Dynamic Healing with David Hanscom MD and Les Aria PhD

Disruptive thoughts are commonly and somewhat lightly referred to as the “monkey mind.” It is not a joke and has a serious impact on our capacity to enjoy life. Since we can’t escape our thoughts, what do we do?There are three core aspects to calming down your racing thoughts – 1) separating/ diverting from them 2) lowering threat physiology 3) moving on. This episode will address ways to lower the threat physiology.There are many ways to calm down the body’s activated threat response by stimulating the calming effects of the 10th cranial nerve called the vagus nerve.Some of them include:· Breath work – many techniques· Music – unique to each individual· Rhythm/ dance· Humming – stimulates the 7th cranial nerve close to the vagus nerve· Rubbing forehead – stimulates the 5th cranial nerve and then the vagus nerve· SSP (safe and sound protocol) provides auditory cues of safety (8th cranial nerve) that powerfully stimulates the vagus nerve.These tools just last for a short time but are intended to be used enough that they become somewhat automatic. They are necessary to get your brain back “online” in order not to act out.Find out more about David Hanscom, MD here Find out more about Les Aria, PhD. Pain Psychologist here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Many people are frustrated by experiencing “unpleasant repetitive thoughts” (URT’s). There does not seem to be an endpoint and we feel trapped. There are three critical aspects of dealing with this perverse trickery of human consciousness. 1. Understand that anxiety is protective but not who you are 2. Separate from your thoughts and 3. Calm down your nervous system It is a solvable problem by learning the skills to deal with these factors. There are ways to divert your thoughts, separate your identity from them, and calm yourself. This episode will address the nature of the problem and principles behind the solution. Solving this phenomenon will dramatically improve the quality of your life.Find out more about David Hanscom, MD here Les Aria, PhD. Pain Psychologist here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are delighted to talk to Lynne McTaggart. She is one of the central authorities on the new science and consciousness, is the award-winning author of seven books, including the worldwide bestsellers The Field, The Intention Experiment and The Power of Eight®. Lynne McTaggart is cofounder of the international magazine What Doctors Don’t Tell You , the health expo Get Well, and the architect of the Intention Experiments, a web based “global laboratory” to test the power of intention to heal the world. A major aspect of deep healing is connecting to yourself, others, and the world around you.An even more powerful step is regaining your connection to life itself. This energy pulls you a long way from suffering. She has done an impressive amount of work in this area including developing a process of harnessing the power of social interaction in groups of eight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  Disruptive thoughts are universal and part of human consciousness. For many, they can become intense enough to compromise the quality of life. They arise from human’s need for mental control. Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response.  Viktor FranklDisruptive disturbing thoughts are extremely common, and it is difficult to know what percent of the population experience them at a level that disrupts quality of life. They arise from the unconscious brain, are powerful, and not subject to rational control. However, they are so unpleasant that there is still a strong need to control them.They are worsened if you fight them and become independent circuits that we call, “phantom brain pain.” Even more frustrating it that if you try think positive thoughts such as being happy, your unconscious brain will again sabotage you, and you’ll end up sad. In upcoming podcasts, the general approach to them will be discussed and then specific solutions. It is a solvable problem, but it does require specific tools.Find out more about David Hanscom, MD and his books, products, and events here Find out more about Les Aria, PhD and the next The Next Remedy Pain Recovery Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) is a term that has many connotations, and most people feel the term does not apply to them. In fact, many if not most people experience unpleasant and disruptive thoughts that detract from their quality of life. They are a manifestation of chronic anxiety, which is a physiological state of threat. It does not respond to rational interventions, as it all arises from the subconscious brain.There are many manifestations of OCD, with there being both external behaviors and internal “mental battles.” One reason people don’t feel the diagnosis doesn’t apply to them is because they are not aware of “internal OCD.” There are no outward manifestations and there are repetitive disruptive thoughts and counter-thoughts. “OCD is like having a bully stuck inside of your head and nobody else can see.” Krissy McDermott This episode will discuss the traditional diagnosis and clinical presentation and then point out that a better term might be, “obsessive thought patterns” that are disruptive. David Hanscom did experience severe “internal OCD” for over 15 years and managed to solve it. We will discuss the nature of the solutions in future podcasts. Obsessive thought patterns are a big problem for a given person and it may be a societal epidemic. Find out more about David Hanscom, MD here Les Aria, PhD. Pain Psychologist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” Nothing could be further from the truth and holding onto this concept is damaging. Research has shown that emotional pain is processed in overlapping circuits in the brain, and the physiological response is the same.Thoughts and concepts are sensory input and emotions are the sensations generated by your body’s physiological makeup. Anxiety is an activated threat response and relaxed is what you feel when you are safe. There are many strategies to process threats in a manner to decrease your levels of stress chemicals and move on.  Emotional wounds are not visible to the body but expressed by the nervous system by either thinking about what was done to us and/or when the nervous system senses danger or threat that resembles the original occurrence from the smallest hurts to the small traumas to the large trauma experience. The symptoms are diffuse and can affect any part of your body. Understanding the nature of your body’s unconscious reactions to real or perceived threats is the first step in dealing with them.Find ways to go pain free without surgery with David Hanscom, MD Find out more about Les Aria Ph.D. Pain Psychologist here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our unconscious brain’s primary function is to protect us. Unfortunately for humans, it is manifested in ongoing self-critical voices. To access our inherent capacity to love, these voices must be de-energized, which requires specific approaches.  We have discussed that love = awareness, which means being fully engaged in the present moment. Any time you are anxious or angry, something in the present reminded you of some situation from the past that was dangerous or perceived as such. In other words, the past is playing out in the present and by definition you are not aware. Love and anger cannot co-exist in a given moment.In this podcast we will discuss the necessity of “de-energizing” your automatic survival reactions of anxiety and anger before awareness/ love can emerge. Not only does threat physiology block it, but the blood supply to your brain also shifts from your thinking centers down to your survival midbrain, and you can’t think clearly. Learn the skills of creating safety, connecting to awareness and love, and watch your creativity come to life. Love does heal but accessing it is a learned skill.Stay connected with David Hanscom, MD Les Aria, Ph.D. Pain Psychologist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Love is a physiological state of safety that promotes regeneration and healing. It is the antithesis of anger, a state of threat, that consumes resources and causes illness and disease. You have a choice of how you want to be at any moment in time. Make it a habit to choose love.   Discover how to connect to your own healing capacity. Find out more about David Hanscom, MD and his groundbreaking work on chronic pain here Join Les Aria, PhD Pain Psychologist for The Next Remedy Pain Recovery Group find out more here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Every person has to deal with unpleasant thoughts, and they are problematic in that we cannot escape from them. In light of all the misery connected with pain and many disease states, disruptive thoughts are a major factor that detracts from our capacity to enjoy our life. Even when physical pain resolves, unpleasant thoughts are often still problematic.Understanding the nature of these disruptive thought patterns is the first step. They arise from our unconscious brain, and we have no control over them. The harder we try to control or avoid them, the stronger they will become. The problem arises from two basic actions.  Suppressing unpleasant thoughts Having high ideals Both of these actions fire up the nervous system and your body’s flight or fight physiology. We are discussing the nature of the problem and the principles behind the solution. You must use tools to separate from the thoughts “Turn down the heat” – anger  Over the next several months we’ll be discussing the problem of disruptive thought patterns in detail. The solution lies within you once you understand the problem.Find out more about David Hanscom, MD here Find out more about Les Aria, PhD. here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chronic stress interferes and actually halts the body’s healing process at the cellular level. The problem lies in how you process stress because it is your body’s reaction to it that creates an adverse chemistry. Avoiding stress is even more problematic.   Stress is your TOTAL bodily reaction to a physical or mental threat. It is not a “psychological” issue, it is physiological (how your body functions). There are three ways that stress causes damage and is well documented in many research papers. ·       Repeated activation·       Slow or no adaption·       Failure to return to homeostasis Not only does it cause many serious chronic illness and diseases, it shorten your life span. The key here is to learn the habit of stress-releasing skills to restore your mental and physical health and balance. You do have a choice to influence your physiology from threat to safety and there is help out there for you. Connect with David Hanscom, MD here Find out more about Les Aria, Ph.D here the Pain Psychologist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices