{"id":189,"date":"2013-10-30T18:27:50","date_gmt":"2013-10-30T18:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newsite.drbarrytaylor.com\/?p=189"},"modified":"2013-11-01T22:46:34","modified_gmt":"2013-11-01T22:46:34","slug":"loving-yourself-and-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drbarrytaylor.com\/blog\/loving-yourself-and-others\/","title":{"rendered":"Loving Yourself And Others"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>It is amazing but true that the easiest thing in the world to do to improve our own health and wellness is to express love for ourselves and others.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Although you may have never seen a doctor write a prescription for daily doses of \u201clove,\u201d best selling authors such as Deepak Chopra M.D., Bernie Siegal M.D., and Dean Ornish M.D. all write about the healing properties of love. Dr. Ornish says, \u201clove may be the greatest of all disease-fighters, and it\u2019s about time doctors realized it.\u201d Dr. Ornish, a pioneer of wellness, has extensively researched how diet, exercise, and stress management can help to reverse heart disease symptoms. His book,\u00a0<em>Love &amp; Survival<\/em>\u00a0explains how loneliness can ruin the body, while experiencing a sense of community and love can have healing effects.<\/p>\n<p>Sharing love is the most powerful force of nature, whether it&#8217;s with a pet, a friend, or a significant other. Experts stipulate that loneliness and social disconnect result from our increasing attention on technology and work. Regarding ailments such as heart disease, Dr. Ornish says that \u201cthe real epidemic isn\u2019t physical heart disease. It\u2019s spiritual heart disease: loneliness and isolation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is amazing but true that the easiest thing in the world to do to improve our own health and wellness is to express our love for ourselves and for others. It doesn\u2019t cost anything and it doesn\u2019t have to take much time. The benefits of love are beyond measure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is amazing but true that the easiest thing in the world to do to improve our own health and wellness is<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbarrytaylor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbarrytaylor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbarrytaylor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbarrytaylor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbarrytaylor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/drbarrytaylor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":190,"href":"https:\/\/drbarrytaylor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189\/revisions\/190"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbarrytaylor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbarrytaylor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbarrytaylor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbarrytaylor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}