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When Mothers Offer Spirituality It’s Good For Health

My mother – through her example and her actions – instilled in me a recognition of the value of spirituality as it relates both to health and to everyday life. She didn’t push spirituality at others, she quietly lived it … Continue reading

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Appreciating Nurses and Their Recognition of Spirituality

The Michigan Legislature passed a resolution recognizing National Nurses Week –  May 6-12 – here in Michigan. It points out that the “146,488 nurses in Michigan comprise the largest group of health care professionals in the state.” And it calls on the … Continue reading

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The power of love to improve mental health

Mental health can be improved and maintained by treating the whole person and by helping the patient feel connected with – and loved by – others and the divine. Treating the whole person In 2007 Malkia Newman was appointed to the … Continue reading

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Prayer in a Mercedes

Today is National Day of Prayer (see Presidential Proclamation — National Day of Prayer, 2013). Here’s a guest post written by Cynthia P. Barnett, media spokesperson and legislative contact for Christian Science in North Carolina, who shares her thoughts on the … Continue reading

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Followup: A Runner Prays

My previous post was a guest post by friend and colleague Stormy Becker Falso in Georgia about her insights as a runner, having run her first marathon earlier this year. That guest piece was published shortly before the tragic events at the … Continue reading

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Looking for Potential

With the Boston Marathon being run today, this guest post by my friend and colleague Stormy Becker Falso in Georgia seems especially relevant. A runner for some time, she ran in her first marathon earlier this year. Enjoy her insights. … Continue reading

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Who’s Missing From a List of 50 Women in Health?

Perhaps her prominence in the field of health is sometimes overlooked because of her historical association with a religion and the fact that medicine and medical research, in her day especially, were almost exclusively the purview of men. In celebration … Continue reading

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Spirituality Can Help Lift Us Above Life’s Storms To Better Health

It’s springtime, when the rains bathe and nourish nature and then the winds come to dry things out. This week has been designated in Michigan as Severe Weather Awareness Week. Already, we’re seeing occasional wind advisories in our weather forecasts. For safety’s … Continue reading

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Time for the WHO to Revisit Their Definition of Health

Fifteen years ago the World Health Organization (WHO) proposed adding the word “spiritual” to the definition of health contained in their constitution – at the time, a significant change for an organization created to coordinate and improve medical and health … Continue reading

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Heal Guilt For Better Health

The discomfort produced by guilt is not limited to mental agony; it brings physical torment as well. And since guilt starts in our heads, that’s where its cure needs to begin. As Keith Wommack of Corpus Christi, Texas writes in … Continue reading

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