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Awakening Into Awareness

Posted on July 1, 2020 by Joel

This is the introduction of my third book (first book published in Japan in Japanese) “Awakening Into Awareness: Affective Emotional Neuroscience & Attention Therapies” set for publication January 2021. I will share the entire book, chapter by chapter up until the … Continue reading →

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Tough Love for Insomnia

Posted on January 2, 2019 by Joel

During my entire working career, I suffered from insomnia. I’d get in bed and just lie there wide awake. As the night progressed, my anxiety grew to panic. “How am I going to feel tomorrow?” I’ve got to get to … Continue reading →

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Attention Therapies Don’t Work

Posted on August 16, 2018 by Joel

There are some good self-help books out there with good advice. Thousands of people have read many of them. In fact, they go from one good book to another. Without being helped. Attention Therapies don’t work. And I am not … Continue reading →

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Stress-Resilient

Posted on August 11, 2018 by Joel

Learn From Your Enemy ISIS is synonymous with mass killings, abductions, and beheadings. Bad Guys! But we can and should learn anything we can from our enemies. And what some people have focused on is resilience. ISIS is  resilient.

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Life-Changing Skill

Posted on July 26, 2018 by Joel

Life-changing Skill Breathing can be a life-changing skill on the path to Total Self Renewal. I took Ki Breathing into my life from years of Aikido practice in Japan. Few people are aware of even the basic mechanics of breathing … Continue reading →

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Breathing Moods and Feelings

Posted on July 25, 2018 by Joel

Breathing Moods and Feelings You may be familiar with how breathing reflects feelings and moods. For example, rapid and shallow breathing can be a symptom of anxiety. But how can breathing change moods and feelings? I like to think of … Continue reading →

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We Are Not Our Brain

Posted on January 14, 2016 by Joel

We Are Not Our Brain? “By the time we become consciously aware of an experience, it has already been processed many times, activated memories, and initiated complex patterns of behavior.” Decisions are made by the brain at least one second before we … Continue reading →

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Life-Altering Elexir

Posted on December 19, 2015 by Joel

Life-Altering Elixir   I’ve been writing in this blog about Open Focus, Attention Training Therapy (ATT), Metacognitive Therapy ( MCT ), Ki Breathing, and more. Though I have a master’s degree in psychology, I am not posting as an academic, … Continue reading →

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Mindlifting

Posted on December 17, 2015 by Joel

Mindlifting is Body Building for the Mind. Bad News: Life is one problem after another. Good News: Problems offer opportunities to check whether you are caught up in a Mind Drama of thoughts, emotions, and feelings. Each problem offers the … Continue reading →

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Attention Training Therapy ( ATT ) and Ki Breathing

Posted on July 10, 2015 by Joel

Ki as defined by Koichi Tohei, founder of the Ki Society and aikido with mind and body, is “the infinite gatherings of infinitely small particles.” Everything in the universe is born of Ki. Combining Attention Training Therapy with Ki Breathing calms the … Continue reading →

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