On this week’s episode of Crushing Doubt, Julie and I explore doubt as it relates to raising kids and what we show them about their own ability to trust themselves and their perceptions. The doubts that arise in parents and children alike can be a powerful force and the awareness of these issues can help us make choices that honor who we are and who the children are telling us they are.

I also had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. David Hanscom, a former orthopedic surgeon who discovered his own principles of mind body work the hard way -- through his own story of pain and recovery. We discuss his evolving understanding of the mind body process, with his particular focus on the mind body stress response and how it can be harnessed for relief. David and I had never gotten to meet before the interview and I think we were both pleased with how much common ground we found. I hope to collaborate with him in the future in advancing the field. Don’t miss this discussion of cutting edge science and logic, as we debunk some of the most talked about structural theories of the body and how radical a shift can occur when the mind body process is understood, both physically and personally.

The podcast closes as Julie and I discuss the ideas behind the action steps in my powerful and effective short term consultations. In relieving my own symptoms, I found many aspects of the mind body experience could be pinpointed in my understanding of them and, as such, that I could elucidate corresponding changes in behavior and thought that can lead to greater relief. The action steps are often new, potential ways of thinking, more so than actions, but these dynamic and striking changes in the mind change the physiology of the body. We will tie the action steps to the three columns of emotions, doubt, and power so that you can see how each column provides new information, an organized system to understand and deal with them, and reliable tenets that can allow you to become confident in managing your own mind body processes. I also consider questions from the viewing and listening audience, doing everything I can to help patients resolve their doubt, understand their emotions, grow more personally powerful, and reduce or eradicate their symptoms.