Comments on: How Your Head Can Influence Your Heart

By: jackie corey

jackie corey — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 17:33:28 +0000

This is something that I have believed all my life. I’m glad to see the research. My husband has a replaced heart valve, but he continues to do what he can do, although he laments not being able to do more. Age is an important factor, and he is an octogenarian, so he would be expected to do a bit less even if he had not the problem.

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Wed, 01 Sep 2010 02:18:54 +0000

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By: Paul Ryder

Paul Ryder — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 00:35:16 +0000

Great read, reminded me of when i used to work as cardiac rehab trainer and always noticed the ones who made the best recoveries were the ones who expected to get better, the ones in fear only slowly gained better health

By: CP

CP — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 02:28:04 +0000

Noticed you’re talking about the connection between the head and heart.

Check this out for some inspiration: http://www.pepfly.com/a/6611 – if a crosswalk sign came alive!

^CP
(jeremy@pepfly.com)

By: Chrysalis

Chrysalis — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:29:15 +0000

Great article. I definitely think one way to help patients that are feeling helpless, is to show them how they can take some control over what is happening to them. Part of that helpless feeling is having something happen to you that is out of your control, and then finding yourself thrust into a medical arena that you may or may not be familiar with. All of a sudden you are forced to relinquish control -even over your own body.

If they can have some say, and some hands on in the treatment process , then they become participants in healing, not just recipients of care.