When Dan got mad at Cherie for not appreciating his efforts, he had to survive an attack on his self image. The best way to bolster his sense of self-worth was to get angry. That made him feel righteous and entitled to deprive her of sex. The need to punish her killed off feelings of sexual desire. When he had recovered from the rejection, Dan’s sexual desires returned. But the sexual circuitry in his body wasn’t ready to risk being vulnerable with the person who had badly wounded him. Danger signals were being sent to his body preventing Dan from having an erection. In four steps Dan can decouple his anger from his sexual performance and have a healthy and enjoyable intimate relationship with his partner.

Are you tired of dieting, exercising and pushing yourself with your fitness trainer? Is your weight yo-yoing all over the place? That may be that you have become addicted to numbing your feelings of anger, hurt, fear and anxiety with tons of comfort food. Emotional constipation is uncomfortable and all the gunky feelings get turned into fat. When you feel good the diets work, when you don't every stuffed feeling turns into fat. Learn how to give up that yo-yo game once and for all.

Article discusses the approach to quitting smoking in a broader perspective. Specifically, it talks about pursuing a healthy life and lifestyle in general which would bring about multiple changes as a by-product of this. It gives an example by showing a situation experienced by the author and how this can bring about the end to smoking forever.

Where are you? Are you in super-health? Are you among the walking-ill or the lying down ill? A great number of people fall into the walking-ill category - lacking in enthusiasm and energy for life. Many also come into the lying down ill - chronically exhausted, depressed and incapacitated by ill health. These are not situations that you need to endure.

We hear a lot about heart disease. It has been a problem that has been faced by scientists and health professionals over many decades. We can be forgiven for thinking that with all the attention it has received and all the money that has been spent in trying to find treatments and cures that the problem would have been solved and that the number of people who are dying from cardiovascular system problems would have decreased. This does not appear to be the case.

Most health professionals agree that heart disease, commonly also referred to as cardiovascular disease, is primarily a problem of blocked arteries or "pipes" as they are sometimes called. However, this is not the complete picture. There are many things which contribute to the development of heart disease and problems such as a heart attack. This article examines one factor that has been implicated in heart problems: cholesterol.

The nutritional status of both the mother and father in the weeks and months preceding conception can influence the outcome of the pregnancy. The nutritional and toxic state of the mother in the first eight weeks of pregnancy can determine whether the baby will develop normally or not. Similarly the quality of the father's sperm can be influenced by both nutritional and toxic factors. This articles provides general recommendations for 'would be parents' to prepare for conception.

Hypnotherapy can benefit cancer patients who are undergoing chemotherapy or radiation therapy by diminishing or eliminating the debilitating side effects that generally accompany such treatment.

Smoking increases the risk of developing cancers associated with the lips, tongue, mouth, larynx and oesophagus. One of the problems associated with oral cancers is that they often go undiagnosed because the initial signs are painless. 50% of people die from oral cancers because they have seen a health professional too late. This article provides a quick check that you can do for yourself to detect oral cancers.

Studies by the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Dentistry revealed in May that women with gum (periodontal) disease may be up to seven times more likely to deliver a pre-term, low birth weight baby.