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By Andy Roman

Unity is the underlying principle and reality that governs life on Earth. We are all interconnected and interdependent. With the understanding that we are all part of one system comes the realization that what affects one of us affects all of us.

This interconnectedness is present in every aspect of our lives, from the smallest cell to the most complex ecosystem. Without knowing the Unity Principle practically in our lives, we end up feeling alone, isolated, and cut off from the joy that is our true destiny. Much of the suffering we see around us reflects the ignorance of Unity Awareness.

Caring is built-in because of this unity. When we recognize our interconnectedness, our hearts compel us to care for one another. We see that the suffering of one person is the suffering of us all. We understand that the health and wellbeing of one ecosystem are vital to the health and wellbeing of the entire planet.

The Unity Principle punctuates the need for self-care at all levels and includes a wide range of activities, from exercise and healthy eating to meditation and therapy. It is essential to find what works best for us individually and prioritize it in our daily lives.

Incorporating self-care into our daily routines can feel like a challenge in a world where we are encouraged to prioritize productivity over rest and rejuvenation. However, it is crucial that we prioritize caring for ourselves, so we can better care for others and work together to cooperate with nature's plan. When we recognize that we are all part of one system, self-care becomes an act of service to the collective, and we become more mindful of how our actions impact those around us. Everybody benefits from our self-care. We are more able to show up fully and be present in our relationships. We have more energy, patience, and compassion. Self-care, the active child of

self-love, regenerates and rejuvenates.

Unity Consciousness traverses everything from self-care to environmental stewardship. When we see the world as interconnected, we recognize the importance of protecting our planet. We understand that the environment's health is directly linked to our health and wellbeing.

Unity Consciousness is the key to saving the planet because it allows us to shift from a mindset of individualism to one of collective responsibility. When we recognize that we are all in this together, we are more motivated to work towards a common goal. It allows us to transcend the barriers that divide us and come together as a global community to address the issues we face. If we are to survive as a species, the little self-serving ego can no longer remain in charge.

As vessels of the Unity Principle, we human beings are hardwired for caring. Unlike the popular Darwinian notion of survival of the fittest, which suggests that we are in constant struggle and competition, the Unity Principle guides us to cooperate and care for one another. It is an innate trait, a universal law, that lives embedded in our very biology. The bonding chemistry we possess plays a crucial role in developing empathy and altruism.

Dopamine, a neurotransmitter involved in pleasure and reward, is released when we engage in social interactions such as helping others. Serotonin is another neurotransmitter that is involved in mood regulation and social behavior. It plays a role in empathy and social bonding. Oxytocin, commonly known as the "cuddle hormone," is released when we engage in social bonding activities such as hugging or holding hands. It promotes trust, empathy, and cooperation. Cuddle a unity person today! Better yet, be one!

The fact that we possess such bonding chemistry proves we are hardwired to care. And we are not the only species that cooperate and care for one another. As the beloved naturalist David Attenborough said, "The natural world is not competitive, but cooperative."

Trees, often thought to compete for nutrients from below and sunlight from above, have been found to communicate and help each other through underground mycelial networks. These networks allow trees to share nutrients and information with each other.

Sharks and remora fish are other examples of cooperation in the animal kingdom. Remora fish attach themselves to sharks to feed off their scraps. In return, they clean the shark's skin of parasites. Oxpeckers are birds that ride on the backs of large mammals such as rhinos, buffalos, and giraffes. The birds feed on ticks and other parasites living on the mammals' skin while alerting them to potential dangers. Hermit crabs often use sea anemones as a form of protection. They carry the anemones on their shells, which protect them against predators. In return, the anemones get access to food that the hermit crab brings them. Many plant species have evolved to work together with ants, providing them with shelter and food in exchange for protection. Ants will defend the plant from herbivores while the plant provides them with nectar and shelter. The list goes on and on; flowers and bees, vines and trees. Our very internal microbiome and gut health are built on innate cooperation and a delicate balance of bacteria, viruses, and our protoplasmic cellular structure: all parts of a single community we call our body. Whether we're aware of it or not, we are all dancers in the grand Waltz of Oneness.

The connection between self-care and care for the planet is evident. Studies have shown (and we all know) that spending time in natural environments can reduce stress, anxiety, and depression and increase our sense of wellbeing. By caring for the planet and preserving natural areas, we are providing ourselves with opportunities to reap these benefits. To quote David Attenborough again: "The natural world is not just a source of wonder and inspiration; it is also a source of comfort and relaxation. The more we understand about the natural world and the more we can feel part of it, the more we can heal ourselves."

As humans, we possess an innate trait for caring. Our built-in bonding chemistry is crucial in developing social interactions, empathy, and altruism. It is in our own interest of survival and quality of life to protect ecosystems and the diversity of life that they support. By anchoring ourselves in Unity Consciousness, caring for the planet in practical ways, and prioritizing self-care, we ensure that Nature continues to rule in all her bounty and benevolence.

Andy Roman

Andy Roman, MS, LMHC, RN, has served as a mind/body psychotherapist at Hippocrates since December of 1990, using and teaching radical feelingcentered, body-focused awareness tools to help Hippocrates guests discover the essence of their problems and arrive at solutions. He conducts private sessions with individuals, couples and families, and also facilitates the ongoing Healing Circle Therapy/Support Group.

Cutting-edge insights from the experts

Acts of kindness have more impact than you think.

Amit Kumar, an Assistant Professor of Marketing and Psychology at the University of Texas, Austin, states that acts of kindness can be contagious. In a social experiment, we had people play an economic game that allowed us to examine what are sometimes called "pay it forward" effects. In this game, participants allocated money between themselves and someone they would never meet. People who had just been on the receiving end of a kind act gave substantially more to an anonymous person than those who had not. The person who performed the initial act did not recognize that their generosity would spill over into these downstream interactions. These findings suggest that what might seem small when deciding whether to do something nice for someone else could matter a great deal to the person we do it for.

Enacting dreams could be an early sign of Parkinson's and other brain diseases.

Descriptions of dream enactment by people with Parkinson's are as old as recognition of the disease itself. In James Parkinson's original description, "An Essay on the Shaking Palsy," published in 1817, he wrote: "Tremulous motions of the limbs occur during sleep, and augment until they awaken the patient, and frequently with much agitation and alarm."

Among the early clues for Parkinson's, "RBD is special," says Daniela Berg, a neurologist at the University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein in Germany. "It's the strongest clinical prodromal marker we have."

For years neuroscientists studying appetite focused mainly either on the hypothalamus, a brain area involved in regulating energy balance, or on reward-processing centers such as the nucleus accumbens. But this group has identified a novel feeding center in the brain, says Elanor Hinton, a neuroscientist at the University of Bristol in England. "I've been working in appetite research for the past 15 years or so, and the cerebellum has just not been a target," Hinton says. "I think this is going to be important both for Prader-Willi syndrome and, much more widely, to address obesity in the general population."

Can eye tests help diagnose Alzheimer's Disease?

"There have been tremendous improvements in our ability to detect early disease," says Peter J. Snyder, a neuropsychologist and neuroscientist at the University of Rhode Island. But these diagnostic methods are not always readily available and can be expensive and invasive. PET imaging requires injecting a radioactive tracer molecule into the bloodstream, and spinal fluid must be extracted with a needle inserted between vertebrae in the back. "We need ways of funneling the right highrisk individuals into the diagnostic process with low-cost screening tools that are noninvasive and simple to administer," Snyder says.

Stressed Plants' Cry'—and some animals can probably hear them.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Website says that the agency has found PFASs in the blood of nearly everyone it has tested for them, "indicating widespread exposure to these PFAS in the U.S. population." Scientists have found links between a number of the chemicals and many health concerns— including kidney and testicular cancer, thyroid disease, liver damage, developmental toxicity, ulcerative colitis, high cholesterol, pregnancy-induced preeclampsia and hypertension, and immune dysfunction.

Ants can sniff out cancer.

Cancerous tumors release distinctive versions of chemicals called volatile organic compounds that often appear in bodily fluids such as sweat, urine, and breath vapor. According to a new study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, ants can sniff out those compounds in urine. The insects could be used one day as a less expensive, noninvasive detection method for cancer, the study authors say.

Lilach Hadany at Tel-Aviv University in Israel and her colleagues placed tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) and tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) plants in small boxes to eavesdrop on plants kitted out with microphones. The microphones picked up any noises made by the plants, even if the researchers couldn't hear them. The noises were particularly obvious for plants stressed by a lack of water or recent cutting. If the sounds are pitched down and sped up, "it is a bit like popcorn — very short clicks," Hadany says. "It is not singing."

Cases of a Drug-Resistant Fungus tripled during the COVID Pandemic.

A national survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed that outbreaks of emerging drug-resistant fungi also grew at an "alarming" rate in hospitals from 2019 to 2020. Annual cases of the opportunistic, hard-to-treat yeast Candida auris nearly tripled from 476 in 2019 to 1,471 in 2021, according to the CDC's recent report, which was published in Annals of Internal Medicine. Infectious disease experts say that the COVID pandemic likely exacerbated the already growing fungal outbreak by diverting the focus and resources needed to slow C. auris transmission. In some instances, the practices necessary to protect healthcare workers and patients from COVID, such as reusing high-demand masks, may have increased the risk of spreading the fungus.

By Janice A. Dennis, APRN, CCRN, FNP-C

From deep within the heart, flowing out of a heart full of love exudes a caring; transferring an interpersonal connection that is vibrant, penetrating, transforming, and alive! True caring is a gift. You can see with your eyes, feel it within your heart and soul (mind, will, and emotions), almost touch it without touching, feel it physically without a touch, and be heard through the kindness in tone of voice. Generous caring flows from a listening, intuitive, selfless giving to meet the spiritual, psychological, physical, and social needs of others and their loved ones; and also the particular person in whom these dimensions are found (Sr. Lears, 2001)

When I think of caring, I think of Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta. In May 2012, I was strongly led to go to Calcutta, India. There, I worked in Mother Teresa’s home for the sick and dying. I learned that Mother Teresa, as a Loretto nun, had first birthing thoughts of her calling when she often looked out the window where she taught well-off high school children. She saw the poor and oppressed in the streets of Calcutta, and her heart was greatly moved.

Mother Teresa is one of the most beloved and renowned figures of our time. Her love for Jesus and the poor has inspired millions to serve the needy and to follow her directive to “do little things with great love.” She was born as Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu to an Albanian grocer in Macedonia, formally known as Yugoslavia, and was the youngest of three children. She became involved in a youth group at her local parish and began cultivating a love for missionaries there. At 17, she first felt the vocational call to become a Catholic missionary nun. She entered the Sisters of Loretto, an Irish community known for their missionary work in India. There she received formation and professed first vows, choosing the name Teresa after St. Thérèse of Lisieux, the Little Flower (Given Institute, 2023).

During her time in Calcutta, Mother Teresa taught catechism and geography to young girls at St. Mary’s High School, where she later became principal. In 1946, during a train ride from Calcutta to Darjeeling, Mother Teresa received what she called “the call within a call.”

The Lord asked her to begin a new religious community to live and work with the poorest of the poor. After two years of discernment, Mother Teresa received permission to found a new community, the Missionaries of Charity, which was officially established in 1950. She walked through the slums visiting families, washing the sores of children, and caring for the sick and dying who lay on the side of the road (Given Institute, 2023).

Children bathing while walking on the way to the Home for the Sick and Dying.

Entering Missionaries of Charity

Home for the Sick and Dying, Calcutta

India, May, 2012.

Mother Teresa’s Tomb and Head Stone, Calcutta, India, May, 2012

A lady washing family’s clothing while walking on the way to the Home for the Sick and Dying.

At Hippocrates Wellness, I have had the privilege to work closely alongside Dr. Anna Maria Clement. I witness great love and caring daily through her and Dr. Brian Clement and so many co-workers who pour their hearts out, which takes a moral endeavor primarily, but also requires much technical competence. Caring has its demands; knowledge of a particular person, as well as knowledge of the body. Most importantly…caring takes time, and this time is, unfortunately, squeezed out sometimes by reductive economic and technological pressures.

I learned good caring from my first nursing teachers, my mother, and father. My father loved my mother and his four children so much and worked hard to provide for us all. My parents sacrificed much and sent us all to parochial school for a good education. Dad wanted mom home to love and care for us and our many needs, as well as to keep the home clean and organized. Much loving care I learned from both of them which comes out naturally as I have cared for my family, children, and patients throughout the 32 years when I first started in; Emergency Care, then 22+ years in Critical Care as a Hospitalist of Internal Medicine, and now here with our guests at Hippocrates as a naturopathic Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN). Using food as medicine, supplements, and repurposed medicine with the Frontline Covid 19 Critical Care (FLCCC) Protocols to naturally and holistically achieve optimum health for all our guests, my patients, and family members.

Sometimes we all feel broken and need someone to care for us; rich man, pauper, strong and weak, sick and healthy. We all need a Savior, whether Jesus, HaShem, or a higher power… sunshine, a rainbow, blue skies, or wheatgrass. The lost art of caring can be so prevalent in this ever-sochanging, fast-paced world. Even though all caregivers ~ compassionate physicians, nurses, housekeepers, family members, dietitians, and others do all humanly possible to improve a person’s fragile situation in the world, the moral endeavor of caring can make it more bearable. This, we cannot get from a robot. Caring demands that the person, rather than the disease, be the object and subject of the moral endeavor of caring and medicine.

During illness, complex physical, psychological, social, and cultural needs disturb a person’s balance, adversely affecting one’s ability to carry out daily activities. Caring for their physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs; helps restore their balance. This resultant restoration manifests and is supported through the implementation of routine research and evidence-based care. This indepth caring enables them to deal with their illnesses, consequently improving their lives and optimizing their health

(Jasemi et al., 2017)

Even though holistic caring is viewed with disapproval and condemned as unscientific, unspecialized, timeconsuming, and wasteful, it is here where true healing takes place. Where there is genuine caring… this flows from deep within a heart. From deep within the heart, flowing out of a heart full of love, exudes a caring; transferring an interpersonal connection that is vibrant, penetrating, transforming, and alive! This is where a person truly heals from within, restoring their spiritual, physical, emotional, and social balances bringing deep healing, caring for and loving themselves optimizing their health. This comes not from ourselves; it is a Gift from God, the all-knowing, all-wise creator of the universe. For, He is the one who first cared for all of us, 1 Peter 5:7.

By Jim Poole, President and Chief Executive Officer, NuCalm

NuCalm is the world's first and only patented technology clinically proven to lower stress and improve sleep quality without drugs. Complex problems, such as chronic stress, require complex solutions, and any time you try to figure out ways to safely and effectively manage the brain, it will require persistence and effort. The NuCalm journey began in 1990 when the esteemed neuroscientist, naturopath, and quantum physicist Dr. Blake Holloway began exploring ways for humans to downregulate their stress response without drugs. Dr. Holloway's clinical practice focused on treating trauma, often comorbid with addiction and PTSD. It took Dr. Holloway over 19 years to invent NuCalm, and we have spent the past 14 years testing, clinically proving, refining, and simplifying complex neuroscience to produce an easy-to-use, safe, effective, and reliable platform that brings quick relief to people. NuCalm is now easy to use, whereas, in the past, it was a complicated 4-component FDA Class III medical device.

NuCalm is used globally by elite military operators, doctors, professional athletes, pilots, business people, moms, dads, students, and people suffering from every disease you can think of. The key to NuCalm's success is its predictability. Within minutes, NuCalm gently guides your brain waves from a high-frequency stressed state down into alpha and theta, where the mind and body can restore, recover, and heal. All it requires is your time (30 - 40 minutes) and a safe, comfortable place to lie down.

NuCalm uses complex patented physics and algorithms built inside neuroacoustic software that lies underneath music. The software presents signals to the brain that pace brain wave frequencies higher or lower.

To illustrate the complexity of the neuroacoustic software, let's say a typical song is 5MB in size. One NuCalm neuroacoustic software journey is over 1,536 MB: that's 307 times the size of a song. When you listen to NuCalm, all you hear is beautifully composed music. You can't hear the software, but you can experience its brilliant power to help you change your mental state on demand without drugs.

This complex software is easily accessed through a mobile app; it's like having a remote control for your brain in the palm of your hand. Simply select the channel you want, put on a pair of headphones, and press play. If you want to focus, listen to Focus; if you want to recover, listen to Rescue; if you want to feel creative, listen to FlowState; if you need a quick recovery and healthy energy boost, listen to PowerNap; if you want to perform with high intensity, listen to Ignite; and if you want to sleep, listen to DeepSleep.

It has been an honor to collaborate with Dr. Hranicky as she devotes her time, effort, love, and expertise to helping people find the path from cancer to healing. The experiences that I have had at the CCWP have been magical. People battling cancer are often overwhelmed by fear, stress, anxiety, confusion, and feeling overwhelmed. It is nearly impossible for them to relax, be grounded, and be restful. They aren't sleeping well, and their constant stress is accelerating their body's depreciation. NuCalm to the rescue. It is an incredible honor to observe someone's stress simply melt away in a single NuCalm experience and to see the joy, disbelief, and relief in their eyes. Then they sleep well that night, and the healing begins. As a baseline therapy for the CCWP, NuCalm reverses the cycle from high stress and poor sleep to relaxed and great sleep. And that reversal lowers inflammation, increases resilience, and increases the body's immune strength. The combination of NuCalm and Dr. Jan's proven methods at the CCWP provides all cancer patients with an amazing opportunity to heal from cancer and live a joyful, healthy life. Thank you, Dr. Hranicky, for all you do. The team at NuCalm is humbled, honored, and feels privileged to be a part of your amazing program.

We launched the CCWP at Hippocrates Wellness in the Fall of 2014 and were extremely fortunate to have Jim Poole and the team from NuCalm with us for that very first program. I was extensively trained by a renowned radiation oncologist and pioneer in psychoneuroimmunology, O. Carl Simonton, Founder and Medical Director of the Simonton Cancer Center.

Dr. Simonton outlined his pilot research in the New York Times best-selling book, “Getting Well Again," and presented his findings to the International Cancer Congress, in Australia, in the spring of 1979.

Dr. Simonton showed the correlation between stress and psychological factors in both the development of cancer and in altering the course of disease. The Simonton Treatment Model became internationally recognized as the first systematic emotional intervention program for cancer.

As Dr. Simonton’s protege, after 30 years of training and work with him, I now incorporate his Essential Intervention Model for cancer, monthly, in the newly redesigned 4 Week Cancer Wellness Program, at Hippocrates Wellness.

This is a holistic and interdisciplinary approach that incorporates the Living Plant-Based Medicinal Cuisine protocol that Hippocrates Wellness is famous for. It also includes all of the Regenerative Lifestyle Medicine components in the Life Transformation Program, as well as a full live 1 Week Program in psychoneuroimmunology and cancer, directed by Janet Hranicky, M.D., Ph.D.

Shifting chronic stress physiology is essential for restoring optimal metabolic balance, regulation, and health of the Autonomic Nervous System. Cancer is being addressed by many contemporary leaders in science and medicine as a Metabolic Disease.

NuCalm Pro Technology provides one of the most efficient and effective interventions for interrupting stress physiology, restoring neuronal coherence, and renewing healthy signaling in the brain

When used twice daily, over the initial 30-day period we provide as part of the CCWP, the majority of people report less physiological and emotional stress and more regular, deep, restful sleep, which allows healthy cells to regenerate. The result is renewed energy and strength, resilience, and regenerative metabolic balance. NuCalm Pro Technology does what most people are unable to do on their own - providing quick and effective stress reduction.

Shifting out of chronic stress physiology boosts the immune system, balances the endocrine system, and allows healing to occur through access to brain wave patterns that are known to strengthen the parasympathetic nervous system and allow for regenerative repair to happen.

NuCalm is prescribed in the 4 Week Hippocrates Wellness Program as a therapeutic intervention that maximizes the effects of the Hippocrates Living Plant Medicinal Cuisine by decreasing systemic inflammation, enhancing glucose regulation, and maximizing the immune response, which happens naturally when chronic stress physiology is interrupted.

We are excited to partner with Jim Poole and NuCalm in the future, with several international academic centers, to demonstrate the use of this technology, as part of an integral treatment protocol, in cancer, for getting well.