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Carnival of Healing #191

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Ever since I started participating in the Carnival of Healing, majority of the articles I’ve received happen to be about fitness, losing weight and diets that work or don’t work and some on herbal techniques to cure various diseases.  Exercise, good nutritious diet and medicines are certainly helpful in the healing process but for a complete healing to take place,  inside and out, we need to understand the strong mind and body connection and find a way to live a balanced life.

Since diet articles weren’t doing much to my emotional and spiritual life, I’ve found other ways to find peace and calm and take care of stressful situations.  I’ve found that helping others in need in turn helps me feel better.  It’s easier to forget your own problems when you are busy helping others.  So, I’ve been volunteering some of my time to various causes as I believe that the real responsibility to heal ourselves lies with us taking some action and not just reading, writing or attending some counseling sessions else we will continue to hurt.

As you read this week’s healing articles, I would love to know what you practice to get rid of negativity and heal yourself from hurts and severely stressful situations.

Anmol Mehta presents 6 Safe and Natural Weight Loss Solutions posted at Mastery of Meditation.

Brain Blogger presentsClearing the Haze – Is Marijuana Addictive? posted at Brain Blogger.

“In the past few years, as addiction researchers have been mapping out the chemical alterations in the brain caused by alcohol, nicotine, methamphetamine, and other drugs, America’s most popular illegal drug has remained largely a scientific mystery. It is a drug that millions of Americans have been using regularly for years, and, from a clinical perspective, it remains the least studied illicit drug of all.”

Heartstrong presents A Fresh Look at Organic Produce posted at Healthy Hearts with Heartstrong.

Celes presents Overcoming Perfectionism posted at EmbraceLiving.Net.

“If you are a perfectionist, you would know that perfectionism sometimes disables you more than it enables you. As a perfectionist myself, I experience that often. Here are 8 useful steps to overcome perfectionism and make it an enabler in your life.”

Megan Wong presents Outstanding cure for symptoms of a sinus infection!! posted at Sinus Home Remedy.

Gin G. presents Recovery Diets posted at Sense Scribe.

“Learn the reasons for certain diets during illness and recovery stages and share with your family and friends.”

Kaushik Chokshi presents Awakening is Simple – FREE!! ebook excerpts posted at Beyond Karma.

“How do we free ourselves from the past, from depression and anxiety, from the unease of being which most of us experience? The joy of being is so utterly simple, right here and right now. Awareness and Release techniques allow this natural ease which transforms all of living–-health, relationships, and well-being!”

Crystal Wells presents Finding the Best Diets that Work for You posted at The Best Diets That Work.

“There are a number of diets that exist from starving yourself to death to eating prepackaged meals to only eating specific foods. But what diets work? Really the question should be what are the best diets that work for you?”

Catherine VanWetter presents To the Heart of the Matter – The Myth of Busyness posted at To The Heart of the Matter.

“Have you ever wondered who you are if you are not busy? Busy taking care of other people, busy working, busy doing “stuff”? In everyday life, how does one step off of the “dread mill” of busyness? Are you present?”

Victoria presents Don’t Let Your Breakup Make You Come Undone | Time To Get Married posted at Time To Get Married.

“It is important to not let a breakup ruin your life.”

Aparna presents Home Remedies for headache posted at Beauty and Personality Grooming.

FitJerk presents How To Boost & Strengthen Your Immune System With Top Herbal Remedies posted at FlawlessFitness.

Sarah Scrafford
presents The Twitter Diet: 100 Tips, Tools, and Twitter Feeds for Your Weight Loss posted at Ultrasound Technician Schools.

Vera Nadine presents Channeling: Choosing Hope Over Fear – Vera Nadine posted at Vera Nadine.

Nancy Miller presents 100+ Ways to Spring Clean Your Mind and Body posted at Surgical Technician Schools.

Jennifer Mannion presents When Everything Changes – Change Everything by Neale Donald Walsch (A book review) posted at Heal Pain Naturally.

Robert Burton Robinson presents Saving Up to Buy Some Happiness posted at Mind Over Mania.

“Are you happy? If not, do you hope to be happy some day? Mr. Banks thinks he can buy some at The Happiness Store.”

WP presents 5 Simple Ways to Boost Your Immune Health posted at The Conscious Life.

“With flu virus on the loose, it is important to strengthen our immune system so that we do not get infected easily. Try these easy-to-use methods at home and stay healthy today.”

That concludes this week’s carnival of healing.  See Organicsyes’s Weblog for last week’s carnival, and look out for Clara Myers’ Mind Mart for next week’s submissions.  And if you want to get one of your articles published in this carnival, head over to Carnival of Healing Archives.

PS: It was a pleasant surprise to get a carnival submission from Anmol Mehta as I had recently found and added his blog to my daily feed reader.   All of the blogs above have very useful articles and I encourage all of you to go read them and if you like, share them with others.

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24 comments
Kaushik

Hey, thanks for including beyond-karma. I appreciate it, and you’ve selected a nice variety of articles!

Kaushiks last blog post..Release and Heal – 5th Awakening is Simple book excerpt

WP

Hi Pearl,

Thank you for selecting my article on simple, natural ways to boost your immunity health.

Personally, I find that meditation is the most effective way to restore balance and heal myself, especially from emotional pains.

A quick meditation with visualization also helps me to ‘get out’ of stressful thinking and prevents me from spinning out of control.

Cheers,
wp

WPs last blog post..Free Yourself from the Prison of Your Mind

Gina

Pearl,

An outstanding collection of posts. Can’t wait to dig into them further.

To answer your question.. wow.. if I even can…some days are easier than others. I’ve been learning a lot lately about where my mind goes when faced with stressful situations, as well as how much I actually contribute to making things more stressful than they need to be.

I mostly rely on awareness and mindfulness techniques to at least inquire deeply about what is really going on, what fears are really at the bottom of what I’m stressed about. Writing it out is good. Blogging about it is very good. :)

Also trying more body-oriented techniques (see: shivanata.com) to at least keep the brain moving.. it seems that hurt and stress tend to be felt as a ‘stuckness’. So far, this has been Really Good.

Ginas last blog post..The Zen of Ineptitude

No Zit

When ever I start to get a lil down I just remember the alternative. I have yet to get more then I can handal.
Peace

No Zits last blog post..Home Remedies

Alfred

Actually, the things that make me feel best have nothing to do with physical wellness or writing and reflecting about myself. I’ve been using my free time to learn 3D modeling and animation as well as some programming. It’s sometimes tedious to sit through tutorials and struggle with complicated programs, but to overcome that and make something great is an amazing feeling that really makes you feel great about yourself.

Montana

Thanks, now I’ve got a whole lot of reading to do on healing ahead of me :)

Ayer @ needlework

For me, I always indulge in needlework crafts to give some sense of relaxation. A lot of articles have been written about the positive effects of needlework activities particularly knitting. It worked for me. Why not include it in your list of healing therapies.

Ayer @ needleworks last blog post..Boost Your Energy to Finish Your Needlework Projects

catering

healing therapy? everyone needs it… in one way or another, we need healing… why do you visit this site healing wonders of nature.

caterings last blog post..Stock Healthy Foods

Tom@Herbal Fiber blend

I think you are spot on, its important to get out and do, as well as attend sessions. I think the best way to encourage positive feelings about yourself is to make compassion a part of your life. As you mentioned, spend time doing things for other people and it will make you feel better about yourself – a win-win situation!

Tom@Herbal Fiber blends last blog post..Do you need a parasite cleanse?

Clare from Low Carbs

I totally agree -you take take pills and potions and follow strict low carb diets to lose weight but unless you can find peace and contentment on the inside you will never be happy no matter what you look like/how healthy you are.

Clare from Low Carbss last blog post..Low carb diets