Something You Should Know about Stress and Worry

January 25, 2013

Interview with Dr. Mimi Guarneri, author of the book The Heart Speaks: A Cardiologist Reveals the Secret Language of Healing

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Mike Carruthers:
The relationship between emotions, stress and heart disease are becoming clearer and clearer.

Mimi Guarneri M.D.:
There have been beautiful studies that have shown and looked at people coming to the emergency room for example, just having had a heart attack. There's a much higher incidence of anger within the proceeding twenty-four hours.
 

September 18, 2012

Interview with Dr. Steven Southwick, author of the book Resilience: The Science of Mastering Life's Greatest Challenges

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Mike Carruthers:
Bouncing back from adversity we call it resilience and it seems easier for some than others. So what factors influence how resilient you are?

Dr. Steven Southwick:
Maybe the strongest factor is having the type of social network that really supports you in high stress situations.
 

April 2, 2012

Interview with Thomas Sterner, author of the book The Practicing Mind: Bringing Discipline and Focus Into Your Life

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Mike Carruthers:
Chances are that right now your mind is somewhere else.

Thomas Sterner:
It’s usually either on something in the future or something in the past but you’re probably not thinking about what you’re doing right now and what we’re finding is that it’s very unproductive.
 

December 26, 2011

Interview with Alex S. Key, author of the book The Third Basic Instinct: How Religion Doesn't Get You (Revised Edition)

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Mike Carruthers:
Every creature on the earth has two basic instincts, survival and reproduction and what makes humans different from other creatures is our third basic instinct.

Alex S. Key:
And I propose that the third basic instinct is innate human curiosity - our desire to stimulate our minds, our desire to learn, the instinct to learn.