When I talk about forgiveness, I mean letting go, not excusing the other person or reconciling with them or condoning the behavior. Just letting go of your own suffering. — Dean Ornish Copy Share Image
When we forgive someone, it doesn't excuse their actions; it frees us from our own chronic stress and suffering, so it's in our own self-interest. — Dean Ornish Copy Share Image
Think about it: Heart disease and diabetes, which account for more deaths in the U.S. and worldwide than everything else combined, are completely preventable… — Dean Ornish Copy Share Image
There's a tendency to dismiss anything having to do with love and intimacy in medicine because it's hard to measure. — Dean Ornish Copy Share Image
No one has all the answers, so whatever a woman who has the BRCA mutation chooses to do requires courage and an element of… — Dean Ornish Copy Share Image
The power of the Internet is also its limitation - it provides access to large amounts of information without providing guidance on how to… — Dean Ornish Copy Share Image
Anything that takes you out of the context of being separate is healing. Anything that takes you out of the context of separateness is… — Dean Ornish Copy Share Image
An Asian way of eating and living may help prevent and even reverse the progression of coronary heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, obesity, prostate cancer… — Dean Ornish Copy Share Image
The healing power of love and relationships has been documented in an increasing number of well-designed scientific studies involving hundreds of thousands of people… — Dean Ornish Copy Share Image
When I use the word spirituality, I don't necessarily mean religion; I mean whatever it is that helps you feel connected to something that… — Dean Ornish Copy Share Image
Eating a vegetarian diet, walking (exercising) everyday, and meditating is considered radical. Allowing someone to slice your chest open and graft your leg veins… — Dean Ornish Copy Share Image
An educated patient is empowered; thus, more likely to become healthy. — Dean Ornish Copy Share Image
