30 Days of Self Healing – Day 30
These days, everybody is texting, e-mailing, and phoning each other. The hug seems to have gone the way of the VCR! So technology, along with our fast-paced schedules, has led us almost in the opposite direction from a good old-fashioned hug. Instead of finding a greater physical, emotional, and spiritual connection, we’re becoming more and more withdrawn from the external world.
The simple act of hugging accomplishes many things that you may have never considered. For example, hugs:
- Feel good
- Dispel loneliness
- Overcome fear
- Open doors to feelings
- Build self-esteem
- Foster altruism
- Slow down aging (Huggers stay young longer.)
- Help curb appetite (We eat less when we’re nourished by hugs and when our arms are busy wrapped around others.)
- Ease tension
- Fight insomnia
- Keep arms and shoulder muscles in condition
- Provide stretching exercise if you are short
- Provide stooping exercise if you are tall
- Offer a wholesome alternative to promiscuity
- Offer a healthy, safe alternative to alcohol and other drug abuse (Better hugs than drugs!)
- Affirm physical being
- Are democratic (Anyone is eligible!)
Read more on Chapter 10, The Healing Triad, on The Power of Self-Healing (Hay House).
Dr. Fabrizio Mancini is a Wellness Expert; an internationally acclaimed educator, philanthropist, bilingual speaker; and President Emeritus of Parker University in Dallas, Texas. He is the best-selling author of The Power of Self-Healing and Feeling Fab: Four Steps to Living a Fabulous Life, and the co-author of Chicken Soup for the Chiropractic Soul and The Well-Adjusted Soul.?A frequent guest of radio and television programs, Dr. Mancini has been featured on Dr. Phil, The Doctors, Fox News, and numerous syndicated morning shows. He also has his own popular weekly radio show, Self-Healing with Dr. Fab, on HayHouseRadio.com. Dr. Mancini has given testimony to the White House Commission for Complementary and Alternative Medicine and served on the Texas Governor’s Advisory Council on Physical Fitness. His commitment to keeping the Hispanic community informed of healthy habits has led to numerous appearances on CNN Español, Univision, Telemundo, and MundoFox.? After nine years in private practice, Dr. Mancini became one of the youngest presidents of a college or university when he was chosen to lead Parker University in 1999. During his 13 years as president, he guided the university to historic educational and professional achievements. He now practices in Dallas, Texas. Dr. Mancini’s tireless efforts to improve lives have been recognized with numerous honors, including Heroes for Humanity, Humanitarian of the Year, CEO of the Year, and induction into the Wellness Revolutionaries Hall of Fame. He was recently chosen as the namesake for the library at UNEVE, one of Mexico’s leading universities. Dr. Mancini is also a graduate of the prestigious Institute for Educational Management in the Graduate School of Education at Harvard University.
