Tag Archives: self-help therapies

Awakening Into Awareness 13 Focus

Posted on September 19, 2020 by Joel

13 Focus Les Fehmi’s two basic Open-Focus books supply the exercises and all you need to know for Open-Focus meditation without EEG training.

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Stressed Leading Stressed

Posted on July 7, 2018 by Joel

Stressed Leading Stressed Stress is a significant cause of disease, yet doctors themselves cannot break the cycle of stress.

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Peak Performance Breathing

Posted on June 27, 2018 by Joel

Ki Breathing 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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Meaning In Suffering

Posted on November 29, 2017 by Joel

Years ago, yet I visualize it in the moment, a student in my high school junior honors English class came up to me after students had departed. “I don’t want to go on living. I get up early each morning and come … 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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Metacognitive Therapy

Posted on October 2, 2015 by Joel

Conquering the Voice Within Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Not only was psychoanalysis ineffective, it trapped me in a bizarre, introspective maze. OCD came on full force during the weekly, often twice weekly sessions.  After a few months, I forgot the … Continue reading →

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Dissolving Pain

Posted on August 9, 2015 by Joel

Standing in line at Disneyland, the child behind her screaming, she focused on the shrill voice, repeating to herself to focus on the sound of his voice until —until she couldn’t stand it another second. (Full disclosure: The woman in line … Continue reading →

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Life-Altering Elixir

Posted on July 29, 2015 by Joel

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

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Attention Training Therapy

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Joel

Attention Training Therapy ( ATT ) Attention Training  Therapy (ATT) trains the mind to be flexible. ATT focuses on sounds within space and is a part of Metacognitive Therapy created and developed by Professor Adrian Wellls of University of Manchester.

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Placebo Paradox

Posted on April 29, 2015 by Joel

Who is Doing the Healing and Sabotaging? Since studies have shown the brain can heal the body and it is our brain and our body, why don’t we just heal ourselves? Just as in Wright’s case, even when a treatment … Continue reading →

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