Like many others modern scientists, Dr. Alan Watkins, an honorary senior lecturer in neuroscience and psychological medicine at Imperial College, London, lays the blame for stress and disease firmly in the psychological arena. In Coherence: The Secret Science of Brilliant Leadership23 he asks the question: “What impacts health and happiness?” He replies to his question:
Well, it’s not probably what you think. There is now a considerable amount of scientific data showing that mismanaged emotion is the cause. Mismanaged emotion is the “superhighway” to disease and distress.24