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Her Heart and Our Ride to the Cleveland Clinic

As we were about to walk into the psychology seminar, my friend Rollie grabbed my right arm and fell to the floor. I couldn’t believe what was happening. In a haze, I heard her say, my heart feels… I can’t breathe… we were both the same age, 41. I called out – Please! We need an ambulance! Within minutes the …

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Bob Coleman’s Grieving Heart

Each week Bob Coleman makes an appointment for another test – it’s now been eleven weeks since he was given the thumbs-up to get back into his life’s routine. Bob’s wife of fifty years, Ellie, died a while back – her death devastated him and the family. Because he had developed a solid relationship with all three children, each one …

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Nothing But An Emotion

I was leaving an office building this week and overheard a women say to her friend, “it’s nothing, it’s just an emotion.” I couldn’t help but wonder why she thought that her emotions didn’t matter. Did you know that the actual number of neural connections going from your emotional areas to your cognitive (thinking) areas is greater than the number …

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