<p style="text-align: justify;">No, we are not telling you that it's <em>all</em> in your mind. We are not telling that you just need to take a vacation. We are not telling you that it's your fault in any way. There is no guilt or blame to be had. Period.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">To be honest, this has been one of the biggest concerns (fear?) that I have had in building Circle &amp; Bloom. The reaction to you as a group that at some level you take offense to. That we are saying "hey, lighten up!" I am certainly not here to offend anyone, nor am I hear to spread false hopes. All we are saying is that you can play a more active role in helping yourself to better manage your stress and anxiety levels.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">My feeling is this:  we are all human, and accordingly we will fail. Even the medical establishment. Over the past century, medicine has become a science where diseases are now treated mainly with drugs - with little thought or attention to the mind's role in the diseases of the body. When you read things like depressed and/or anxious people have a 3-times likelihood of getting cancer and that high-blood pressure can be reduced to normal levels by instituting a meditation program into your lives - you have to sit back and contemplate.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">How can one really explain the placebo effect if there is not an impact of the mind's influence - at a cellular level - on every aspect of our bodily function? In a simple test, imagine biting into a juicy apple - and now feel the saliva start to flow in your mouth. That is the mind-body connection.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">And when you read some of the case studies by ground-breaking researchers in the fertility field like Alice Domar, Ph.D and Sarah Berga, Ph.D., who have seen unbelievable statistics in restoring fertility in couples, again, it should make you sit up and take notice. There is something to stress and anxiety diminishing our chance of getting pregnant. There is something to the mind-body connection that I should learn more about.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Asking yourself that simple question is the first step. Congratulations.</p>
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