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Your Body Believes Every Word You Say by Barbara Hoberman Levine EPUB - Farid - 10-12-2023 Your Body Believes Every Word You Say: The Language of the Bodymind Connection, Revised and Expanded Edition | Barbara Hoberman Levine | WordsWork Press | 9780883312193
Barbara Levine's struggle with a then-inoperatable brain tumor led her to discover "seedthoughts" and "core beliefs" that link one's mind and body. She traced common phrases like "that breaks my heart" and "it's a pain in the butt" to underlying beliefs on which they are based and the symptoms they cause. The revise and updated edition clearly describes this mind/body language link. Review "My Twenty years of Medical Practice has confirmed the truth found in Your Body Believes every Word You Say. Barbara's message is an eye opener." -- Christiane Northrup M.D. Author of Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom Barbara Levine's journey is one of courage and growth. We can all learn from her experience. -- Bernie Siegel, M. D., Author of Love, Medicine, and Miracles; I think you have certainly captured a very important aspect of health and self-help in your book." -- Charles B. Inlander, president, People's Medical Society In simple, non-medical terminology, Levine's inspiring story demonstrates how ... you can use illness as a tool for increased self-understanding... -- Rabbi Steven Rosman author of Jewish Healing Wisdom It reinforced for me the power of the mind over the body and the importance of the language we use. -- Marie A. Turbie Vice President, Patient Care Services St. Vincent's Medical Care Center, Bridgeport CT The self-help exercises alone make the book worth owning. Thank you for an important book. -- Ginny Fickel; Director Acoustic Neuroma Association This book had such a great impact on me personally that I brought Barbara Levine's ideas into my professional life. -- Cindy Hodges, OTR. Occupational Therapist This book has the strength of being specific, focused and concrete rather than filled with generalities, wishful thinking and bromides. -- Henry Berry editor Small Press Review From the Publisher A very heart-warming positive and exciting book! I highly recommend it as must reading for every person or family with a chronic illness no matter if it's cancer multiple sclerosis arthritis etc. -Susan L. Engle-Arieli M.D. Not only is it clearly written and a delight for a critical ex-medical editor to read but it contains a wealth of practical ideas for healing and the self-help directions for carrying them out. -Robert A Barrett Ph.D. From the Author There are 53 Self Help Experiences in this new edition. They are: 1. Practice in Self-Awareness Makes Perfect 2. Progressive Muscle Relaxation 3. The Pendulum 4. Developing Inner Peace and Harmonizing Your Thoughts 5. Is "Cancer" a Verb? 6. Questions for Patients with Catastrophic Illness 7. Giving Reasons 8. 21 Questions to Inventory Your Feelings 9. Choosing Thoughts: The Worry Wart Exercise 10. Self-Awareness 11. Changing Upsetting Thoughts 12. Mirror Feedback 13. Names as Seedthoughts 14. Witnessing Practice: Paying Attention to Yourself 15. Questions for Illness 16. Journal Writing 17. Verbal Hygiene I 18. Verbal Hygiene II-Group Seedthoughts 19. Verbal Hygiene III-Words That Wound & Words That Heal 20. Releasing Painful Emotion 21. I Believe... 22. Making Believe 23. Take a Stand 24. Recognizing and Re-Thinking Unhelpful Thoughts 25. Positive Expectations in Negative Situations 26. Helpful Reminders 27. Feedback On Your Style 28. Talking to Children 29. Creating Your Own Self-Help Manual 30. Understanding Pain Messages 31. The Truth Process 32. Relaxation Activities 33. Mindfulness Meditation 34. A Ten-Step Plan to Improve Your Life 35. Personal Prayers 36. Who's Responsible for Me? 37. Chanting Exercises 38. The Breath Prayer 39. Prayers to Memorize for Stressful Times 40. Silent Sitting Meditation 41 Linda Zelizer's Guidelines For Self-Hypnosis and Creating Affirmations 42. Dr. Emmet Miller's Guidelines for Visualization 43. Biblical Scriptures A Affirmations and Change Agent 44. To Sleep, To Dream, To Remember 45. How to Work with Dreams 46 Writing Yourself to Wholeness 47 Visualization for Strengthening the Immune System 48 Changing Attitudes 49 The Daydreaming Exercise; Imaging to Help the Planet 50. Starting a Support Group-The Bliss Group 51. Laughter as Medicine 52. Prayers for Healing 53. 18 IDEAS FOR LIVING From the Back Cover Levine's fifteen-year struggle with a then-inoperable brain tumor led her to discover \223seedthoughts\224 and \223core beliefs\224 that link one's mind and body. Levine writes from her own experience having brain surgery to remove her tumor AND includes information from experts in psychology, religion and medicine plus a chapter by Bernie Siegel on dreams and drawings. LEVINE'S BOOK: Teaches \223Verbal Hygiene\224 to avoid dis-easing language that sabotages wellness; Traces common phrases like "that breaks my heart" and "it's a pain in the butt" to the underlying beliefs on which they are based and the symptoms they cause; Lists hundreds of common expressions we use unconsciously every day and illustrates how these seedthoughts can set us up for illness; Teaches how to decode physical sensations in order to discover the underlying seedthoughts and core beliefs; Describes how to draw up a customized Operating Manual that you can use to keep your body healthy; Teaches powerful holistic healing techniques with detailed instructions for 53 self-help experiences; Shows how to bring disease-causing ideas from your subconscious to your conscious mind\227and reprogram your life dramatically for the better. "In simple, non-medical terminology, Levine's inspiring story demonstrates how, instead of remaining a passive victim, you can use illness as a tool for increased self-understanding and, ultimately, healing.\224 Rabbi Steven Rosman author of Jewish Healing Wisdom \223Barbara Levine's journey is one of courage and growth. We can all learn from her experience. She shows us what we are capable of and how to achieve our full healing potential.\224 Bernie Siegel, M. D., Author of Love, Medicine, and Miracles; \223My twenty years of medical practice has confirmed the truth found in Your Body Believes Every Word You Say. Barbara's message is an eye-opener.\224 Christiane Northrup M. D., Author of Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom. About the Author Barbara Hoberman Levine was stricken with a large, but slow-growing, brain tumor at the age of 32. After being misdiagnosed for years and undergoing numerous tests, she began looking at the role language played in reinforcing her illness. Her discoveries helped her to recover from the ill-effects of the tumor and the 1985 brain surgery which removed what had become a life-threatening "growth." Instead of crippling or killing her, the "growth" made her stronger and led to this book. Levine and her husband have 3 grown children. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Chapter One HOW I CAME TO WRITE THIS BOOK [If at first you don't succeed, try, try, again] [I can complain because a rose bush has thorns or rejoice because a thorn bush has roses.] Who would have guessed that having a brain tumor would be the most beneficial, life saving adventure of my life? If anyone had told me the day would come when I would give thanks for having a brain tumor, I would have said, "You're crazy." If anyone had told me back in 1970 that 25 years later I would be thanking God for the gift of a brain tumor, I would have thought "You have rocks in your head." Nevertheless, it's true! I would not even have this wonderful, exciting, fulfilling life now except for the fact that for many years I lived with, learned from, and wrote about this awesome brain tumor experience. And I do thank God for the ability to use this seemingly adverse event as a positive one rather than as a tragedy. Make no mistake, going through it wasn't pleasant. There were days when I wallowed in despair, anger and self-pity. I am a master of self-pity. Yet I do give thanks for the many blessings I received from learning, healing and growing along with the tumor. THE BRAIN TUMOR--MY GROWTH The ideas in this book arose from the life-changing experience that seemed to begin in 1970 with the birth of my third child, Jennifer. But looking back, I see the experience actually began in 1966 when I became an adult orphan. Both my parents died, in their early fifties of heart disease, 10 months apart. This mind-boggling event came as an enormous shock. I became fearful and depressed, but I wasn't adept at handling or understanding my feelings at that time. Then, after Jennifer's birth, I thought I was finally perfectly happy. But the stress of the previous four years had affected me physically as well as emotionally. I developed a weakness in my voice and could barely talk above a whisper. Doctors told me my left vocal cord was paralyzed, but they didn't know why. I was 32 years old. The pain I suffered searching for a diagnosis was almost unbearable, making me feel even sicker. Every test came back negative. A virus was blamed, when no one could find another cause. After that I lived in terror - afraid of getting sicker, afraid of taking more medical tests, not even sure I would live. A year later I became deaf in my left ear. Doctors again blamed a virus. At that time, I was fat, a heavy smoker, and in poor physical condition. Having a paralyzed left vocal cord and a deaf left ear actually helped push me in the right direction. I realized I needed to find a way to live longer and healthier, so I could be with my two sons and my new daughter as they grew into adulthood. Living to see my children grow up was very important to me, motivating me to survive--no matter what. I began to live one day at a time, relieving my fear whenever possible by enjoying some of the good things in my life-a nice family, good friends, and a comfortable home. After a year, my voice began to improve somewhat, even though the paralysis and deafness remained. My fear became more bearable when I focused on my newly-found-life-purpose, which was to perfect my ability to think for myself and help others to do the same. Working for women's rights, helping women become more self-aware and learning how to heal myself were key elements in this quest. My real growth began when I learned to live each day more fully--- because I didn't know how much time I had left. As I successfully lived through each day, I started to believe that I might live long enough to see my children grow up. "One day at a time" became a guiding principle in my life. BEGINNING TO HEAL For the next four years, my doctors and I blamed my debilitating physical symptoms on viruses, because the need to have a reason was so strong. I didn't have any further tests until 1974 when---after getting myself in shape mentally and physically--- I felt I was ready to handle anything that came up. I remember prophetically thinking, "Even if I need brain surgery I can handle it now." After more tests, I finally received an accurate diagnosis, I had a rare, slow-growing, non-malignant tumor. A biopsy, done through my left ear proved that I had a growth in my head.....(TO READ MORE PLEASE PURCHASE THIS BOOK) Contents of Download: Your Body Believes Every Word You Say by Barbara Hoberman Levine.epub (483.39 KB) Uploadgig Link(s) RapidGator Link(s) |