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How To Self-Administer Placebo Effects
Someone asked me today about my thoughts about the mystery of the placebo effect, which I wrote about at length in Mind Over Medicine and which scientists do not understand but have theories about. I thought some of you might be interested in what I wrote. In the...
The BRAND NEW REVISED Mind Over Medicine Is Born Today
When I decided to rewrite 2/3 of my classic bestseller Mind Over Medicine a year ago so I could update much of the science, add new tools for healing and transformation, and entirely modify the Six Steps To Healing Yourself based on my deeper understanding of how...
Social Isolation Brings Up Trauma For Healing
Lots of people are having a rough time right now, and it’s no wonder. There is a strong link between social isolation and trauma, and when so much radical change is upon us, it’s natural that our “stuff” will bubble up. When we do not have the routines of daily...
Coronavirus Prevention With The Whole Health Green Juice Cleanse
In the face of a pandemic, we need more than just Outer Shield methods of prevention, such as lockdown, social distancing, and masks. Now more than ever, the importance of bolstering your Inner Shield so your body can be resilient in the face of this virus should...
Don’t Say “But I’m Not Racist”
I have a part that wants to keep my mouth shut about racism, because it's one of those land mines. There's so much white fragility and justifiable black rage, and I seem to trigger so many people when I bring it up, so my conflict-avoidant part just wants to smooth...
The Medicine Of Connection During The Social Isolation Of COVID-19
The link between community, connection, and optimal health and longevity is well established scientifically, as is the causal relationship between loneliness, social isolation, and disease risk. In normal times, the solution might be obvious. Join a group! Attend a...
Bolster Your Inner Shield To Develop COVID-19 Resilience (Plus 2 Possible COVID Cures)
In "Prepare For Reopening," I described why you’re not a helpless victim of a potential viral attack but an empowered patient who can be very proactive about preparing your body, mind, heart, and soul for the risks of reopening, whenever that happens in your...
You Need More Than Mental Intelligence To Get Through A Pandemic: A Primer For Using Your Four Whole Health Intelligences
Now that we have bought ourselves a few months of time with a global quarantine, individual states and countries will be making decisions about loosening the Outer Shield imposed upon us by our governments and public health officials. As lockdown restrictions...
Prepare For Reopening: Be Proactive About Cultivating Body, Mind, Heart, Spirit Resilience In Times Of Crisis
Since the pandemic of Covid-19 blasted across the globe and caused us to radically change how we’re living, doctors, epidemiologists, public health officials, and the mainstream media have been focused exclusively on creating an outer shield against this infectious...
The Viral Wake Up Call: An IFS Perspective By Dick Schwartz
The Viral Wake Up Call: An IFS Perspective By Dick Schwartz Very rarely do I post guest blogs on this blog, but my mentor and founder of Internal Family Systems (IFS) Richard Schwartz, PhD just wrote this post about IFS in the times of a pandemic, and my...
17 Things We Don’t Know—And Shouldn’t Pretend To Know—About COVID-19
A few days ago on Facebook, I made a casual comment questioning part of the dominant narrative (that the anti-viral remdesivir is indeed worthy of Dr. Fauci’s optimism and a lightning speed rush to FDA approval.) A physician and medical director challenged...
I Have No F*cking Clue What’s Happening
I Have No F*cking Clue What's Happening By Lissa Rankin, MD We are coming undone The way people unravel when they find a lump. You feel the lump, and it frightens you. But oh, maybe it's nothing. You go to the doctor and get it checked out. The doctor looks...
Internal Family Systems (IFS) Could Save Your Life Right Now
The coronavirus is on everyone's minds, and as often happens when we have terrified parts, we revert to what we know—the medical orthodoxy's reliance upon the usual treatments—pharmaceuticals, vaccines, ventilators, experimental plasma donations from survivors of...
Before You Or A Loved One Winds Up In Respiratory Distress, Read This
We are in the midst of shockingly hard times. People my age have survived the Cold War, 9/11, and wars in the Middle East, but this out-shocks them all, putting us face to face with possible imminent mortality. As President Trump warns us, "This will be probably...
Death Is No Ending, So Let’s Try To Live & Die Well
Our experts are predicting that 100,000–240,000 Americans may die in this pandemic, an estimate some believe is overly optimistic. They say if we don't shelter in place, 2 million Americans might die. Many more will die all over the rest of the world. It’s not just...
Earth Sent Us To Time Out: A Sacred Opportunity
A meme floating around said, "Kinda feeling like the Earth just sent us all to our rooms to think about what we've done." Sounds just about right. We know that pandemics are part of Earth's immune system. If we are not behaving as healthy, cooperate cells in the...