Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Role Reversal

Dr. John Gray basically says that when women take on laborious-types, or other demanding jobs, their testosterone increases. Unlike men, when the testosterone of women increases, their stress also increases. The women need their oxytocin levels to increase in order to reduce their stress. Oxytocin basically increases when one takes on a role of nurturer.

Men, on the other hand, when their testosterone increases, their stress levels decrease.

Role reversal will cause a hormonal imbalance.
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Let your men work harder and earn more money; let your women stay home and raise the children. This way, if the man makes enough money, the woman has no need to work. If she is bored, she can find many other things to do, within the home. Man and woman should meet 50/50 in their duties that they bring forward to get closer to each other. Remember: many of us only seek more money for more things. The endgame should be contentment; money is only a medium to reach that stage. Learn to cut the middleman (money) out of the equation, and seek the end result (contentment).

Saturday, September 3, 2011

Stress and Illness?

Dr. Leonard Coldwell says that 84% of illnesses stem from stress, while about 16% is pretty much from lack of nutrition. Stanford University noted that up to 95% of illness is stress related. Either way, stress seems the main factor in our overall health and well-being. Stress is normal, it's how we let it affect us that matters.

Illness is said to be from a lack of energy; stress depletes energy. Often people encounter negative stress because of fear. Fear results often from lack of preparation. Lack of preparation brings fear, which brings stress, which equates to loss of energy, which in turn causes illnesses. All of these are our body's cries for help. Who's there to help? Trust in Allah equals optimism.

The unfortunate one is he who falls down and remains down, while the successful one is he who gets knocked down and gets back up. Some say there is no such thing as failure, but rather results. If you take action, you either succeed and/or you get wiser (barring a few exceptions). We must learn to keep optimistic at all times. As I often tell others, it;s humane to worry a little, but too much worrying shows lack of yaqeen in our Lord. Trust in Allah equals optimism. (I had to say it twice.) ---------- It's said that the brain uses 70-80% of your food energy to fuel your tensions and worries. It's almost like 93 octane gas, while a calm, relaxed person is using 87 octane (you can get away with eating less).