The Work of Byron Katie: Can Four Simple Questions End Suffering?

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For many people living in our modern, stressed out, anxiety ridden, pressure cooker of a society their experience of life, work, relationships and even physical existence is full of suffering. While many turn to drugs or other chemical solutions, a growing number of people have discovered a simple approach to alleviate suffering called — simply [...]

Living Life Through Bite Size Pieces

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How to overcome your own negativity when life’s trials and challenges feel overwhelming. It never seems to end, a whole barrage of emotions flood every ounce of your being. You feel uptight, you feel tense and the more you try to console your own raging negative emotions, the deeper you fall into their all consuming [...]

Flush Lymph Fluid from your Cells with Rebounding Exercise

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If you read my previous article about 7 Simple Ways To Get Hooked on the Benefits of Juicing, you’ll have read under the “Get Inspired” tip that Jason Vale, “The Juice Master” from TheJuiceMaster.com really inspires me when it comes to juicing. I love his energy. Well, he also inspires me to ‘rebound’ and has [...]

Depression and Cultivating an Attitude of Gratitude

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Several years ago, Linda*, a fiftyish woman, came to me for acupuncture because she was stressed out at her job. During her first appointment, it became clear to me that stress at work was just the tip of the iceberg of Linda’s problems. Linda’s health wasn’t bad, but during the time that I treated her, [...]

Is Stress One of the Causes of TMJ?

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Temporal Mandibular Joint Disorder, or TMJ, is a lesser known health condition involving a large spectrum of problems including dysfunction at the joint where the mandible “lower jaw” attaches to the rest of the skull. It is more common in women, however some experts estimate that up to a million people in the US suffer [...]

Understanding the Physical Sources of Stress

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We all live with some amount of stress. You are well-aware that you are feeling stressed out when you feel overwhelmed. You have deadlines looming, your mind starts racing, you don’t sleep well, your appetite vanishes, and your digestion is in an uproar. You may think of stress as psychological in nature, in that the [...]

Three Key Stress Reduction Tips

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Summer is here — and that means many places have already begun to feel the heat. As high temperatures soar up towards the triple digits outside, far too often the signs of the inner “pressure cooker” remain hidden in silence. Often times the early signs of stress go unnoticed due to one’s disconnect from the [...]