Interesting Article to share with all of you!
| From: | Fena D. |
| Sent on: | Monday, February 27, 2012, 4:12 AM |
Hi Friends,
Although this was sent to me from my girlfriend, Denise Armour, I think it pertains to this group---MEN AND WOMEN. Friendships are important. Friends, male and female, help us sort through and get through life. While girlfriends are great for us women, friends ships are NECESSARY for all of us! Friends should and normally do improve our lives (UNLESS you are hanging with the wrong friends!).
So, in sharing this article, I wanted you all to think about the wonderful friendships you make through Friends First. WE each have an opportunity to make great friends that will last a lifetime! I know that I have. I still have friends from my very first singles group-some 20 plus years later! Also, I have very close friends of over 10 years that I met through this group! Those are the people that when the chips are low, I can turn to! If this works for me, it will work for you!
So read the article, MAKE FRIENDS and let's live a long and healthy life as friends!
Fena D'Ottavio
They teach this at Stanford
In an evening class at Stanford the last lecture was on the mind-body connection - the relationship between stress and disease. The speaker (head of psychiatry at Stanford) said, among other things, that one of the best things that a man could do for his health is to be married to a woman whereas for a woman, one of the best things she could do for her health was to nurture her relationships with her girlfriends. At first everyone laughed, but he was serious. Women connect with each other differently and provide support systems that help each other to deal with stress and difficult life experiences. Physically this quality "girlfriend time" helps us to create more serotonin - a neurotransmitter that helps combat depression and can create a general feeling of well being. Women share feelings whereas men often form relationships around activities. They rarely sit down with a buddy and talk about how they feel about certain things or how their personal lives are going. Jobs? Yes. Sports? Yes. Cars? Yes. Fishing, hunting, golf? Yes. But their feelings? Rarely. Women do it all of the time. We share from our souls with our sisters/mothers, and evidently that is very good for our health. He said that spending time with a friend is just as important to our general health as jogging or working out at a gym. There's a tendency to think that when we are "exercising" we are doing something good for our bodies, but when we are hanging out with friends, we are wasting our time and should be more productively engaged-not true. In fact, he said that failure to create and maintain quality personal relationships with other humans is as dangerous to our physical health as smoking!
So every time you hang out to schmooze with a gal pal, just pat yourself on the back and congratulate yourself for doing something good for your health! We are indeed very, very lucky. Sooooo. let's toast to our friendship with our girlfriends. Evidently it's very good for our health. Forward this to all your girlfriends - and stay in touch!
Thanks to all the girls in my life who have helped me stay healthy, happy, and feeling very loved. Life isn't about surviving the storm; but how you dance in the rain.
In an evening class at Stanford the last lecture was on the mind-body connection - the relationship between stress and disease. The speaker (head of psychiatry at Stanford) said, among other things, that one of the best things that a man could do for his health is to be married to a woman whereas for a woman, one of the best things she could do for her health was to nurture her relationships with her girlfriends. At first everyone laughed, but he was serious. Women connect with each other differently and provide support systems that help each other to deal with stress and difficult life experiences. Physically this quality "girlfriend time" helps us to create more serotonin - a neurotransmitter that helps combat depression and can create a general feeling of well being. Women share feelings whereas men often form relationships around activities. They rarely sit down with a buddy and talk about how they feel about certain things or how their personal lives are going. Jobs? Yes. Sports? Yes. Cars? Yes. Fishing, hunting, golf? Yes. But their feelings? Rarely. Women do it all of the time. We share from our souls with our sisters/mothers, and evidently that is very good for our health. He said that spending time with a friend is just as important to our general health as jogging or working out at a gym. There's a tendency to think that when we are "exercising" we are doing something good for our bodies, but when we are hanging out with friends, we are wasting our time and should be more productively engaged-not true. In fact, he said that failure to create and maintain quality personal relationships with other humans is as dangerous to our physical health as smoking!
So every time you hang out to schmooze with a gal pal, just pat yourself on the back and congratulate yourself for doing something good for your health! We are indeed very, very lucky. Sooooo. let's toast to our friendship with our girlfriends. Evidently it's very good for our health. Forward this to all your girlfriends - and stay in touch!
Thanks to all the girls in my life who have helped me stay healthy, happy, and feeling very loved. Life isn't about surviving the storm; but how you dance in the rain.
-- Kathy HohsMy Love Healing: Guides you in the process of self-empowermentmylovehealing.com [address removed] Cell: [masked]
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