A recent article (Jne 29th) in the Washington Post by Carolyn Butler, reports that your body's natural circadian rhythms, which cycle up and down over an average 24.1 hours, control sleep and wakefulness and differ from person to person. How much sleep you've had lately also makes a difference, influencing how great your body's drive for more shut-eye is.
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This article is from the American Heart Association
The first hour of a heart attack is known as the "golden hour." If you get help during that first hour, your chances of recovery are greatly improved. Yet many people hesitate to get help when they first experience symptoms. They're afraid of the embarrassment of going to the emergency room and finding that nothing is wrong. So, it is important that you know the symptoms that may indicate that a heart attack is in progress.
Many of the symptoms of heart attack can be brought on by digestive disturbances or other less serious conditions. But only sophisticated medical tests can determine for sure if you're having a heart attack. Heart attacks may vary from person to person, and from heart attack to heart attack. Women, for example, may experience "atypical' symptoms such! as pain between the shoulder blades rather than crushing chest pain. This may result in them delaying seeking treatment. That is a great mistake.
By Michael Goodspeed
Thunderbolts.info
12-30-7
"The opposite of bravery is not cowardice, but conformity." --Dr. Robert Anthony
"What you hear repeatedly you will eventually believe." --Mike Murdock
The most disturbing yet apt analogy to the human mind is a blank computer disk. When we are born we have only two choices -- receive the necessary programming for the maintenance of life, or die. But it is the great affliction of the human condition that the mind has little or no ability to keep out the "bad" data in preference of the "good." Just like the Internet surfer who may unwittingly download a virus, the mind has little or no awareness of the false and/or harmful information that penetrates its defenses. And in fact, human consciousness is far more susceptible to corruption than computer files. Because unlike these files, human beings have the innate need both to continuously learn, and to form beliefs.
From the time you roll out of bed in the morning you begin acting on your beliefs. In a matter of moments, you will have made a number of choices that profoundly impact your life in ways you have probably never imagined. And these choices are often based on tacit assumptions that have little or no foundation in reality.
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By: Judith E. Pearson, Ph.D.
I have to give a presentation to the shareholders meeting next week. I am petrified of speaking in front of groups! You've got to help me!
As a counselor and coach specializing in phobias and stress management, I often hear pleas like this one from my clients. For many people, public speaking anxiety is very real and very debilitating. It can pose a major detriment to career advancement or to promoting your business.
One way to beat speaking anxiety is to join Toastmasters International. This non-profit organization, founded in 1924, offers a first-rate educational program for speaking and leading with confidence. Toastmasters has helped millions of people over their platform jitters. You can join the organization through a local club, where you'll find friendly people who have "been there." Toastmasters International has 8700 clubs in over 70 countries. If you can't find a nearby club, Toastmasters International will help you start one in your community or corporation. For more information go to www.toastmasters.org.
Confidence alone does not make someone a good speaker. Polished speaking skills come from knowing your subject matter, preparing and organizing the material, and practicing your delivery. Toastmasters will give you a supportive atmosphere where you can put these skills to work.
For my clients, I work with them on the emotional end of things-overcoming the fear and anxiety. Drawing on professional training in Neuro-Linguistic Programming and hypnotherapy, and my own experiences as a speaker and trainer, I use a combination of coaching, relaxation training, mental rehearsal, and guided imagery to help people replace their fears with confidence and motivation. Obviously, I can't show you all these methods in this article. However, I can give you some easy-to-follow stratagems that should make your next speech a bit easier. Here are ten things you can do to overcome your fear of public speaking.
By: Elliot Dacher, M.D.
There is great fervor in the health field. New ideas, innovative programs, and hope are everywhere, and today's rapid changes seem to have a momentum of their own. States are providing licensure to new categories of health practitioners, medical schools are offering programs in holistic healing and the NIH's Office of Alternative Medicine is funding research on complementary therapies. Insurance carriers are offering reimbursement for more and more of these therapies.
Confronted with the complexities of lifestyle and stress-related degenerative diseases, addictive disorders, anxiety, depression, over-use of pharmacological and interventionist therapies, and a rising antipathy toward professional arrogance and authority, along with a growing demand for high level health, conventional health care has finally reached its limitations. There is now a broad-based consensus that change is necessary and desirable.