{"id":860,"date":"2010-02-23T09:19:57","date_gmt":"2010-02-23T17:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/?p=860"},"modified":"2023-04-17T16:12:30","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T00:12:30","slug":"sorting-it-out-the-mind-body-connection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/23\/sorting-it-out-the-mind-body-connection\/","title":{"rendered":"Sorting It Out: The Mind-Body Connection"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/23\/sorting-it-out-the-mind-body-connection\/&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=1&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;font=\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:25px\"><\/iframe><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fheathervale.com%2Fblog%2F2010%2F02%2F23%2Fsorting-it-out-the-mind-body-connection%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><p>I&#8217;m a regular contributor to the new online  magazine, <strong><em>Life As A Human<\/em><\/strong>, and my column looks at mind-body-spirit health. 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