Episode 7:  In this episode, the host, Angie Gust, continues discussing John Travis’s 12 dimensions of wellness as a way to improve your own personal health and wellness.  This episode focuses on thinking and how optimism is related to your ability to use the placebo effect to help your health and on the other hand, how pessimism increases the chances that you will have negative physiologic outcomes- the nocebo effect.  She also discusses the C40 Cities which organizes the World Mayor’s Summit each year –most recently Oct 9-12 in Copenhagen, and how they are working to address climate change. Several personal actions are suggested, such as participating in the political process, so that everyone can be part of the solution.

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