How do past medication withdrawals impact our current withdrawal process? The bottom line is that medication exposure and withdrawal from many years ago can have an important impact on a withdrawal process happening in the present.
Read moreLife on the Edge with Mr. Good Woodword
Today, I share a true story and some candid reflections from my life. Many of us may experience terrible, unavoidable challenges. Yet, I believe that with faith and effort, we can still transform our experiences into something amazingly beautiful, invaluable, and useful.
Read moreHow Long Will My Treatment Last?
Today, I thought it would be helpful for me to answer a common question I encounter, which seems simple but is actually quite complicated to answer: how long will my treatment last?
Read moreSmall Changes: Powerful Outcomes
A new perspective on establishing good habits gives me patience: to keep trying, even when my efforts seem to take forever to make any difference. Read on for further insights on how to create positive change without the typical frustrations and disappointments.
Read moreThe Top 5 Mistakes During Medication Withdrawal
Believe me, there is a lot more to successful medication withdrawal than to lower the medication slowly. What are the top 5 mistakes that lead to psychiatric medication withdrawal failures? I want you to be more informed before you start lowering your medications so you will have a greater chance of success and ultimately, freedom!
Enhancing the Empower Energy Technique (EET)
I'm really excited to share my new, updated version of the Empower Energy Technique (EET) that is so fast, easy, and powerful that I like using it even more than my EET + Logosynthesis technique. I've been using this approach and have tested its effects on myself and my patients both in my office and over Zoom. Its results are truly amazing!
Read moreHypnosis for the Holidays
In a recent conversation I had with Dr. Ran D. Anbar, MD, he explained to me that all hypnosis is self-hypnosis. He also emphasized that everyone already engages in self-hypnosis effortlessly. It's just that when we are doing it, we don't realize that we are in a hypnotic state. Read on for some simple ways to apply self-hypnosis and decrease your stress over the holidays.
Read moreHow to Know People's Core Issues
How do people end up being who they are? How do we understand someone's underlying motivations and core issues? Read on as I share some reflections on dissecting psyches in order to make souls whole.
Read moreHow to Pick Magic Wands Over Black Holes
Everything requires, to some extent, judgment. Without proper judgment, we're left with delusions, confusion, and misunderstanding. In my search for the optimal path for my patients, I have often been misled by advertising, conditioning, and my senses. Read on for stories on how I learned to pick magic wands over black holes after years of trial and error.
Read moreReturn of the Ugly Duckling
At the last minute, I almost decided not to attend my 40-year high school reunion—for a lot of reasons. High school is a critical developmental time in our lives. Once we leave, our experiences freeze in our memories with various distortions. Read on for my reflections as I visited the ghosts of high school past.
Read moreMaking Choices & Facing Decisions
Whether it has to do with our relationships, work, or environment, life is full of choices. When we make tough choices and stand up for what we want, we create the better lives that we deserve. Read on for more reflections on these topics.
Read moreMidair: Motion in Stillness
Have you ever tried to photograph hummingbirds? Unlike recording them on video darting from flower to flower, taking still photographs of hummingbirds requires patience. What can a few minutes of photographing hummingbirds teach us about life? A lot more than I ever imagined! Read on for my reflections.
Read moreThe Ripple Effect
Recently, I was fortunate to talk to two patients from over a decade ago to find out what happened to them. I reflected on the ripple effect of each person's healing journey and the profound impact that our choices have over time. Read on to learn what happened to these individuals after they left my holistic practice!
Read moreConformity: the Appeal to Conventional Clinicians
If a maverick means being rejected by the "in-group," then I'm definitely a maverick. It would be nice, for once, to belong to an "esteemed group" of mavericks. I would imagine a meeting of mavericks to go something like this . . . Read on for my reflections.
Read morePsychiatry's Delusions
By definition, a delusion is a fixed, false belief that is resistant to reason or confrontation with actual fact. Although psychiatry judges who is delusional and who is not, it fails to perceive some obvious delusions within its own paradigm. Read on for more of my reflections on this issue.
Read moreConnecting to Abundance
How do we find abundance? How do we rid ourselves of scarcity? Is there a way for us to be creators of abundance rather than victims of scarcity? Read on for some of my experiences and reflections on this topic.
Read moreSpiritual Influences on the Mind
To underscore just how strange my life as a holistic psychiatrist can be, I've had some supernatural experiences the past few weeks working on my patients' spiritual health. To put it candidly, I've been trying to clear some unhelpful spiritual attachments from my patients' lives. Read on for more reflections.
Read moreCreating Requires Courage and Curiosity
A number of clinicians have approached me to ask how they can do what I do. Their requests make me appreciate the path that has allowed me to create a new, effective way for treating mental illness. Read on for more of my reflections.
Read moreDo Planetary Energies Influence Our Moods and Circumstances?
Over the centuries, people have been curious about planetary effects on human life. I indulged my curiosity when I called Ken Bresee, a renowned astrologist, for an astrological reading. Read on for more reflections on this topic.
Read moreFollowing the Twists and Turns of Change During Treatment
In my holistic practice, I have learned to assess patients' needs and introduce interventions based on a good psychiatric history that appreciates the importance of change. Read on for additional reflections on this topic.
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