Six ways to take a mental vacation for good health

I used to ‘pooh-pooh’ meditation. That was until I was diagnosed with advanced breast cancer. You’re willing to listen to a lot of new ideas then.

On one of my first trips down to the University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, I was seated on the airplane next to a Ph.d candidate from Tulane University. We got talking about mental attitudes and disease (I’d told him where I was going and why). He gave me a very persuasive ‘chapter and verse’ about my attitude being everything … and the importance of meditation and visualization as a part of my successful treatment for cancer.

Fortunately, I listened and put meditation and visualization as part of my daily routine through my treatment and continue to do it now.

Here are some ideas that might help you, even if you don’t have cancer:

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How to boost your intelligence: 10 tips

After I had completed multiple courses of very strong chemotherapy for my cancer, I had a raging case of ‘chemo-brain’. It’s that horrible fogginess that won’t go away. I really had begun to believe that I would never be back thinking and reasoning at the levels I previously had. I was really worried.

That’s when I found the Posit Science Brain Fitness Program. That helped me get back on track and with subsequent work - exercise, learning to meditate and an improved diet - I’m probably sharper now than before my cancer. I truly feel on top of my game - whatever it is at the time.

You can have a significant effect on your own intelligence by adhering to a few simple new habits.

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