A reader of Body Odyssey: Lessons from the Bones and Belly wrote this week that a friend gave her the book three years ago “when I was laid up for 65 days with a herniated disc. Good reading and page 192 became my mantra: my illness was a drama for others in my life […]

What is this thing called stress that seems to plague us?Here’s a simple definition: It’s the feeling we get when we want something we’re not getting. We want to get to an appointment and the traffic is stalled so we know we’ll be late — STRESS! We want our partner to listen to us […]

I regularly get emails from people who have found the messages in my books to be life-transforming. One I received this week touched me so much I have to share it with you. Please take a look.

Your body carries your mental and emotional stress. It also carries the secrets for stress relief. Here are five ways to reveal these secrets and create more ease for yourself when stress is mounting during your day.

Your voice tells others a great deal about you. It can also offer you helpful clues about your state of mind if you listen closely.When your emotions are intense, that’s an especially good time to tune in to your vocal quality.

A man I was visiting the other day complained of a painful spasm in his lower back. He was trying various remedies including rubbing the area and changing positions, and he was thinking about getting acupuncture treatment. I suggesting that he stop trying to make the pain go away and give it curious attention […]

Got tense shoulders? Frequent headaches? Sleep or digestive problems? These are common signs of stress. Stress is not only unpleasant, it can be bad for your health and turn you into a crabby caregiver.

I never have flour in the house. Well, that’s not totally true. For several years, I’ve had a container with a little flour stuck up in a high cupboard, left over from some ancient cooking adventure. I’ve never come up with a way to use it up, and I come from a never-throw-food-away-family, so it’s […]

Oh, how often tension kicks in—over what seems like nothing sometimes. You wake up in the morning, and before you’re out of bed, your shoulders feel tense. You read a piece of mail and a headache comes on. Thirty seconds into the evening newscast, your jaws tighten.

Got unexplained aches, pains, tension or tingles, rashes, or tiredness? Your body is sending you some kind of distress signal. Like a smoke alarm, it’s trying to get your attention so you’ll put out the fire. It’s clueing you in that something you’re doing, thinking, or feeling isn’t good for you. Sometimes, though, it’s […]