These references were referred to in my 2020 presentations.
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Gratitude is good medicine: Practicing gratitude boosts emotional and physical well being
Goliszek, A. (2014, November 12). How stress affects the immune system: Using mind-body therapies to keep stress from making us sick. Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/how-the-mind-heals-the-body/201411/how-stress-affects-the-immune-system
Greenberg, M. (2012, August 12). How to prevent stress from shrinking your brain: Learn how to preserve brain power when you’re stressed. Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-mindful-self-express/201208/how-prevent-stress-shrinking-your-brain
The Holme-Hahe Life Stress Inventory - The Social Readjustment Rating Scale
Kiecolt-Glaser J. K. (2018). Marriage, divorce, and the immune system. The American psychologist, 73(9), 1098–1108. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000388
Loneliness alters the immune system to cause illness, study finds
Meditation can help loneliness
Mitchell, M. (2013, March 29). Dr. Herbert Benson’s relaxation response: Learn to counteract the physiological effects of stress. Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/heart-and-soul-healing/201303/dr-herbert-benson-s-relaxation-response
Narla, C., Scidmore, T. Jeong, J., Everest, M., Chidiac, P. Poulter, M.O. (2016 June 14) A switch in G protein coupling for type 1 corticotropin-releasing factor receptors promotes excitability in epileptic brains. Science Signalling, 9 DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.aad8676 (Science Daily's summary article:Researchers discover why stress leads to increased seizures in epilepsy patients )
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Resources during COVID-19
Daily guided imagery with Belleruth Naparsteck: https://free.healthjourneys.com/
Guided meditations by Tara Brach: https://www.tarabrach.com/meditation-times-of-pandemic/
Online Sangha Series with Richard Miller & Stephanie Lopez: https://www.irest.org/live-stream-sangha-sessions-richard-and-stephanie
Trauma-Sensitive Yoga sessions online: https://www.traumasensitiveyoga.com/online-tctsy.html
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