If you're wondering about the mechanisms that make Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) work, then Genie in Your Genes is a good place to start.
EFT is a meridian based therapy which has had remarkable results in relieving deep traumas, phobias, and bad behaviors.
It has additionally produced surprising results for individuals suffering from chronic conditions like insomnia, auto-immune conditions, and weight loss.
But this book is hardly about EFT.
It's about the mind-body connection, the physical substrates of information conduction, and change.
Much of popular scientific discourse has favored "determinism," even in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
Determinism is the belief that organic, noninvasive change is impossible or at least very improbable.
This has had direct implications for how the body is typically viewed and what comes to be viewed as reasonable treatment strategies.
Author Dawson Church, Ph.
D presents an even-handed discussion on the mechanisms of change, focusing specifically on DNA/gene expression and the biochemistry of emotions to at least begin bridging the gap between quizzical modalities such as EFT and rational science.
Any serious discussion of mind-body medicine must begin with appreciating the physical (body) impact of thought (mind).
In perhaps the most fascinating section of Genie in Your Genes, Church provides data on the health outcomes of AIDS patients based on patients' views toward God.
In yet further indication that beliefs shape outcomes, it turns out that those who believed God to be terrible, wrathful, and judgmental had far poorer health outcomes than those who believed in a a merciful God.
Additionally, those who changed their beliefs about God from the wrathful to the merciful, began to experience health improvements.
Most of us who believe that there may be something to voo-doo only to the extent that there is a belief in it, might do well to ascertain how destructive beliefs may be operating in their own lives.
Those individuals with an interest in human consciousness, mind-body science, and ways that beliefs affect health will find this book informative and exciting.
EFT is a meridian based therapy which has had remarkable results in relieving deep traumas, phobias, and bad behaviors.
It has additionally produced surprising results for individuals suffering from chronic conditions like insomnia, auto-immune conditions, and weight loss.
But this book is hardly about EFT.
It's about the mind-body connection, the physical substrates of information conduction, and change.
Much of popular scientific discourse has favored "determinism," even in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
Determinism is the belief that organic, noninvasive change is impossible or at least very improbable.
This has had direct implications for how the body is typically viewed and what comes to be viewed as reasonable treatment strategies.
Author Dawson Church, Ph.
D presents an even-handed discussion on the mechanisms of change, focusing specifically on DNA/gene expression and the biochemistry of emotions to at least begin bridging the gap between quizzical modalities such as EFT and rational science.
Any serious discussion of mind-body medicine must begin with appreciating the physical (body) impact of thought (mind).
In perhaps the most fascinating section of Genie in Your Genes, Church provides data on the health outcomes of AIDS patients based on patients' views toward God.
In yet further indication that beliefs shape outcomes, it turns out that those who believed God to be terrible, wrathful, and judgmental had far poorer health outcomes than those who believed in a a merciful God.
Additionally, those who changed their beliefs about God from the wrathful to the merciful, began to experience health improvements.
Most of us who believe that there may be something to voo-doo only to the extent that there is a belief in it, might do well to ascertain how destructive beliefs may be operating in their own lives.
Those individuals with an interest in human consciousness, mind-body science, and ways that beliefs affect health will find this book informative and exciting.
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