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OLLOÏS Homeopathic Medicine

Their homeopathic medicines are made in France from high-quality ingredients and no synthetic chemicals.

http://www.ollois.com

Bass Body Care

This company carries brushes, loofahs, and scrubbing mitts. If you can’t find a brush, you can use a loofah. Bass Body Care loofahs work well dry. Many people prefer to use them wet, however, followed by a visit to a steam room to sweat (and then, if possible, a jump into cold water).

http://www.amazon.com/Vegetable-Bristle-Skin-Body-Brush/dp/B000HCNHSI

Sublime Beauty Body Brush

This brush seems to be the right texture for dry brushing, with many positive user reviews on Amazon. (In truth, any natural bristle body brush should work, so just look for one in your price range and your desired style [long handled or short].)

http://sublime-beauty.net/skinbrushing

Jawbone UP

This wristband and app track what you eat, how you move, and how much and how deeply you sleep. You can share your information with friends, a feature I love to use with my patients: I can track their progress and send them motivating and congratulatory messages from the road. My friends and I have become hooked on this device!

https://jawbone.com/up

Tracy Anderson Method

Many of my patients swear by Tracy Anderson Method. Her approach is different in that it challenges small muscle groups with resistance and forces your body to rely on your own balance. This approach strengthens the smaller muscle groups so that these muscles can pull in the larger muscles—which results in a lean figure that is not bulky.

http://tracyandersonmethod.com

American Osteopathic Association

In the States, osteopathic physicians, or DOs, practice a “whole-person” approach to health care and receive special training in the musculoskeletal system. In contrast to European Osteopaths, DOs can prescribe pharmaceuticals, do surgery, and have training and credentials similar to those of an MD.

http://www.osteopathic.org

International Osteopathic Association

In contrast to American osteopathy, European osteopathy focuses on disorders of the neuromusculoskeletal and joint system, and the effects of these disorders on general health, practicing a drug-free, hands-on approach to health care. In addition to manual therapy, European osteopaths are also trained to recommend therapeutic and rehabilitative exercises, as well as to provide nutritional, dietary, and lifestyle counseling and administer physiological therapeutic modalities (such as acupuncture, cranial sacral therapy, spinal and deep tissue manipulation, etc.).

http://www.internationalosteopathicassociation.org

American Association of Naturopathic Physicians

For patients in the States who are interested in but do not have access to European osteopaths, naturopathic doctors may be a good choice as they bridge some abilities of both US and European style osteopaths. Naturopathic practice includes the following diagnostic and therapeutic modalities: clinical and laboratory diagnostic testing, nutritional medicine, botanical medicine, naturopathic physical medicine (including naturopathic manipulative therapy), public health measures, hygiene, counseling, homeopathy, acupuncture, prescription medication, and naturopathic obstetrics (natural childbirth).

http://www.naturopathic.org

EMDR International Association

More and more therapists and psychologists are becoming trained in EMDR every day. Seek out a licensed practitioner in your area.

http://www.emdria.org

APPENDIX C

The Positive Feedback Shopping List

Sample Shopping List for Release

The Positive Feedback Meal Plan is customizable to your personal tastes. I’ll give you a sample shopping list that you can take with you for the first week. (Note: Please use this shopping list as a guide, not a mandate. Everyone has different tastes, family members, budgets, available food items. I offer this as a general guideline more than a prescription. Please make your choices according to what is in season, in your budget, and to your preference.

Most of my patients find that they reconnect with their food and start to enjoy their shopping and cooking experiences much more and they begin to develop their own approaches that are based on the Positive Feedback principles. For example, the smoothie recipes are truly infinitely adjustable—you will definitely begin to develop favorite combinations and ratios of ingredients, which is wonderful.

If you’re a bit out of touch with your local grocer or farmer’s market, you can use this list as a starting point. But I encourage you to develop your own lists in the subsequent weeks—I want you to own food shopping as an intricate piece of Positive Feedback way of life.

   
1 bag of baby spinach

   
1 bag of other lettuce (romaine, spring mix, etc.)

   
1 bag or bunch of other green leafy vegetables

   
1 avocado

   
3 large red peppers

   
3 large grapefruits (1 for each day of the Liver Cleanse)

   
1 large bag of lemons

   
1 pumpkin

   
1 squash (variety to taste)

   
3 sweet potatoes

   
1 zucchini

   
1 pomegranate (or container of pomegranate seeds)

   
1 small piece of fresh ginger

   
1 bunch of broccoli

   
1 bunch of asparagus

   
7 onions (combination of yellow and white—1 per day)

   
1 bunch cilantro or 1 bunch parsley

   
1 bunch fresh carrots

   
1 head of celery

   
1 bunch vine-ripened tomatoes

   
1 bulb of garlic

   
3 bananas

   
1 to 2 packages of berries (blueberries, raspberries, or blackberries)

   
2 peaches or mangoes

   
2 kiwi

   
1 container of sea salt

   
1 container of peppercorns for grinding

   
1 container of steel-cut rolled oats

   
2 bags of dried beans (alfalfa, mung, black-eyed peas, or similar)

   
1 package of walnuts

   
1 package of pecans

   
1 package of almonds

   
1 package of raw cashews

   
1 package of pine nuts (optional)

   
1 package of pumpkin seeds

   
1 package of goji berries

   
1 package of sunflower seeds

   
1 small jar of almond butter

   
1 large bottle of extra-virgin olive oil (the best quality you can afford)

   
1 or 2 packages of tea (fennel, nettle, peppermint leaf, anise, green, jasmine)

   
1 container of smoothie protein powder

   
1 container of coconut water (optional)

   
1 dozen eggs

   
1 package of vegetable bouillon cubes

   
1 package of crumbled feta (goat’s or sheep’s milk)

   
½ gallon unsweetened almond milk

   
1 container of plain goat’s milk yogurt

   
2 to 3 pieces of fish (for latter half of week)

   
2 to 3 slices of fresh pineapple (or whole pineapple from produce aisle)

Notes

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4
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5
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6
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7
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New York Times
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8
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New York Times
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9
. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Prescription Painkiller Overdoses,”
CDC Vital Signs
, July 2013. (http://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/PrescriptionPainkillerOverdoses/ index.html).

10
. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Prescription Painkiller Overdoses,”
CDC Vital Signs
, July 2013 (http://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/PrescriptionPainkillerOverdoses/ index.html).

11
. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Prescription Painkiller Overdoses,”
CDC Vital Signs
, July 2013 (http://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/PrescriptionPainkillerOverdoses/ index.html).

12
. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Prescription Painkiller Overdoses,”
CDC Vital Signs
, July 2013 (http://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/PrescriptionPainkillerOverdoses/ index.html).

13
. Caroline Stone,
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(Cheltenham: Nelson Thornes, Ltd., 2002), 82.

14
. R. Hanson, “Relaxed and Contented: Activating the Parasympathetic Wing of Your Nervous System,” http://www.wisebrain.org/ParasympatheticNS.pdf.

15
. P. Gilbert, “Introducing Compassion-focused Therapy,”
Advances in Psychiatric Treatment
15 (2009): 199–208, doi:10.1192/apt.bp.107.005264.

16
. A. van Santen, S. A. Vreeburg, A. J. Van der Does, and others, “Psychological Traits and the Cortisol Awakening Response: Results from the Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety,”
Psychoneuroendocrinology
36, no. 2 (Feb. 2011): 240–48, doi:10.1016/j. psyneuen.2010.07.014. Epub 2010 Aug 17. PubMed PMID: 20724080.

17
. R. Hanson, “Relaxed and Contented: Activating the Parasympathetic Wing of Your Nervous System,” http://www.wisebrain.org/ParasympatheticNS.pdf.

18
. M. A. Fischer, “Manic Nation: Dr. Peter Whybrow Says We’re Addicted to Stress,”
Pacific Standard
, June 19, 2012 (http://www.psmag.com/health/manic-nation-dr-peter -whybrow-says-were-addicted-stress-42695/).

19
. S. Cohen, N. Hamrick, M. S. Rodriguez, and others, “Reactivity and Vulnerability to Stress-Associated Risk for Upper Respiratory Illness,”
Psychosomatic Medicine
64, no. 2 (Mar./Apr. 2002): 302–10. PubMed PMID: 11914447.

20
. R. F. Baumeister, E. Bratslavsky, C. Finkenauer, and K. D. Vohs, “Bad Is Stronger Than Good,”
Review of General Psychology
5, no. 4 (2001): 323–70 1089–2680/O1/S5.O0 doi:10.1037//1089–2680.5.4.323.

21
. P. Rozin and E. B. Royzman, “Negativity Bias, Negativity Dominance, and Contagion,”
Personality and Social Psychology Review
5 (Nov. 2001): 296–320, doi:10.1207/ S15327957PSPR0504_2.

22
. P. Pervanidou and G. P. Chrousos, “Metabolic Consequences of Stress During Childhood and Adolescence,”
Metabolism
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Science Signaling
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23
. R. Hanson, “Relaxed and Contented: Activating the Parasympathetic Wing of Your Nervous System,” http://www.wisebrain.org/ParasympatheticNS.pdf.