Even heart patients can learn to be optimists
Being a pessimist can actually lower your resistance to heart disease.
View ArticleA heart patient’s guide to the three stages of chronic stress
How activating your body's stress response every day can change your personality - and damage your heart.
View ArticleDo you think too much? How ruminating hurts your heart
Women are more likely to ruminate over problems than men, partly because women tend to be more concerned about their relationships in general. But anxious worrying, searching for a solution, and...
View ArticleResilience: it’s hard to feel like a victim when you’re laughing
Dr. Steven Wolin on healing resiliency and humour: "It is hard to wallow or ruminate in negative emotions when you’re seeing the absurdity in your situation."
View ArticleHow heart patients can untwist that twisted thinking
Any life-altering diagnosis can throw us off balance emotionally, but with heart disease, even the tiniest twinge of new chest pain can paralyze us - leading to what's called cognitive distortion.
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