"Your Body Believes Every Word You Say: The Language of the Body/Mind Connection" by Barbara Hoberman Levine,
Aslan Publishing, 3356 Coffey Lane, Santa Rosa CA 95403,, (AT) 1991, ISBN 0-944931-07-2. For a free catalog of other books by Aslan publishing, call (800) 275-2606.
Synopsis of the book: Your Body Believes Every Word You Say is the first book to describe the language of the link between mind and body. Barbara Levine's 15 year battle with a huge brain tumor led her to trace common phrases like "that breaks my heart' and "it's a pain in the butt" back to the underlying beliefs on which they are based and thesynptoms they cause. She lists hundres of common examples of words we use unconsciously every day, and shows how these "sedthoughts" can set us up for illness.
The book shows you how to avoid "dis-easing" language that sabotages your wellness, and how to draw up a customized Operating Manual that you can use to keep your body healthy. It will how you how to bring disease-causing ideas from your subconscious to your conscious mind -- and reprogram your life dramatically for th better.
Check it out.
Nora iin Chicago
Original Message:
>Some time ago there was discussion here about the med field >expanding the
> range of 'tm' as it relates to various unknown causes >of spinal damage.
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> I always thought TM was any injury of the myelin that didn't fit another
> category of illness.
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> >cause of Myelin death
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> When I was first recovering from TM, one of my health care practitioners
> suggested using "injury" instead of "damage", "death", or "destroy". I know
> an injury can be so severe that it results in the last three, but I do
> prefer to just stop at injury, at least when I think of my own spinal cord,
> because it means I can keep recovering and improving and don't have an
> impossible hurdle.
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> I did just get a degree in English (rhetoric), but I do think it's important
> what kind of images we give ourselves. What do you folks think?
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> Aurore
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