New Study: The Healing Power of Cuddling

Is there anyone who doesn’t like cuddling? On the physical affection spectrum, it may not be an all-star, but it’s definitely a winner in terms of improving our health and well-being. Besides the obvious physical pleasure of cuddling, there is a brain chemistry reaction that has far reaching effects. All those warm fuzzy feelings are […]

New research sheds light on mysterious fibromyalgia pain

By Karen Weintraub Special for USA TODAYFibromyalgia affects 1% to 5% of Americans, mainly women, but until recently, scientists had no idea what might be causing its severe and mysterious pains. For decades, doctors told patients their agony was imaginary, the result of emotional hysteria, not a physical ailment.But this year, researchers finally began to […]

Sugarplum Visions and Coping During the Holidays

Thursday, June 21, 2007 By: Eve Reddin Lennon, CPCCThis is the time of the year when we find ourselves surrounded, if not bombarded, by a multitude of media messages suggesting what we should be doing for the holidays and how we should be doing it. These messages are designed to conjure up sugarplum visions of […]

Love, Gratitude and Dad

Those of us living with chronic pain and illness know all too intimately the suggestion to find the good in our circumstances. We pour over positive affirmations and self-help books, journal, meditate, bang our heads on the wall and stomp our feet. We ask, scream out, the question: ‘Why? Why me? What does it mean?’ […]
The Hidden Messages in Water

Hidden Messages in Water

Title: Hidden Messages in Water Author: Masaru Emoto Publisher: Atria Books Release Date: September 20, 2005 Format: Kindle, Paperback, Audiobook, Audio CD Pages: 159 This book has the potential to profoundly transform your world view. Using high-speed photography, Dr. Masaru Emoto discovered that crystals formed in frozen water reveal changes when specific, concentrated thoughts are […]