Argue with Yourself and Improve Your Health

Written by Dr. Tony Fiore


Even as a child, James was described by teachers and his parents as a happy optimist. Asrepparttar story goes, one day his parents decided to play a joke on him and test his attitude by requiring him to spend an afternoon cleaning deserted stables at what had been a local racetrack.

Returning after two hours, James’ parents observed him singing while happily shoveling manure. Astounded, they walked closer, only to hear him saying to himself over and over, “There has to be a pony in here somewhere.”

James did naturally what researchers are increasingly discovering: optimistic thinking skills are a powerful antidote to anger partly becauserepparttar 115176 optimist has better resistance to depression when bad events strike, better performance at work, better physical health and better relationships. Who couldn’t admire and love a person with such a great attitude?

But what if you are not naturally optimistic? How can you become an optimist if you now insist on seeingrepparttar 115177 glass as half-empty instead of half-full?

The good news is that, according to psychologist Dr. Martin Seligman, optimism is a learned mental skill. As a past president ofrepparttar 115178 American Psychological Association, he has plenty of research to back up his theory.

There are four ways to argue with yourself:

At its core, optimism is a style of interpreting events that occur in your world – it is your personal theory or explanation of why both good things and bad things happen to you.

While everyone experiences both set-backs and victories inrepparttar 115179 normal course of life, optimists – in contrast to pessimists – have a very distinct style of explaining things to themselves.

Said another way, it is your belief about what happens to you that determines your reaction more thanrepparttar 115180 event itself.

The knack of disputing your beliefs is a thought-skill,repparttar 115181 mastery of which will morph you intorepparttar 115182 optimistic style of thinking. There are four ways to do this:

1.)Look atrepparttar 115183 evidence. According to Dr. Seligman,repparttar 115184 most convincing way of disputing a negative belief is to show it is factually incorrect.

Most ofrepparttar 115185 time you will have ‘reality’ on your side. Your role is that of a detective as you ask, “What isrepparttar 115186 evidence for my belief?”

When Toothache and Pain Hit You Some Relief.

Written by Judi Singleton


There is no replacement for dental work or proper dental hygiene,

however for a lot of reasons you might find yourself in a particular

situation where you can't get intorepparttar dentist right away. Please do

follow up with your dentist as soon as possible because tooth ache can

be a symtom of other diseases. Herbs for a toothache are best taken in tincture form, becauserepparttar 115175

alcohol content is disinfecting and astringent, which helps withrepparttar 115176

infection and to reduce inflammation.

My herbs of choice arerepparttar 115177 herbs Goldenseal, garlic, Oregon Grape and echinacea. Alterative, antibacterial, antiviral,

analgesic, digestive, tonic, antiseptic, depurative, febrifuge,

sialagogue, diaphoretic. Echinacea stimulatesrepparttar 115178 body's immune system against all infectious

and inflammatory conditions, counteracts pus, and stimulates digestion.

It specifically strengthensrepparttar 115179 immune system against pathogenic

infection by stimulating phagocytosis, T-cell formation, and by

inhibitingrepparttar 115180 hyalurinadase enzyme secreted by bacteria to effectrepparttar 115181

breakdown of cell walls andrepparttar 115182 formation of pus. It is one ofrepparttar 115183 most

powerful and effective remedies against all kinds of bacterial and

viral infections. It should be taken frequently, every hour or two

during acute stages of inflammation, tapering off as symptoms improve. A garlic swallow- counters most bacterial, viral and fungal infections. Golden Seal was highly prized by Native Americans as a general

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