January 26, 2021

Hurts to Be Awesome. Chronic Pain, Comedy & the Mind-Body Connection

Mayim breaks down how our overall stress can have real physical impacts and Iliza Shlesinger discusses being a female stand up comedian among men in her profession, how we as a society struggle to communicate, and how her hectic work life caught up with her in the form of debilitating nerve pain.

Hurts to Be Awesome. Chronic Pain, Comedy & the Mind-Body Connection

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January 26, 2021

Hurts to Be Awesome. Chronic Pain, Comedy & the Mind-Body Connection

Mayim breaks down how our overall stress can have real physical impacts and Iliza Shlesinger discusses being a female stand up comedian among men in her profession, how we as a society struggle to communicate, and how her hectic work life caught up with her in the form of debilitating nerve pain.

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Holding Onto Anxiety: A Real Pain In the Neck

A nagging neck pain, upset stomach, aching shoulders -- at first glance each one of these symptoms may seem like the result of some bodily insult. Do I have a cold? The Flu? Maybe an infection?! You may be surprised to know that many bodily pathologies originate in the mind.

Don’t Be a Prick: A Neurological Evaluation of Acupuncture

In a society focussed on western medicine we are taught to turn our noses up at traditional eastern forms of healing. This is a huge oversight! Eastern techniques have been providing relief for people for thousands of years. 

Emotional Processing: A Demonstration of the Mind-Body Connection

Emotions are a beautiful thing. They provide us with internal motivations to reinforce or abolish activities that elicit them. Let’s take a journey through some of the psychosocial theories behind both the mental and physical feelings of emotion.

The Modern Placebo: Medicine’s Best Panacea

If I were to ask you which drug is the most versatile in treating illness, what would you say? Penicillin? Aspirin? Acetaminophen? Well the true answer may surprise you! It turns out that the most flexible treatment we know of is actually the absence of treatment.

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