Back Problems And Pain, The Emotion Connection

Written by Sibyl Mclendon


Back problems and chronic back pain is one ofrepparttar most common problems in America today. It isrepparttar 131155 second most common medical complaint. Over 60% of all Americans have experienced back pain. The toll is immense.

Yet few sufferers or their doctors look forrepparttar 131156 deeper cause of back problems. Most are simply treatingrepparttar 131157 symptoms without ever investigatingrepparttar 131158 emotional causes of back problems and pain.

It is becoming a more accepted way of thought that many physical problems withrepparttar 131159 body human have a root connection torepparttar 131160 emotions. Thought and belief can affect you in a physical way! Dr. Andrew Weil ofrepparttar 131161 University Of Arizona is becoming famous with his approach to treatingrepparttar 131162 whole being instead of justrepparttar 131163 body, or just symptomatically trying to eliminate diseasements.

From an emotional standpoint,repparttar 131164 main issue that affects our backs in an adverse way isrepparttar 131165 feeling that one has no support in life. Feeling as if you have no one supporting you emotionally isrepparttar 131166 leading emotional tie to a back problem. This feeling may be left over from childhood and have no basis in reality as an adult, butrepparttar 131167 seeds of this have been sown and need to be dealt with.

Looking deep within, and then dragging this feeling torepparttar 131168 surface isrepparttar 131169 best approach. Is it left from your childhood or adolescence? Is it true of your life today?

If this emotion is left from your childhood and has nothing to do with your current relationships, then it is time to release this and let it go. You can write down how you feel aboutrepparttar 131170 ways in which you were treated, and then burn them to release them. You can seek some therapy, or try coaching for help. You might even need to actually confrontrepparttar 131171 people that left you feeling as if you never were supported as a child.

If it is true of your current relationships, then it may be time to take honest stock of them and make some changes. It may be that low self-esteem has caused you to seek out and establish relationships with "takers" who never seem to give back. Again, you might need some therapy or coaching to get past this problem. Perhaps just seeing it for what it really is will give yourepparttar 131172 strength to change your relationships.

Maximize your mind

Written by Dr. Marlene Caroselli


Maximize your mind

"We are all born originals --why is it so many of us die copies?"

A quarter center ago, poet Edward Young bemoanedrepparttar lack of uniqueness among human beings. If you're interested in developing your originality (and by extension, expanding your self-confidence), concentrate on maximizing your mind And, if you lead a team and want to maximize those multiple minds, sharerepparttar 131154 following with colleagues.

Know that you can actually create and fulfill your own successful-meeting prophecy. You can honestly become more brain-powerful. You really can optimize your cognitive capacity. And you can truly maximize your mental operations. First, though, you have to commit to improving your cognitive processes. We recommend spending five-to-ten minutes a day, three days a week. Here are practices to help you recall those phone numbers and contract-details much more easily.

Create a mnemonic device The mind is an amazing organ. This gelatinous mass of a hundred trillion nerve cells , when maximized, can serverepparttar 131155 meeting-planner well. (The need to facilitate memory goes back thousands of years. From Mnemosyne,repparttar 131156 Greek goddess of memory, comesrepparttar 131157 word "mnemonics," which is simplyrepparttar 131158 use of devices that will help us remember. Think aboutrepparttar 131159 mnemonic devices you already use (H-O-M-E-S forrepparttar 131160 first letter of each ofrepparttar 131161 Great Lakes) and commit to using such a device for better recall of work-related data.

What work-related set of facts/numbers do you wish to remember? Consider acronyms, rhyme, alliteration, visualization, or any other method that works for you, such as notingrepparttar 131162 ending ofrepparttar 131163 word "paper" inrepparttar 131164 word "stationery" meaning "paper."

Ever admire those who can rattle facts and figures offrepparttar 131165 top of their head? (Think of how much more productive you'd be if there were certain numbers, statistics, words, addresses that you didn't have to look up every time you needed them.) Ever wonder ifrepparttar 131166 brains of such people are superior to your own? They're probably not, except in this regard: those with good memories have trained their brains to work for them. Get started doingrepparttar 131167 same.

Practice Once a day, have a co-worker or family member practice with you. Your coach will give you a one-digit number, which you are not to write down until he or she says "Record." Then, you'll receive a two-digit number. Whenrepparttar 131168 coach says, "Record," writerepparttar 131169 number down from memory. Each time, your coach will give you a number one-digit-longer thanrepparttar 131170 preceding number. Keep a log of your progress, specifying how many digits you were able to commit to short-term memory. Here are a few to get you started.

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