Back in Control with David Hanscom, MD

In this episode, Dr. David Hanscom continues his discussion with Dr. John Stracks, about how he applies his integrative, mind body approach to treating chronic pain, both in an individual and group setting. He explains that the key first step in the healing process is getting patients to understand what pain is, and that it can have a non-physical dimension. Once they see how stress impacts their pain, and decide to do something about it, healing can begin. For more information, visit: https://www.drstracks.com.

Dr. John Stracks is a leading voice for holistic medical care in Chicago. His practice specializes in integrative medicine, primary care, thyroid disease management, and mind-body approaches to manage and overcome chronic pain and illness. His pioneering approach and his dedication to treating the whole person provide an alternative perspective on medical care as well as hope and improved health to patients who have exhausted other options.

In this episode, Dr. David Hanscom talks with Dr. John Stracks, a family practitioner and an early pioneer in the use of mind body methods for treating chronic pain. He discusses his early struggle with chronic pain and how his work with Dr. John Sarno led him to a new approach to treating patients that takes into account the non-physical dimension of pain. He shares some patient success stories that illustrate the power of treating the whole patient. For more information, visit: https://www.drstracks.com.

Dr. John Stracks is a leading voice for holistic medical care in Chicago. His practice specializes in integrative medicine, primary care, thyroid disease management, and mind-body approaches to manage and overcome chronic pain and illness. His pioneering approach and his dedication to treating the whole person provide an alternative perspective on medical care as well as hope and improved health to patients who have exhausted other options.

In this episode, Dr. David Hanscom continues his discussion about consciousness and health with Bruce Lipton, a stem cell biologist and author of the best-selling book, The Biology of Belief. He discusses how quantum physics underlies our consciousness and ultimately our health. He explains how stress hormones can interfere with the immune system, and how we can use different learning modalities to change our consciousness. For more information, visit: http://www.brucelipton.com.

Bruce H. Lipton, Ph.D., is a stem cell biologist and the bestselling author of The Biology of Belief, Spontaneous Evolution and The Honeymoon Effect.  He served as Associate Professor of Anatomy in the School of Medicine at the University of Wisconsin (Madison, 1973-1982). His pioneering research on cloned human stem cells presaged today’s revolutionary new field of epigenetics. Dr. Lipton later served as a Research Fellow in the Department of Pathology in Stanford University’s School of Medicine (1987-1992). His groundbreaking research there revealed the nature of the biochemical pathways by which the mind (perceptions/beliefs) controls behavior and genetic activity.

In this episode, Dr. David Hanscom talks with Bruce Lipton, a stem cell biologist and author of the best-selling book, The Biology of Belief. He discusses the science behind how our consciousness impacts our health. He explains how stress hormones can shut down the immune system, and examines the role that the neurochemistry of the blood and epigenetics play in regulating our health and behavior. For more information, visit: http://www.brucelipton.com.

Bruce H. Lipton, Ph.D., is a stem cell biologist and the bestselling author of The Biology of Belief, Spontaneous Evolution and The Honeymoon Effect.  He served as Associate Professor of Anatomy in the School of Medicine at the University of Wisconsin (Madison, 1973-1982). His pioneering research on cloned human stem cells presaged today’s revolutionary new field of epigenetics. Dr. Lipton later served as a Research Fellow in the Department of Pathology in Stanford University’s School of Medicine (1987-1992). His groundbreaking research there revealed the nature of the biochemical pathways by which the mind (perceptions/beliefs) controls behavior and genetic activity. Pain, Chronic Pain, Healing,

In this episode, Dr. David Hanscom continues his conversation with Dr. Rozina Lakhani, a psychiatrist who specializes in the treatment of stress and is the author of the book, Stress to Joy: Your Toolkit to Restore Peace of Mind in Minutes. She discusses the 7 most common sources of workplace stress and provides 5 questions you can ask yourself to determine whether and to what degree you are suffering from job-related stress. She also provides examples of how to apply her stress reduction approach to cope with stress at your workplace.  Use this link to get your free gift copy of Stress to Joy. For more information, visit: https://shifahealth.org/executive-video-chat-clinic.

Dr. Rozina.Lahkani is a Psychiatrist at Shifa Health. As a part of the group of providers there and as a Medical Director at Residence XII and as a Clinical Professor at the University of Washington, she touches thousands of lives indirectly. Now, with this platform, she wants to expand her to prevent stress and suffering and live a healthier and happier life.  

In this episode, Dr. David Hanscom talks with Dr. Rozina Lakhani, a psychiatrist who specializing in the treatment of stress and is the author of the book, Stress to Joy: Your Toolkit to Restore Peace of Mind in Minutes. She discusses her 3-step approach to coping with stress. She explains the concepts of "circle of concern", "circle of influence" and the "emotional coping account" which are central to learning to manage stress in our everyday lives. Use this link to get your free gift copy of Stress to Joy. For more information, visit: https://shifahealth.org/executive-video-chat-clinic.

Dr. Rozina.Lakhani is a Psychiatrist at Shifa Health. As a part of the group of providers there and as a Medical Director at Residence XII and as a Clinical Professor at the University of Washington, she touches thousands of lives indirectly. Now, with this platform, she wants to expand her to prevent stress and suffering and live a healthier and happier life.  

Dr. David Hanscom talks with John Gribbin, CEO and a founder of Curable Health - a company which offers educational software programs to help manage chronic pain. He discusses the principles of a more holistic approach to chronic pain treatment that were used in creating the software. He also shares statistics that illustrate how the software works to heal chronic pain over time. For more information, visit: https://curablehealth.com

John Gribbin is a founder and the CEO of Curable Health. Curable develops highly engaging, online chronic pain education and psychology programs. Curable is used by hundreds of thousands of people with chronic pain, and recommended by thousands of healthcare clinicians around the world.

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Dr. David Hanscom talks with John Gribbin, CEO and a founder of Curable Health - a company which offers educational software programs to help manage chronic pain. He shares his own journey through many years of chronic pain and the insights about overcoming his pain that led him to found the company. For more information, visit: https://curablehealth.com

John Gribbin is a founder and the CEO of Curable Health. Curable develops highly engaging, online chronic pain education and psychology programs. Curable is used by hundreds of thousands of people with chronic pain, and recommended by thousands of healthcare clinicians around the world.

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In their second interview, Dr. David Hanscom talks with Emerald GreenForest about the process of personal transformation she discovered during her own period of emotional and spiritual healing from a personal crisis, and now shares with others to help them heal. She details the individual stages of clarity, courage, coaching, creation, checking-in, choosing and celebration. To learn more, visit her websites at: https://www.emeraldgreenforest.com/.

Emerald Peaceful GreenForest is an internationally known Speaker, Transformation Artist, Executive Producer & Hostess of the Men On Purpose Podcast, hired by inspired executives and visionary change agents who want to become crystal clear in their vision, wholeheartedly committed to their mission and massively motivated to advance their biggest ideas. She is a published author with several books of her own as well as a collaborator and contributor to 15 anthologies many of which have achieved best seller status on Amazon. Her Men On Purpose Podcast, a show dedicated to shining the spotlight on magnificent men, is now being downloaded worldwide in 38 countries.

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In this episode, Dr. David Hanscom talks with Emerald GreenForest who shares her own spiritual and emotional healing journey from personal crisis, and how it led her to discover a powerful process of transformative change. For more information, visit: http://www.emeraldgreenforest.com/gift.

Emerald Peaceful GreenForest is an internationally known Speaker, Transformation Artist, Executive Producer & Hostess of the Men On Purpose Podcast, hired by inspired executives and visionary change agents who want to become crystal clear in their vision, wholeheartedly committed to their mission and massively motivated to advance their biggest ideas. She is a published author with several books of her own as well as a collaborator and contributor to 15 anthologies many of which have achieved best seller status on Amazon. Her Men On Purpose Podcast, a show dedicated to shining the spotlight on magnificent men, is now being downloaded worldwide in 38 countries.

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