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Articles: mind matters
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A Quiet Place
by Penelope Moon
Penelope Moon, a professional hypno-psychotherapist and teacher and founder member of Cheiron – A Quiet Place, presents a brief but informative overview of the principles behind the Quiet Place project.
Against Mind-Body Medicine
by Andrew Vickers
While the body-mind link is central to the holistic approach of most forms of complementary medicine; a deterministic link between certain emotions and specific diseases is not holistic. A holistic approach includes all the possible influences that might cause disease. To narrow causation to a single emotion, as so many popular writers do, is to deny the role of the many other factors and of the way in which they work together to form a whole.
Aligned Thinking for Optimum Health
by Richard Morley
High levels of stress hormones can make the immune system less effective, but most of the time our system maintains itself, despite the rigours we expose ourselves to. The best thing we can do, however, is to remove these obstacles and allow our system to operate as it is designed to.
Autogenic Therapy - the best form of self-help
by Jane Bird
Can we learn to activate our own self-righting mechanisms? Can we cause the healing capacity to work at our own command and directive, rather than giving that power to another person (a therapist)? . . .
Autogenic Therapy: A Short Term Therapy for Long Term Gain
by Sonia Saunders
Autogenic Therapy (AT) for high levels of stress which exceed one's comfort level and eventually lead to various physical and emotional symptoms such as: high blood pressure, allergies, headaches, chest pains, insomnia, irritable bowel syndrome, and various states of anxiety.
Between Loneliness and Laughter
by Zaak Fresh
Loneliness is a feeling of emptiness and hollowness inside an individual. It results from smothered, festering feelings of isolation that produce the belief of being separated and cut-off from the rest of the living, happy world.
Clinical Benefits of Peak States Therapy
by Grant McFetridge
In this article the author shows us how we can fully accept and reconcile alternative therapies with what we know to be true, based on what he and his colleagues stumbled upon by accident while trying to solve what they thought was an unrelated question (which was ‘why do some people clearly have exceptionally positive experiences in life and how can other people acquire this type of state’?).
Clinical Psychoneuroimmunology - Mind-Body Integrated Health
by Dr Alexandra Concorde (formerly Pandolfino)
This article looks at how psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) can offer sustainable solutions to the many significant health challenges associated with stress. Using cases studies throughout, author Dr Alexandra Pandolfino, a medical doctor who has worked with PNI for over 20 years, explores PNI here for the first time from the perspective of effective clinical application.
Cultivating the Mind for Positive Health
by Barry Mapp
We are encouraged to exercise our physical body in order to maintain good health: To "use it or lose it". The current focus of this good sense is on our "body" and the heart. The same maxim, however, applies to the brain, the mind and the memory.
Enneagram: The key to fulfilment
by Andrew Shaw
Do you believe that you know who you really are? Do your friends perceive you in the same way as you understand yourself? Have you ever been in an argument and realised afterwards how petty it was and couldn't understand why you got involved? Have you wondered how we can interpret an event so differently to the way others may see it? These are some of the concerns which have led me to train in psychology, counselling, hypnotherapy, NLP and the Enneagram.
Finding and Releasing Emotional Causes of Disease
by Sandra Hallawi
Our emotions arise as part of our human response to life experiences. How we respond to life can also have a direct cause-and-effect relationship with the onset and progression of physical symptoms. Applying new, effective tools for releasing emotions can often be the key to rapid healing.
Focusing With One 'S'
by Jenny Brickett
When we bring our awareness into the Present Moment and begin to notice what is happening in our own inner space, we are amazed at how much is there. We begin to notice subtly different qualities of how we are within ourselves.
Frequently Frazzled - The Highly Sensitive Person
by Handan T Satiroglu
The author of this article is herself a Highly Sensitive Person and so is able to talk knowledgably about the topic. She first stumbled across the term in the book The Highly Sensitive Person: How to thrive when the world overwhelms you by Dr Elaine Aron some five years ago which was the first time she was able to understand her condition. Highly Sensitive People, or HSPs, are more susceptible to noises, lights, crowds and can overreact to situations. The condition affects around 15 to 20 per cent of the population and is seen in both men and women.
Fulfilling Your Life Potential
by Anthony Aurelius
Anthony Aurelius is a Professional Life Coach, working with clients over the telephone. In this article, he outlines strategies that can lead to a happier and more satisfying life. He stresses that individuals can enhance each strategy by consulting a Coach whenever the need arises.
Happiness and the Immune System
by Dr Shara BA Cohen
Dr Cohen is an immunologist, scientific consultant, science writer and lecturer who specialises in presenting science for non-scientists. Here she presents the biological evidence supporting the idea that your mood and emotional responses can have an important effect on your health.
How Our Beliefs Affect Our Lives
by Penny Parks
Unlike animals, humans compulsively make meaning of our experiences. When we have attached the same meaning to a repeated experience a number of times, meaning becomes belief. These beliefs, both positive and negative, are verified with new experiences and we tend to note the information that matches our beliefs, while we discount the rest. The author demonstrates that this is particularly damaging when negative beliefs are reinforced.
InnerTalk - Bypassing our Negative Dialogue
by Mike and Stephanie Ozanne
Subliminal communication is a most powerful technology. It can literally rescript the pre-conscious mind, stripping away negative expectations and self doubt, and replacing these destructive patterns with positive input, thereby bringing about positive changes to people's lives in an effortless and natural way from the inside out.
Inspired Teaching: Tool for Transformation and Healing
by Rick Thorn
This article focuses on teaching from the perspective of a teacher-student and healer-client, and what can be done to ensure that what we teach and how we teach can be even more powerful and transformatory.
Life Mapping: Being Your Best
by Brian Mayne
The author sums up life mapping in the phrase 'it enables you to be at your best and, when you feel your best, you naturally produce your best results'. He sees three stages to the process of developing yourself fully: discover, in which you decide what your life's purpose is; define, in which you spell it out in as few words as possible; design, in which you set about achieving it by using techniques such as visualizing a life map for 21 days, first thing in the morning or last thing at night to increase connectivity to your subconscious thereby accelerating your growth and development.
Lucid Dreams
by Dr Keith Hearne
A 'lucid' dream is one in which you suddenly become perfectly aware – while still asleep and dreaming – that you are actually dreaming. Recounting some of his own research from over 20 years, Dr Hearne talks about anomalies within the dream state which can be used to prompt dreamers into becoming 'aware' that they are dreaming, and then change the dream scenario to whatever the person wants it to be about.
Mastering Your Emotions - Waking WREMS State
by Ann Fillmore
WREMS – Waking REM State is a skill. Not therapy or pop-psych or new age magic – it is a practical tool that allows you direct access to your subconscious mind and the power to call up memories, desensitize emotional trauma, become calm and move on. Calm is the sensation the Dalai Lama terms mindful or being at peace. Once you learn the skill, you set off on a journey unprecedented in human exploration.
Mind Mapping for Positive Health
by Barry Mapp
Mind Mapping was devised as a memory tool by Tony Buzan in the '70s and since that time, it has evolved considerably and its applications have extended substantially. A Mind Map® is a powerful, but simple, graphical tool which provides a "key" to unlocking the potential of the Brain.
Mind Over Minefield
by Dr Harry Alder
Complementary medicine can be a minefield. Sometimes a battlefield. Its typical freelance sole proprietor can be as fiercely competitive as any ruthless corporate giant.
Mind, Medicine and the Placebo Effect
by John H. Davidson M.A. (Cantab)
Conventional paradigms in medicine decree that a living creature is nothing more than complex of molecules and electromagnetism which have somehow self-organized themselves into entities we call living bodies.
Natural Coping Approaches for Children with ADHD
by Violet-Ann Remba
In this article, the author, the mother of a young hyperactive child, discusses ADD/ADHD (Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) and how best to deal with it using alternative therapies and methods…adding that the condition is easily manageable with the right attitude.
Perceptual Enhancement Programme by Inside-Out Learning
by Jeffry and Pamela Sharp
This article describes the idea behind the perceptual learning programme developed by Inside-Out Learning, the key features of the programme and the benefits achievable.
Psychoneuroimmunology and NLP
by Nancy Blake
The author explains the required paradigm shift that is needed to bridge the divide between science/allopathic medicine and the holistic, mind-body approach to health, highlighting the limitations of dichotomized, ‘right-wrong’ thinking. Science is now starting to recognize the intimate link between mind and body.
Rediscovering Your Own Unique Reality
by Regan Duggan
In this article, Regan Duggan shows us how to put aside the worldview created for us by the experiences of our parents, teachers, partners, etc., and recreate our own unique reality. He highlights the fact that much of our time is spent making decisions around other people, looking outside for other people's approval, diverting our attention to others' problems, with no real focus on our own needs. He asserts that only by helping ourselves first can we be truly happy and able to harness our true power to heal.
Simple Memorizing Techniques
by Laura Lane
This article takes a heartening look at how our memories can be easily influenced in order to improve our capacity for remembering facts and figures, stressing that so-called poor memories generally relate to concentration levels, mental state and degree of emotional involvement rather than an innate inability to remember anything.
Survival and Transformation from Terminal Cancer
by Martin Brofman
The author takes us on his remarkable journey of self-discovery that led to a total transformation of his whole Being and complete healing following a diagnosis of terminal cancer of the spinal cord.
Symbology: Walking the Path to a Healthier Life
by Michael Schwartz
This article focuses on Symbology, a radical new breakthrough in the field of health care that goes beyond traditional medicine and reveals the real causes of disease and ill-health. The author says learning how to utilize symbols that are presented in daily life gives us the opportunity to influence, or even change, the outcome of events.
Taking Humour Therapy Seriously
by Wendy Lawson
Wendy Lawson introduces humour therapy as a significant aspect of integrated healthcare, as part of the three-way relationship between patient, carer and health professional.
Tempering Temper
by John Minard
John Minard, a practitioner of spiritual healing, discusses the implications of temper and outbursts, and how to overcome them. He uses the example of having his ideas interrupted in a business meeting and how this can cause sensitivity, self-pity and humiliation.
The Benefits of Thought Field Therapy
by Charles Stone
Discovered in 1980 by Clinical Psychologist Dr Roger Callahan, TFT is completely different from any other form of Psychotherapy; TFT operates at the deepest level of consciousness, at the micro level, by correcting messages in the autonomic nervous system.
The Concept of the Virtual Self
by Dr Keith Hearne
Dr Hearne has developed the concept of the Virtual Self – a psychological self-image that includes present, childhood and seeming past life information.
The Emotional Dimension in Children's Life Threatening Illnesses
by Tony Quinlan
Using the case of an eight-year-old girl, who was found to be suffering from Stevens Johnsons Syndrome - a severe allergic reaction to medication - Tony Quinlan explores the complex arena of emotions experienced by the child with a life-threatening illness and by others.
The Enneagram and Health: A tool for transformation
by Denise Coen and Jane Vukovic
The Enneagram is a tool to uncover our compulsive life patterns. We create our own intimate world, by the thoughts we hold, the words we speak.
The Enneagram: Basic Instincts
by Andrew Shaw
There are three fundamental instincts by which we are governed: self-preservation, social and sexual/one-to-one relationships. In my previous article about the Enneagram (Positive Health Issue 19), I wrote about the nine different character types as unconscious strategies that we develop as children in order to cope with the chaos in our environment. Similarly, the instinctual types powerfully determine the way we operate in the world.
The Good Mood Guide
by Donna Welsh
In light of today's increasing use of antidepressants, Donna Welsh describes different holistic approaches to overcoming negative moods.
The Hidden Language of Intuition
by Susan Hannibal
Susan Hannibal, who practices in Vista, California, begins her article by discussing how energy medicine and intuitive diagnosis have become a major part of alternative and complementary medicine. She demonstrates that this approach has become more mainstream by noting that the disruption of energy balance within the body has a significant effect on physical and psychological problems.
The Incredible Dream Oracle
by David Melbourne & Dr Keith Hearne
Here, the authors explain an amazing and completely new way of getting important messages from the unconscious mind, via dreams, yet requiring no interpretation.
The Mace Method for Emotional Healing
by Jane Smith
The author of this article, a professional medical editor and writer, shares her understanding of the Mace Method on editing Dr John Mace’s book Don’t Think Like an Elephant.
The Mind Map as an Aid for Therapists
by Ian Woodrow
This article, based upon my experience using learning-to-learn models for therapeutic benefit, features visual aids and particularly Mind Mapping®. My own, mainly content-free style of therapy is not ideally suited to these techniques and I am sure that others will find even greater benefit than I.
The Mind, Metaphor & Health
by Penny Tompkins and James Lawley
This article explains why metaphor is a natural way to describe illness and health, the importance of recognizing patients'/clients' metaphors, and how working within these metaphors can activate an individual's personal healing process.
The Myths We Live By
by Dorothy Rowe
The author sheds light on how our assumptions about life and how it should be affect our behaviour, health and ability to cope with life's challenges, using an example of a 40-year-old barrister who came to resent the greater success of his contemporaries and became angered by the ageing process, thus alienating those around him because of his resultant moodiness, irritability and outbursts of rage.
The Power of Beliefs - How they can make or break your life
by Karen Charnock
The author looks into the power of personal beliefs and says the first step is to identify any troublesome beliefs we may have, whether it is to do with marriage, or religion or even success, money or personal relationships.
The Power of Thought over the Physical Body
by Keith Mason Ph.D
The power of thought processes and the act of thinking, and the effects upon the human organism in connection with health and illness, have largely been ignored by conventional medicine.
Thinking Yourself Well
by Dr Josephine Odber
The author gives a very clear exposition of the interaction between mind and body, discussing the nature of our body's stress responses and how although helpful in the short term, the chemical produced, such as cortisol, can over the long term, have damaging effects on our health.
Unleash Your Mind Power to be in Control of Your Life
by Elena Nanos
Here the author examines the power of the mind, and states that in order to have the outcome we desire in life one must tap into mind power to achieve our goals and dreams. The mind, therefore, contains all the resources to improve health and energy levels. She maintains that it is possible to turn one's life around, and shift from the downhearted pessimist to the eternal optimist.
Why Do You Feel Fat After Losing Weight?
by Sandra Blakeslee and Matthew Blakeslee
This article looks at why people still feel fat after losing weight; why yo-yo dieting is so prevalent; and whether anorexics are really being honest in their heart of hearts when they gaze in a mirror at their scrawny, starving bodies and insist they are grossly fat.
You Are What You Believe
by Taymour Qabazard
What we choose to believe about the world and ourselves determines the quality of life we have. Our beliefs dictate how well we perform, interact, grow our businesses and spot opportunities. Ironically, what we believe has a greater effect on us than the truths that surround us.
You Wouldn't Be Normal if You Didn't React in an Abnormal Way!
by Robert D Dangoor
The author raises a somewhat profound question – what is normal? He clarifies that normal is different from what is usual, but that normality is unusual because you have to react in a negative way to make any sense. Some people choose to be abnormal, while others are made abnormal by other people. Many of these people may have a mental disorder, which makes others wary. Such people may be unpredictable.
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