Heal Yourself! (eBook)

How to Harness Placebo Power

Beverly A. Potter, Mark James Estren (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2013
180 Seiten
Ronin Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-57951-182-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Doctors think they heal with drugs. But only living cells can heal. When something is out of balance, your cells move to correct it because bodies want to be well. HEAL YOURSELF! HOW TO HARNESS PLACEBO POWER shows how to tap into this mysterious process to get well and stay well by harnessing your body's natural healing powerthe power of placebo.These amazing effects are not just "e;in the mind."e; They can be observed and measured in the body's physiology. When patients believe in the treatment, ulcers heal, warts disappear, cancer goes into remission, swelling reducescells actually look different under the microscope. When your doctor believes in the treatment, the impact is even more powerful not in every case, of course. But in enough that science now accepts that something is going on!HEAL YOURSELF! explains how researchers believe that the stress response creates an environment that promotes physiological breakdown, while the relaxation Response creates a healing environment. HEAL YOURSELF! offers specific things you can do, and do today, to turn on your body's innate healing mechanisms, including meditation, prayer, laughter, listening to music and rocking, Qi Gong, gratitude and forgiveness, and more.healing mechanisms.

Autor

Beverly A. Potter, Ph.D.,is an author of numerous self-help books on self motivating, maverick career strategies, mediating conflict, healing issues including Overcoming Job Burnout and The Worrywarts Companion. Docpotter earned her doctorate in counseling psychology from Stanford University and her masters in vocational rehabilitation counseling from San Francisco State University. Her offices are in Oakland, CA.Mark J. Estren, Ph.D., is a nationally known science and medical journalist. A contributor to The Washington Post, he lives in Ft Myers, FL.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.11.2013
• Zusatzinfo: B&W illustrations, tables
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Alternative Heilverfahren
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Krankheiten / Heilverfahren
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Naturheilkunde
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften
• ISBN-10: 1-57951-182-1 / 1579511821
• ISBN-13: 978-1-57951-182-1 / 9781579511821