurred at the Aurora, CO, movie theater in the night of July 2012, I would like to dedicate this post to those around the world who are dealing with the devastating effects of Grief. Grief is an emotion that is  distressed,  filled with pain and loss and bereavement.

You do not have to be directly injured by an event to feel Grief. Grief can affect us even when we are not directly impacted by the actual event. Unresolved Grief can be activated by hearing of distressing events that have occurred to others. When such Grief arises, it can have all of the intensity and pain as did the originating event. At the same time, it can give us the opportunity to gain further closure and resolution on the originating event that is being grieved. It can allow us to release that which — up until that time — may have remained unresolved.

Grief may be triggered by the death of a loved one or the end of a serious relationship. It can be a response to learning that you have an acute, chronic illness — an illness that might significantly impact your quality of life.

Each person experiences Grief in a way that is unique to him/her. At the same time, there are specific stages experienced — in some form, at some time — by those who are dealing with Grief. In their ideal manifestation, these stages lead up to the ultimate experience of acceptance.

One way to describe the Grief cycle is that made popular by expert psychiatrist and researcher Elisabeth Kübler-Ross in her book On Death and Dying (1969).  Dr. Kübler-Ross described a cycle of five stages. These reactions might Read more

Today I want to share with you some of the healing Beauty of Nature with which the Universe Abounds!

I ask you to take a few moments to just en-joy the following …

Better yet …

Allow yourself to breathe deeply and slowly …

and Relax.  Allow that experience of relaxing to go all the way into the very center and core of your being.  That’s right … allow the Healing Energies of Nature to surround you … and fill you up!

Now, imagine yourself here:

* Do you notice the quiet?  Allow it to heal you.

* Do you feel the impending dawn?  Allow it to heal you.

* Can you imagine the waves lapping the shore?  Allow them to heal you.

* Does the darkness tell you its secrets?

Listen …

You can hear it … when you listen right now …  Allow the energy of Nature to heal you!

Allow yourself to breathe … even more deeply and slowly …

and Relax even more.  Allow that experience of relaxing to go all the way into the very center and core of your being.  That’s right … allow the Healing Energies of Nature to surround you … and fill you up!

Now, imagine yourself here:

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Current research in Brain Science has brought about innovative thinking about the interaction of the brain and the mind.  Old neuroscience ideas about how the brain works and how the brain-mind complex interacts has been absolutely blasted out of the water!

It used to be believed that the brain was rigid.  It used to be believed that the brain had certain key developmental-times for learning … and, after those developmentally prime times were completed, learning was not going to occur.

With massive neuroscience research having been amassed over the past 10+ years, these beliefs have been overturned.  It has now been proven irrefutably that the brain is flexible.  It has now been proven without a doubt that the brain is capable of continued learning … throughout the span of one’s lifetime!  It has now been shown — visibly, through advanced neuroscience imaging techniques — that the brain changes structure and function as we learn!

This is amazing!

It paves the way for the concepts of neuroplasticity and neurogenesis.  It provides hope for the creation of alternative pathways for healing and for body-function.

It establishes — and demonstrates — neuroscience innovations:   a NEW relationship between the mind and the brain!

It used to be Read more

Neuroplastic changes in the human brain have now been proven.  Discoveries in Brain Science prove that your brain changes — learning can occur — at any age. Additional new applications of this Brain Science Research into neuroplasticity continue to be announced almost monthly.

One of these applications includes lends confidence to the fact that the brain can improve as we age.  In the past 30 years, neuroscientists have publicized the findings that the brain is designed to actually improve throughout the duration of our lives.

How can you encourage such improvement?

In his book, “Brain Power:  Improve Your Mind as You Age“, authors Michael Gelb and Kathy Howell set out to answer this question.  From interviews with gerontologists, neuroscientists and physicians, Howell and Gelb sought to find out theoretical approaches and empirical evidence.  They studied the habits of Read more

Self-Confidence.  Have you ever envied someone who seemed to be super positive about himself or herself?  Have you wished that you, too, might learn the keys to this magic way of being?

Surprisingly, self-confidence does not come from some inner gift.  Self-confidence is the direct result of positive things that you DO and affirmative words that your SAY!

Then — from the new research findings that I have been reporting to you from the brain science studies of neuroplasticity, you already know the following:  When you repeat these newly-conditioned (newly-learned) actions, the new LEARNING — the new neural networks — are strengthened in your brain.  Through repeatedly engaging in these new learned responses, your brain has become structurally changed to reflect the new learning!

So, what are some ways that you can LEARN the behaviors and words of self-confidence?  The following are 3 keys to Self-Confidence that you can implement right away:

1. Smile and Look People in the Eye.  When you smile and make eye contact, it shows Read more

Neuroplasticity is the quality of the brain to change function and structure when learning occurs.  In other words, our mental experience(s) are able to drive fundamental changes in the very structure of the brain.  This is an amazing discovery of The Mind and The Brain!

It has far-reaching implications.  One of its most astounding implications is that — rather than the brain being fixed, incapable of learning after certain critical periods in our development, the brain is flexible, capable of learning throughout the span of our lives.

When learning occurs, it creates a specific neural network in the brain.  This brain network can be seen via functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI).  fMRI takes pictures of the brain.  These fMRI images depict the new neural network that exists after learning has occurred.  By repetition of the learning, the neural network will become stronger and stronger.

Likewise, old, dysfunctional neural networks can be weakened.  This weakening occurs when we no longer repeat the old learning.  When we no longer repeat the old learning, the neural network associated with that specific learning becomes less vital and, over time, begins to disintegrate.

Current research discoveries in Brain Science have also lead to advances in new Read more

Traditionally, scientists have envisioned the Brain as rigid, capable of learning at only certain, key, critical developmental times.  This view envisions the Brain as an amazing organ — still capable of powerful learning.

Recent research in Brain Science, utilizing fMRI (functional Magnetic Resonance Imagining) — MRI in motion — has been able to demonstrate irrefutably that the brain is capable of learning and developing new neural networks at any age.  This flexible capacity of the brain is termed, “neuroplasticity“.

Dr. Norman Doidge, noted Canadian psychiatrist and author, has experimented with the concept of neuroplasticity.  Dr. Doidge calls neuroplasticity, “one of the most extraordinary discoveries of the twentieth century”.  In his book, “The Brain that Changes Itself,” Dr. Doidge uses case studies to illustrate the beneficial effects of neuroplasticity on patients.

Dr. Doidge states, “Neuroplasticity contributes to both the constrained and unconstrained aspects of our nature.”  He also comments that neuroplasticity, “renders our brains not only more resourceful, but also more vulnerable to outside influences.”

If you have a habit of setting resolutions at the beginning of the year and then abandoning them a few days later, now is your chance to do something different. Imagine how the course of your life could change for the better if you followed through on your resolutions until you achieved your goals!

Change Your Thinking

It’s very possible to overcome your habit of giving up on New Year’s resolutions.  To help you to do so, here are a few basic tips.

Above all else, avoid regarding your resolutions as something to aspire to and then forgetting them when they no longer seem pertinent or interesting. New Year’s resolutions can be extremely enriching and self-improving if you find a way to maintain them throughout the year.

Here are some tips for keeping your resolutions:

1. Make a commitment. You must be willing to make a strong commitment to change in order for your resolutions to be successful. Believe that you can, and will, accomplish what you set out to do. If you give yourself unwavering support, then you’ll bolster that belief and achieve what you seek.

* Choose New Year’s resolutions that you genuinely want to achieve. Make positive resolutions and focus on the positive aspects of achieving them.

* Tell everyone you know Read more