The answer to the question of what ends our lives may seem surprising. A growing body of evidence from leading-edge researchers suggests that life itself can lead to the failure of the body! Specifically, it is the unresolved negative emotions—our hurts—that have the power to create the physical conditions that we recognize as cardiovascular disease: tension, inflammation, high blood pressure, and clogged arteries. This mind-body relationship was documented recently in a landmark study at Duke University directed by James Blumenthal.4 He identified long-term experiences of fear, frustration,
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