Facing Anger is the tipping point in healing You can’t move forward while you are holding onto the past. You must learn to feel safe despite ongoing adversity. Don’t let your mind or your life bully you. During my 13-year journey out of chronic mental and physical pain, I had … Read More
Patients and physicians are frequently making illogical decisions regarding spine surgery. I have watched this phenomenon steadily worsen for over 30 years. One of the core problems is that there is little accountability. You would expect your surgeon to do everything he or she could do to optimize your chances … Read More
Overview Healing happens as you learn skills to feel safe – regardless of circumstances. Navigating challenges is basic to staying alive. Why get upset when they arise? The bigger the stress, the greater the opportunity to practice your skills. Deal with it head-on instead of feeling sorry for yourself. … Read More
Overview Thoughts and viruses are inert and only active when they connect to live entities. Unwanted thoughts link up physiologically because we fight them. They become our identity (cognitive fusion), and we can’t differentiate unwanted thoughts from physical threats. Skills are required to separate you from your repetitive unwanted thoughts … Read More
Objectives All of our actions this minute are determined by all of your past experiences up to this very second. Each of us has a unique perspective on life. Awareness involves seeing past your own personal biases and seeing the world more as it actually is. You cannot change anything … Read More
Overview Professionals in any arena focus on learning and repetition to attain the highest skill level. Why not focus this level of energy for developing life skills – processing stress and nurturing joy? Efficienting overcoming challenges is critical to for success. Yet we often are upset by adversity. Embrace adversity … Read More
Rachel contacted me a couple of years ago through social media . She had been experiencing severe pain after a serious horse-riding accident. She studied many resources, including the strategies presented in Back in Control. She developed her own version of the concepts presented through an equestrian model. Here is the … Read More
Overview Under stress, your thinking brain doesn’t function well, and performance suffers. In the operating room, it is critical to be connected to every aspect of the case. In surgery, safely making one move at a time, allows a consistent outcome. Skillifully navigating adversity from a safe place, yields a … Read More
Objectives Connecting with your sense of play is one of the most powerful ways of shifting your physiology from threat to safety. Play circuits are also simply more pleasant. Everyone has some level of play in their life, although for some, it is quite limited. The interactions created while at … Read More
Objectives: Pain from any body part is a protective danger signal that guides our behavior and physical responses to avoid danger and remain safe. This system is called the nociceptive system, which guides behaviors to not exceed the limits of a given structure. Feedback from internal organs is called interoception, … Read More