Gremlins

Dear Shanda,

Did you know that when you're brave enough to turn away from the Gremlin and listen to me instead, you calm down the scaredy-cat amygdala in your brain, and your nervous system relaxes. The Nervous Nelly chronic "fight-or-flight" stress responses in your body turn off, and the relaxation response flips blessedly on.

And here's the kicker. The body knows how to heal itself. Your body is artfully and divinely equipped with natural self-repair mechanisms that repair broken proteins, fight cancer cells, prevent aging, and resist infection. But when the Gremlin is in charge and your nervous system is stressed, these self-repair mechanisms are disabled.

Only when you listen to me can your body's self-repair mechanisms activate.

So listen up, darling. I'm not just good for your soul. I'm medicine for your body.

Doctor's bag in hand,
Your Inner Pilot Light, MD 

Thank you Lissa Rankin and The Inner Pilot Light.