
November Person of Distinction: Nancy Mramor - Spiritual Fitness by Mary Kate MacKenzie Healing our hearts and quieting our minds might just save us from hypertension or hives. However, the mind-body connection is a modern-day concept that few of us know how to invoke. “If we identify our personal insecurities and preconceived notions, we can turn them into positive realities,” says North Hills native Nancy Mramor, PH.D., an educational, health and clinical psychologist. Nancy knows firsthand that this connection, validated by the scientific medical community only in the last 30 years, is more fact than fantasy. In 1999, she experienced a remission of end-stage leukemia in less than a month. Nancy and her doctor will tell you that this miraculous healing could only have come from the combination of medical care and the curative power of a positive attitude and prayer. Nancy began to recognize the strong correlation between a person’s state of mind and the state of their body soon after graduating with a degree in Special Education. After working full-time for a few years with a group of disabled children, she experienced stress. When someone recommended that she attend a stress workshop, it became a turning point in her career. Nancy became trained in stress management and used it to help the children. In 1980 she was certified in psychology at Duquesne University and opened her practice. Her own life transformation continued as she pursued her doctorate in holistic psychology. Nancy’s doctoral dissertation called Mastering Relaxation. This program, which includes relaxation techniques for children so they can learn better, is so effective that Nancy was invited to speak about it at schools, universities and medical conferences; both nationally and internationally. Counseling adults and children in her Station Square office, she helps people to get in touch with their spiritual selves and discover their true purpose in life. As a professional speaker, she spreads the work about the mind-body-spirit connection on a large scale. “Most people tend to practice ‘outside-in’ happiness by buying things, overeating, drinking or smoking,” says Nancy. “Outside-in” happiness is fleeting; unlike happiness that you find from within your spiritual center and work out. Nancy believes in the wisdom of all religions, but says a spiritual self can be in connection with nature, people or a higher being. You can learn more in her book, Spiritual Fitness, about how to embrace your soul and transform your life.
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