Stress and Illness – The Mind-Body Connection and Its Implications in Life Coaching

For a very long time, people believed that stress can make you sick. But we had no way of scientific proof. With the development and progress of biomedical science we are now able to prove that there is a definite link between the state of mind and the state of health. The bridge that connects your mind and brain with the body and its overall health is the immune system. A properly functioning immune system protects the body from illness and when the immune system is malfunctioning, we get sick.This research paper will explore the mind-body relationship and how it affects the immune system and overall health and the life coaching implications.Immune systemThe function of the immune system is to protect our body from infection and disease. The immune system accomplishes this by recognizing “self” from “nonself” cells. These “nonself” cells can be from the outside world (viruses, bacteria, parasites, fungi) or abnormal cells from within our body (cancer). These “nonself” cells are commonly called antigens.Our immune system is comprised of bone marrow, spleen, tonsils, thymus, lymph nodes and lymph vessels. All of these organs and tissues are involved in production, maturation and activation of our white blood cells. White… Read full this story

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