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Can a Confrontation Result in Allergic Asthma?
Okay, so you just got an ice cream cone. You are really looking forward to it, but it is dripping a bit. So, you lick it on your way back to your seat. But that is AGAINST THE RULES where you are, you get caught, and your cone is taken away from you as you…
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Positive and Negative Emotions in Marriage
If your desire is for a healthy, happy relationship, you now have the formula. You need to invest energy in fives times as much positive regard as negative reactions.
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Friends to Live Well (and Long!)
A network of good friends, rather than close family ties, helps you live longer in older age, suggests research in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.
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Exercise-Induced Tension Headache
Have you ever had a tension headache caused by something you did? I woke this morning at 5:30am with a crushing tension headache—the second in just the past two weeks brought on by swimming. The relaxation exercises and self-massage I tried in bed for a half hour did not help much.
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On the Road to Optimal Health
Let’s set aside for a moment how you got where you are… without the level of health and vitality you’d like. It’s a bit like waking up to find that you are in a swamp, east of Palatka—it smells bad, and you want to LEAVE! You can gripe and moan, wail and complain, “Dear God,…
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Get Up and Dance!
I just finished dancing. I put on music I love, and I danced on my elliptical trainer and danced in the living room. I feel SO SO SO much better! I am not an “exerciser.” I really don’t enjoy a gym or weights or anything that smacks of “I should do this because it would…
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Getting Started on Clutter
Each and every item we own has its energy “claim” on us. We have to find it a home, return it home when it gets moved, and keep it clean. I know there is balance in my life when I feel that there is room for my possessions, physically and emotionally. When I start looking…
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Using EFT While in a Yoga Posture
Julie Thompson of www.changeworkscoaching.com writes: I discovered something kind of interesting: I was doing a yoga pose that’s supposed to open up your hips-it’s basically sitting with one leg out in front of you at a 45 degree angle and putting the other leg on top of it at the same angle and just sitting…
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My Teenage Daughters Will Not Use EFT
I have two teenage daughters. My oldest one doesn’t want to use EFT because she KNOWS it works. She thinks it is abnormal to just zap your problems away in a minute. My youngest daughter also knows it works. I’ve been able to tap with her a couple of times with success, but for some…
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Summary of EFT Research
Current EFT Research: Where to Find the Latest Evidence The field of EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) has grown dramatically — with 300+ published studies in peer-reviewed journals, conducted by 200+ investigators across 12+ countries. Rather than maintaining a static summary here, the following resources are actively updated and represent the best destinations for current EFT…