| Healing Hormones: How to Turn on Natural Chemicals to Reduce Stress Contributor(s): Estren, Mark James (Author), Potter, Beverly A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1579511678 ISBN-13: 9781579511678 Publisher: Ronin Publishing (CA) OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Health & Fitness | Healing - Social Science | Popular Culture - Medical | Alternative & Complementary Medicine |
| Dewey: 615.36 |
| LCCN: 2013951046 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.45 lbs) 174 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Worried about the nexus between stress and disease? Your know you've got to relax - but how? Stopping at the gym for an hour workout after work is not realistic. Prescription drugs and risk getting "hooked"? You should mediation - but how when you can't calm down! Authors Mark Estren, a Pulitzer-winning journalist who writes about medical and health, and self-help author, Docpotter show how emotional self-talk - like "shoulding" - sets off the "stress response" and how chronic stress can harm your health. More importantly, Estren and Potter offer a fresh, fun-filled approach to toning down stress, while having more fun.* Healing Hormones explains how to turn on natural chemicals - such as by dancing, running, snuggling, laughing, eating chocolate - to reduce stress and improve quality of your life. Anxious about a coming encounter? Snuggle your dog, while focusing on the "experience," right before meeting tells your brain to produce oxytocin, which soothes anxiety and facilitates socializing. No pet to snuggle? Watch a funny movie instead. Make sure to laugh hard to stimulates your body to produce natural morphine-like calming chemicals, called endorphins, and you may "ace" the encounter! *Anticipating laughing and fun stimulates endorphin production! Go ahead: Laugh! |