Since writing Love， Medicine and Miracles， I ve received an<br > outpouring of letters and calls from people thanking me for<br > helping them find the path to healing. I hope what I ve learned<br > in the intervening years will help you， too， to find that path.<br > My emphasis in this new book and in Love， Medicine and<br > Miracles is on self-healing， that ability given to us by our Crea-<br > tor and too long neglected by medicine. That does not mean<br >that I am advocating turning one s back on the medical profes-<br >sion-but I also do not believe in relying on it alone. Modern<br >medicine and self-healing need not and should not be mutually<br >exclusive. I advise using all your options， which include your<br >innate ability to heal， as well as what science can offer you.<br >Drawing on my experience and that of the many exceptional<br >people I have encountered， I explore the role of the self-heal-<br >ing system， explain the science behind it， and show why love<br >is physiologic.<br > Woody Allen tells us that human beings are divided into<br >mind and body: The mind embraces all the nobler aspirations，<br >like poetry and philosophy， but the body has all the fun. I<br >believe， however， that the body and mind are a unit， bound<br >together via nerves and messenger molecules. Love， hope， joy<br >and peace of mind have physiological consequences， just as<br >depression and despair do. That s what the science of mind-<br >body communication is all about.<br >