Kansans who pray for healing might still identify with "Spiritual-based healing is weird" as heard by Keith Wommack. Yet in his 7/24/14 UTNE article "Is Spiritual-based Healing Weird" Wommack notes that new concepts often seem weird until we have some experience with them. Keith Wommack has ongoing experience with spiritual-based healing and offers some examples that might make spiritually-based healing seem a little less weird. Enjoy the excerpt below and click the link below to read the Continue Reading
Thinking And Health, Choose Ye by John Clague via The Oregon
Kansans may recognize that thinking and health are connected but maintaining a positive attitude can be challenging with the current media coverage of world events. That is why this blog, by colleague John Clague in the July 28 OregonLive, about the importance of watching what is influencing thought and how to counter negative thought caught my eye as an important idea to share. So enjoy this excerpt and click the link below to read the entire article. Have you ever been in a bad Continue Reading
The Need for Less and More by Russ Gerber via Psychology Today
If my conversations with others are any indication, I am not alone in sometimes feeling a sense of overload - a need for less. So I expect fellow Kansans will find inspiration from Russ Gerber's article "The Need for Less and More" in the July 20 Psychology Today about rethinking what matters most in your life to experience a life that is happy, healthy, and productive. Russ Gerber spent many years in news programming, most notably with the Christian Science Monitor. He is passionate about the Continue Reading
What’s missing on Apple’s new ‘Health’ app By Eric Nelson via Communities Digital News
More and more we hear of new ways to monitor one's own health and, with the changes in healthcare, being more aware of what we each can do to positively affect our own health grows increasingly important. That is why I thought Kansans would be interested in reading Eric Nelson's article "What's missing on Apple's new Health app" in the June 8th Community Digital News. An excerpt of the article is below and please click the link at the end to read the full article. At first blush Apple’s new Continue Reading
Food for Thought by Rich Evans via Sedona Red Rock News
Kansans are currently appreciating an abundance of fresh food at farmers markets and, increasingly it seems, the organic produce section at the grocery. If you think that wise choices about what we consume makes good sense, you will appreciate some "Food for Thought" from Rich Evans, a colleague with an interest in the connection between spirituality and health. Below is an excerpt from his article in the Sedona Red Rock News – about making healthy choices of what we take in. Please enjoy Continue Reading
Positively Health – Plant seeds of spirituality – harvest better health By Thomas (Tim) Mitchinson Positively Naperville
Reaping and sowing - it's in Kansan's roots but less literally we're familiar with the expression “we reap what we sow” referring to thoughts and actions. That's why I feel Kansas readers will find helpful this article by an Illinois peer – Thomas (Tim) Mitchinson – about planting more spirituality in one's thought with the expectation of reaping better health. Please enjoy this excerpt from Mitchinson's June 6, 2014 Positively Naperville article “Positively Health – Plant seeds of Continue Reading
The simplest way to influence your own health by Wendy Margolese via Simcoe County
Wendy Margolese writes regularly on the relationship between thought, spirituality and health. Her thoughts on how we each can influence our own health should be of interest to Kansans as our state, and individuals, try to find our way in the ever changing arena of healthcare. I think that you will appreciate the thoughts shared in this excerpt from Wendy Margolese's May 28, 2014 article "The simplest way to influence your own health" in the Simon County and hope that you will follow the link Continue Reading
Owning our Heath: in an emergency, do you respond or react? by Anna Bowness-Park via The Vancouver Sun
In Kansas we have already broken the triple digit mark but that doesn't mean that we won't have still have spring storms so Anna Bowness-Park's Vancouver Sun article about preparing emotionally and spiritually, along with traditional emergency preparedness, provides some ideas Kansan's should find valuable. In Canada they are preparing for earthquakes but no matter what threatens to disrupt our peace, the steps we take to prepare for an emergency can make the difference between responding and Continue Reading
Mother’s Day – women find the power within by Wendy Margolese via Simcoe County
In thinking of Mother's Day it seems that being a mother in Kansas differs little, in some respects, from being a mother anywhere. For in today's society there seem to be so many expectations on a mom's time that she can feel too stressed to enjoy life. That's why I think it is worth your time to read what Wendy Margolese shares about restoring your well being in a demanding world in her April 30, 2014 Simone County article "Mother's Day - women find the power within". Below the excerpt is a Continue Reading
Depression and the spiritual dawning…Tony Lobl via Huffington Post
Tony Lobl has a deep interest in the role spirituality can plan in restoring and sustaining health. His thoughts about mental health seem timely to those of us in Kansas who are joining the rest of the country in the struggle to make sense of how to understand and help our service men and women facing mental health issues. Please enjoy this excerpt from Tony Lobl's Huffington Post UK article that takes us beyond depression to spiritual dawning. Below the excerpt there is a link to the full Continue Reading