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Fear
8 Ways Overcoming Fear Can Improve Your Health

Lissa Rankin M.D. on July 30, 2013

When you tap into your faith and find your courage, you’re likely to still feel fear, but you’ll no longer be ruled by it.

When you tap into your faith and find your courage, you’re likely to still feel fear, but you’ll no longer be ruled by it.

Health
Why Many Patients Feel So Icky After Hospitalization

Lissa Rankin M.D. on July 26, 2013

In many of my blog posts, I’ve been suggesting that the only way we’re going to heal health care is to reclaim medicine’s heart and bring love back to the healing process. So I agree with Leape. Disrespect simply isn’t loving – and it runs rampant in hospital cultures.

In many of my blog posts, I’ve been suggesting that the only way we’re going to heal health care is to reclaim medicine’s heart and bring love back to the healing process. So I agree with Leape. Disrespect simply isn’t loving – and it runs rampant in hospital cultures.

Relationships
The Communication Cure

Lissa Rankin M.D. on July 16, 2013

According to my friend and fellow Hay House author Dr. Neha Sangwan, breakdowns in communication lie at the root of many illnesses.

According to my friend and fellow Hay House author Dr. Neha Sangwan, breakdowns in communication lie at the root of many illnesses.

Career
Why Engaging in Work You Love Could Save Your Life

Lissa Rankin M.D. on July 9, 2013

You probably know that having a toxic job that stresses you out and sucks the soul out of you isn’t exactly good for you. Anyone who has ever gotten a migraine after a deal went bad or stiff shoulders after the boss criticized him can attest to that. But did you realize that work stress can actually kill you?

You probably know that having a toxic job that stresses you out and sucks the soul out of you isn’t exactly good for you. Anyone who has ever gotten a migraine after a deal went bad or stiff shoulders after the boss criticized him can attest to that. But did you realize that work stress can actually kill you?

Stress
How to Transform Stress Into Relaxation

Lissa Rankin M.D. on June 25, 2013

When things don’t go the way we plan, we can easily spin into a series of unnecessary and unproductive stress responses—or we can be proactive and choose to abort the thoughts that poison our bodies and turn off our innate self-healing processes.

When things don’t go the way we plan, we can easily spin into a series of unnecessary and unproductive stress responses—or we can be proactive and choose to abort the thoughts that poison our bodies and turn off our innate self-healing processes.

Health
The Vulnerability of Exposing Your Dark Side

Lissa Rankin M.D. on June 11, 2013

To expose our wounds to people we care about—the icky stuff, the ego stuff, the personal growth edges we’re working on that we haven’t yet mastered—is super vulnerable.

To expose our wounds to people we care about—the icky stuff, the ego stuff, the personal growth edges we’re working on that we haven’t yet mastered—is super vulnerable.

Stress
Make Your Body Ripe for Miracles

Lissa Rankin M.D. on May 2, 2013

Your nervous system operates in two different states – the “fight-or-flight” stress response, when the sympathetic nervous system dominates, and the relaxation response, when the parasympathetic nervous system is in charge. But here’s the kicker- your body’s natural self-repair mechanisms only activate when your body is in a relaxation response!

Your nervous system operates in two different states – the “fight-or-flight” stress response, when the sympathetic nervous system dominates, and the relaxation response, when the parasympathetic nervous system is in charge. But here’s the kicker- your body’s natural self-repair mechanisms only activate when your body is in a relaxation response!

Health
How To Avoid Medical Overdiagnosis & Overtreatment, Part 2

Lissa Rankin M.D. on December 11, 2012

The tendency for many health conscious, cancer-fearing patients is to request every test on the planet. More tests means more diagnoses, but that doesn’t necessarily translate into better health.

The tendency for many health conscious, cancer-fearing patients is to request every test on the planet. More tests means more diagnoses, but that doesn’t necessarily translate into better health.