Your Brain Has Been Working Overtime

Reading Time: 3 minutesBy Denise Billen-Mejia, MD (retired), Consulting Hypnotist     If you live with chronic pain, you have probably been told — or at least made to feel — that something is wrong with you. That your body has broken down. That your brain is misfiring. That the pain is somehow your fault, or in your head, or something you simply have to manage. I want to suggest a different way of looking at it. Your brain has been working overtime. Here is what I mean by that. Pain is not…

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Does Complaining Make Us Less Popular?

Reading Time: 4 minutesWelcome to the latest edition of Unlocking Your Greatness with Wendy Bjork. As an international bestselling author, inspirational speaker and guide to others, as well as founder of heartsofwellness.com, my mission is empowering others to find peace, joy and fulfillment by embracing simplicity.   We all need to vent occasionally, which can be essential for our mental wellbeing. Is there a point when we find ourselves taking venting too far and it turns into classic complaining?   In the world of work, relationships and personal life, complaining is all but…

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