Tag Archive for: mental imagery
What We Resists Persists and Negatively Impacts Our Health.
Uncomfortable Thoughts and Feelings: An Invitation to Mastery
The more energy we expend on avoiding our uncomfortable thoughts and feelings, the further we get from achieving the desired comfort. By contrast, when we courageously commit to…
Change Your Mind for Health
Altered States of Consciousness for Health
One of my mentors, physiological psychologist Jeanne Achterberg, PhD once told us: "All healing takes place in an altered state of consciousness. This means that the state of consciousness in which…
Video: Biofeedback Builds Self-efficacy, Hope, Health, & Wellbeing
Interview with biofeedback pioneer Dr. Erik Peper. How to use the mind to improve physiological functioning, health, and well-being. Skill-building to develop self-efficacy, self-empowerment, and hope. Evidence-based mental training to manage…
Video: Mind-Guided Body Scans to Detect Very Early Signs and Symptoms
Discussion with psychophysiology expert Dr. Erik Peper about the ways that the mind can be trained to detect prodromes (very early symptoms). The discussion also includes the use of the imagination during the scan to improve immune function,…
Practicing in the Eye of the Hurricane: Part Two
Ordinarily, when we are fully engaged in the activity at hand, fully aware in the peaceful eye of the present moment, we are unflappable when things go wrong and we can actually thrive when they do. We accomplish this by training ourselves to…
The best drugs are those made by the brain.
The most effective drugs are free and without any side effects. These are biological drugs prescribed by the brain and synthesized by the endocrine, immune, GI, nervous, cardiovascular, renal, hepatic, and other systems. If one is in perfect…