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Healthy Mind, Healthy Body
“By changing our minds, we really can change our
lives,” asserts Dr. Coral Arvon, Director of Behavioral Health and Wellness at
the Pritikin Longevity Center in Miami.
Writes Dr. Barsky: “We ‘burn’ with anger, ‘tremble’
with fear, feel ‘choked up’ with sadness; our ‘stomachs turn’ with revulsion.
Everyone tends to experience unpleasant emotions as unpleasant bodily symptoms
and thus to feel physically distressed when emotionally distressed.”
That’s the bad news, teaches lifestyle experts like
Dr. Coral Arvon, Director of Behavioral Health and Wellness at the
Pritikin Longevity Center in Miami, Florida.
The good news is that we have the power to change
negative thoughts and feelings into positive, rational, motivating thoughts,
and in doing so, help create a healthy mind in a healthy body.
This transformation, which is part of emerging
fields in psychology focused on mind-body health, is very important because it
can greatly boost our chances of achieving what we want in life, including a
fitter, healthier lifestyle.
“By changing our minds, we really can change our
lives,” asserts Dr. Arvon.
The Healthy Mind and Body
Connection
Mind-body medicine originated more than 4,000 years
ago, when physicians in China noticed that illness often followed periods of
frustration in their patients’ lives. Today in western societies like the U.
S., medical professionals also share the view that emotions, life events, and
coping skills can have a very strong influence on health.
Healthy mind-body medicine is now part of exciting
new fields such as psychoneuroimmunology and behavorial cardiology.
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Psychoneuroimmunology focuses on the relationship
of our thoughts and emotions to our brain chemistry and immune system.
Behavioral cardiology is the application of
psychological and social factors in the assessment and reduction of
cardiovascular risk. It is an important field for a number of reasons,
including reducing recurring heart attacks, helping patients recover sooner,
and improving family support.
Chronic stress can make us
fat – and sick
It is the long-term consequences of an
anxiety-filled existence that are particularly troubling. Over time, chronic
emotional and psychological stress can:
·
Promote fat storage
·
Retain salt in the body
·
Destroy the body’s resistance to cancer,
infections, and illness
·
Cause infertility and sexual dysfunction
·
Exacerbate diabetes
·
Deposit cholesterol in blood vessels
·
Accelerate heart rate and increase blood pressure,
and thicken blood so it clots more readily, which makes you more prone to
suffering a heart attack or stroke
Calming the mind
To guide people toward healthier states of mind,
emerging throughout America are major medical centers with wellness divisions
offering stress management, relaxation training, guided imagery, and cognitive
therapy techniques.
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Guests at Pritikin are also introduced to and
practice many of these techniques. “Add them to healthy eating and exercising,”
encourages Dr. Arvon, “and you maximize your control over your well-being.”
Stress
Hardiness
Attitudes,
feelings, and behaviors that are linked with a healthy mind and body
A key goal of mind-body techniques is achieving an
overall approach to life known as stress hardiness. Stress hardiness is
associated with four important personality traits that buffer the impact of
stress and improve coping. These characteristics of the stress resistant or
healthy personality are identified as:
·
Commitment
An attitude of curiosity and commitment to
yourself, your loved ones, your work, and the world.
·
Control
The belief that you can respond effectively to
situations that arise in your life, rather than feeling hopeless and
incompetent.
·
Challenge
The ability to see change as exciting and an
opportunity for growth rather than viewing it as frightening and fearing
failure.
·
Connection
The enduring assurance that you are understood and
validated by those you are closest to.
Other attitudes, feelings, and behaviors that are
linked with good health include:
Social support
Social support, explains Pritikin psychologist Dr.
Arvon, is protective against the effects of stress and has been found to be
associated with longevity.
Emotional disclosure
By keeping a journal or speaking with others,
emotional disclosure helps people cope with events. Also, people who use these
strategies have lower blood pressure and report fewer health problems compared
with people who don’t.
Humor
Humor has been demonstrated to have
“stress-busting” qualities and reduces the body”s physiological response to
stress.
Healthful Choices
Healthy behaviors, such as developing and
maintaining the Pritikin nutrition
and exercise
program, are crucial for optimal health.
Healthy Mind-Body Education
at the Pritikin Longevity Center
To maximize emotional well-being and the ability to
make positive changes, Dr. Arvon guides guests at Pritikin through a
five-seminar series, entitled:
·
Healthy Mind, Healthy Body
·
New Thoughts, New Behaviors
·
Taking Charge of Stress
·
Listening and Being Heard
·
Managing Your Moods
“The seminars help our guests develop the valuable
skills needed to take charge of their emotional lives,” explains Dr. Arvon.
“That’s so vital because a healthy mind can lead you to a healthy body – and a
much happier life.”
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