Mind Over Medicine: Scientific Proof That You Can Heal Yourself

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In as nutshell (IMHO), trying to heal yourself without being mindful and not embracing the present moment is totally futile! Lissa Rankin pone de manifiesto esas actitudes con las que hemos sido programados, lo que nos permite tomar conciencia de aquello que estamos haciendo equivocadamente. She lays out the scientific data proving that loneliness, pessimism, depression, fear, and anxiety damage the body, while intimate relationships, gratitude, meditation, sex, and authentic self-expression flip on the body’s self-healing processes. Not only does the author insist on the fact that we have control over our body, but she gives exercices and relaxation methods that can be used to decrease the stress response in our body. She addresses the book to 1) those who are already ill and wanting to take a proactive part in their own healing as much as possible (working in concert with a supportive, enlightened physician), 2) those who aren’t diagnosed with an illness, but know they aren’t that well, either, and want to improve their health, 3) those interested in preventive methods to maintain good health.

She is now leading a "Pink Medicine Revolution" to help patients heal themselves, while encouraging the health-care industry to embrace and facilitate, rather than resist, such miracles. Rankin discovered that the health care she had been taught to practice was missing something crucial: a recognition of the body's innate ability to self-repair and an appreciation for how we can control these self-healing mechanisms with the power of the mind. I suggest approaching it at a time when you have an open heart and can take what you need from it and leave what you don't without frustration or judgment. If we nullify the negative energies by replacing damaging thoughts with healing thoughts, we will already be on our way to perfect health. I like the way she talks about complementary medicine as using the very best scientific medical advances to complement the body's natural healing systems.

Mind Over Medicine' is an important book and its message carries a timely and easily-understood lesson that we all have the power to work with ourselves to optimise our health and wellbeing. I know there are other MDs that probably cover similar holistic material (Andrew Weil is one who immediately comes to mind), but I think because Rankin suffered from her own serious stressors and weird diagnoses, she understood where disease stems from. So whenever you read something like this, please make sure you have an open mind, and take all factors into consideration, and not be led down a path of tunnel mindedness.

I do like her "wellness cairn" which provides a nice visual for all the aspects of our lives that contribute to our health. D. This book is fantastic, she takes the reader along on her personal journey as a medical doctor who came to understand deeply the link between our emotions and our health. Offering evidence-based tips and tools to patients and health care providers who are passionate about transforming how we approach health, becoming health care revolutionaries, reconnecting spiritually with your inner doctor, and learning how to make the body ripe for miracles. Being a bit of a control person, I am always happy to learn of ways I can be more in control of my destiny.I have followed Dr Lissa Rankin's blogs over the last few years and I am so pleased that her book has brought all the loose threads together. It's a handy little field guide, especially because of the wealth of specific resources Rankin offers throughout. When I had to seek for a second opinion and actually had a great interaction with the new doctor, the treatment was totally successful because I believed the doctor was capable enough to cure me, and I knew it was going to be alright. Navigating the hero’s journey, Lissa argues, is one of the cornerstones of living a meaningful, authentic, healthy life. This could be group therapy of many minds or could just be that someone gets ill because of loneliness.

Mind Over Medicine explains how what's going on in your mind translates into sickness or health, and what to do to heal yourself.I really fed up with how the physicians are treating us as "a bunch of cells" or "Merely Flesh", not as whole-human being who has: Body, Mind, Heart, and Soul. Como sobreviviente del Síndrome de Stevens Johnson les puedo decir que vale más darle una oportunidad a este libro que seguir negando ese llamado que hace nuestra alma para invitarnos a la realización a través de la enfermedad.