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Unlocking the Secret Code of Sickness and Health
Wiley
April 2011
On Sale: April 19, 2011
256 pages
ISBN: 0470260394
EAN: 9780470260395
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
Understanding the secret code of illness and health Many doctors overlook the seemingly inexplicable tragedies
and recoveries that happen in hospitals every day, opting to
view them simply as aberrations from the medical norm. In
this book, Dr. Marc Siegel draws from his decades of
experience treating patients and explores the sometimes
miraculous effects that the spirit and emotion can have on
disease and healing. The inner pulse is the essence that
links the soul to the mind and body, the marker that
predicts whether a person's life force is fading or
strengthening. This book shows you how to tap into your
inner pulse and even how to influence it. * Explores how your inner pulse can alert you to what is
going on in your body
* Offers a new perspective on the positive and negative
effects of the mind on illness and healing
* Includes dramatic case stories of Dr. Siegel's work
with his own patients?those who have healed and those who
have not Exploring the uncanny world where expectation and outcome
are driven by a patient's personal intuition, this book will
give you a deeper understanding of how the mind relates to
disease and how the mind and the body working in sync can
help heal. Introduction from the Author, Dr. Marc Siegel
The inner pulse is the spiritual and physical axis that
grows stronger with good health and weaker with illness. It
is the most powerful force in the body, and it can be your
radar to good health or impending illness. Here are some of
the things I learned while writing The Inner Pulse: 1) A strong inner pulse is your radar that you will survive;
a weakening inner pulse warns you that your health is
deteriorating. The inner pulse can't be measured but it can
be sensed or intuited. It is the marker of your
determination to live. 2) Dedicated physical exercise and spiritual practices
including meditation can bring you more in contact with your
inner pulse. 3) Severe life-threatening illnesses can put you more in
touch with your inner pulse, especially as you recover from
them. 4) Believe in your inner pulse and beware of doctors who
would dismiss you or use simple statistics to discourage
you, writing you off too soon. Look for a doctor who
believes in your intuition and your own sense of your health. 5) In some cases, you might be able to influence your inner
pulse. 6) A doctor becomes a true healer when he or she learns to
be guided by a patient's inner pulse rather than by
preconceived notions. Recently, Congresswoman Giffords defied the odds when many
medical improbabilities occurred at exactly the same time:
the bullet passed through her brain missing vital
structures, an aide with a minimum of medical training held
her wound together, and she happened to arrive within the
“golden hour” after injury at one of the top trauma centers
in the country. But beyond even these miraculous
coincidences, what contributed to her recovery the most was
her indomitable spirit, her powerful life force, her inner
pulse. In The Inner Pulse, I tell the story of my patients and how
they survived against the odds because of the strength of
their inner pulse. I have discovered this strong inner pulse
in many of my patients: from one man who managed to recover
even after his brain had been choked of oxygen, to another
who couldn't walk yet rose out of his wheelchair to attack a
former employer who owed him millions, to a third whose
fractured personality was able to control her blood sugar in
some personalities but not in others. I have also found this
power in myself as I overcame my own life crisis and
recovered my inner strength. I hope you learn as much about your inner pulse while
reading this book as I did while writing it.
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