Cheryl Richards Telegathering

Dear Friends,
We had a fascinating call with Adam Dreamhealer last week, the young man who does long distance healing. If you missed it, you can listen to it here: 
http://www.cherylrichardson.com/community/recorded_telegatherings.php. 
For more info on him and his work, visit: http://www.dreamhealer.com/. Thanks, Adam!
Have a wonderful week…
Love,
Cheryl

Energy Healing, Trust, and Personal Power: An interview with Adam …

Energy Healing, Trust, and Personal Power: An interview with Adam …
By Loolwa Khazzoom 
Adam, also known as DreamHealer, is a distant energy healer whose first experiences with energy healing inspired me to trust my own. In this interview, Adam answers my questions about energy healing, trust, and personal power. …
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Drugs Offer No Benefit in Curbing Aggression, Study Finds

The drugs most widely used to manage aggressive outbursts in intellectually disabled people are no more effective than placebos for most patients and may be less so, researchers report.
The finding, being published Friday, sharply challenges standard medical practice in mental health clinics and nursing homes in the United States and around the world.
In recent years, [...]

Pollution causes thousands of deaths

UBC co-author says not enough being done to reduce health hazards

Glenda Luymes, The Province
Published: Sunday, October 07, 2007
David Boyd could be excused for being a little paranoid.
The University of B.C. Trudeau scholar has laboured for more than a year to determine just how many Canadians die each year from pollution.
The disturbing tabulation finally complete, his results [...]

Meditation eases migraine pain

Thursday, September 13, 2007
By Mary Niederberger, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
For some, meditation can be a way to find inner peace, to connect with the mystical, or to find a more solemn way to pray.
But for Barbara Raco, of Mt. Lebanon, meditation has become a way to relieve the pain of severe migraine headaches.
Mrs. Raco was a student [...]

Integrating alternatives into Western medicine

Alternative medicine isn’t really “alternative” any more — in fact, the medical community isn’t even using that term.
Now it’s “integrated” medicine, and after years of being considered a fringe practice, treatments such as massage and acupuncture have found their way into mainstream medicine.
So why the name change?
“Years ago it was called alternative because it was [...]

Alternative Medicine: Maintaining thyroid health

The thyroid is a hormone-secreting gland situated in the front of the neck. Its main function is to regulate metabolism and maintain energy production in every cell of the body. The thyroid gland can malfunction leading to either an overactive (hyperthyroidism) or underactive (hypothyroidism) gland. Historically, iodine deficiency used to be the most common cause [...]

Using Meditation to Manage Relief

Dreamhealer Blog Stuff 
If you are one of the millions of people who suffer from headaches you may have chosen to consider alternative treatments as an addition to medications or perhaps even as a replacement for them. Meditation is one such treatment and its roots are, in fact, very old.
Meditation has been used in cultures around [...]

Alternative Medicine: Simple steps to manage stress

Dreamhealer Blog
While most people recognize that stress affects our mental and emotional states, it also is important to note how it affects us physically. Poorly managed stress often is associated with common health complaints such as high blood pressure, diabetes, digestive disorders, headaches and autoimmune diseases. Working to decrease the level of stress we [...]

The Unmedicated Mind

From lobotomies with ice picks to early antidepressants that caused brain hemorrhaging, Americans have a complicated and ever-changing approach to treating mental illness. Now, spurred by the growing disenchantment with antidepressants, an increasing number of people are seeking treatment for depression, anxiety and eating disorders from naturopaths, acupuncturists and even chiropractors. At the same time, [...]