Tag: pain

  • Spiritual Counselor: Illness often comes with deeply felt stress

    Spiritual Counselor: Illness often comes with deeply felt stress

    Sometimes, not knowing the truth about something of immediate importance can create some of the most intense stress, says former chronic pain sufferer Janet Komanchuk. “The families of victims who’ve been missing for years or decades – identifying the body of their loved one, for example, can bring closure. For me, being diagnosed with fibromyalgia…

  • Ways To Retrain And Put Your Adult Brain Back In Charge

    Ways To Retrain And Put Your Adult Brain Back In Charge

    The human brain is a wonder of the universe, but our understanding of it can seem contradictory, says Steven Jay Fogel, author of the book Your Mind Is What Your Brain Does for a Living. “On the one hand, we’re often told of those crucial years that our brain develops in childhood, when we’re rapidly…