1. HACKING FOR HEALING
Answer Our Twitter Poll! #HacktoHeal
@DrBonnie360 @AutoimmuneMom @WeAreCurious @jiyo4life @HopeLab

2. What Does Healthy Look Like?
Carrie Johnson
3x Olympian
Selena Gomez
Actress, Singer
Karolina Kurkova
Victoria’s Secret Angel
#HacktoHeal

3. What Does Autoimmune Disease
Look Like?
Crohn’s DiseaseLupus (SLE) Thyroid Dysfunction

4. An Invisible Epidemic
100+ 16% 10
diseases US population Top leading
cause of death
in women
less than 64
yrs
I’ve been told too many times that I was too young to have the
symptoms I was having
I was refused proper care and testing for “old people” diseases and
disorders.
This happened in my 20s on.
“
”

5. Answer Our Twitter Poll!
#HacktoHeal
Do you believe your genes dictate your health?

6. Genes Are Not Your Destiny

7. You
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The Stage is Set for Personalized
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8. The Key to Healing is Balance
Work & Money
DIY Tracking
Stress Management
Community
Family & Friends
Food as Medicine
Exercise
Sleep & Rest

9. #HacktoHeal
@HopeLab
@guth_cole
@WeAreCurious
@lindaavey
@jiyo4life
@poonacha_bm
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10. The Science
Antoni, MH et al. “Cognitive-Behavioral Stress Management Reverses Anxiety-Related
Leukocyte Transcriptional Dynamics.” Biological Psychiatry 71.4 (2012): 366-372.
<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006322311009656>.
Irwin, MR, and SW Cole. “Reciprocal Regulation of the Neural and Innate Immune
Systems.” Nature Reviews Immunology 11.1 (2011) : 625-632.
<http://www.nature.com/nri/journal/v11/n9/abs/nri3042.html>.
Qu, S et al. “Rapid Gene Expression Changes in Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes upon
Practice of a Comprehensive Yoga Program.” PloS One 8.4 (2013) : n. pag. .
<http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0061910>.
The Immune System’s Feedback Loops
Community
Kok, BE et al. “How Positive Emotions Build Physical Health Perceived Positive Social
Connections Account for the Upward Spiral between Positive Emotions and Vagal
Tone.” Psychological Science 24.7 (2013): 1123-1132.
<http://pss.sagepub.com/content/24/7/1123.short>.

11. The Science
Black, DS, and GM Slavich. “Mindfulness Meditation and the Immune System: A
Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.” Annals of the New York Academy
of Sciences 20.1(2016): 1-12.
<http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nyas.12998/full>.
Tang, YY, BK Hölzel, and MI Posner. “The Neuroscience of Mindfulness
Meditation.” Nature Reviews Neuroscience 16.1 (2015): 213-225.
<http://www.nature.com/nrn/journal/v16/n4/abs/nrn3916.html>.
Hill, PL, M Allemand, and BW Roberts. “Examining the Pathways between Gratitude
and Self-Rated Physical Health across Adulthood.” Personality and Individual
Differences 54.1 (2013): 92-96.
<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886912004011>.
Neff, KD, and CK Germer. “A Pilot Study and Randomized Controlled Trial of the
Mindful Self‐compassion Program.” Journal of Clinical Psychology(2013): 1-17.
<http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jclp.21923/full>.
Mind-Body Feedback Loops