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Can words heal?

30/08/2023 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  1 Comment

Sticks and stones may break our bones but words can never hurt us. But is that true? Or, if words cannot literally hurt us, can they either help or hinder us in healing ourselves? This question was raised by a recent article in the Townsend Letter, an e-newsletter for doctors …

Category: Alternative/Complementary Health, Behavioural conditions / autism, Natural medicinesTag: Aimé Mullins, Aimée Mullins prosthetic legs, Chronic illness, Chronic pain, Dr Erik Peper, fibular hemimelia, Micki Rose, Micki Rose Pure Health Clinic, nocebo effect, positive feedback loop of smiling, TED talks, Townsend Letter, Townsend Letter Complementary health

Welcome to the Food Systems Academy

21/12/2014 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  Leave a Comment

It is very easy for any of us to get stuck in our own little area of interest - no matter how important a one it may be. I am glad to say that I am regularly dragged out of mine by my good friend Geoff Tansey who, as long as I have known him, has worked in the much wider world of …

Category: Big Business, Environmental Issues, Food, Food/Health Policy, Nutrition, PoliticsTag: 800 million people worlwide go hungry, Food Policy Journal, food security, food systems, Food Systems Academy, Geoff Tansey, Pig International magazine, subsistence farmers in Guangxi, TED talks, Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, TRIPS

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