There are different approaches to understanding mind-body integration. Some researchers argue that body-mind integration is crucial in medicine since patients don’t feel an obvious division between their bodies and their minds. Thus, physicians shouldn’t make diagnoses that separate the mind from the body (McGuire et al., 2016).  However, many allopathic practitioners don't agree... and it's frustrating.   According to the dualist, the mind (or the soul) comprises a non-physi

Throughout most of history, the majority of education has been dedicated to improving one’s life and making a living. Apprenticeships were a common way of doing this, and many famous Americans in our early history as a nation gained their education by being apprenticed to someone with a marketable trade. This pragmatic view of education was also evident in Rome, China, the Middle East, and ancient Egypt. It wasn’t until the 1920s that the formal movement for adult education i

Reiki is considered an “alternative” treatment modality, yet complementary in nature.  Human consciousness is constantly changing, and energy medicine, such as Reiki, has been a catalyst in allowing Eastern treatments to penetrate Western medicine.  Reiki has been understood for a very long time; it was rediscovered in the late 1800s by Mikao Usui (Novoa & Cian, 2014).  Reiki allows a powerful flow of specific energy to pass through the healer’s hands while they are placed to

Recovery is a process, beginning with diagnosis and eventually moving into successful management of your illness. Successful recovery involves learning about your illness and the treatments available, empowering yourself through the support of peers and family members, and finally reaching a point where you take action to manage your illness by helping others.  I have also learned to accept that sometimes things are too overwhelming for us to handle on our own. There is no sh

The researcher in me says that the three paradigms, i.e., the illness, the recovery, and the wellness paradigms, are interrelated; however, the consumer in me says that they are  not  interrelated.   They are not unified or solid.  The differences are vast and vary greatly.  The illness spectrum, for example, is the complete opposite of the wellness spectrum.  HOWEVER, I wouldn’t say they’re unrelated.  It really is a complicated viewpoint.   The word “empowerment” comes to m

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The obvious and most important thing that Martin Luther King, Jr. and Mahatmas Gandhi had in common was their principle of nonviolence. ...