Mind Body Connection

Digital Fire: At War With Ourselves

Russell C. Smith | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Reinvention, Thought, Avoiding Conflict, Mind-Body Connection, Intelligence, Conditioning, Digital Life, Beliefs, Passion, Reinventing Your Life, Memories, Healthy Living News

Maybe the real issue with learning how to reinvent oneself is the simple fact we really don't know how we formed our identity in the first place.

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Lessons From Life's Last Moments

Arthur Rosenfeld | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Suicide, Taoism, Mind-Body Connection, Meditation, Mindfulness, End of Life, Death and Dying, Religion News

The sound of the siren is so distant it's obvious the ambulance will not arrive in time. Lying there, what can you think of that you wish you had done? Who do you wish you had spent your time with?

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I Think, Therefore I Eat Junk Food: Philosophy and Health

Wray Herbert | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Mind-Body Connection, Dualism, Philosophy, Behavior Change, Cognitive Psychology, Nutrition, Exercise, Health Psychology, Health, Priming, Social Cognition, Science News

So are you a dualist? Most scientists reject the notion that the mind has an immaterial substance that's unlike the physical world. Instead, they argue that the mind somehow emerges from the squishy matter called the brain -- a philosophy called physicalism.

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I Put My Body On eBay

Aisling Carroll | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Cancer Survivors, Mind-Body Connection, Chronic-Illness, Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Body Image, Women News

In the first few days of my ovarian cancer diagnosis -- before I did a drop of chemo -- I pictured my "take that cancer" comeback of 26K runs amidst a throng of teal pom-poms.

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Beyond the Plate: Nourishment vs. Nutrition

Jill Grunewald | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Mind Body Connection, Mark Hyman Stress, Food Health, Nutrition Health, Michael Pollen Food, Stress Health, Resiliency Health, Nutrition Health Food, Diet and Nutrition, Healthy Living News

For many of us, nutrition can be a confusing matter. It has become a topic of bewilderment, inciting dizzying searches for the ideal way to eat. What's missing from this well-meant advice is the distinction between nourishment and nutrition.

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The Fabric of Our Lives

Denise M. Wilbanks | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Mind-Body Connection, Perception, Consciousness, Conflict Resolution, Funny Girl, Human Interaction, Conscious Relationships, Healthy Living News

Our emotions are the windows through which we perceive the world abroad. Those emotions come to fruition and are delivered to us by way of our experiences with those around us.

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Confusing Virtues: People Who Like a Food's Politics Think It Has Fewer Calories

David Berreby | Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: Healthy Eating, Mind-Body Connection, Junk Food, Food, Psychology, Nutrition, Behavioral Economics, Science News

Ask people how fattening those organic chocolate-covered peanuts are, and they'll guess a lower number than they did for the non-organic version. They'll also eat more than they would have otherwise. The same goes for "low-fat" products.

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Achieving Your New Year's Resolution: Surefire Tricks No One Told You

Amy Chavez | Posted 03.11.2012

Read More: New Year's Resolutions, Yoga, Meditation, Mind-Body Connection, Diet Tips, Mind/Body/Spirit, Diet, Healthy Living Spirit, Mindfulness, Healthy Living News

So, how's your New Year's resolution coming along? Given up already? Well, I haven't. So enthusiastic am I, that I've already completed four weeks of my resolution even though we're only one week into the New Year. And I don't even consider myself an overachiever.

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Culture Crack: Why Our Addiction to Connection Is Changing Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness in America

Kirk Snyder | Posted 03.10.2012

Read More: Social Connection, Pursuit of Happiness, Internet Addiction, Social Media Technology, Community Technology, Mind Body Connection, Connectedness Technology, Technology News

While crack cocaine rewires the chemistry of the brain, technological connection rewires the chemistry of the culture. It's an addiction that is changing life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness in America.

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How Belief Affects Our Health

Russ Gerber | Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Science Daily, Nocebo Effect, Placebo Effect, Mind Body Connection, Mind Body Health, Body and Mind, Mind Body, Body & Mind, Mind Body Soul, Body and Soul, Mindfulness, Mind Body Spirit, Healthy Living News

Sooner or later we'll see for ourselves what Penny Sarchet and countless others have uncovered -- that what we take in, what we believe, has a correlation to our health. The days of thinking that the body operates independent of our beliefs about it are fading away.

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Mind Body Shift: Using Your Awareness To Bring About Wellness

Marc B. Levin | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Mind Body Connection, Body in Mind, Mind and Body, Mind Body, Mind Body Spirit, Body Mind, Healthy Living News

Your body is the most brilliant, insightful, caring, nurturing, intuitive, persistent, honest, knowledgeable teacher you have ever encountered. There is much to be learned if you pay attention to it.

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Cancer, a New View: What Is Positive Thinking?

Leigh Fortson | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Psychoneuroimmunology, Mind-Body Connection, Mental Health, Cancer, Institute of Noetic Sciences, Mindfulness, CBS Sunday Morning, Treating-Cancer, Cancer and Positive Thinking, Healthy Living News

I'm a staunch believer in the power of the mind, but I doubt that even the most rigorous double blind studies could capture the myriad nuances that occur inside the mind of an individual.

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Tips for Deeply Connecting to Others

Roya R. Rad, MA, PsyD | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Friendship, Mind-Body Connection, Relationship Advice, Relationship Tips, Relationships, Emotional Wellness, Connectedness, Mindful Living, Mindfulness, Giving, Affection, Conscious Relationships, Healthy Living News

When we learn how to give, we learn how to receive, and then we will open the door to the affection we hope for.

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Love or Fear: Playing on the Edge

Akoshia Yoba | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Mind-Body Connection, Fear, Consciousness, Tai Chi, Emotional Management, New York Open Center, Mindfulness Meditation, Love, Martial Arts, Conscious Evolution, Healthy Living Health News, Healthy Living Spirit, Healthy Living News

At first, I silently wondered, "How is this related to Tai-chi? And seriously, how do you embrace the parts of life that are hard, sad or just plain suck?"

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The Science Behind Guided Imagery

Belleruth Naparstek | Posted 12.30.2011

Read More: Mind-Body Connection, Cancer, Guided Imagery, Healthy Living Health News, Guided Imagery and Cancer, Consciousness, Healthy Living Spirit, Meditation and Cancer, Visualizing and Cancer, Positive Attitude and Cancer, Healthy Living News

We've come to understand that what best serves our sense of strength, wholeness, vitality and personal power is owning whatever it is we feel, no matter how unpleasant, and then just breathing it out.

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Playing Our Part: Deepak Chopra At Zeitgeist Americas 2011

Deepak Chopra | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Mind-Body Connection, Neuropeptides, Neuro-Endocrinology, Neurotransmitters, Zeitgeist Americas 2011, Deepak Chopra, Consciousness, Healthy Living News

Innovations in thought and technology hint at our future. How can we find the best path forward?

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What Goosebumps Tell Us About Our Body's Feedback Loop

Viral Mehta | Posted 09.29.2011

Read More: Healthy Living Health News, Mind and Body, Consciousness, Mind-Body Experience, Healthy Living Spirit, Body, Mind-Body Connection, Mind, Healthy Living News

The fact that we get goosebumps when we are inspired or afraid is one of many everyday indicators of just how deeply and intricately connected our minds and bodies are.

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WATCH: Deepak Chopra On The Relationship Between Body And Spirit

Posted 09.21.2011

Read More: Deepak Chopra, Mind-Body Connection, Deepak Chopra Interview, Body and Spirit, Existence, Body Spirit Relationship, Deepak Chopra Video, Video, Religion News

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Leogane Haiti -- Teaching Mind-Body Skills at Cardinal Leger Hospital

James S. Gordon | Posted 07.20.2011

Read More: Dancing, Meditation, Mind-Body Connection, Haiti Earthquake Relief, Mind.Body.Soul, Haiti Earthquake, Haiti, Leogane, Impact News

"We will use what you have taught us, ourselves," says Sister Yolande, the Director, "and we will teach our patients too."

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Do We Have A Soul? Science May Hold The Answer

Robert Lanza, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Mind-Body Connection, Neuroscience, Mind.Body.Soul, Death & Dying, Soul, Science, The Inner Life, Spirituality, Death, Life, Healthy Living Spirit, Healthy Living News

Voltaire, the great enlightenment writer and philosopher, once said, "Nobody thinks of giving an immortal soul to a flea." Now, nearly 300 years later, the mass of accumulated scientific evidence suggests we may have to.

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Healing Is More Than Science

Trish Kinney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bernie Siegel, Mind-Body Connection, Healing, Cancer, Behavioral Medicine, Representative-Gabrielle-Giffords, Home News

Even Hippocrates hinted at this powerful connection when he said that he would rather know what sort of person has a disease than what sort of disease a person has. He also said that natural forces within us are the true healers of disease.

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Aging Gracefully in a Culture That Idolizes Youth

Beverley Golden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mind Body Connection, Healthy Mind, Healthy Aging, Aging Gracefully, Aging and Exercise, Attitude in Aging, Positive Attitude, Home News

My mother Lillian Golden is turning 95 this year in March. She is vivacious and vital; has an impeccable memory, is beautiful, gracious and an inspir...

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Near Death Experience: Journey Of Two Souls

William Horden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mind-Body Connection, Nde, Near-Death Experiences, Life After Death, Spirituality, Death & Dying, Religion News

Minutes after they placed me on the emergency room table and fit an oxygen mask over my face, I felt my heart stop beating and I sighed my last breath.

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One of the Best Writing Tips Ever: Spin Class!

Holly Robinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mind Body Connection, Creativity, Brainstorming, Spin Class, Novel Writing, Writing, Aerobic Exercise, Writer's Block, Exercise and Creativity, Sports Medicine, Newsweek, Books News

I never thought I'd take one of these classes, because who doesn't look stupid in padded bike shorts indoors? Then I discovered that I can solve any thorny writing problem in spin class.

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Spiritual Solutions #17 - Get in Touch with Body-Mind

Deepak Chopra | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Mind-Body Connection, Consciousness, Nontoxic Products, Healthy Living News

By Deepak Chopra Deepak Chopra and Annie Bond Annie Bond Connecting to Body-Mind To become familiar with the miracle of the human body-mind is t...

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