Welcome to Carnival of Healing #129: Spring Renewal. After a long, cold winter in Northern Jersey, I'm really happy to see signs of Spring finally showing up in my area. The tulips and daffodils are sprouting in my yard, and the trees will follow very shortly. First Day of Spring is just around the corner, and my birthday is coming, too. This time of year always brings me much anticipation, hope, and I crave for change and renewal. It's a new beginning, a perfect time for healing and renewal.

I'm impressed by the quantity and quality of posts that were submitted this week. This carnival is really growing. Some people submitted more than one post. Since the carnival guideline says not to give more than one link to each blog, I took the liberty to choose only one post from each blogger. Let's dive into the many wonderful offerings from this week's carnival.


Spiritual and Emotional Healing

Alvaro Fernandez presents The Power of Mindsight- by Daniel Goleman posted at Brain Fitness. How do you free yourself from prisons of the past? I've always believed that we never stop growing and evolving on our life's journey, and no matter what happened in the past, we can create a new life of our choice. It's great to see that scientists have physical evidence of such growth. Yes it takes time, patience, and courage but it can be done.

Dr. Mike Skinner at meditation for the masses shares what he learned from Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard's teaching in Happiness Through Meditation. Matthieu Richard argues that "happiness is not pleasure, that it is a much deeper, more authentic reflection of our true nature, which paradoxically, can be present even when we’re sad", and meditation is his preferred method of cultivating happiness.

Alex Blackwell wrote an inspirational post Four Rocks to Grasp in Life posted at The Next 45 Years. The four rocks are: Passion, Forgiveness, Surrender and Hope. For me, personally, it's hard to reach for the rock of surrender sometimes, but it's often exactly what I must do to break the resistance and move forward. This post is a great reminder.

Albert Foong argues that most of us misunderstood the true spirit of giving, as evidenced in many Christmas stories. He presents a different perspective in The Art of Giving What You Don’t Have » Personal Development - The Urban Monk posted at Urban Monk.

To combat the "occupational hazards" of being an adult, David B. Bohl offers 5 Ways to Reconnect to Your Inner Child, including create, nap, play, take up childhood hobbies and daydream, posted at Slow Down Fast Today!.

Hidden anger can damage relationships and also eat you from inside. Ananga shows us the signs of hidden anger, and How Your Journal Can Help You Let off Steam in a Healthy Way posted at Ananga Sivyer's Living by Design Blog.

We all need to define our own success based on our true passion & values, instead of what others want from us. Lovelyn shares her example in Defining Success and Achieving It posted at The Art of Balanced Living.

Mark Ivar Myhrei presents The Burdens We Bear posted at Emotional Times. Mark states, "Burden comes from demanding that someone else must be responsible for my life". It also comes from resistance to change. He offers an exercise to rid the burden so you can soar instead.

Jenny shares her newfound love for knitting and reminds us to Take Time For Yourself posted at the so called me.

It's important to take charge of your emotional health. Shaheen Lakhan offers 10 tips, drawn from her own experience of overcoming depression, in Fighting Depression: 10 Step Do-It-Yourself Approach posted at GNIF Brain Blogger.

Through working with his life coach, Roger found a way to break out of a rut in Life Really Is Amazing Even When It Doesn’t Seem So posted at The Happy and Prosperous Blog. I’ve also found it very powerful when I can help my life coaching clients see the big picture, and focus on gratitude. One of my favorite exercises is “Top 3 Things” — go about your day while keeping a mental list of the top 3 things that happen to you that day. You will inevitably focus on “what’s going right” and feel great all day long!

Astrid Lee wrote a detailed introduction to gemstones and crystals that could help you attract financial abundance, including instructions of making a grid for this purpose. According to Astrid, the grid has worked for her from day one. Read all about it in Crystals for Abundance, posted at We Are One World Healing.


Health and Nutrition

Drew at 4Mind4Life.Com shares 50 Ways To Boost Your Brain Power, from high-tech methods such as Brainwave Entrainment and Neurofeedback, to surprising suggestions like "start crying" - you have to read the post to find out why.

Emotional eating and cravings are major roadblocks to healthy weight management. Carey Yang at Your Dream Body WorkoutXpert offers 8 1/2 expert tips in How to Control Your Cravings.

Ellen Landauer warns us about Stress from Electromagnetic Fields and offers simple natural solutions, posted at Health Freedom Coaching.

It's empowering when you can take care of yourself and loved ones at home. Sagar Satapathy presents The At-Home Nurse: 101 At-Home Remedies For Common Ailments | NOEDb posted at NOEDb: Nursing Online Education Database.

Aparna shares the fascinating Healing powers of French clay posted at Beauty and Personal Grooming. She wrote, "researchers investigating about the properties of a certain type of ‘French clay’, which are mostly made of minerals have made some breakthroughs and found some evidence that this clay is a highly effective weapon against deadly flesh-eating bacteria like the MRSA and other deadly bacteria."

Healthy lifestyle change is the key to long-term health and weight loss, as Woopi Clients points out in HEALTH IMPROVEMENTS posted at You and Your Health.

If you are considering a low-carb diet, Alex M offers some tips in What Everybody Should Know About Low Carb Dieting For Beginners posted at Ways To Become & Stay Slim.

AlexBo presents 10 Health Tips Everyone Know But Nobody Follows posted at Healthy Health List (heheli.com). I'm amused by the last tip he offers: "Choose your parents well"... Even though we cannot choose our parents and the genes we inherit from them, we can choose to live a healthy lifestyle, thus reduce our risks.

Randy Powell suggests eating a diet high in alkaline foods and exercising continually throughout your life can safeguard your Cardiovascular Health, posted at Eating-Veggies.com: Alkaline Diet blog.

Stanimir Sotirov suggests using pinhole glasses as an option to treat nearsightedness, in Myopia and Pinhole-Glasses posted at All About Your Body And Spirit.

MBB shares his experience and advice about laser eye surgery in My Lasik Laser Eye Surgery posted at Money Blue Book.


Healthcare

As a former RN and, in many cases, a patient myself, I know well that many skillful doctors have horrible bedside manners. When it comes to life and death situations, would you choose a doctor like that, or one that really cares? Charles H. Green presents two compelling cases in Who(m) Do You Trust? posted at Trust Matters.

Neeelakantha presents 50 Easy Tips to Lower Your Healthcare Expenses posted at RN Central. It's worth checking out - I bet you've never thought of some of those tips!

Jose DeJesus MD presents Ancillary Services - Supplemental Medical Practice Income posted at ACTIONABLE NEWS FOR THE PHYSICIAN BUSINESSMEN. He suggested numerous ancillary services that could complement different medical practices to provide additional income for the physicians and valuable services for their patients.


This concludes this week's Carnival of Healing. A heartfelt Thank You to everyone who participated in this week's Carnival. You can find last week's carnival at Where We Relax. Next week the Carnival of Healing will be at Five Minds. Don't forget to submit your post.

Until next time, please take good care of yourself. You are irreplaceable.

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