Researchers have recently found that pollution not only affects the lungs but it also affects the brain. We need to be concerned about what we eat and how we take care of our bodies, but we also need to make sure the environment in which we live is not polluted. In her study, Lilian Calderon-Garciduenas: […]
Archives for March 2012
How Stressed Do You Feel?
March 11, 2012 By
Stress is a killer and a life force. How can you tell the good from the bad, and too little from too much? Scientists have found that: “Stress, when it’s chronic or repeated, does more than unnerve us; it can make us physically sick. It dampens the immune system and dries out the digestive tract, […]
The Evidence on EMDR- New York Times
March 6, 2012 By
EMDR pioneer, Francine Shapiro, addresses reader questions about the current state of research on EMDR therapy in the New York Times. The Evidence on E.M.D.R. by THE NEW YORK TIMES writes Francine Shapiro, Ph.D. This week, readers of the Consults blog posed questions about eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, or E.M.D.R., a psychological therapy pioneered by Francine Shapiro that uses eye […]
8 Steps to Keep Stress Away
March 6, 2012 By
8 Steps to Stress-Proof Your Day! Reinterpret A Negative Experience: Say you leave your headphones in the car when you go to the gym. Interpret the return trip to the car not as an irritant but as a chance to warm up before you even climb on the treadmill. Give To Someone Else: Do something […]
How Emotionally Resilient Are You?
March 2, 2012 By
How do people emotionally manage crisis in their life, major life changes or situations that arise in everyday life? Despite having very similar backgrounds, Davidson & Begley found that people respond very differently to the same life experience. How emotionally resilient you are? Take the TEST. “The answer that has emerged from my research is […]
