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Autogenic Therapy

Posted on March 28, 2020 by Joel

Autogenic Therapy 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 … Continue reading →

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EFT Tapping

Posted on March 20, 2020 by Joel

EFT Tapping Emotional  Freedom Technique or EFT Tapping is an accupressue no-needle technique to optimize emotional mental health.

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Emotional Brain Reigns

Posted on February 10, 2019 by Joel

Emotional Brain Understanding past trauma does little to help in dealing with PTSD. No matter how much insight and planning, the emotional brain has a reality of its own and it is the emotional brain that reigns.

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Emotional Slave

Posted on December 23, 2018 by Joel

Seven Primary Affect Systems SEEKING or expectancy RAGE FEAR LUST CARING PANIC/GRIEF PLAY These seven basic emotional systems are the results of years of data-based lab research of functions of deep-brain neural systems. Panksepp summarized this research  in “The Archaeology of … Continue reading →

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PLAY for Mental Health

Posted on December 16, 2018 by Joel

Jaak Panksepp called the seventh affect system the Play System. Seven Primary Affect Systems SEEKING or expectancy RAGE FEAR LUST CARING PANIC/GRIEF PLAY You might not think of PLAY in terms of emotional or affective systems, but according to Jaak … Continue reading →

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Misophonia: Stop Crunching the Salad

Posted on June 22, 2018 by Joel

Misophonia Photo credit: Neil. Moralee on Visualhunt.com / CC BY-NC-ND When I was teaching I could not filter out sounds in the classroom. If I began talking to the class and heard someone whispering, I could not go on. I … Continue reading →

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Memory Reconsolidation

Posted on June 20, 2018 by Joel

Memory Reconsolidation About a week after a new memory is consolidated –stabilized– by the hippocampus, it transfers to the neocortex for long-term storage. The neocortex is the thin outer covering of the brain. Once stored in the neocortex, the memory can … Continue reading →

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Open-Focus Alpha Synchronous Brain Waves

Posted on December 5, 2016 by Joel

Open-Focus Alpha synchronous is the quickest path to meditation possible. All you need to do is focus on space and you can learn to do this with the short video below.

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Eye-Contact Phobia Therapy

Posted on June 2, 2016 by Joel

Eye-Contact Phobia Someone responded to my blog saying he suffered from General Anxiety Disorder (GAD) all his life, but his current anxiety centers about eye contact. It limits his freedom from being out in public. It affects his relations with … 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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