Why should I follow the more difficult path to healing?

 Dr. Dean Ornish is a pioneer"voice"  in the field of self help for health and well being.  In his new book, Love and Survival: 8 Pathways to Intimacy and Health, he offers many wonderful suggestions to reclaiming intimacy and health in your life.


http://www.sharecare.com/user/dr-dean-ornish/answers?query=Why+should+I+follow+the+more+difficult+path+to+healing

1. "Some things that are hard are worth doing. For example, my program of comprehensive lifestyle changes is not easy. But it works for many people. I'd like to be able to say that cheeseburgers are good for you, but they're not. It's so much easier just to take a pill, but the benefits are more limited and short-term. Similarly, religion often asks a lot of us. At the time of the Golden Calf, many people asked Moses, "Why should I do all this stuff? Why do we need the Ten Commandments? Wouldn't three or four do? Why should we have any limitations?...
   
   If intimacy issues are a concern for you, this is a fine book to use for guidance and resolution.
   

May is Mental Health Month - What Does the Bible Say?

This article is jam packed with wonderful and inspiring information, observations, guidance. I am archiving it for reference it is that worthy of the reference library.  Here is the seminal question:

"Why the connection between spirituality and health? It seems spirituality cuts the stress that so often triggers disease".


http://blogs.christianpost.com/health/2011/05/may-is-mental-health-month-11/

"10 Tools to Live Life Well

1. Connect with others
2. Stay positive
3. Get physically active
4. Help others
5. Get enough sleep
6. Create joy and satisfaction
7. Eat well
8. Take care of your spirit
9. Deal better with hard times
10. Get professional help if you need it"

I am including this quote to sum up just a few of the gems in this article: 

"reassuring belief in a greater force or being

sense of purpose and meaning

focus on your own or universal wisdom

way to understand suffering

connection with others

reminder of the good in the world."