Within conventional medicine, medical interventions are generally considered to be the effective agents for change in and of themselves. It is the medication, surgery, radiotherapy or other intervention that appears to bring relief or cure to the patient. Yet it is firmly established that a third of people treated for most illnesses will show improvements

Abstract A CBA helps you consider whether to give a green light to a project and to invest funds and energies in bringing it to fruition. CBAs are in wide general uses today, primarily in the business world, where the focus is generally on making good financial decisions. Changing your mind-set to a Benefit-Cost Analysis

Each of us may experience diverse health problems that may be caused by our body, emotions, mind, relationships (with other people or the environment), and/or spirit. Allopathic (conventional) medical doctors primarily address those parts of our problems restricted to the physical body. In most cases, this is all they been trained to understand and to

Neuroplasticity of the brain may help us to use the transducer that is our brain in an economical manner. It may, however, distort our perceptions of reality and may make it difficult for us to perceive aspects of our world that are outside our habitual frames of reference. This may help us to understand some

Abstract Humanity is behaving in many ways that threaten to end our existence. There is a growing awareness that we are probably witnessing the 6th major extinction on our planet. The first five extinctions were caused by major shifts in nature. This one is being caused by humans. Our behaviors are very self-destructive to the

Abstract In this editorial I consider the issue of integrity through lessons learned from Energy Psychology (EP), particularly the modality I developed and practice, called WHEE, the Wholistic Hybrid derived from EMDR and EFT. My discussion is framed within the wholistic model of care, addressing body, emotions, mind, relationships and spirit. Each of the wholistic

Abstract Although this is rarely discussed or acknowledged, humans are symbiotic with other life forms and with the environment. The most commonly recognized symbiotic relationships are animals and plants raised by farmers. Less acknowledged are actually those who are most intimately symbiotic with humans, namely the microbes in our bodies. There are ten times as

Abstract The sixth mass extinction of species on planet earth is in progress, caused by humans. We are aware of the damages we are causing to our planet and of the suicidal danger to human survival and to survival of all other species on our planet, but are not taking adequate steps to halt this

Most people experience and view pain as an unwanted nuisance, a scourge to be avoided as quickly and as completely as possible, and to be eliminated as soon as possible. This is certainly the prevalent view among the vast majority of conventional therapists, and nearly to the same extent among most complementary/ alternative therapists. The

A setback is a setup for a comeback Willie Jolley I am astounded when I look back on my life and see how many times Ive found a negative experience turn into a positive one. Ive come to wonder in a generic way what messages or lessons I might discover in such types of occurrences.