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    Archives for February 2014

    Feburary 2014 Newsletter

    February 27, 2014

    February 2014 Email not displaying correctly?View it in your browser. “Suffering usually relates to wanting things to be different from the way they are.” Allan Lokos New Look  For must of us here at NeuroNova Centre, we are looking forward to the Spring. Spring is a time of revitalization and renewal. After the ice storm, […]

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    Feburary 2014 Newsletter

    February 27, 2014

    February 2014 Email not displaying correctly?View it in your browser. “Suffering usually relates to wanting things to be different from the way they are.” Allan Lokos New Look  For must of us here at NeuroNova Centre, we are looking forward to the Spring. Spring is a time of revitalization and renewal. After the ice storm, […]

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    Book Review: Breaking Free: A Children’s Book for Adults

    February 27, 2014

    Arlene Kawchuck and Shirley Winlaw-Tierney, Ph.D. Canada: The Book Chicks, 2012. Reviewed by Tina, Alumni This book is about an adorable, newly hatched chick named Shelly who is just beginning her life. Readers are guided through 12 chapters as Shelly embarks on her path of learning and self-discovery. Each chapter also includes inspiring quotations. In […]

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    Book Review: Breaking Free: A Children’s Book for Adults

    February 27, 2014

    Arlene Kawchuck and Shirley Winlaw-Tierney, Ph.D. Canada: The Book Chicks, 2012. Reviewed by Tina, Alumni This book is about an adorable, newly hatched chick named Shelly who is just beginning her life. Readers are guided through 12 chapters as Shelly embarks on her path of learning and self-discovery. Each chapter also includes inspiring quotations. In […]

    Filed Under: General Interest

    Dealing with the “Racing Mind” During Meditation

    February 27, 2014

    By Dr. Adam Bletsoe A very common challenge for both newcomers to the course and alumni is the “racing mind” during meditation practice. Here, one of our newly minted course facilitators, a Toronto chiropractor, writes about this common concern. At any given moment, our minds are typically filled with a broad range of thoughts, and […]

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    Dealing with the “Racing Mind” During Meditation

    February 27, 2014

    By Dr. Adam Bletsoe A very common challenge for both newcomers to the course and alumni is the “racing mind” during meditation practice. Here, one of our newly minted course facilitators, a Toronto chiropractor, writes about this common concern. At any given moment, our minds are typically filled with a broad range of thoughts, and […]

    Filed Under: General Interest

    You Asked: Can You Tell Us More About “Epigenetics?”

    February 27, 2014

    Editor’s Note: Following an “epigenetics” discussion in class, one of our participants, who is also a molecular biologist, kindly volunteered to write this article. This is a very edited-down version of her article (my apologies to her). To request a copy of her original version, which is longer and quite scholarly, please email sara@neuronovacentre.com. Replied to […]

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    You Asked: Can You Tell Us More About “Epigenetics?”

    February 27, 2014

    Editor’s Note: Following an “epigenetics” discussion in class, one of our participants, who is also a molecular biologist, kindly volunteered to write this article. This is a very edited-down version of her article (my apologies to her). To request a copy of her original version, which is longer and quite scholarly, please email sara@neuronovacentre.com. Replied to […]

    Filed Under: General Interest

    Did You Know?

    February 27, 2014

    Painkillers, such as Tylenol (acetaminophen), reduce emotional as well as physical pain? Read more in the article, “Treating psychic pain: Treating physical pain with drugs might also lessen psychic pain,” by Gary Wenk, Ph.D. It can be found at: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/your-brain-food/201305/treating-psychic-pain

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    Did You Know?

    February 27, 2014

    Painkillers, such as Tylenol (acetaminophen), reduce emotional as well as physical pain? Read more in the article, “Treating psychic pain: Treating physical pain with drugs might also lessen psychic pain,” by Gary Wenk, Ph.D. It can be found at: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/your-brain-food/201305/treating-psychic-pain

    Filed Under: General Interest

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    Chronic pain patients are frequently given the message "Your pain is all in your head".
    Funding agencies that handle disability claims tend to follow the opinions of such health care professionals,adding another level of anger, frustration and distress to the lives of those living with chronic pain.
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    Pregnancy and Stress

    A frightening number of studies cited in a review by Welberg and Seckl (2001) stated that if your mother had been stressed during her pregnancy with you, then you had been bathed in amniotic fluid containing high levels of the stress hormone cortisol.

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