(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Positive thinking has long been extolled as the route to happiness, but it might be time to ditch the self-help books after a new study shows that realists enjoy a greater sense of long-term well being than optimists.
Category: Holistic Health
The Future of Whole Person Care: The Intersection of Tech and Holistic Health
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – There is a common misconception in the healthcare field that technological innovation is opposed to the philosophy of holistic care.
Patients Who Choose Alternative Medicine for Cancer Are Richer, Smarter, Younger and Healthier – but It Makes Their Risk of Dying MUCH Higher
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – People who choose to get alternative treatments for cancer tend to have everything else going for them – being happier, younger, wealthier, and more educated.
Holographic Acupressure Discs Now Available
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – READING, PA, OCTOBER 22, 2014 — John Schaeffer, president of the Winning Factor Sports Sciences Training Center, with multiple sports science degrees and a background in quantum physics, announces the launch of Holographic Acupressure DiscsTM formulated by Winning Factor.
Find Your Zeal for Zen
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Meditation can cut caregiving stress by quieting the steady stream of thoughts that crowd the mind. You can meditate anywhere for any length of time, so squeeze in a mindful moment this Monday. Hone your ohm through weekly practice and patience.
Boost Your Physical and Emotional Healing Abilities
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Minneapolis, MN, March 13, 2012 – Dr. David Knighton has some remarkable insights about wounds and our ability to heal ourselves. “We’ve all been wounded,” he writes. “But, paradoxically, wounding is probably our greatest stimulus for health. As we heal, we grow.”
Healing During The Holidays
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – For many people, the arrival of the holiday season brings with it a mixed bag of emotions: excited, anticipatory, joyous and hopeful feelings, as well as feelings of dread, loneliness, and the wishful thought that the time period between Halloween and New Year’s would just disappear.
Skintervention: How to Have Youthful Radiant Skin
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – What if we encouraged people to age as nature intended, holding in high regard their life experience, knowledge, and wisdom they have to offer. I’d much rather sit at the knee of a wise old grandmother whose face is etched and deeply lined than be with a woman who tried to erase all of her character to keep up with our society’s obsession with youth.
Master Your Sleep: A Practical New Book for Insomniacs
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – An informative new book is on the market about sleep, it’s importance, why we don’t get enough, and what we can do about it. In Master Your Sleep: Proven Methods Simplified, author Tracey Marks, MD, tells us that more than one third of Americans – over 100 million people – have clinically-diagnosed sleep disorders!
Live Better by Laughing More
(HealthNewsDigest.c0m) – Uplifting emotions help create health in the body, mind, and spirit. According to John Gray, bestselling author and psychologist, wellness flows directly from being happy. In his book, Practical Miracles for Mars & Venus: Nine Principles for Lasting love, Increasing Success, and Vibrant Health in the Twenty-First Century, Gray says, “We have to create new opportunities for pleasurable and healing hormones to be released.”
The Optimist’s Path
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Childhood experiences, environment, success and disappointment can play a role in shaping our attitudes. But whatever your current worldview might be, there is always room for a little more optimism.
Healing and the Power of Thought
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – The mind is so powerful that it alone can help you heal. This requires trust in yourself and your ability to focus your thoughts on what you want and how you want to feel. In each moment you can notice where your mind has gone, whether to worries, fears, judgments, and other negativity, or to thoughts that are more closely aligned with what you want for yourself.
Eliminate Poisonous Air in Your Home
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Most commercial cleaning products, cosmetics, and scented items (including perfumes) are sickening. They poison people daily.
A Twist on Your New Year’s Resolution
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – At this time of year why do we make resolutions to do and be better when we know they typically crash and burn around January 2nd?
Natural Antibiotics: The Healthier Alternative
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Though negative information about antibiotics is widespread, many people continue to think they’re necessary for colds, flu, and respiratory infections. Antibiotics don’t work on viral or fungal infections, they destroy beneficial flora, weaken immunity, and add toxins to your body. Their overuse causes the formation of resistant strains of bacteria. As a rule they should be the last resort, not the first.
Cultivate Joy As An Antidote to Stress
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – There are many changes going on. From the power of the internet to new electronic devices, from weather and nature to the world itself, we are witnessing momentous times.
Mercury “the Trickster” is Turning Retrograde for the Holidays
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – You’ve likely heard someone mention Mercury retrograde. Wherever you stand on whether the ancient issue of astrology has value, this planetary event has become quite popular in the mainstream. Let’s find out why.
A Tool Box for the Woman in Your Life?
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – I was raised by a woman who said we didn’t need to sit around waiting for a man to do what we can do ourselves. Nonetheless, I’ve spent much of my life summoning a male to do things like fix broken gadgets, replace worn out things, and put together those “easy to assemble” items.
Turkey Talk: Go Organic This Thanksgiving
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – As a graduate student in the mid-1990s, I worked for a generous businessman who handed out fresh, free-range, organic turkeys to his employees for Thanksgiving. It caught me by surprise the first time he proudly handed me a large box with a raw turkey inside. That hadn’t happened before.
Healthy Home Improvement Improves Your Attitude
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – For several years my home office has been the color of sea foam green. This particular room is always cold, even in summer, and needs an extra heater to bring it to a comfortable temperature.