Skip To Main Content
Eric Nelson on Muck Rack

Eric Nelson

As seen in: LinkedIn, Medium, BuzzFeed, Kickstarter, WCCO-TV (Minneapolis, MN), SFGate, The Globe and Mail, The New Yorker, JAMA (The Journal of the American Medical Association), Patch and
Covers:  health/fitness/wellness, mental health, healthcare, healthy living, spirituality, health care, complementary and alternative medicine, mind-body medicine
#ChristianScience practitioner & teacher living in #NorCal + baseball fan + wannabe winner of the Tour de France
Back to Eric Nelson’s profile

Eric Nelson’s Journalist Portfolio

View as a list
How prayer defuses violence

How prayer defuses violence

PETALUMA, CA, Oct. 6, 2017 - All it took for Roger to decide not to kill someone was to be reminded he was a …

View article →
The most important thing we can teach our kids

The most important thing we can teach our kids

PETALUMA, CA, Sept. 25, 2017 - There are plenty of things we should be teaching our kids in order to ensure t…

View article →
What should be the top health question in every state?

What should be the top health question in every state?

PETALUMA, CA, Sept. 11, 2017 - One would think, based on a recent analysis of the top-searched health questio…

View article →
Is there a cure for racism?

Is there a cure for racism?

PETALUMA, CA, Aug. 28, 2017 - "I've heard some people that I know and like saying quite offensive things," sa…

View article →
The one thing that will keep mind-body medicine out of the mud

The one thing that will keep mind-body medicine out of the mud

PETALUMA, CA, Aug. 14, 2017 - As trailblazing as it may seem, the field of mind-body medicine appears to be s…

View article →
Lessons learned (or not) from the 'Summer of Love'

Lessons learned (or not) from the 'Summer of Love'

PETALUMA, CA, Aug. 7, 2017 - It's been 50 years since San Francisco played host to the Summer of Love, a mont…

View article →
The (spiritual) limits to technology

The (spiritual) limits to technology

PETALUMA, CA, July 24, 2017 - Technology has its limits, not the least of which is its ability to provide any…

View article →
A survey of one: Spiritual practice key to religion's survival

A survey of one: Spiritual practice key to religion's survival

PETALUMA, CA, July 10, 2017 - By their own admission, the results of San Francisco radio station KALW's recen…

View article →
Expanding our definition of spiritual competence

Expanding our definition of spiritual competence

The first thing I remember as I regained consciousness, lying in a hospital emergency room, was hearing a nur…

View article →
Expanding our definition of 'spiritual competence'

Expanding our definition of 'spiritual competence'

PETALUMA, CA, June 27, 2017 - The first thing I remember as I regained consciousness, lying in a hospital eme…

View article →
A letter to my goddaughter on her first communion

A letter to my goddaughter on her first communion

PETALUMA, Calif., June 19, 2017 - Dear Isabella, What a joy it was to watch you taking part in your first Hol…

View article →
Where does wisdom come from?

Where does wisdom come from?

PETALUMA, CA, June 5, 2017 - "It's interesting to be in San Francisco, to be near Silicon Valley, [where] we …

View article →
The difference between placebos and prayer

The difference between placebos and prayer

PETALUMA, CA, May 1, 2017 - "The difference between placebos and prayer," said Dr. Harold Koenig during a wor…

View article →
How to know if you're being lied to

How to know if you're being lied to

PETALUMA, CA, April 24, 2017 - Even if you're not much of a Bible reader, you've likely heard the story. God …

View article →
Easter through the eyes of a woman

Easter through the eyes of a woman

PETALUMA, CA, April 10, 2017 - I find it fitting that each year, right on the heals of Women's History Month,…

View article →
Honest politicians begin with honest voters

Honest politicians begin with honest voters

PETALUMA, CA, March 26, 2017 - Just before the 2012 presidential election, researchers from the University of…

View article →
Explaining my religion to my nonreligious friends

Explaining my religion to my nonreligious friends

PETALUMA, CA, March 13, 2017 - Although I have no scientific evidence to back me up, I'd say a good number of…

View article →
How to heal hate

How to heal hate

PETALUMA, Calif., March 5, 2017 - It's ironic that an essential element in healing hate was articulated so si…

View article →
How to win the World Series (and a whole lot more)

How to win the World Series (and a whole lot more)

PETALUMA, CA, Feb. 20, 2017 - Spring training has only just begun, but already I can tell that my favorite ba…

View article →
How to defend yourself against (mental) despotism

How to defend yourself against (mental) despotism

'I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man' - T…

View article →
Does spiritual health produce material wealth?

Does spiritual health produce material wealth?

There's a big difference between those who are receptive to God's grace and those who assume that they can so…

View article →
World explorer discovers 'her own in another's good'

World explorer discovers 'her own in another's good'

By setting aside whatever notions she had about preserving her freedom and flexibility, British adventurer Sa…

View article →
'The greatest moment in the history of human imagination'

'The greatest moment in the history of human imagination'

Could it be that by looking past the apparent fixedness of matter we might find our way to better health? PET…

View article →
Rethinking aging in the New Year

Rethinking aging in the New Year

According to Wall Street Journal reporter Anne Tergesen, it's possible that everything we think about aging m…

View article →
Show More