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The Healing Angel
I can’t tell you how many patients I have seen who seem to be doing everything right such as eating the right foods, taking the right supplements, and moving, yet, they can’t seem to get better.
As a college student, I became passionate about meditation and Buddhism, and I used what I learned to deepen my connection to myself and strengthen my spirit. And then I entered medical school and residency, and real life got in the way, and I let go of the daily practices that kept me grounded.
I became very sick, and not just physically; I became spiritually bankrupt too.
— Mark Hyman, MD
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The very same brain centers that interpret and feel physical pain also become activated during experiences of emotional rejection. In brain scans they light up in response to social ostracism, just as they would when triggered by physically harmful stimuli. When people speak of feeling hurt or having emotional pain, they are not being abstract or poetic, but scientifically quite precise.
— Gabor Mate
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…our addiction to positive thinking enables our denial of the psychological suffering around us, as well as our view of it as a personal, embarrassing, and…
