The Psychology of Health
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF HEALTH The Qualities and Habits that Help Us Apply the Principles and Standards of a Healthy Psychology to Problem Solving, Goal Setting, and Increasing Integrity. A relentlessly proactive style for: a) processing of our experiences, b) thinking about what situations mean, c) planning what to do, and d) improving our coping style. […]
Can We Afford Longer Life?
Can we financially or politically afford the potential of Americans to an average of 100 years? All that would have to change for a longer life expectancy to happen is for ALL Americans to: Avoid smoking, street drugs, and excess alcohol Keep a Body Mass Index (BMI) between 19 and 24 Eat a minimum of […]
Self-Healing: Brief Psychotherapy with WHEE
Self-Healing: Brief Psychotherapy with WHEE (Wholistic Hybrid derived from EMDR & EFT), and other approaches Click here for details of workshop to learn WHEE Click here to register for workshop (WHEE is not EMDR or EFT. See references to these, below) Clinical Explorations When I learned about psychotherapy as a teenager, I knew that was […]
Sunlight – The Source of Life
Plant, animal and human life are dependent upon sunlight. Unfortunately, in the past decade, dermatologists have increasingly cautioned against exposure to sun. But decreased exposure to sunlight inhibits our ability to make Vitamin D and is associated with depression, increased mortality in cancer patients, longer hospitalization after heart attack and increased incidence of multiple sclerosis. […]
HEARTBURN, GERD AND THE PURPLE PILL
Of all the ridiculous ads on TV, the purple pill stands out. Old-fashioned heartburn is now called gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) for which the ”purple pill” is pushed like religion. As you undoubtedly know, all drugs have complications called ”side effects. Folks, those are EFFECTS, if they happen to you! Here are a few of […]
Cure Me If You Can – Are Drugs Really Worth The Risk?
Eric Berne’s magnificent book GAMES PEOPLE PLAY included one ”game,” ”Cure me if you can” which has provided the PharmacoMafia and insecure physicians unlimited innings to provide ever more complicated and risky drugs. Then came Talwin, which was even worse, initially requiring injections which led to severe scarring, and even elephantiasis. Meanwhile one of the […]
Relaxation – The Antidote For Stress
Over 100 years ago, Sir William Osler, the father of American medicine, stated that stress was the major cause of most diseases. As early as 1929, Edmond Jacobson reported that 80% of psychosomatic diseases (today called stress) could be managed adequately with PROGRESSIVE RELAXATION, a simple 30-minute program of systematic voluntary muscle contraction followed by […]
Youthful Aging – Life Beyond 100: Secret of the Fountain
When I began this newsletter in September, 2004, the title of my next book was YOUTHFUL AGING—SECRET OF THE FOUNTAIN. The book has been further polished and is to be published by Tarcher this December as LIFE BEYOND 100-THE SECRET OF THE FOUNTAIN OF LIFE. I think it is by far my best and most […]
Effective Treatment of Back Pain
During my neurosurgical residency at Massachusetts General Hospital, I often questioned the rationale for surgery for the so-called ruptured intervertebral disc. A few years later, it was obvious to me that the majority of patients being operated did NOT have a truly ruptured disc. Gradually I began to see scores of failures of surgery done […]
Fluoride Poisoning: Compliments of the ADA and Government
The American Dental Association is solely responsible for the mercury poisoning it continues to deny from silver-mercury fillings—50 to 60% mercury. It has attacked dentists who even raise this sensitive issue. The ADA has tricked government into their combined conspiracy to poison all Americans through the addition of fluoride to drinking water, not to mention […]