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Relating More Effectively with All Our Relationships - Rick Hanson, Ph.D. - ND3785

New Dimensions

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The Importance of an Open, Spacious Heart

The root of all sickness is homesickness. Humans get ulcers because we're exposed to chronic, often mild but still chronic stressors that pushes away from the green zone of our home into the red zone continuously. People can become increasingly alienated from themselves, from their core of being. That's why it's so important, as I talk about in the book, and how to do it, to come home multiple times a day, or half a breath, or two or three breaths in a row. Or have some kind of practice while walking the dog,. offering a prayer, saying grace, looking back on your day just before sleep.

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