health helper 213: opening back up

She shared with me how bad feelings still lingered within her toward a certain neighbor. Over the course of an argument, that neighbor had spewed unkind energies, words, and actions bordering, my friend felt, on racist. The original incident had taken place about five years earlier; to date, they still do not speak to each … Continue reading health helper 213: opening back up

pain reducer 389b: changing how we relate to the worrying mind

In pain reducer 389a we explored the idea that chronic, persistent, unhealthy states of worry--a form of mental-emotional stress--can be a component of physical dis-ease states. To restore the system to health in such cases, then, requires that we uplift the mind-heart from the habit of chronic, persistent, unhealthy worry. Of course this is not … Continue reading pain reducer 389b: changing how we relate to the worrying mind

pain reducer 389a: worry

Like a richly flavored soup that is the product of many ingredients cooking together in the pot over time, our present state of health is the product of many factors--system inputs--interacting with each other over time. Like a soup whose ingredients are interacting with each other in the pot whether we are aware of it … Continue reading pain reducer 389a: worry