Patients undergoing surgery often experience a loss of control, feeling more like victims than participants. Anxiety, fear of the unknown, fear of pain, dependency, uncertainty, and helplessness are common emotions which can intensify the perception...
There is a self-healing impulse which is part of every person's body, mind and spirit. In "Self-Applied Health Enhancement Methods (SAHEM)" Dr. Roger Jahnke introduces a complete and comprehensive form of ancient traditions for personal development.
There is an accumulation of evidence that chronic hostility and chronic depression are major risk factors in heart disease. For many patients, it may be as important to learn and practice skills for managing these emotional states as it is to quit...
A study on aging found that for men the frequency of sexual intercourse was associated with lower death rates. For women the enjoyment of intercourse was associated with longer life. In "Sex May Prolong Life" David S. Sobel, M.D. shows us studies...
Patients often only communicate symptoms such as pain, wheezing, swelling, itching. Physicians often remain unaware of how the symptoms impact the patient?s life. Similar symptoms may have very different importance for different patients. It is...
Scientists have known for years that major and minor life stresses interfere with immune function and contribute to disease. Stressful life events increase your susceptibility to several types of infections, from the common cold to tuberculosis, and...
Epidemics of parasitic infection from contaminated water and of bacterial food poisoning from chicken or hamburger serve notice that the U.S. food and water supply is not safe, according to Leo Galland, M.D. Pesticides and preservatives provide no...
A Simple Exercise in Creative Visualization; Here is an exercise in the basic technique of creative visualization
Contacting Your Higher Self; One of the most important steps in making your creative visualization work effectively and successfully is to have the feeling of being connected with your inner spiritual source.
Creating Your Sanctuary is one of the first things you should do when you start using creative visualization.
David S. Sobel MD
Roger Jahnke OMD
Leo Galland MD FACN