Something You Should Know about Mind Body Healing


How You Control Your Health

February 16, 2010

 

Interview with William Sears, M.D., author of the book Prime-Time Health: A Scientifically Proven Plan for Feeling Young and Living Longer

 

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Mike Carruthers:
How healthy you are and how healthy you stay is in large part up to you.

 

William Sears, M.D.:
I think that many people don’t realize for example, that their bodies make their own internal medicine – that if you do certain things, your body is a walking pharmacy.

 
 


Dr. William Sears

Dr. William Sears, author of the book Prime-Time Health

 

Stress & Your Heart

February 10, 2010

 

Interview with Dr. John M. Kennedy, author of the book The 15 Minute Heart Cure: The Natural Way to Release Stress and Heal Your Heart in Just Minutes a Day

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Mike Carruthers:
Would you say your life is stressful? If so you should realize that stress is tough on your heart.

 

Dr. John M. Kennedy:
And as a cardiologist, I’ve seen thousands of examples of how emotional stress directly impacts, and wreaks havoc actually on our cardiovascular health.

 


Dr. John Kennedy

Stress & Your Heart Part 2

February 11, 2010

 

Interview with Dr. John M. Kennedy, author of the book The 15 Minute Heart Cure: The Natural Way to Release Stress and Heal Your Heart in Just Minutes a Day

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Mike Carruthers:
When you get stressed what does that feel like?

 

Dr. John M. Kennedy:
You might feel a knot in your stomach, I might feel sweaty palms or someone else might feel a racing heart beat. But that’s a cue or invitation to you to stop stress in its tracks.

 

How You Control Your Health - Part 2

February 17, 2010

 

Interview with William Sears, M.D., author of the book Prime-Time Health: A Scientifically Proven Plan for Feeling Young and Living Longer

 

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Mike Carruthers:
To be healthy you can’t go wrong following mom’s advice.

 

William Sears, M.D.:
You know (your) mother summed this up years ago when she said, “Eat your fruits and veggies and go outside and play” – that was the key to health at all ages.

 


Dr. William Sears

Positive Change At Any Age

January 13, 2010

 

Interview with Susan Krauss Whitbourne, author of the book The Search for Fulfillment 

 

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Mike Carruthers:
If you’re an adult you’ve heard all the cliches that, "Youth is wasted on the young,"  that, "Your best years are behind you..." – well it turns out to be completely untrue.

 

Susan Krauss Whitbourne:
Development continues throughout adulthood. People don’t just not change after you turn 18.


Susan Whitbourne

A Better Way To Disagree

January 14, 2010

 

Interview with Lisa Earle McLeod, author of the book The Triangle of Truth 

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Mike Carruthers:
When we disagree with someone we typically take the position that, "I’m right and you’re wrong."

 

Lisa Earle McLeod:
We can’t hold onto the idea that, "I’m right and you’re right." Because I think if I acknowledge that you have a point then my point is going to go away. And that’s a completely false premise.


Lisa Earle McLeod

Effective Ways To Relieve Stress

October 14, 2009

 

Interview with Dr. Frank Lawlis, author of the book Retraining the Brain: A 45-Day Plan to Conquer Stress and Anxiety

 

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Mike Carruthers:

Feeling a little stressed out? Try eating some strawberries.

 

Dr. Frank Lawlis:

Especially if you eat the strawberries with the stems. That package of the leaves and the stems creates an enormous kind of stress relief.


Dr Frank Lawlis

 

When You Can't Sleep

October 7, 2009

Interview with Paul McKenna, author of the book I Can Make You Sleep: Overcome Insomnia Forever and Get the Best Rest of Your Life

 

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Mike Carruthers:
So many Americans don’t sleep well. Yet so much good can happen from a good night sleep.

 

Paul McKenna:
If you sleep well your health will be significantly better, your immune system stronger. You moods will be better and your productivity will be up because your stamina will be better.


Paul McKenna

 

What If We Eliminated Cancer & Heart Disease?

January 12, 2009

Interview with Leonard Hayflick, author of How and Why We Age 

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Mike Carruthers:
Cancer and heart disease are the two leading causes of death. Ever wonder how much longer we'd live if they were eliminated?

 

Leonard Hayflick:
For cardiovascular diseases, an increase of about 11 or 12 years - if cancer were cured tomorrow morning the increase would be about 3 years.


Leonard Hayflick

 

Interesting Health Facts

April 20, 2009
Interview with Joe Graedon, author of The People's Pharmacy Guide to Home and Herbal Remedies 

 

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Mike Carruthers:
So, here's the dilemma - we're told to stay out of the sun because of the risk of skin cancer, but the sun is where we get a lot of vitamin D.

 

Joe Graedon:
Vitamin D can reduce the risk of many cancers - it may be valuable in reducing the risk of osteoarthritis. There are many other conditions where vitamin D is absolutely crucial.


Joe Graedon

 

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