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Caregiving for a Loved One with a Long-Term Illness

By CancerCare staff — 2021

When you are caring for a loved one with a long-term illness, caregiving becomes a marathon rather than a sprint.

Read on www.cancercare.org

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Words of Wisdom: Elizabeth Lesser on How to Get Through a Rough Patch

She's Oprah Winfrey's soul sister, and her books became big best sellers: Elizabeth Lesser. Back in the day, she used to be a midwife. It taught her that when you are going through a rough patch, it's just like in labor: resistance is useless, try to relax and embrace the situation.

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Two Simple Mental Steps to Counter the Effects of Stress

In this video extracted from the feature documentary, The Connection, Harvard Professor Herbert Benson discusses the two simple mental steps needed to evoke the relaxation response, a physiological response in the body opposite to stress.

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Herbert Benson—the Relaxation Revolution: Enhancing Health Through Mind Body Healing

Pioneer of mind body medicine Herbert Benson discusses his book, "The Relaxation Revolution: Enhancing Your Personal Health Through the Science and Genetics of Mind Body Healing," presented by Harvard Book Store. In the 1970s, Dr.

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Relaxation Response: Dr. Herbert Benson Teaches You the Basics

This video is part of the Wellness Guide for Cancer Survivors, a new publication from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. It is for adults who have been diagnosed and treated for any type of cancer.

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Mindfulness in the Military | Amishi Jha, Major General Piatt, Anderson Cooper

From Wisdom 2.0's 2018 Mindfulness in America Summit in New York City.

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How to Control Stress - Sadhguru and Arianna Huffington

Stress is not a part of our lives - it is our inability to manage the body, mind, intellect, and life energies. Sadhguru explains that it is these inner dimensions of ourselves in friction that create stress.

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The EFT Manual

Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) is one of the most successful psychology self-help manuals ever published. EFT is a remarkable new technique that uses the body's natural stress-reduction points.

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The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook (Seventh Edition)

The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook broke new ground when it was first published in 1980, detailing easy, step-by-step techniques for calming the body and mind in an increasingly overstimulated world.

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Eliminating Stress, Finding Inner Peace

Eliminating Stress, Finding Inner Peace is an important step on the healing journey. Stress kills—there’s no doubt. It eats away at you, affecting your level of happiness, as well as your stomach lining. It raises your blood pressure and directly harms your cardiovascular system.

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A Mindfulness Guide for the Frazzled

Five hundred years ago no one died of stress: we invented this concept and now we let it rule us. In A Mindfulness Guide for the Frazzled, Ruby Wax shows us how to de-frazzle for good by making simple changes that give us time to breathe, reflect and live in the moment.

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