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Prayer is Excluded as a Form of Complementary Health Practice by Our Federal Health Agencies

February 11, 2025 By Dale Fletcher 5 Comments

Prayer is no longer considered a form of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practice by the National Center for Complimentary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), a federal government agency in the Department of Health and Human Services. It was removed in the 2007 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Federal Government, Health Care & Wholeness, Religion and Health, Spirit Mind Body Health, the research, Whole Person Health Tagged With: mind body spirit, prayer, spirituality and health, wholeness

Is Spirituality a Domain of Whole Person Health?

August 31, 2023 By Dale Fletcher 2 Comments

In May of this year, my blog post titled Whole Person Health and Our Federal Government expressed my concern that a key government health agency's model for Whole Person Health did not include a Spiritual domain. I expressed my concern that the National Center for Complementary … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Federal Government, Spirit Mind Body Health, spirituality and health, Whole Person Health Tagged With: spirituality and health, wholeness

Whole Person Health and Our Federal Government

May 11, 2023 By Dale Fletcher 2 Comments

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The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) is the Federal Government’s lead agency for scientific research on complementary and integrative health approaches. They have created a strategy to research Whole Person Health. On Friday, May 12th, 2023 at … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Federal Government, Health Care & Wholeness, Public Health, Religion and Health, Spirit Mind Body Health, spirituality and health, the research, Whole Person Health Tagged With: mind body spirit, spirituality and health, the research, wellness, wholeness

Spirituality and Health in the Federal Government

November 4, 2022 By Dale Fletcher 8 Comments

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    Spiritual health is not recognized as a component of individual wellbeing by our federal government. This exclusion of the spiritual dimension not only impacts negatively on all aspects of personal wellbeing, but on the public health of our nation and its … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Faith and Health, Federal Government, Public Health, Religion and Health, spirituality and health, the research Tagged With: Health, mind body spirit, spirituality and health, the research, wellness, whole person health

COVID 19 – A Personal Challenge of Spirit, Mind, Body Health

November 30, 2021 By Stephanie Wilkins Leave a Comment

Some months ago, my friend and fellow Faith and Health Ambassador Stephanie Wilkins, came through a really difficult struggle with COVID 19. In this post, she shares about this personal struggle and how she turned to God and her strong faith and her relationships with her family … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Personal, Spirit Mind Body Health Tagged With: COVID-19

A Masterclass for Your Physical, Emotional and Spiritual Health

October 28, 2021 By Dale Fletcher Leave a Comment

I Imagine that you'd like to stop living in fear and confusion once and for all and take your life back. We are living in crazy times that seem to be changing every few minutes! It has thrown all of us for a loop and some of us have handled it better than others.  Are you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Events, Spirit Mind Body Health, Talks, Workshops & Programs Tagged With: mind body spirit

Sleep and Insomnia Webinar

October 12, 2021 By Dale Fletcher Leave a Comment

Duke University's Center for Spirituality, Theology and Health is a great resource for the of you who are interested in the topic of faith and health. During the past year, they have conducted monthly talks on topics relevant to the connection between spirit, mind and body. I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Events Tagged With: Insomnia, Sleep

Stepping Stones Devotional – A Recommended Resource

September 22, 2021 By Dale Fletcher Leave a Comment

Stepping Stones is a devotional that I have received for about 6 months now. The author is Karl Benzio, M.D., a Psychiatrist and founder of the Lighthouse Network. I first met Karl when he delivered a talk about the Christian faith, science and health (link to video of the talk) … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Faith and Health, Fitness and Health Professionals, Resources, spiritual exercises, spirituality and health Tagged With: Decision Making, mental health

Walking the Spiritual Path to Wellness

August 21, 2021 By Stephanie Wilkins 1 Comment

Jesus is the Way

You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore. Psalm 16:11 Walking the spiritual path to wellness is a journey like no other.  The destination is an abundant life to be used by God in whatever … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Spirit Mind Body Health, Weekly Health Devotional Tagged With: wellness

Routines for Healthy Living

June 28, 2021 By Stephanie Wilkins Leave a Comment

With masks now coming off, but offices, and some schools opting to keep COVID hours in place and on-line ordering at an all-time high, it looks as if more time at home, Zoom meetings, and curbside pick-up is here to stay. COVID has definitely tested healthy living in more ways … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health, Weekly Health Devotional Tagged With: behavior change, habits, Health, Healthy Living

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