The Problem, The Symptoms, The Solution

The Problem

"The human individual...possesses powers of various sorts which he habitually fails to use. He energizes below his maximum, and he behaves below his optimum...his life is contracted...in those feelings of hurry and having no time, in that breathlessness and tension, that anxiety...that lack of inner harmony."

-William James
The renowned Philosopher, Physiologist and Psychologist who, during the early part of the 20th century, reestablished respect for the mind/body connection.

The Symptoms

"Roughly 70 to 90 percent of the physical problems that bring people to their doctor have to do with stress and lifestyle...Stress can affect not only the psychological equilibrium but physical functions as well. We know that the more accumulated stress a person experiences, the greater likelihood they have of becoming ill. Cardiovascular disease, digestive problems, headaches, resistance to infectious illness and even cancer have all been linked to stress."

-Joan Borysenko
Former Director of the Mind/Body Clinic at
Harvard Medical School

The Solution

"In the centrifuge of contemporary living, we are whirling away from the center of our own being. The further out we spin, the more blurred our view of ourselves...The essential task, then, is to regenerate the vital response, to reopen access to the clarifying functions of conscience, and to recapture command of our existence and the forces that are shaping it."

-Norman Cousins
U.C.L.A. School of Medicine, and author of
Human Options and Anatomy of an Illness