Affective Neuroscience developed by Jaak Panksepp in the 1990s deals with raw affective feelings and instinctual emotional responses deep inside our brains below the thinking-cap neocortex. Clinical psychologists rarely deal with these affective feelings and psychiatrists attempt to counter them with drugs. But a powerful tool is to recognize and understand the “low-minded ways. Continue reading
Actually, you don’t need to shift the curve. That would be an impossible task to shift an entire population from, for example, pessimism to optimism. Rather, all you need to do is shift where you are on one of the curves, from left to right – from pessimism to optimism. “Shift the curve” is a phrase to keep that in mind. Continue reading
Traumatized people chronically feel unsafe inside their bodies: the past is alive in the form of gnawing interior discomfort. Their bodies are constantly bombarded by visceral warning signs, and, in an attempt to control these processes, they often become expert at ignoring their gut feelings and in numbing awareness of what is playing out inside. They learn to hide from themselves. Continue reading
Belief drives science to the next level and beyond. There is no progress in science without belief. Reason is a fundamental part of science, but the parent of reason is belief. Continue reading
In“Relaxation Response, Beyond Relaxtion Response and “Relaxation Revolution,” Harvard Cardiologist Herbert Benson discusses how mind-body techniques lower blood pressure, calm brain activity, and balance healthful emissions of nitric oxide in the body’s cells. Continue reading
I read Albert Ellis’s books and listened over and over to his tapes, yet I was a raging monster. I felt a part or maybe most of my brain was not rational and could not be reached by Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy(REBT). Continue reading
Our body sends millions of bits per second to our brain for processing – millions – yet our conscious mind processes only 1 to 45 bits per second. We are conscious of only millionths of what is out there. Continue reading
The start of each school year was rough. High school students reacted to me with baggage they carried in with them. It was apparent to them I was different (VERY Different) and they tested that in every way possible. But I came equipped with graduate training in behavioral psychology. Continue reading
While in Japan I underwent the series of Autogenic Therapy training sessions under the supervision of a psychiatrist at Kitazato University Hospital. Autogenic Therapy is in part, like the weight-underside part of Ki Breathing Meditation with mind and body coordinated training. Continue reading
Les Fehmi’s two basic Open-Focus books supply the exercises and all you need to know for Open-Focus meditation without EEG training. Continue reading
“Total Self-Renewal through Attention Therapies and Open Focus” (Sample chapters on Amazon.)
Alternate Title: “Attention Therapies for Total Self-Renewal with 50 Bits–All We Have– Attention”