Time Magazine ran a cover story last week that has raised a few eyebrows in the Health and Wellness community. John Cloud's “The Myth About Exercise: How exercise really won’t make you lose weight. It’s what you eat that counts.” has caused a bit of commotion over at The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and author and fitness instructor Joan Pagano has issued a rebuttal.
By Edd Hanzelik, M.D.
Can human beings adapt to chronic stress?
Sorry, here’s the bad news: nothing, absolutely nothing, in the human body or mind is capable of adapting to chronic stress.
Instead a major chemical imbalance is created that interferes with the normal functioning of every system in the body, including the immune system, digestion, reproduction, breathing, blood pressure, skin, bones and many more. This imbalance
And that's the Inner Game in a nutshell. Get control of the inner voice, groove and direct the messages you are sending yourself via that voice, and use the inner dialogue as a powerful force to change and strengthen your game: your life!
I am certainly looking forward to getting my copy of the new book, Inner Game of Stress and see how the Inner Game has refined the message!
By John Horton, M.D.
When I was a pre-med at Colombia University, the professor of zoology there was very interested in evolution. He made a strong argument that birds can be considered more evolved than humans – because of their social structure, tremendous diversity and ability to adapt to all sorts of geographies. He contrasted that with the chaos and seemingly un-ending conflicts among human beings.
By John Horton, M.D.
After two and a half years at Dartmouth College I was doing well, but had no sense of direction. I had noticed that no one around — students, faculty & alumni — was content.
It really stumped me. I didn’t see how I was going to be content. Nor did any of my academic studies point to a possibility of contentment.
By Tim Gallwey
In every human endeavor there are two arenas of engagement: the outer and the inner. The outer game is played in the external arenas of daily life, overcoming obstacles in work, family, relationships and health. The inner game is played simultaneously within the mind, against such obstacles as fear, self-doubt, frustration, pain and worry, which produce stress and stifle fulfillment. When we master the inner game, we can handle the obstacles of the outer game without stress. This is the key to living well, no matter what curves life throws us.
By Tim Gallwey, Edd Hanzelik, and John Horton
We would like to invite you into a personal conversation about stress, how it gets in the way of our enjoyment of life as well as our performance in life. We would like to share with you, and ask you to share with us, practical wisdom about how you by pass the being a victim of the stress system in our lives while gaining greater access to our potential to enjoy the full range of what it means to be human.
Stress is a factor in more than 75 percent of all visits to primary care doctors, according to an estimate by the American Institute of Stress.
Hoping to change that, two Westlake Village medical doctors and a prominent sports psychologist have collaborated to write a book telling readers how to tap their inner resources to manage stress and lead a contented life.
