We all know the saying “an apple a day keeps the doctor away,” but what it should really say is that “an apple and a squat a day keeps the depression, doctors, and weight away!” While I am not suggesting one squat a day will work miracles, I am suggesting that at...
Sometimes we get so caught up in the cycle of toxic thoughts and emotions and words and choices that we forget who we are – our true selves – and we seem to operate like automatons, doing what we are supposed to do and barely surviving. God came to give us life and...
I do understand that many of us live incredibly busy lives. Indeed, I would go so far as to say that many of us have what I call “toxic schedules.” Rest is a luxury we frequently yearn for. And, when it comes to food, our fast-paced, modern lifestyles have produced...
We all have to eat to live, as redundant as that statement may sound. Yet the act of eating in not just a biological function of survival. The consumption of food, as normal as it is, is a highly emotional and metacognitive event. Indeed, this should come as no...
The hypothalamus is a central player in how the mind (soul) controls the body’s reaction to stress and foods. The hypothalamus is actually referred to as the “brain” of the endocrine system.It integrates signals from the mind and body, sending them throughout our...
Quantum physics has as its basic ingredients free will, directed attention as the result of a choice, and the effects and consequences of these choices. For example, Proverbs 4:20–27 says that if we direct our attention to the Word of God, we will align our...
Target that struggle...even if you don't want to because you will increase your intelligence and mental health!Pushing through hard times or challenging situations is not always what we want to do. And I am not just talking about toxic thinking and emotional...
One of the plagues of modern existence is multitasking, which leads to the current plague of “hurry sickness” and obsessive time management. The truth about multitasking is that it is a persistent myth. What we really do is shift our attention rapidly from task to...
Dr Leaf's Approach to the Emotional, Intellectual, and Mental Health Aspects of Medically Diagnosed ConditionsThirty years ago, Dr. Caroline Leaf set out to answer a question that was considered at the time to be ridiculous: “Can the mind change the brain?" In the...
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