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And what I learned about protecting inner peace Saturday morning 4 AM — I wake up on the cold bathroom floor, drenched in sweat. I must’ve passed out. Oh, thank God! As I’m trying to get up, I feel a sharp pain in my abdomen. No! Not again. I stay on the floor. With horror, I realize that I won’t be able to make it to work tonight, not in this condition. I’m lucky if I can make it to the kitchen counter to prepare a hot water bottle and get my hands on some painkillers. But h

Reaching the bliss of a pain-free period after nine years of agony Photo by Content Pixie on Unsplash A painful period is normal, they say — until you find yourself stuck on the bathroom floor at 3 AM, with cold sweat running down your back, paralyzed in a cramp so tight it feels like your inner organs are being ripped apart. Have you ever wondered how much pain your body can take? Before it shuts down? And did you ever experience what happens to your body in a state of unbea

Studies reveal it might! Photo by Katherine Hanlon on Unsplash Placebo might be the most undervalued superpower we all possess. I always find it odd when people refer to a healing result as "just placebo effect". Isn't spontaneous self-healing the ultimate healing we could ever achieve? And not only that, in recent years, a growing number of studies reveal: Placebos are becoming increasingly more effective at treating a wide range of illnesses — and in some cases, even riv