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The Heart of the Matter

“Research in the past two decades has shown that the heart is an information processing center that can learn, remember, and act independently of the cranial brain and actually connect and send signals to key brain areas such as the amygdala, thalamus, and hypothalamus, which regulate our perceptions and emotions. It seems we have a second “brain” in our chest.”

Donna Green-GoodmanFebruary 2, 2023mattersoftheheart, heartdisease, tyrenichols, heartofthematter, socialjustice, racism, grief, grace, justice, graceandmercy, heal, thursdaythoughts, blackinamerica, blackhistorymonth, messagemagazine

America, America.....

I can remember the country’s Bicentennial Celebration in 1976. All of the build-up and the parades and the speeches and the rides on the river and the fireworks and the special graduation ceremonies with medallions and the such. And, even as a 17 year old, there was a hollowness in my heart that I could not explain.

Donna Green-GoodmanJune 29, 2022america, 4thofjuly, freeish, independence, juneteenth, blackinamerica, frederickdouglass, wellnesswednesday, cookout, veggieburgers, peachcobbler, cookinupgoodhealth