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Overcoming The Debilitating Loss of a Loved One


Complicated Grief (CG) is a debilitating clinical syndrome that can develop in the aftermath of the death of a loved one.

People Are Attracted To Religion For 16 Reasons


Because this theory of religion can be tested scientifically, we can learn its strengths and weaknesses, and gradually improve it

Greater Religious Involvement Associated with Lower Mortality Risk


Social relationships that tend to thrive in church settings can have a positive affect on an older person's longevity.

Da Vinci Code: The Modern Spirituality Needs Healing


The "Da Vinci Code" targets the traditional Christian Spirituality and pushes us to take a stand choosing between the true and fals spirituality.

Do Faith Communities Divide Society or Can They Help Hold Society Together?


Faith communities: Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim and Sikh are creating valuable bridges and links across society, but they could do more if internal and external obstacles to development were overcome.

Spirited Study Aims To Help Older Australians


University of Western Sydney researchers would like to hear the pastoral care experiences of the elderly, their families and the people who are delivering the service to the community.

Weekly Religious Attendance Nearly as Effective as Statins and Exercise in Extending Life


Comparing the associations between faith and health, a physician has shown the improvements in life expectancy of those who attend religious services on a weekly basis.

Woman Believes She's Healed from Cancer


A trip to the St. Mary's Hospital emergency room revealed that she had cancer, and that the disease had spread from her breast and into her lungs.

Religion and Spirituality Linked to Heart-Rate Variability among Cancer Survivors


Faith and the use of prayer and religion to manage stress may provide health benefits for cancer survivors.

Can The Christian Faith Be a Real Source for Spiritual Healing?


Healing in Christianity is a matter of faith. People can be healed if they believe in the healing power of God.

Healing Grief


Talking with others who understand and share the experience of grief can be a healing gift to you.

Doctor Explores Spirituality and Health Intersection


Surviving a Serious Illness: Spiritual healing is important to recovery.

Crying Is A Healing Activity


Little do we realise that crying is a healing activity and it helps us move on in life.

Forgiveness: A Path to Healing


In our journey to inner peace and healing, both guilt and forgiveness of self and others have a profound effect on this process.

Christmas Story Brings Us Gift of Hope


The Christmas story is both supernatural and enchanting. Let's unwrap the hope for healing.

JCA Student Receives a Christmas 'Miracle'


After more than a year in a wheelchair, it's clear the 17 year old teenager is healed and is delighted to be back on her feet.

Making New Year's Resolutions Last: Set Spiritual Goals To Create Lasting Physical Change


About 30 percent don't keep New Year's Resolution into February. New program provides a Biblical plan for making New Year's resolutions that last.

The Power of Touch


A touch makes the body aversive to stress. Indeed, touch is the best remedy we need to own and claim forever and it's free.

Spirit Through Service


If you consider yourself spiritual in any sense of the word, at some point the concept of serving others naturally takes root.

What Makes a Good Christian?


There are a wide variety of opinions about "What makes a 'good' Christian. Public survey of society's characterization of what constitutes the actions, practices and beliefs of a 'good' Christian.

Study Investigates Compassion as Pathway to Health


The study builds on previous investigations that found religious people are healthier than people who are not religious.

New Purdue Program Seeks to Help Grieving Families


grieving doesn't require letting go. There is no 'closure' after a death. it's through the process of remembering that we live and grow.

Expert Offers Tips on Coping with Grief During The Holidays


She says that although every person's grief is individual, there are several healing things a grieving person can do to get through the season.

Asking Forgiveness Is Not Always as Easy as Saying 'I'm Sorry'


Business professor examines what apologies work and when.

Study Highlights Importance of Kindness and Commemoration by Hospital Staff


The study demonstrates the importance that parents place on hospital staff acts of kindness and remembrance during their time of grief and healing.

Healing Wounds from Marital Infidelity Often Requires Years of Hard Work


Healing a relationship also requires that both parties want to continue the marriage.

After an Affair: How Marital Therapy Heals the Wounds


It often takes one year of biweekly visits with the therapist and then another year of the couple working together to rebuild trust before they generally feel "healed."

Newly Developed Treatment For Severe Grief Shown More Effective Than Standard Therapy


A recently developed method for treating complicated grief, which includes discussing certain aspects of the death of a loved one, was found more effective than a standard therapy for depression.

An Optimistic View Can Help Protect Person's Health When Faced With Family Member's Death and Illness


Researchers demonstrate the protective healing effects of an optimistic life orientation on health after experiencing a specific life stress situation.

Results of First Multicenter Trial of Intercessory Prayer, Healing Touch in Heart Patients


While prayer and healing touch are ancient healing modalities in all of the world's cultures, the scientific literature is very, very young.

Coping With Trauma


Although trauma affects people differently, such events as this week's terrorist attacks can create strong emotional and physical reactions.

Prayer, Noetic Studies Feasible; Results Indicate Benefit to Heart Patients


Cardiac patients who received intercessory healing prayer in addition to coronary stenting appeared to have better clinical outcomes.

Healing the Whole Body


Healing: Effective recovery requires the patient to have the courage to find the path to healing. Nourishment is a healing force.

New Treatment For Complicated Grief Holds Promise for Millions


New Treatment For Complicated Grief Holds Promise for millions of Americans, University of Pittsburgh Researchers Report in The Journal of The American Medical Association

Top 10 Powerful Keys to Healing Yourself


Healing comes in different ways. To be healed is to Be Present. To be healed is to enjoy the nature.

The Importance of Laughter and Tears


Laughter and tears are great gifts that allow us to release our feelings in healthy ways.

Physician Response to Conflicts Between Faith and Medicine


There is often a tension between respecting the patient's religious beliefs and pursuing the patient's best interests.

Study To Compare Traditional and Spiritual Recovery Approaches


UM launches study to compare traditional and spiritual post heart attack recovery approaches. Not much scientific research has looked at how spirituality, and techniques like meditation, can affect recovery.

Addiction to Complaining


A person addicted to complaining will not be able to stop complaining until he or she does the inner work of developing an adult part of themselves. If complaining worked for the child to get what he or she wanted, then it can become an addiction.

Ten Ways To Make Peace With The Past and Create A New Future


Working things through can be healing when there's mutual respect, but if you feel hopeless, scapegoated, threatened or frantic, retreat may be the only appropriate choice, at least for the moment.

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Healing Blindness and Seeing God
The next question might be whether or not spiritual infirmities have a spiritual cause, and this must usually be answered in the affirmative. If we are spiritually blind - and this relates more directly to us than physical blindness - then, yes, most likely it is because of our sin that we are thus afflicted. So we ought to take a closer look, if the glory of God is to be manifested in us as well.
Spiritual Counsellor Tells About Living In Silence For 12 Years
Miek Pot is a spiritual counsellor, living in Bruges in Belgium. She came onto the State We're In to explain why for 12 years she had lived in silence, far from the madding crowd, in a Belgian convent.
Free will can keep us honest, research
Although the results of this study point to a significant value in believing that free will exists, it clearly raises some significant societal questions about personal beliefs and personal behavior.
Self-Help Book Presents 15 Steps For Overcoming Tragedy
"Life Is But A Merry Go-Round" is a book that can be picked up by anyone who has just experienced a major tragedy.
Helping Those In Grief
For someone who has lost a loved one, the holidays can be a time of sadness and pain; however, there are several strategies to help people cope with their loss.
Health Tips For New Life Church and Youth For A Mission Shootings
In wake of New Life Church and Youth For A Mission capm shootings, eMaxHealth compiles spiritual and mental healing tips.


 
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