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Acceptance, Authenticity, Transparency, Gratitude and Well-Being, In Your Own Hands, Living by Personal Values, Meaning and Purpose in Health, Mindfulness Practice, Practice is Everything, Self-Efficacy and Self-Mastery, Self-Empowerment

Video: Take the Risk of Diving Into Your Fears or Pain

I have often talked about suffering less by accepting and being fully present with pain or other symptoms. But, this seems counterintuitive and risky. A common question is: When I’m really afraid or in a lot of pain, why would I want to experience…

Video: You Are What You Practice

We are all masters of practice in that we are practicing something in every moment. We commonly practice unhealthy behaviors and behaviors that are not aligned with our personal life values. If we go around all day being self-critical, we will…

Acceptance, Authenticity, Transparency, Gratitude and Well-Being, Living by Personal Values, Meaning and Purpose in Health, Mindfulness Practice, Practice is Everything, Self-Efficacy and Self-Mastery, Self-Empowerment

Video: Meaning and Purpose to Your Life

The terms meaning and purpose often appear together, and I would frame their relationship this way: when we act with purpose, we take actions that are important enough to lend meaning to our lives. Meaningful actions are always in accord with…

Cancer and the Mind

Video: “Fighting Cancer: A Nontoxic Approach to Treatment”

Psychophysiologist Erik Peper, PhD, discusses the book he co-authored with cancer researcher Robert Gorter, MD. He describes a novel, promising, nontoxic treatment for cancer, the results of which, have been quite exciting. In line with the…

Mindfulness Practice, Self-Efficacy and Self-Mastery

Video: What is Mindfulness? (part seven of series)

This very brief conversation is about having a formal sitting practice versus having mindfulness as a way of life. Krishnamurti was opposed to having a formal sitting practice because he wanted people to live mindfully throughout the day as…

Mindfulness Practice

Video: Freedom From Oppression of the Mind (part six of series)

This discussion is about the importance of mindfulness practice to help us disengage or defuse from unhealthy thoughts such as a belief that we’re going to have a bad day, which otherwise becomes a self-fulfilling prophesy. It’s important…

Chronic Illness and the Mind

Video: Healthy Distraction (part three of series)

This video recommends the healthy use of distraction to improve mood, take our mind off pain or malaise, and to even improve physiological functioning. Although orthogonal to mindfulness practice, it is an effective, quick, easy, and pleasant…

Chronic Illness and the Mind

Video: Living Courageously with Debilitating Illness

This video is the introduction to a second series of interviews with Huntington’s Disease patient Chris Furbee. The first series was shot a year earlier. His story is inspirational because of his courageous approach to living with one of the…

Cancer and the Mind