Back in Control with David Hanscom, MD

In this episode, Dr. David Hanscom talks with author and consultant Gillian Riley. She explains how we respond to unconscious eating cues with deeply embedded biological responses. She discusses how becoming aware of these hidden cues is the first step to control overeating. Balancing long term and short term rewards is a key to eating less and eating better. A key aspect of her approach is helping clients understand they have freedom of choice over what and how they eat.

After teaching a program on quitting smoking for 12 years, Gillian Riley ran her first course on “How to take Control of Overeating” in 1997. She held weekend workshops in London for 20 years, delivered the course through webinars since 2017, and is now about to begin her 18th 6-week online course. Her work has as its focus the extraordinary and often ignored role of the mind in behavior change such as stopping smoking and eating less. For more information, visit: https://eatingless.com/. 

In this episode, Dr. David Hanscom continues his discussion with Pam Wirth, a Principal of consultancy Strategic Growth Advisory and founder of Hello Health.  She discusses the founding of her company, Hello Health, and outlines the steps to effectively use supplementation for improved health and treatment of a variety of conditions. These include getting tested to determine your gut health and developing a personalized supplementation profile that yields the most effective results for you.

Pamela Wirth is a hockey mom, lifelong learner, Carnegie Mellon trained MBA, former public company executive, management consultant, author and health enthusiast. She is Principal of Strategic Growth Advisory consulting for startups to public companies. Additionally, she founded Hello Health with doctor-formulated supplements following a neurodiversity diagnosis of her son and is dedicated to nutrition, education and building a network to help heal more people - particularly those with Neurodiversity, Autoimmune and Autism syndromes. Ms. Wirth enjoys health and wellness, traveling, and helping others, specifically enabling children to feel better from the inside out. She combined these passions along with her experience while living in Europe and Asia with US doctors and other families to write Hello, Health. Ms. Wirth's consulting, life experiences and attention to detail allowed her to work with a number of people and companies with a passion for helping others. For more information, visit: https://www.hello.health. 

In this episode, Dr. David Hanscom talks with Pam Wirth, a Principal of consultancy Strategic Growth Advisory and founder of Hello Health. She shares the story of how her 5 year old son developed serious neurologic symptoms from an intense autoimmune response. She chronicles her struggle to get help from an indifferent healthcare system and how she finally discovered the power of diet and supplementation to heal her son’s condition. She details the combination of dietary changes, probiotics and supplements that led to his cure.

Pamela Wirth is a hockey mom, lifelong learner, Carnegie Mellon trained MBA, former public company executive, management consultant, author and health enthusiast. She is Principal of Strategic Growth Advisory consulting for startups to public companies. Additionally, she founded Hello Health with doctor-formulated supplements following a neurodiversity diagnosis of her son and is dedicated to nutrition, education and building a network to help heal more people - particularly those with Neurodiversity, Autoimmune and Autism syndromes. Ms. Wirth enjoys health and wellness, traveling, and helping others, specifically enabling children to feel better from the inside out. She combined these passions along with her experience while living in Europe and Asia with US doctors and other families to write Hello, Health. Ms. Wirth's consulting, life experiences and attention to detail allowed her to work with a number of people and companies with a passion for helping others. For more information, visit: https://www.hello.health. 

In this episode, Dr. David Hanscom continues his discussion with Ruth Freeman, a psychotherapist and founder of Peace at Home Parenting Solutions. She discusses several basic principles and techniques for peaceful parenting that can help parents build a stronger connection to their kids. These include: focusing on relationships rather than compliance, showing up for what’s right with your kids rather than what is wrong, practicing reflective listening and coaching kids to solve their own problems when appropriate.

Ruth Freeman, LCSW is the founder of Peace At Home Parenting Solutions and a psychotherapist in private practice in Storrs, Connecticut. She has taught parenting education to thousands over the past 30+ years. She is co-founder of the Connecticut Parenting Education Network and lead author of "Building Family Futures," a University of Connecticut train-the-trainer parenting education curriculum. Ruth has also served as the Family Services Director for The Cove Center for Grieving Children and Primary Therapist at the Newington Children's Hospital Inpatient Psychiatric Services. She freely and humorously shares the real-life blunders, challenges and successes she has had as a bio mom, stepmom, foster mom and “Nana.”  For more information, visit: https://www.peaceathomeparenting.com. 

In this episode, Dr. David Hanscom talks with Ruth Freeman, a psychotherapist and founder of Peace at Home Parenting Solutions. She shares the alarming statistics about the current mental health crisis with kids and discusses the causes of parental burnout among working parents. She explains how the hybrid working model spurred by the pandemic and the breakdown of family rhythms and routines under the pressure of modern life are contributing to the problem. She also emphasizes the importance of parents understanding what happened to them as kids so they don’t pass on the same issues to the next generation.

Ruth Freeman, LCSW is the founder of Peace At Home Parenting Solutions and a psychotherapist in private practice in Storrs, Connecticut. She has taught parenting education to thousands over the past 30+ years. She is co-founder of the Connecticut Parenting Education Network and lead author of "Building Family Futures," a University of Connecticut train-the-trainer parenting education curriculum. Ruth has also served as the Family Services Director for The Cove Center for Grieving Children and Primary Therapist at the Newington Children's Hospital Inpatient Psychiatric Services. She freely and humorously shares the real-life blunders, challenges and successes she has had as a bio mom, stepmom, foster mom and “Nana.”  For more information, visit: https://www.peaceathomeparenting.com. 

In this episode, Dr. David Hanscom continues his discussion with Dr. Dan Ratner, an international mind/body expert.  He shares details of his “three-column” approach to treating chronic pain which includes: helping patients understand the emotions they have around their symptoms, articulate and challenge their doubts and recognize they have the power to heal themselves.

Dr. Dan Ratner is an internationally known mind body expert and the podcast host of Crushing Doubt, which is available on YouTube and Spotify, and lays out his unique columns system to organize mind body experience and help people alleviate both chronic and acute pain and other symptoms. After his profound, life-changing experience resolving his own chronic back pain, he has since become a leading expert in the field, curing hundreds of pain sufferers with these scientific and logical methods. His eight session seminars teach people everything they need to know about the mind body process to put their questions to rest and his membership groups allow ongoing, cost-effective access to him on a weekly basis to work on understanding and alleviating symptoms. His long anticipated book, also entitled Crushing Doubt, is soon to be available. For more information. Visit: www.crushingdoubt.org. 

In this episode, Dr. David Hanscom talks with Dr. Dan Ratner, an internationally known mind/body expert, about his own experience dealing with chronic pain, and the evolution of his approach to helping others heal from chronic pain. He emphasizes the importance of changing the way we think about chronic pain so we can lessen doubt and feel safe. He also explains that aligning with our true selves is a  critical step in the healing process.

Dr. Dan Ratner is an internationally known mind body expert and the podcast host of Crushing Doubt, which is available on Youtube and Spotify, and lays out his unique columns system to organize mind body experience and help people alleviate both chronic and acute pain and other symptoms. After his profound, life-changing experience resolving his own chronic back pain, he has since become a leading expert in the field, curing hundreds of pain sufferers with these scientific and logical methods. His eight session seminars teach people everything they need to know about the mind body process to put their questions to rest and his membership groups allow ongoing, cost-effective access to him on a weekly basis to work on understanding and alleviating symptoms. His long anticipated book, also entitled Crushing Doubt, is soon to be available. For more information. Visit: www.crushingdoubt.org. 

In this episode, Dr. David Hanscom continues his discussion with Dr. Thomas Verny, psychiatrist and best-selling author of The Embodied Mind.  He explains the concept of the embodied mind as a form of “cellular intelligence.“ While traditional neuroscience regards mind as an emergent property of the physical brain, the embodied mind posits that mind is dependent on the entire body, not just the brain. He shares numerous examples of the embodied mind at work including: the relationship between gut health and mental health, the plaques that are thought to cause Alzheimer's disease originating in the liver, and the experience of heart transplant patients adopting characteristics of the donor’s personality.

Dr. Thomas R Verny is a psychiatrist, Founding President of APPPAH, the Association for Pre and Perinatal Psychology and Health, Founding Editor-in Chief of the APPPAH Journal, author of  47 scientific papers and eight books including the international best seller, The Secret Life of the Unborn Child, published in 27 countries and the recently released, The Embodied Mind. The Embodied Mind shows how intelligence and consciousness—traits traditionally attributed to the brain alone—permeate our entire being. Whether or not we can consciously access a memory, the lived event has left an imprint on our cells and tissues. This is one reason why heart transplants carry memories of the donors. For more information, visit: http://www.trvernymd.com

In this episode, Dr. David Hanscom talks with Dr. Thomas Verny, psychiatrist and best-selling author of The Embodied Mind. He shares how observations from his work with patients led him to the concept of the embodied mind—essentially how functions we normally associate only with the brain are dispersed throughout the cells of the body. One example of this is recalling memories formed before the age of two, which traditional neuroscience postulates is not possible. This may indicate that pre-natal and peri-natal cognition is much more robust than originally believed.

Dr. Thomas R Verny is a psychiatrist, Founding President of APPPAH, the Association for Pre and Perinatal Psychology and Health, Founding Editor-in Chief of the APPPAH Journal, author of  47 scientific papers and eight books including the international best seller, The Secret Life of the Unborn Child, published in 27 countries and the recently released, The Embodied Mind. The Embodied Mind shows how intelligence and consciousness—traits traditionally attributed to the brain alone—permeate our entire being. Whether or not we can consciously access a memory, the lived event has left an imprint on our cells and tissues. This is one reason why heart transplants carry memories of the donors. For more information, visit: http://www.trvernymd.com

In this episode, Dr. David Hanscom continues his discussion with Victor Perton, founder of the Australian Leadership Project and the Center for Optimism.  He explains that, according to researchers, optimism is the trait most associated with a healthy longevity. He shares his vision of promoting tools to become more optimistic. He has found two tools in particular to be very useful: getting people to talk about what they want to be in 5 years and storytelling.

Victor Perton is the Chief Optimism Officer of The Centre for Optimism.   The offspring of stateless refugees from the Baltics, Victor's early working years were spent in the law, politics and public policy culminating in 18 years in the legislature. After politics, Victor worked as Commissioner to the Americas working across North and South America on Foreign Direct Investment and Export Promotion.  This was followed by service as Senior Advisor to the Australian G20 Presidency. Returning to Melbourne, Victor was surprised by the negativity around leadership and increasing levels of anxiety and depression on our community.  This led to the founding of The Australian Leadership Project and, after a Eureka moment, the founding of its offspring The Centre for Optimism. For more information, visit: https://www.centreforoptimism.com/