The Integration of Your Shadow

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I like to say, it's amazing that you get rid of your physical pain, but it's also amazing that through the process, you can change your entire life for the better. I am my wife. And I think that that is a really important part of this. It's not just humans, by the way. If you do research and you look at things like where you stand in a hierarchy, take chimps, for example, when one of the lesser males goes after the alpha and beats him. His body undergoes physical changes. He stands for a wreck. This one's a little weird, but his testicles descend. These are all physical changes. These have nothing to

Dr Michael Donnino is the founder/director of the Psychophysiologic Research Group, and the first person in the country to complete a residency/fellowship program leading to board certification in internal medicine, emergency medicine, and critical care. Liz Wallenstein is a licensed mental health counselor who has trained in, among other areas, the methodology of ‘TMS Mind Body-Connection’. Liz and Dr Michael join the show to discuss the profound influence of Dr John Sarno on their lives, and the potentially transformational power of ‘Mind-Body’ therapies. Important Links:

Show Notes:

Introductions to Dr. Sarno
The relationship between our emotional and physical reactions
Reasons to be hopeful
Emotions and conditioning
A response to the sceptics
The societal costs of chronic pain
Mental health: moving beyond diagnostic labels
Long COVID and mind-body syndrome
The future of psychophysiological research
What does the medical community think of mind-body syndrome?
Doing the inner work that’s needed to heal
The future of mind-body treatments
The importance of sincerity

Books Mentioned:

Your Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma; by Bessel van der Kolk;
Molecules of Emotion: The Science Behind Mind-Body Medicine; by Candace Pert
Healing Back Pain; by John E. Sarno
The Screwtape Letters; by C.S. Lewis
The Status Game: On Human Life and How to Play It; by Will Storr
The Great Pain Deception: Faulty Medical Advice Is Making Us Worse; by Steve Ozanich
Anatomy of an Illness: As Perceived by the Patient; by Norman Cousins