This is the title of a book by Dr. Bernie Siegel. Here are some ideas from it –
The mind and the body are deeply connected. Emotions like hope, purpose, and love can boost immunity and aid healing.
Self-love matters. Patients who treat themselves with compassion tend to heal better than those filled with guilt or self-rejection.
Visualization and belief shift biology. The brain responds to imagery and positive expectation – what you believe influences how you heal.
Love is the most powerful medicine. When people feel deeply loved – by themselves or others – they will heal faster and more fully.
Your mindset can be part of your medicine.
Here’s a comment from me – If mindset can be part of your medicine, and I firmly believe that, the opposite is true. Consider your mindset is part, or even all, of your disease.
What do you think?
Larry Janesky,
I am Chase Meierdiercks. A 14 year old who reads your writing every day and has read it for about a year. I find your messages and stories to be inspirational and enlightening.
These messages I read every day before school help me determine the person I want to be that day. They have gotten me through the toughest of days, the ones that put you down low, and they have also helped me take a different point of view on a bad day, and they still do.
I write this letter to thank you above all for these inspirational E-mails that I get everyday and help me be a better human being which I think is very valuable nowadays. This world is full of hate and I think people everywhere in the world need to see these. I couldn’t thank you enough for doing this.
Today I am thankful for ThinkDaily.com and Larry Janesky!
Often times when things seem like they aren’t going well, someone will say or do something to “snap” me back to reality. When that happens, it’s like my vision is physically clearer and my mind is refreshed. I find it strange, but it really is your mind and soul connecting to overcome the challenge that you are going through. To me, it’s sort of a supe power! The mind and body are amazing when working as a team.
“A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones”
– Proverbs 17:22
I would agree that the connection between mind and body is extremely profound!
We become what we think about — healing and being healthy!
I am inspired every day by these words that you bring and I appreciate the time and effort you put into doing this. I am utilizing a tool to help me look at my life and the patterns in it and it came up with this which sounds like something you would say: The energy you’re putting into personal endeavors isn’t pulling away from your business success—it’s actually the foundation for it. A CEO who’s living a full, integrated life, who has genuine joy and pursuits outside of work, who’s emotionally available? That person leads differently. Clients feel it. Teams feel it.