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Stress and Weight Loss: What’s the Connection?

By Natalie Silver — 2018

For many people, stress can have a direct impact on their weight. Whether it causes weight loss or weight gain can vary from person to person — and even situation to situation. Read on to learn how stress can disrupt your body’s internal functioning, how to manage stress-related weight loss, and when to see a doctor about your symptoms.

Read on www.healthline.com

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When the Body Says No: Understanding the Stress-Disease Connection

Can a person literally die of loneliness? Is there a connection between inhibited emotion and Alzheimer's disease? Is there a “cancer personality”? Questions such as these are emerging as scientific findings throw new light on the controversy that surrounds the mind-body connection in illness...

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Gabor Maté
2011
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Self-Care for Grief: 100 Practices for Healing During Times of Loss

When faced with loss or trauma, the grief can oftentimes feel overwhelming. It can feel difficult, if not impossible, to focus your attention elsewhere. And yet, during hard times is the perfect time to look inwards for support and practice self-care.

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Nneka M. Okona
2025
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The Healing Self: A Revolutionary New Plan to Supercharge Your Immunity and Stay Well for Life

For over twenty-five years Deepak Chopra, M.D. and Rudolph E. Tanzi, Ph.D.

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Deepak Chopra, Rudolph E. Tanzi
2025
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The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, one of the world’s foremost experts on trauma, has spent over three decades working with survivors.

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Bessel van der Kolk
2015
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We Went to a Support Group for Black People in America

Alzo Slade participates in an “Emotional Emancipation Circle,” an Afrocentric support group created by the Community Healing Network and the Association of Black Psychologists. It’s a safe space for Black people to share personal experiences with racism and to process racial trauma.

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2020
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72 – How to Save Yourself with Bestselling Author Danielle Walker

When Danielle Walker was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis, physicians told her that her illness could be well-managed with medication. Ultimately, she decided to change her diet - even though doctors said doing so wouldn't improve her symptoms. Her diet changes ultimately saved her.

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The Verywell Mind Podcast With Amy Morin
2021
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Opening Up by Writing It Down, Third Edition: How Expressive Writing Improves Health and Eases Emotional Pain

Expressing painful emotions is hard--yet it can actually improve our mental and physical health. This lucid, compassionate book has introduced tens of thousands of readers to expressive writing, a simple yet powerful self-help technique grounded in scientific research. Leading experts James W.

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James W. Pennebaker, Joshua M. Smyth
2016
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The Angel and the Assassin: The Tiny Brain Cell that Changed the Course of Medicine

Hailed as a “riveting,” “stunning,” and “visionary,” The Angel and the Assassin offers us a radically reconceived picture of human health and promises to change everything we thought we knew about how to heal ourselves.

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Donna Jackson Nakazawa
2025
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How to Do the Work: Recognize Your Patterns, Heal from Your Past, and Create Your Self

As a clinical psychologist, Dr. Nicole LePera often found herself frustrated by the limitations of traditional psychotherapy.

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Nicole Lepera
2025
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Overcoming Toxic Emotions: A Practical Guide to Building Better Relationships with Yourself and Others

The desire to love and be loved and feel valued is universal. Seems easy enough, but for most people it is a constant, and often silent, struggle. Toxic emotions such as fear, resentment, guilt, and shame drain your energy, deflate the spirit, and make you feel stuck.

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Leah Guy
2021
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