- Depression Masking as Pain
- “Love Heals” – Moving into a New Life
- Solving Tinnitus – The Ringing in My Ears
- Spastic Bladder Resolved – Being with Anger
- Optimizing (Avoiding) Spine Surgery
- How to Heal – A Patient’s Story
- No More Back Pain – A Story of Healing
- Positive Thinking vs. Real-time Reprogramming
- The Pain of Social Isolation
- Charley’s Story: Pain Free After 17 Doctors
- No More Being a Victim – Pay it Forward and Heal
- “My Way Out” (of “The Abyss”) – One Patient’s Story
- “Ritalins”
- “Physician, Heal Thyself” – and She Did
- Freed by Persistence and Play
- 28 Surgeries–”I elected to not be in pain”
- Never Too Late for Hope
- What Makes Your Book Different?
- Moving Forward by Being with her Anxiety
- Meditation versus Medicating for Life
- “Un-screwed”–Yoga Healing Back Pain
- A Couple Re-united
- Avoided a 12-hour Spine Fusion and is Free from Chronic Pain
- How I Cured my Migraine Headaches
- Chronic Neck Pain Gone – DOC Prevents Relapse
- Using New Tools to Reclaim My Life
- A Little Merrier Christmas – Letting Go of Blame
- Life Sentence
- Chronic Pain is Solvable -Take Back Your Life
- My Story of Hope
- Healing With Support from her Community
- Out of the Valley, with Dolls
- Out of the Abyss After 25 Years
- Remarkable Healing Stories – Dr. Bernie Siegel
- The Enlightenment Light and Judgment Mirror
- The Power of Love – Anthony
- The Gift of Pain – Thanksgiving 2013
- Never Give Up – Breaking Through After Six Years
- To Become Strong – “ILOHLA”
- My Migraines
- Can Your Body Language Change Chronic Pain?
- Leg Pain Gone with NPD Principles-Carol’s Story
- “Finding Health by Letting Go of Hate”
- My Feet on Fire
- “I Am Not Letting Yesterday Ruin Today”
- Ron Salvages His Own Spine Surgery
- A New Life at 72
- Motivated by “The Talent Code”
- Bipolar Disorder Broken
Stage 1 Posts – Lay the Foundation
- Calming and Stabilizing Your Nervous System
- Active Meditation – a simple starting point
- “The Abyss” – Honour your suffering
- Solving Tinnitus – The Ringing in My Ears
- Science has the Answer to the Opioid Epidemic – Is anyone listening?
- Your Hand Stuck Over the Stove
- Verbal “Expressive Writing”
- Marsha’s Three Unnecessary Spine Surgeries
- David Hanscom’s Mission and Resources
- There is an Answer to the Mental Health Crisis
- The Myth of MUS (Medically Unexplained Symptoms) – It’s MES
- My Descent Into The Abyss
- The Pain of Social Isolation
- Charley’s Story: Pain Free After 17 Doctors
- Processing Anxiety/ Frustration – They are not Going Away
- Not Just Another Pain Conference – The 2nd Annual Pain Summit
- Eliminate the Word, “Anxiety”
- “The Curse of Consciousness” – Trapped by Your Thoughts
- Anxiety is the Pain
- Common Links to Chronic Disease – RUTs are Relentless
- Dynamic Healing
- Threat versus Safety Physiology
- Let’s Start Now and Learn the Details Later
- Directly Calming the Threat Response
- Principles of Solving Chronic Pain
- Essence of Illness
- Clarifying the New IASP Definition of Chronic Pain
- Anxiety is the Correct Name for Pain
- Reprogram your Brain Around Pain
- Smell the Peppermint–Safe or Unsafe
- This COVID-19 Pandemic is Solvable–NOW
- Evolution of the DOC Project
- Anxiety is a Symptom – Not a Diagnosis
- Depression is Anxiety
- Pain Sensitization – A Frayed Wire
- My Cat has Irritable Bowel Syndrome?
- Anxiety Basics
- Married 40 years – What Worked?
- The Magic of Medical Hypnosis
- Healing Begins at Home – The DOC Journey Starting Point
- My Story of Hope
- Begin Your Healing Journey at Home
- More on Expressive Writing
- Extreme Mental Pain – OCD
- Not Sharing Your Pain – Omega
- Sharing My Pain
- “This is going to hurt”
- Solve Chronic Pain – Listen
- Neurophysiologic Disorder
- Anxiety
- Understand Chronic Pain
- C – Neurophysiologic Disorder (NPD)
- Back in Control – Second Edition
- Systematic Approach to Sleep
- Societal Disintegration – Untreated Anxiety
- Neurophysiological Basis of Pain
- Taking Charge of Your Care
- Fighting a Forest Fire – Address All Aspects of Your Pain
- Introductory DOC Concepts
- Anxiety, Anger, and Adrenaline
- Write Your Way Out of Chronic Pain
- Stress, Illness, and Photovoltaic Cells
- Inability to Escape from Our Thoughts
- Embracing Adversity – Tinnitus
- Physical versus Emotional Pain
- Healing Power Within—Warts
- Mold Your Brain: Neuroplasticity
- Unhooking from the Train
- My Feet on Fire
- My Midnight Trip to the Dentist
- My Battle with NPD
- Freed by a Pen
- Neurophysiological Disorder -“Short Circuits”
- A – Structural Sources of Pain
- You are Not a Machine
- Unlearning How to Ride Your Bicycle
- Video: Anxiety and It’s Demons
- Video 16/19: “White Bears”
- Back Pain vs. Mouth Pain
- Video: Memorizing the Circuits: Phantom Pain
- Video: Your Brain Becomes Sensitized
- Video: Is Your Pain Structural or Not?
- A Bunch of Balloons
- Video: Introduction of David Hanscom
- David Burn’s Letter
- Motivated by “The Talent Code”
- The Terrifying Triad
- Write and Don’t Stop!
- Your Demons are Robots
- Normal Arms Amputated
- Degenerative Disc Disease Isn’t a Disease
- Decreasing Anxiety with Control
- Sleep Disorders
- Writing at Bedtime
- Sleep Meds
- Sleep Hygiene
- B – Non-Structural Pain
- The Three Column Technique
- Anger
- Sleep
- 4 – The “Modifiers”
- Masking
- Suffering
- 3 – Memorization of Neurological Circuits
- Early Sleep Concepts
- DOC – A Framework of Care
- 2 – Sensitization to Pain
- The Evolution of Chronic Pain
- 1 – Three Sources of Chronic Pain
Stage 2 Posts – Forgive and Play
- Depression Masking as Pain
- Our Need to Feel Safe
- Bullying is Good for Your Health
- Social Anxiety – Vulnerability Doesn’t Feel Safe
- “She Just Let Go”
- Suicide – A Horrible Way to Escape from Pain
- “5–3–2” – Processing Anger in Three Steps
- Gun Violence – No Action in a Reaction
- From “Would Like” to “Should” – The Unenforceable Rules
- Grievance Stories
- Forgiveness is Not What You Think – Learn It
- Healing through Play – It is Safety Physiology
- Don’t Take on the World’s Suffering
- “Wake the Fun Up” – The DOC Journey App
- Calming Yourself by Recruiting the Parasympathetic Nervous System (PNS)
- From Reactive to Creative
- Anger Academy
- Blocks to Letting Go of Anger
- The Ultimate Victim Role – Perfectionism
- The Impact of Anger on Your Life – and Pain
- Mortal Combat – These People are Hurting Each Other
- Experiencing Safety: Solving Chronic Pain: An Immersive Weekend Retreat
- Anger and Illness–Cause and Effect
- Three Aspects of Processing Anger
- Forgiveness–The Continental Divide of Freedom and Hell
- Bullying is Assault and Should be treated as Such
- Forgiveness as a Habit
- Is your Recreation “Wreck Creation?”
- Forgiveness is a Learned Skill–and a Power Move
- When I Dance – Omega 2019
- Trapped – I Know How Gulliver Must Have Felt
- No Action in a Reaction – Part 2
- “But I’m Not Angry”
- Escaping the Abyss – Which One??
- Wake the Fun up!!
- Chronic Pain is Solvable -Take Back Your Life
- Omega 2017: Awareness, Hope, Forgiveness and Play
- Your Unconscious Brain
- Society’s Pain and World Peace
- Out of the Valley, with Dolls
- Awareness, Hope, Forgiveness and Play
- The “Benefits” of Becoming Disabled
- Rigid Thinking – “Make America Great Again”
- Stress and Getting Sick – Howard’s Golf Story
- Changing Your Story – Reframing
- Aced Out
- Your Personal Brain Scanner
- The Power of Pain
- Rewire Your Brain – Omega 2015
- “The Unenforceable Rules”
- Ready to Blossom – Omega 13
- “But You are Still Angry”
- Destroyed by Bullies
- Your Book is Bullshit – The Encompassing Power of Anger
- Violence and Love
- Nick’s Winning Run – Off of the Hill
- “The Cup Song”
- To Become Strong – “ILOHLA”
- Ugolino
- “Self-Esteem” Must Die
- The Angry Meditator
- “Finding Health by Letting Go of Hate”
- The Elephant’s Noose
- School or Prison – What’s the Difference?
- Anger and Workers’ Comp Webinar
- Anger Simplified
- Taking Back Your Spirit-Caroline Myss
- Labeled “Drug Seeker” and Almost Died
- Anger-The Absolute Block
- Maslow’s Miss
- Video: The Myth of Self Esteem
- “C”ing Clearly
- Video 15/19: Anger Fueled Anxiety-“The Highway to Hell”
- Enjoy Your Day-Today
- Video 3/19: Completely Trapped
- Video 2/19: Your Hand Over the Stove
- “I Understand Your Anger. Get Over It.”
- “Call Things by Their Right Names”
- “The Journey of 1000 Moons”
- A Tale of Two Golf Holes
- My Victimhood
- Advantages of Victimhood–No one Believes You
- Anger = Loss of Control
- Anger and the Continental Divide
- The Myth of Self-Esteem
- Anger/Victim with Worker’s Comp
- Suppressing
- Anger and Anxiety–Highway to Hell
- Downhill Skiing is Dangerous – So is Life
- Navigating Life is Similar to Playing Major League Baseball
- The “C”quence of Healing Chronic Illness
- “The Pit of Despair”
- Stress Kills – Don’t Allow it
- Happy Holidays – Not
- How healing happens
- Connection – The Antithesis of Pursuing Self-esteem
- Why are New Year’s Resolutions So Hard to Keep?
- No One Can Take Away Your Holiday Joy – But You
- Do You Feel Safe in Your Own Home?
- Your Relationship to Food and Life
- Heal by Connecting with Others
- The Golden State Warriors and the “Ironic Effect”
- Commit to a Daily Practice
- Feel the Life You Want
- Repetition and Healing
- Your Life’s Roadmap – Just Begin Anywhere
- Get Organized – Chronic Pain is Complex
- Who Do You Choose to be Today?
- Create Your “Personal Business Plan”
- Connect with the Life You Want
- Exercise Improves Your Health, Quality of Life, and Lifespan
- Tune Your Nervous System and Lower Anxiety – You have the controls
- Awareness–Ingrained Patterns/ Your Life Lens
- Deadly Nature of Self-esteem
- You Have to Feel to Heal – Emotional Awareness
- Connecting to Life with Your Senses – Environmental Awareness
- Flip Your Consciousness – 4 Types of Awareness
- Becoming Aware of Being Unaware
- Awareness – The Starting Point for Deep Healing
- Taking Control – The Eye of the Storm
- Become a Genius at Solving Pain
- Plan A–Lowering Inflammation Lengthens Life
- Negative Messages to Your Brain
- People – The Most Powerful Part of The DOC Journey
- The Guided Course of “The DOC Journey”
- Awareness–Ingrained Patterns
- Develop a “Family Business” Business Plan
- Decreasing Your Stress Chemicals (Anxiety)
- Relationships and Rock Tumblers
- Back in Control Coaching
- Holiday Landmines – Your Family
- A Couple Re-united
- Listen to Your Family–No Advice or Criticism
- A Safe Haven – Omega 2018
- Why are New Year’s Resolutions So Hard to Keep?
- Happily Ever After
- The Impact of Mirror Neurons on Your Family
- The Taste of Freedom – Omega 2017
- Your “Identity” Can Destroy You
- The Chronic Pain Marriage-Go-Round
- The Two Faces of Christmas
- Moving Forward with Your Pain
- Be All that You Can Be – or Just Be
- The Essence of the DOC Process
- Take Back Your Life
- Happy Father’s Day – Not
- “Stars Through the Bars”
- Pain Rules the Roost
- The Power of Love – Anthony
- “I’m Paying You to Inflict Pain??”
- Breaking Loose – Not Quite
- Escaping Your Family – The Crab Bucket
- Mastering Pain – Shuhari
- STOMP – Structuring Your Own Management of Pain
- Mirror Neurons—Family Healing
- Protect Your Family from Your Pain
- “Many Italians Choose Suicide” – People Need to Work
- Staying in the Storm
- Breaking Loose – NOT
- Visualization – Holt’s Winning Run
- Pain = Anger = Abuse
Stage 4 Posts – Expand Your Consciousness
- “Our envy of others devours us most of all”
- Be an Expert at Living life
- Mindfulness Should not be Taught in School – Really??
- Understanding the “Curse of Consciousness”
- AI and the Cumulative Effects of Trauma
- Quit Fighting Darkness and Turn on the Light
- Four Aspects of Solving RUT’s
- “Don’t Worry, Be Happy”
- Your “Authentic Self”
- Connecting the past and present to the future – Bruce Lipton and David Hanscom
- Romanticizing Pirates – Normalizing Suffering and Abuse
- Giving Back is Healing
- “Better Not Look Down”
- Awareness as a Tool – The “Circle of Life”
- Not Being Judgmental–Not Possible
- The Gift of Anxiety – Your Bodyguard or Prison Guard?
- The Bidirectional Interaction between Resilience and Your Immune System
- Navigating the Entire Circle of Your Life
- Pain: the Gift Nobody Wants
- “Play 20” – Create Your Life at Any Age
- Thrive and Survive–The Movement
- Expanding Your Horizon–Your New Life
- Thrive and Survive COVID-19: The Polyvagal Approach
- “The Bottom”
- Beyond Forgiveness–Compassion for Those Who Hurt You
- The Gift of Hope – “This Might Hurt”
- Success is a “Story”
- Moving Forward – A New Horizon
- “Dying” Before Living
- Learn Another Language – “An Enjoyable Life”
- Anxiety with Success
- Healing With Support from her Community
- Compassion
- Harnessing the Body’s Healing Power
- How Much Suffering Can You Take?
- Remarkable Healing Stories – Dr. Bernie Siegel
- Mental or physical health – Which is more Critical?
- Anger: Damage Control
- The Gift of Pain – Thanksgiving 2013
- Anger versus Angel
- The KKK and a Spiritual Journey
- The First and Last Day of School
- Video: Standard Stress Skills Inadequate
- Plugging the Negative Drain
- My Hoffman Experience
- Hoffman Process
Stage 5 Posts – Decision-making
- “My Son Just Died”
- How Many More Neck Surgeries?
- Do You Really Need Spine Surgery?
- Optimizing (Avoiding) Spine Surgery
- My Early Surgical Philosophy
- Anger Altering a Surgical Decision
- My Call to Action
- Phantom Brain Pain – “The Doctor is Missing Something”
- Humans Aren’t Data Points – Modern Medicine is Hurting Us
- Tulsa Shooting – “The Pit of Despair”
- Surgical Stories of Despair
- Stay Out of the Surgical Scrap Heap
- Never Too Late for Hope
- Know Your Surgeon – Well
- Dashed Hopes
- Avoids a Five-level Neck Fusion
- Prehab – Optimizing Surgical Outcomes
- Comprehending the Downside of Spine Surgery
- Eight-Level Spine Fusion? No!
- It is Becoming Harder to Make a Living as a Surgeon………
- Surgery is the Definitive Solution?
- When will the Pain Stop?
- Are You Kidding Me? – ILL Advised Spine Surgery
- Structural Sciatica Resolved Without Surgery
- Am I Operating on Your Pain or Anxiety?
- Avoid Surgery by Raising the Pain Threshold
- Think Twice About Spinal Surgery
- Video: I Can Only Fix What I Can See
- Video: Surgeons Do What They are Trained to Do
- Anger Altering a Surgical Decision
Expressive Arts Posts
- Hope
- The Walk Home
- Fierce Pain – Medically Explainable Symptoms (MES)
- “MdDS: She is a Beautiful Flower” (acrylic on black watercolor paper, Feb 2017)
- “Mystic Fragmentation … a medicine painting” (acrylic paint and collaged feet on 48×60″ canvas, 2021)
- Anger
- Shadows Dancing in the Fire
- Emotional Turmoil
- Somatic energy
- With or Without
- “Compassion”
- Autumn Leaves
- Love
- A selection from my mask project
- The Lone Ranger
- Six Feet Apart
- Wear A Mask!
- The Cellist
- Lost and Found
- Caught in a Swirl of Change
- Florentine Mosaic
- Me
Other Posts
- Make the Right Decision About Spine Surgery – The Grid
- Accept the Gift of Consciousness – Choice
- The Impact of Stress on Pain and Decision-Making
- Threat Physiology Can’t be Controlled with Behavioral Approaches
- Mental Rigidity – A Core Trait of Many Mental Health Diagnoses
- We have no protection from mental pain
- The Popcorn Machine – Healing RUTS
- Make the Right Decision About Spine Surgery – The Grid
- Permanent Disability – Needless??
- Pain to Pleasure-Pavlov’s Dogs
- Everyone Needs Support
- The “Five E’s” of Chronic Pain
- Video 14/19: Chronic Pain: Pain Free is Not Only Possible, it’s Probable.
- Compassion and an Italian Dinner
- Video 8/19: Fusions For LBP Don’t Work
- Problems are Opportunities
- Video 7/19: The Catastrophe Index
- Examiners from the Worker’s Perspective
- Video 4/19: Listen When Your Surgeon Says “No”
- Arm the Worker
- Video 8 of 19: Finding the Source of The Pain
- Video 5 of 19: An Alternative Approach to Chronic Pain & Spine Surgery
- It Really is Upside Down
- “I Want to Believe”
- The Catastrophe Index
- Your Doctor Might Not be Listening
- Surgical Results Overly Optimistic
- Indications for Surgery
- Worsening Prognosis with Time Off of Work
- Two Kinds of Anger
- Anger Affecting Nerve Pain
- Breaking Stress into Its Parts
- Stress Management Overview
- How am I Going to Get There?
- Where am I Going?
- Where am I?
- Setting Goals with Three Questions
- Anti-Spasm
- Anti-depressants
- Anti-seizure
- Anti-anxiety
- Non-Narcotics
- Narcotics
- Medication Management