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Is stress an addiction of the brain?

Is stress an addiction of the brain? by Patt Lind-Kyle, MA

Lately, I have become fascinated with the notion that stress is a habit. Stress is addictive as we become dependent on it and we feel lost when it goes away. We find some quiet and peace in our lives and then quickly turn on a violent movie, talk on the phone, text or email someone or watch the news or feel pressured in some demanding circumstance. Do we like stress that much? Is our intention to have more mental or emotional strain? ...

Video: Applying the 4 Tools

In Segment 6 of Patt's interview with Dr. Emmett Miller, MD on Healing Times Radio, Patt talks about applying the 4 tools of attention, intention, receptivity and awareness.

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Face it, Embrace it, Erase it and Emotional Freedom Technique: Two tools for Healing and Rewiring our Emotions

Emotions cannot be permanent.  That's why they are called "emotions" the word comes from "motion," movement.  They move, hence, they are "emotions." From one to another you continually change. – Osho

When I returned from a three-month silent meditation retreat my stepson said to me "Where did all your anger go?"  First of all, I was amazed he recognized my emotional change and secondly, I began to question what happens to the mind/ brain when stressful emotional reactions are regulated in...

Video: Following the Brain into Meditation with Dr. Emmett Miller

In Segment 5 of Patt Lind-Kyle's interview with Dr. Emmett Miller of Healing Times Radio, Patt talks about:

What is the brainwave frequency called beta, what is its frequency, what does it do to the mind and what kind of behavior does one have while in beta?
How does one reduce fast brain waves to calm the system and move into the brainwave frequency for strategic thinking (at 15 Hz within the beta range)?
What happens around 12 Hz with our attention and ability to focus/concentrate?

In the b...

Upcoming Interview with Tanya Aziere, Theatre of the Mind

Patt will be on Theatre of the Mind, a live radio show with Tanya Aziere.

Call in and talk with Patt, ask questions and enter into the conversation.

Wednesday, July 7th from 5:00 to 6Pm Pacific time.

You can hear the show ONLINE from anywhere in the world at: www.contacttalkradio.com

On the Radio in Seattle at: 106.9 HD Channel 3

The U.S. Call-in number is: 1-877-230-3062

International Callers: 425-644-5620

Video Interview: What can I learn from this book? with Emmett Miller, MD of Healing Times Radio

In this video, Emmett Miller, MD asks Patt, "what can people learn from this book?"  Patt answers:

The book is split into 2 parts:

1) the science of the brain

- how the brain works

- how the mind works

- what happens they flow together and what stops the flow

2) the brain and its electrical and chemical components

- the 4 neurochemicals

- the 4 brainwaves

- what happens when they are out of balance and in balance

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First place, gold medal: Heal Your Mind, Rewire Your Brain receives book award

Author and consultant Patt Lind-Kyle has been named a 2010 Living Now Book Awards gold medalist in the Health/Wellness category for her book, Heal Your Mind, Rewire Your Brain.

Part of the Independent Publisher Book Awards (known as "Ippys"), the Living Now Book Awards are awarded in 30 lifestyle categories, and are "intended to promote newly-published lifestyle books that will help readers enrich their lives in wholesome, Earth-friendly ways."

Chosen from among 428 total entries, Lind-Kyle's b...

New video interview: Science and Spirituality with Emmett Miller, MD

This short video is segment 3 of the interview with Emmett Miller, MD on Healing Times Radio with Patt Lind-Kyle, author of Heal Your Mind, Rewire Your Brain.  Patt answers Dr. Miller's question, "How does your work integrate science and spirituality?"  Watch here:

Remember the importance of a good, long YAWN

Remember the importance of a good, long YAWN

(this article is re-printed from Bottom Line's Daily Health News)

3-SECOND ENERGY BOOST

Yawning is something we mostly stifle — after all, it's embarrassing to yawn in the face of another as if to announce that you didn't get enough sleep or, worse, that you're bored. That's a shame — because researchers have discovered that the humble yawn is a major contributor to mental alertness… keeps our brains properly cooled (literally)… and helps us to shift ...

Patt's Nevada City Retreat May 7-8, 2010

AN EVENING AND DAY OF SILENCE TO EXPLORE CONSCIOUSNESS AND THE MIND

Friday Evening May 7th and Saturday all Day May 8th

Join with Patt Lind-Kyle as we put our lives on "pause" for just a few hours.  We will come together on Friday evening to set our individual intentions for the day-long Saturday and to begin our silence.  On Saturday we will settle our minds and move into our own inner refuge as we establish the clarity of mind to open to our true conscious nature. We will do a combination...