What do addictions have in common? The addict is always chasing the high. One of our colleagues in the Addiction world, Chana (pronounced “Hana,” like the road to Hana, Hawaii) Carro, is a licensed independent Substance Abuse Counselor with over 24 years’...
We love these books! You hope you will also. Jeff Olson, The Slight Edge, published by Success Books, copyright 2005, 2011. Napoleon Hill, Think & Grow Rich, published by Ballantine Books, revised edition copyright 1960. Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends and...
“Eustress,” I stress, we all have some stress as part of the journey of life! Some of it is good for us, as we have discussed; some is challenging in good ways, some not so good. We often create the circumstances that ultimately manifest as stress. Past decisions...
We’ve been sharing thoughts on addiction in general and the relationship to spirituality or lack of spiritual connection. It’s a very personal journey. There could be a family with many children. All are doing well except one, to the dismay of everyone in this...
What about stress? What is “healthy stress?” Anxiety provokes stress, but it also improves performance. Only beyond a certain point does anxiety actually create difficulties for the individual. Are we not developing or promoting some protective or health-enhancing...
As a Psychiatrist and addictionist, Vernon spent many years working in the worlds of Medicine, Metaphysics, and science, and also in the worlds of emotions and Psychology. In our last blog, we described an addict as someone trying to fill a hole in himself with...
I’ve had some very interesting chats with my colleague in Medicine, Psychiatry, Consciousness and Metaphysics, Dr. Charles Raison. Dr. Raison says that often people who have a spiritual orientation become frustrated or guilty when they have negative thoughts.. Why...
Alcoholism and other addictions are significant treatment challenges. The addicted person may think, “How am I going to deal with this pain that’s driving me?” It’s usually not a conscious process. Pain is the driver. As the pain is driving the person, he or she is...
I have had some very exciting conversations with Dr. Rakesh Jain, Director of Psychiatric Drug Research for the RD Clinical Research Center at Lake Jackson, Texas. He’s the author of numerous scientific articles and has done extensive research on the relationship...
We’ve had some fantastic discussions with colleagues on different aspects of consciousness and mind and their ability to be restorative to our health, to be allies for our well-being. We can bring together a sense of wholeness that is based on spiritual,...
