Russ Gerber is a syndicated health blogger and a Christian Science teacher and practitioner.
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Good faith

Has your faith ever made a U-turn? This writer's faith re-examination resulted in the end of periodic migraine headaches.

First impressions: a roadmap or a roadblock?

Don't let limiting labels or discouraging first impressions ever become a thought model you adopt as your own. Such dispiriting concepts can act as mental roadblocks from seeing extraordinary possibilities and empowering a full, healthy, productive life!

Instant gratification, instant fear

In an age when we’re increasingly tempted by instant gratification and instant fear, remember that self-control can also be exercised in an instant, and with benefits that gratify, bring calm, and go on and on.

You yearn for progress in your life. Now what?

Has prayer ever left you feeling uninspired or alone? As this writer's experience shows, more may be going on below the surface than is readily apparent.

A Healthy Shake-Up in Health Care

It doesn't take yet another academic study to validate what mainstream folks intuit and find every day, that a commitment to spirituality is beneficial to their health.

Great Expectations: Re-framing How We Think About Health

It's not just what you think, but what you expect that impacts your health. Not everyone agrees on the pivotal role of consciousness in health, or on what benefits prayer can bring to bear on one’s mental state. Expectations for real improvement can range from dismally low to sky high. But if it’s true that we get what we expect, maybe it’s time to raise our expectations.