Category Archives: Psychoneuroimmunology

Trusting your gut can actually get the best results — The Globe and Mail

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Dr Aoife

Trusting your gut can actu­ally get the best res­ults — The Globe and Mail. Reading an art­icle today in the Globe and Mail on intu­ition and trust­ing your gut instincts, I thought to men­tion the notion of intu­ition as an import­ant part of … Continue read­ing →

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Being authentic and growing into yourself

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Dr Aoife

Authenticity, or being who you truly are, is a very dif­fi­cult thing to do. If you don’t agree, think about the num­ber of times you have dis­agreed with your boss’ opin­ion and wanted to tell them what you really think of … Continue read­ing →

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Fretting and worrying? Managing your anxiety

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Dr Aoife

Getting anxi­ety man­aged rather than under con­trol is the topic of today’s post. Anxiety can stem from the good inten­tions of want­ing to do everything right, for things to go smoothly or the way we ima­gined them, and life just does … Continue read­ing →

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Life as a widower

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Dr Aoife

Not all of us exper­i­ence grief in the same ways, and some­times life just is not fair. We often lose the ones closest to us sooner than they should leave us, or what we think is the “right time”. My … Continue read­ing →

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I don’t have ANY time…

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Dr Aoife

This is a com­mon theme, both behind the closed door in my office and out­side of it. No one seems to “ have time ” to fol­low through with their per­sonal needs or goals, nor to get the “ me ” time they deserve. We’re … Continue read­ing →

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