Cardiac researcher Dean Ornish, M.D. has found that the healing power of love and intimacy play huge roles in preventing or reversing heart disease-- as well as other illnesses. In his classic book, "Love and Survival", Dr. Ornish discusses how being true to yourself can create greater intimacy and health.
"If you say, "Gee, everything is fine" when it isn't, then there is a disconnect between what you are really feeling and what you are expressing. At some level, when you are inauthentic with yourself and with others, it is a betrayal of your own integrity and your own body, your own immune system, your own cardiovascular system.
When you are authentic with yourself and with others, then you have integrity. When you have integrity, you have greater personal power, charisma, and authority, all of which can be felt by you and those around you."
For more information on the healing power of love and intimacy and Dr. Dean Ornish's Lifestyle Program, go to webMD.com |
