https://www.futurehealth.org/populum/rss.php?c=a&t=&p=&tid=0 Tools, information and inspiration to transform yourself and the planet -- to go beyond not sick to optimal health and functioning -- a unique resource for biofeedback, neurofeedback, QEEG, appliedpsychophysiology, consciousness, stress and pain management, consciousness, personal transformation -- a source of cutting edge meetings, information, instruments, systems, books, tapes, supplies, training, and consultation for professionals and consumers alike. en-us Copyright 2026 Thu, 14 May 2026 20:47:43 -0400 Thu, 14 May 2026 20:47:43 -0400 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss https://www.futurehealth.org/populum/pthemes/futurehealth/images/rssbanner.png https://www.futurehealth.org/populum/rss.php?c=a&t=&p=&tid=0 152 149 https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Alpha-Theta-Neurotherapy-A-by-Nancy-White-100203-271.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Alpha-Theta-Neurotherapy-A-by-Nancy-White-100203-271.html Nancy White Alpha-Theta Neurotherapy, has been found in clinical practice, as in the original work of Elmer and Alyce Green and further developed by Eugene Peniston and described in his original research, to reduce or eliminate alcoholic craving while simultaneously addressing mental, emotional, physical and, at times, spiritual dimensions of alcoholism and surrounding issues. https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/The-Brain-Broad-Builds-A-B-by-Tsara-Shelton-Mental-Health_Mental-Illness_Mental-Training_Neurofeedback-141010-558.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/The-Brain-Broad-Builds-A-B-by-Tsara-Shelton-Mental-Health_Mental-Illness_Mental-Training_Neurofeedback-141010-558.html Tsara Shelton Lynette Louise aka The Brain Broad (aka my mom) has a brand new podcast. Inviting a different guest with a history of brain knowledge for every episode, together they'll explore a mental disorder chosen at random. With creativity, brain science, and out of the box thinking they discuss what might be done to help that brain using all the tools in their toolbox. https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/The-Psychology-of-Fantasy-by-Saberi-Roy-100901-178.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/The-Psychology-of-Fantasy-by-Saberi-Roy-100901-178.html Saberi Roy On the role of the conscious mind in fantasy and studying the uses, functions and stages of fantasy https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/The-Gift-of-Receiving-A-P-by-Judith-Acosta-090928-309.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/The-Gift-of-Receiving-A-P-by-Judith-Acosta-090928-309.html Judith Acosta Every year at around this time, the advertising starts to remind us that the holidays are closing in. For some, that is a delight. To others, it is a cause for panic. https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Neurofeedback-and-Hyperbar-by-Dr-Clare-Albright-100128-909.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Neurofeedback-and-Hyperbar-by-Dr-Clare-Albright-100128-909.html Dr. Clare Albright This is a true story of how neurofeedback and hyperbaric oxygen therapy transformed the life of a young man who suffered severe brain damage in a car accident. https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/What-is-Happiness-by-Warren-Davies-091118-270.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/What-is-Happiness-by-Warren-Davies-091118-270.html Warren Davies How would you define happiness? Is it an emotion? A state of mind? A decision? Is it a reaction to things that happen to us, like pain, or is it something we can create https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/The-Psychology-of-Fear-by-Saberi-Roy-100903-820.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/The-Psychology-of-Fear-by-Saberi-Roy-100903-820.html Saberi Roy On fear as feeling and fear as emotion and the study of fear in anxiety and phobia https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Discovering-Intention-and-by-Tsara-Shelton-Children_Teaching-140426-853.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Discovering-Intention-and-by-Tsara-Shelton-Children_Teaching-140426-853.html Tsara Shelton I often wonder who I would have become if I never had children. It is through them and my desire to be who I would ask them to be that I have truly insisted on getting to know and like myself. In this story I remember a moment when, challenged by a stranger, I was gifted with an opportunity to discover my own belief. And in this moment I became a better mom, friend, and citizen. https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Insurance-Should-Pat-For-H-by-Lewis-Mehl-Madrona-100321-147.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Insurance-Should-Pat-For-H-by-Lewis-Mehl-Madrona-100321-147.html Lewis Mehl-Madrona Numerous studies have shown that 80% of primary care visits to health care practitioners involve the ordinary suffering of daily life and not diseases that need treatment, yet we throw pills and potions at these woes as if that is their solution. https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Learning-from-Native-North-by-Lewis-Mehl-Madrona-100419-38.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Learning-from-Native-North-by-Lewis-Mehl-Madrona-100419-38.html Lewis Mehl-Madrona The traditional healing of North America is slowly findings its way into conventional clinical settings. Not everyone (Native and non-Native) agree with its entry there. Some people believe that traditional healing should be restricted to Native people and kept away from Non-Natives. Others believe it should be openly shared with all. Even knowing what is a traditional healer is a debated question. Some people call themse https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/The-difficulty-of-practici-by-Lewis-Mehl-Madrona-Exercise_Healing_Health_Health-150907-90.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/The-difficulty-of-practici-by-Lewis-Mehl-Madrona-Exercise_Healing_Health_Health-150907-90.html Lewis Mehl-Madrona I look at the stories that people hold about their lives that sometimes work against them. I tell the story of a driven man whom I warned 25 years earlier that he might drop dead if he didn't take a break, and discover that he did, in his fifties. I discuss the problems we face in medicine, how to help people change their stories that are leading them toward illness. This is one of the hallmarks of narrative medicine. https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Athletes-with-ADHD--Auti-by-Michael-Linden-100424-956.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Athletes-with-ADHD--Auti-by-Michael-Linden-100424-956.html Michael Linden # An estimated 8-10% (possibly up to 20%) professional athletes have ADHD (compared to four to eight percent of the general population of adults).--# Athletes with ADHD perform better in individualized or fast sports.--# Many athletes with Asperger's are undiagnosed and excel at technical positions https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/The-Psychology-of-Empathy-by-Saberi-Roy-100620-281.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/The-Psychology-of-Empathy-by-Saberi-Roy-100620-281.html Saberi Roy Describing empathy and delineating the stages of empathy along with the theoretical and therapeutic implications https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Finding-Magic-in-a-Muggle-by-Lewis-Mehl-Madrona-Change_Future_Healing_Nature-141219-686.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Finding-Magic-in-a-Muggle-by-Lewis-Mehl-Madrona-Change_Future_Healing_Nature-141219-686.html Lewis Mehl-Madrona What is magic in a muggle world? We recently conducted a workshop to explore that question. First, what arose was the idea our thoughts could influence the future to which we are headed. What if our visualizations could change the direction in which we are headed. What is really magic is the power we have to influence others. We have power to uplift. We have power to give hope when there is none. This is real magic. https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Psychiatrists-in-Community-by-Lewis-Mehl-Madrona-100729-541.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Psychiatrists-in-Community-by-Lewis-Mehl-Madrona-100729-541.html Lewis Mehl-Madrona This article explores the role of the psychiatrist in community mental health. I find myself working in this setting and realizing that almost everyone sees my role as the writing of prescriptions. Medication has become the core of community mental health with twice monthly, 25 minute "therapy" visits. I ask how psychiatrists working in such settings can push back. How can we reclaim psychiatry as the medicine of the soul? https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Bringing-Magic-Back-to-a-M-by-Lewis-Mehl-Madrona-Affect_Coherence_Healing_Health-141010-532.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Bringing-Magic-Back-to-a-M-by-Lewis-Mehl-Madrona-Affect_Coherence_Healing_Health-141010-532.html Lewis Mehl-Madrona We need to bring magic back into our modern, materialistic world. While ultimately magic will have a scientific description, it will probably take place at the quantum level, which few of us can understand. Therefore, we are left to marvel at the way energy moves matter, at how our participation in each others electrical fields of our hearts creates coherence and even health and well-being. We are left to wonder and awe. https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/How-we-treat-is-more-impor-by-Lewis-Mehl-Madrona-Depression_Health_Health_Medicine-140527-463.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/How-we-treat-is-more-impor-by-Lewis-Mehl-Madrona-Depression_Health_Health_Medicine-140527-463.html Lewis Mehl-Madrona The way we relate to people is more important than what we do in both medicine and psychiatry. Randomized, clinical trials of the drug, citalopram, for geriatric depression, for example, showed that where a patient got treated mattered more than what drug they received. The response rate to citalopram varied from 16% to 82% among 15 hospitals. The time is nigh to improve the human elements in what we do be more helpful. https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Smoking-and-Stress-by-Warren-Davies-090930-967.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Smoking-and-Stress-by-Warren-Davies-090930-967.html Warren Davies Contrary to popular opinion, smoking isn't relaxing. The evidence shows smoking actually causes stress, rather than reduce it. https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Parapsychology-and-the-Par-by-Grant-Lawrence-100316-459.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Parapsychology-and-the-Par-by-Grant-Lawrence-100316-459.html Grant Lawrence Parapsychology only seems extraordinary to those that hold a completely outdated view of reality which happens to be most of science. That view of reality is found in 17th century Newtonian Physics and the mechanistic view of matter and the universe. https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Crossroads-by-Lewis-Mehl-Madrona-100405-394.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Crossroads-by-Lewis-Mehl-Madrona-100405-394.html Lewis Mehl-Madrona This weekend I attended a conference called Crossroads in Topanga Canyon, California. We met together to think about bringing healing circles and talking circles to ever corner and intersection in America. We experienced a healing circle together, which inspired us to think more about what it would mean for health care if all of us to belonged to one. Health care costs will only soar unless people begin to take ca https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/The-Philosophy-of-Mind-Bod-by-Vijayaraghavan-Pad-100517-312.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/The-Philosophy-of-Mind-Bod-by-Vijayaraghavan-Pad-100517-312.html Vijayaraghavan Padmanabhan Mind-body-spirit medicine allows the unknown to be tackled by the body's built-in mechanisms. Thus the therapeutic potential of mind-body-spirit medicine is unlimited, while the purely biomedical approach confines itself to limits set by the logical mind. https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/More-Indian-Than-Thou-by-Lewis-Mehl-Madrona-100614-832.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/More-Indian-Than-Thou-by-Lewis-Mehl-Madrona-100614-832.html Lewis Mehl-Madrona More Indian Than Thou is a current artefact of blood quantum discussion. It disenfranchises many, and seems to contain some of the same political aspects as our oppressors. This article addresses the question of Indian identity. Can a person be an Indian without being enrolled in a tribe. Can a person claim Native American heritage without tribal enrollment and endorsement? What are the politics of "Indianness"? https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Asperger-Syndrome-or-ADHD-by-Lynda-Thompson-100627-612.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Asperger-Syndrome-or-ADHD-by-Lynda-Thompson-100627-612.html Lynda Thompson The traits of someone with Asperger Syndrome overlap with ADHD in terms of poor attention and impulsive behaviour so these children are often diagnosed as ADHD. https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/The-Psychology-of-Family-by-Saberi-Roy-101118-18.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/The-Psychology-of-Family-by-Saberi-Roy-101118-18.html Saberi Roy On the need to study family structures and family interactions in the Psychology of Family https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Nanglyala-Mental-Health-Ce-by-Lewis-Mehl-Madrona-110330-9.html Thu, 14 May 3035 13:01:47 -0400 https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Nanglyala-Mental-Health-Ce-by-Lewis-Mehl-Madrona-110330-9.html Lewis Mehl-Madrona I write about the composite mental health center I have created in previous essays which comes from my and others' experiences working in mental health in New York State. I call it Nanglyala Mental Health Center, in honor of the Russian word for Valhalla, which one can't use, for it actually exists. I propose a thought experiment in changing the culture at NMHC, which I hope someone somewhere will be inspired to do. https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Change-Your-Stories-Chang-by-Book-Excerpt-091112-567.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Change-Your-Stories-Chang-by-Book-Excerpt-091112-567.html Book Excerpt I believe anyone can become... the person who experiences pain or doubt or tough times or unfairness but who maintains perspective, humor, and a sense of optimism. When this person faces difficult problems, he or she still performs at his or her best. This person is an everyday hero. https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Dick-Bolles--the-most-rec-by-Joan-Brunwasser-110403-890.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Dick-Bolles--the-most-rec-by-Joan-Brunwasser-110403-890.html Joan Brunwasser So, a funny thing happened to me, on the way to church. While just trying to help some campus ministers who were hanging on the ropes, I accidentally wrote a best-selling book.I didn't write it to be that.I didn't write it to make money, I only wrote it to be helpful. I didn't know that with its annual revisions (which I required) and with teaching from it all around the world, it would take over my whole life, [since] 1970. https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Sweat-Lodge-Prayer-and-C-by-Lewis-Mehl-Madrona-110222-672.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Sweat-Lodge-Prayer-and-C-by-Lewis-Mehl-Madrona-110222-672.html Lewis Mehl-Madrona Prayer and community have been stripped away from contemporary health care. Both are sorely needed. I talk about the sweat lodge ceremony as being a laboratory for exposing mainstream healthcare practitioners to the perspective on health and the world of Native American people and show how it produces the kind of connectedness and sense of belonging that we desperately need and which is associated with greater health. https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Excerpt-from-Coyote-Wisdom-by-Lewis-Mehl-Madrona-101031-579.html Sun, 14 May 6947 13:18:00 -0400 https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Excerpt-from-Coyote-Wisdom-by-Lewis-Mehl-Madrona-101031-579.html Lewis Mehl-Madrona This excerpt tells the story of my work with Tiffany, a young woman with cancer who was from the Christian faith and how we used Meister Eckhart as a way to bridge my Native American philosophies with Christianity to create a healing dialogue throughout the course of her cancer. this seems like an important story to me because it shows how we can create healing (meaning and purpose) even when the patient dies. https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Day-1-Australia-2012-by-Lewis-Mehl-Madrona-120226-11.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Day-1-Australia-2012-by-Lewis-Mehl-Madrona-120226-11.html Lewis Mehl-Madrona This article begins my 2012 Australian journey. I briefly describe my presentation for the day and then go to the meat of what I learned, which is about aboriginal health and disparity statistics in Australia today. Generally, as anyone can imagine, aboriginal people are in terrible shape in Australia -- to my surprise, worse than their counterparts in the USA and Canada. We know the sad state of Indians in the US. https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Make-Way-for-the-Energy-of-by-Elaine-Seiler-120321-487.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Make-Way-for-the-Energy-of-by-Elaine-Seiler-120321-487.html Elaine Seiler Author and energetics expert Elaine Seiler shares 5 tips For energetic spring clearing. https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Virtual-Therapy-The-Futur-by-Eric-Silver-Mental-Health-Therapy_Online-Therapy_Therapy-190926-704.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Virtual-Therapy-The-Futur-by-Eric-Silver-Mental-Health-Therapy_Online-Therapy_Therapy-190926-704.html Eric Silver As technology constantly improves, it continues to disrupt every industry. Therapy is no different. How will technology affect the massive mental health category? https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Suicide-Prevention--Does-by-Lewis-Mehl-Madrona-Culture_Double-Standards_Health_Housing-150913-378.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Suicide-Prevention--Does-by-Lewis-Mehl-Madrona-Culture_Double-Standards_Health_Housing-150913-378.html Lewis Mehl-Madrona Are psychiatric services successful in preventing suicide or do we actually cause more suicides than would otherwise happen. We create a culture of helplessness in which people expect rescue and do not believe they are in control of their actions. They can attempt suicide thinking they will be saved, but can miscalculate and accidentally die. An Australian man stopped 160 suicides by giving people breakfast. Is this better? https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/The-Price-of-ADHD-Business-by-Frank-J-Granett-R-Adhd_Attention_Business-Plan_Children-140426-594.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/The-Price-of-ADHD-Business-by-Frank-J-Granett-R-Adhd_Attention_Business-Plan_Children-140426-594.html Frank J. Granett R.ph. The Price of ADHD Business focuses on the outdated assessment and treatment process in children for behavioral conditions during the past 40 years. The new business model involves ruling out underlying nutritional, physiological and environmental risk factors prior to premature drug therapy. The symptoms of ADHD are real and can be uncovered as described in Over Medicating Our Youth and The American Epidemic. https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/The-Bodhisattva-s-Vow-Mov-by-Grant-Lawrence-090925-312.html Thu, 14 May 7131 12:54:48 -0400 https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/The-Bodhisattva-s-Vow-Mov-by-Grant-Lawrence-090925-312.html Grant Lawrence The Bodhisattva, to me, is a state of being and not a concept that is owned by any particular religion or sect. Rather,"What makes someone a Bodhisattva is her or his dedication to the ultimate welfare of other beings, as expressed in the prayer: 'May I attain Buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings'." https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/The-Power-of-Thought-by-Buryl-payne-Meditation_Meditation_War-150118-315.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/The-Power-of-Thought-by-Buryl-payne-Meditation_Meditation_War-150118-315.html Buryl payne Power of thought https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Waking-from-the-Trance-of-by-Catherine-Al-Meten-Anxiety_Compassion_Control_Emotions-141010-167.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Waking-from-the-Trance-of-by-Catherine-Al-Meten-Anxiety_Compassion_Control_Emotions-141010-167.html Catherine Al-Meten Article about using meditation as a way to deal with unworthiness and self hatred. https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Because-my-Mom-was-Autisti-by-Tsara-Shelton-Aspergers_Autism_Autistic-Spectrum-Disorder_Family-150118-94.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Because-my-Mom-was-Autisti-by-Tsara-Shelton-Aspergers_Autism_Autistic-Spectrum-Disorder_Family-150118-94.html Tsara Shelton Most lives have recurring themes. Baseball, cancer, music, science, sexual abuse etc. Most families can point to things they have experienced and learned from over and over. It doesn't have to be something that happens all the time, but something that continually teaches or challenges. Our family has had a few themes, the loudest being autism. In this article I share a few of the life lessons autism challenged us to learn. https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Wearable-Diabetes-Treatmen-by-Jose-Calvo-Diabetes_Products-200131-402.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Wearable-Diabetes-Treatmen-by-Jose-Calvo-Diabetes_Products-200131-402.html Jose Calvo Two new wearable diabetes treatments were at CES 2020. We cover their advantages and limitations. https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Day-8-of-the-Australian-Jo-by-Lewis-Mehl-Madrona-120229-761.html Thu, 14 May 7643 13:30:55 -0400 https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Day-8-of-the-Australian-Jo-by-Lewis-Mehl-Madrona-120229-761.html Lewis Mehl-Madrona This is Day 8 of the Australian cross cultural adventure. Today we went to the heart of the community where the elders from the Northern Territories demonstrated some of their ceremonies and procedures to the community. That included the burning ceremony for healing pain, the smoking ceremony for purification, and spear throwing. On the way back to the island, I interviewed a patient advocate from Western Australia. https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Futurehealth-Spring-Cleani-by-Rob-Kall-Biofeedback-160421-683.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Futurehealth-Spring-Cleani-by-Rob-Kall-Biofeedback-160421-683.html Rob Kall Futurehealth has accumulated many items over its 36 years in business.------We're doing a spring cleaning sale offering over 80 different items-- hardware, software, EEG electrodes, cables, stand-alone instruments, computer hardware-- EEG, EMG, Thermal, GSR, EEG electrode checkers, books, CDs, DVDs. https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Coping-with-Grueling-Elder-by-Carol-Ann-Hamilton-Aging_Elderly_Health-160421-94.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Coping-with-Grueling-Elder-by-Carol-Ann-Hamilton-Aging_Elderly_Health-160421-94.html Carol-Ann Hamilton Find out the shocking health and relationship impacts those who care for aging parents encounter and what to do to safeguard your own life. https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Can-We-Reinvent-Ourselves-by-Lewis-Mehl-Madrona-Change_Culture_Dialogue_Family-150222-961.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Can-We-Reinvent-Ourselves-by-Lewis-Mehl-Madrona-Change_Culture_Dialogue_Family-150222-961.html Lewis Mehl-Madrona I ask the question, can we reinvent ourselves? I believe we can by becoming aware of the stories that we have absorbed which tell us how to live our lives. Through our interaction with others, we can modify those stories to become more effective and satisfying. We absorb stories through being born into a family, a place, a culture. We habitually perform those stories because we don't know better. https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Who-s-in-Charge-Anyway-by-Lewis-Mehl-Madrona-100519-379.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Who-s-in-Charge-Anyway-by-Lewis-Mehl-Madrona-100519-379.html Lewis Mehl-Madrona To what degree do we control our lives? Advocates of The Secret claim we have complete power to create whatever we wish. A more realistic world view is that of the Lakota who believe we are thrown into a universe of vast forces and influences over which we have no control. Within that context, we do what we can. I believe we need a philosophy that recognizes our embeddedness in a world that we didn't create and our capacit https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Modern-Day-Shamanism-by-Lewis-Mehl-Madrona-100507-880.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Modern-Day-Shamanism-by-Lewis-Mehl-Madrona-100507-880.html Lewis Mehl-Madrona Summary: The word "shamanism" has become very popular. But what does it mean and why do traditional North American deplore this word. Traditional healers are accountable to their communities. Others in the anonymous society must face regulation and must prove that they are more beneficial than harmful. The word shaman is no doubt here to stay, but there is an advantage to resisting it in that it brings to attention the di https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Community-Revisited-by-Lewis-Mehl-Madrona-100607-254.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Community-Revisited-by-Lewis-Mehl-Madrona-100607-254.html Lewis Mehl-Madrona Each of us is a neuron in a social brain. We need connectedness to each other to regulate our moods. I propose that the current explosion in the rates of diagnosis of anxiety disorders, depression, and bipolar disorder is relted to our lack of connectedness. We no longer have other people to regulate our moods and emotions. Alternatives to isolation are available and desirable but require us to relinguish some freedom. https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/The-Self-Transforming-Exc-by-Rob-Kall-100610-664.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/The-Self-Transforming-Exc-by-Rob-Kall-100610-664.html Rick Hanson PH.D. What flows through your mind sculpts your brain. Thus, you can use your mind to change your brain for the better--which will benefit your whole being, and every other person whose life you touch.--------This book aims to show you how. You'll learn what the brain is doing when the mind is happy, loving, and wise. https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Eating-Disorders-The-Nutr-by-Hyla-Cass-100630-160.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Eating-Disorders-The-Nutr-by-Hyla-Cass-100630-160.html Hyla Cass As a psychiatrist, I am clearly familiar with the psychodynamic issues underlying eating disorders, and I see psychotherapy as a vital part of treatment. At the same time, I would like to share my experience with observing and treating some of the biochemical underpinnings, hastening recovery and helping to maintain it as well. https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Omega-Institute-s-Elizabet-by-Joan-Brunwasser-100701-604.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Omega-Institute-s-Elizabet-by-Joan-Brunwasser-100701-604.html Joan Brunwasser The hardest aspect of memoir is that it involves writing about not only oneself, but also about the people in one's life. My children, my parents, my husband, my ex-husband, my friends: none of them asked to be characters in my book. I am sure I caused discomfort for some of the folks in my life. But I did it for a reason that I still feel clear and good about. https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Day-4-of-Australia-2013-I-by-Lewis-Mehl-Madrona-130311-155.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.futurehealth.org/articles/Day-4-of-Australia-2013-I-by-Lewis-Mehl-Madrona-130311-155.html Lewis Mehl-Madrona During the fourth day of our Australian cross-cultural journey we continued to present our form of indigenous (Cherokee) bodywork/osteopathy and energy medicine ("doctoring"). The second day focused on how anyone can feel energy differences in other people and within those areas of energy differences, can find points that need rubbing or holding. We showed how these intuitively discoverable points are the same as TCM.