Author: Santa Ynez Valley Star

October is a month of changes in the world around us.  Yes, we still have warm days, but the nights cool off faster, and the hours of daylight are growing shorter and the hours of darkness are increasing. 

On Oct. 31, we celebrate Halloween with its witches, ghost, goblins and scary things that go bump in the night. On Halloween, we also cross into what our ancestors considered to be the dark half of the year.

I’ve mentioned in some of my previous articles about the importance of keeping a happy mind. Certainly, the road of life is not free of bumps, but it’s how you take those bumps that can mean the difference between health and disease. What most people fail to realize is that your emotions play a major role in the development of diseases, such as cancer.