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They Teach It at Stanford

In an evening class at Stanford the last lecture was on the mind-body connection – the relationship between stress and disease. The speaker (head of psychiatry at Stanford) said, among other things, that one of the best things that a man could do for his health is to be married to a woman whereas for a woman, one of the best things she could do for her health was to nurture her relationships with her girlfriends. At first everyone laughed, but he was serious.

Women connect with each other differently and provide support systems that help each other to deal with stress and difficult life experiences. Physically this quality “girlfriend time” helps us to create more serotonin – a neurotransmitter that helps combat depression and can create a general feeling of well being. Women share feelings whereas men often form relationships around activities. They rarely sit down with a buddy and talk about how they feel about certain things or how their personal lives are going. Jobs? Yes. Sports? Yes. Cars? Yes. Fishing, hunting, golf?

Yes. But their feelings? Rarely.

Women do it all of the time. We share from our souls with our sisters/mothers, and evidently that is very good for our health. He said that spending time with a friend is just as important to our general health as jogging or working out at a gym.

There’s a tendency to think that when we are “exercising” we are doing something good for our bodies, but when we are hanging out with friends, we are wasting our time and should be more productively engaged—not true. In fact, he said that failure to create and maintain quality personal relationships with other humans is as dangerous to our physical health as smoking!

So every time you hang out to schmooze with a gal pal, just pat yourself on the back and congratulate yourself for doing something good for your health! We are indeed very, very lucky. Sooooo… let’s toast to our friendship with our girlfriends. Evidently it’s very good for our health.

Forward this to all your girlfriends – and stay in touch!

Thanks to all the girls in my life who have helped me stay healthy, happy, and feeling very loved.

Life isn’t about surviving the storm; but how you dance in the rain.

Tags: daily words of wisdom, female relationships at Stanford, how to relieve stress, the benefit of girlfriends

Here is a message from Archangel Michael downloaded from Doreen Virtue

Tags: channel by Doreen Virtue, looking at 2012, Spirit Library, words of wisdom

‘Tis the season. We are celebrating Chanukah, Christmas, Kwanzaa and Festivus. THis is a joyous time for us to remember to give from our heart with no expectation of return.

Please watch this movie: A movie to inspire

Tags: giving for the holidays, holiday cheer, how to pay it forward

Movie on Being Grateful

Tags: gratitude, howto be grateful, loving one another

I have seen this before and love it:

The lost generation

Tags: change our world, how youth can change the world, what youth want, youth empowerment

While it’s often fashionable to dwell upon what might have been, Sandra, what’s usually overlooked is that really and truly, it couldn’t have.

Because, invariably, any romanticized versions of how things “might have been,” are based upon fictionalized versions of the past.

Un-hun,
The Universe

Love this!

Tags: daily inspiration, tut messages, words of inspiration

Today, I evoke the faith of a caterpillar who takes its step toward transformation knowing not what the process is or what the struggles will be, but remembering somewhere inside that it is a butterfly and knowing that is ready to fly. I know that the miracle is already there. I am the miracle.
~ Marianne Williamson

Tags: inspirational words, marianne williamson

This quote is part of a larger piece of work. I cannot remember from where, likely Spirit Library. Enjoy:

“I am The Way and The Life. Follow me.

This is what all Masters have declared. This is what all Students have understood.

Therefore, do not look for your Master, BE the Master for whom you have been looking. Do not seek the Truth, BE the Truth you have been seeking. And do not attempt to change another, BE the change you wish to see.”

Tags: how to be a student, laerning to be a master, to be all you can be, words of inspiration, words of wisdom

“Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.”
Charles R. Swindoll

Tags: children, future leaders, how to guide our youth

In life it only takes one choice to make a difference in your life. I love this little movie:

One Choice

Tags: life is about choices, making a change, simple truths movie, words of inspiration

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