A mind-body-spirit approach to being well
Based on my decades-long battle with chronic anxiety, depression, and physical pain, I created a process for improving my mental health, beating burn-out, and creating a day-to-day life filled with calm, connection, and vitality.
Information & Resources
Treating and managing chronic pain, anxiety, and depression can be frustrating. And figuring out what works best for your treatment and healing can often feel like trial and error.
Check out some of the articles, books, podcasts, and YouTube channels to learn more and be empowered to make the best decisions for yourself or your loved ones.
"A Growing Body of Research Supports the Positive Impact of Massage Therapy for Mental Health"
American Massage Therapy Association
"In Safe Hands: Massage & PTSD"
American Massage Therapy Association
"Massage Therapy for Psychiatric Disorders"
National Institutes of Health
"Is the Mind-Body Connection Real?
Demystifying how stress impacts the body."
Psychology Today
"A Neural Basis For The Mind-Body Connection?"
Neurosciencenews.com
Cleveland Clinic
"A Mind Body Approach to Healing Chronic Pain that is Non-Structural"
Swedish Medical Center
"How the Nervous System Detects and Interprets Pain"
VeryWellHealth.com
"Aromatherapy: Do Essential Oils Really Work?"Johns Hopkins Medicine
"The effect of inhalation aromatherapy on anxiety level of the patients in preoperative period"National Institutes of Health (.gov)
"The Effects of Heat and Massage Application on Autonomic Nervous System"National Institutes of Health (.gov)
PainScience.com
The historian in me says, wait a minute..."
Psychology Today
(excerpt from his About page)
Bruce H. Lipton, PhD is an internationally recognized leader in bridging science and spirit. Stem cell biologist, bestselling author of The Biology of Belief and recipient of the 2009 Goi Peace Award, he has been a guest speaker on hundreds of TV and radio shows, as well as keynote presenter for national and international conferences.
(excerpt from his About page)
His book, The Body Keeps the Score, is the inspiring story of how a group of therapists and scientists— together with their courageous and memorable patients—has struggled to integrate recent advances in brain science, attachment research, and body awareness into treatments that can free trauma survivors from the tyranny of the past. These new paths to recovery activate the brain’s natural neuroplasticity to rewire disturbed functioning and rebuild step by step the ability to “know what you know and feel what you feel.”