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The human body uses glucose as fuel for the brain and power for the muscles. Researchers have found when blood sugar gets low our self-control breaks down. The social psychologist Roy Baumeister says in addition to the brain and the muscles, the immune system takes a lot of energy to fight colds which makes our […]
Would you or wouldn’t you have denied Jesus when placed in the situation of Peter. He followed Jesus at a distance as he was taken to the High Priest’s House. When Jesus was taken into the house Peter sat down in the courtyard near to a fire. Most of us would strongly hope that we […]
I have become fascinated at how chronic fear impacts our bodies. Today I want to look at how it affects the brain The Hippocampus is the organ of memory and mood regulation which is impaired by chronic fear The Amygdala is the organ of anxiety and aggression and is increased in activity by chronic fear causing inbalance […]
In psychology, the Asch conformity experiments were a series of laboratory experiments directed by Solomon Asch in the 1950s that demonstrated the degree to which an individual’s own opinions are influenced by those of a majority group. Male college students participated in a simple “perceptual” task. In reality, all but one of the participants actors, and […]
Social Psychologists Darley and Batson (1973) looking at the story known as the Good Samaritan observe that people can envision various differences between the priest and Levite in on the one hand and the Samaritan on the other hand. The priest and Levite might have well have had their minds on religious matters, whereas the Samaritan […]
Out of our biggest rejections comes our biggest sense of direction Rejection is a compass it can teach us (if we look carefully as to why we are feeling rejected) something deeper about ourselves that perhaps needs healing. God does not choose perfect people with no problems. God recycles the rubbish of our lives, and […]
What is the connection between being stressed and having faith in God. According to the ACE Study conducted by Dr Vincent Felitti and his team, chronic stress events early in life disregulates the stress mobilising hormone adrenaline which can lead to hypertension and hardening of arteries. The stress demobilising hormone cortisol if left running mutes […]
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