Dynamic Healing with David Hanscom MD and Les Aria PhD
by Mind Body Spirit.fm · 54 episodes
HealthFitness
It is almost impossible to believe that you can break free from chronic mental and physical pain after years of suffering and disappointments. Learn how your nervous system is the game changer in your pain recovery journey. If you are dealing with the misery of being in relentless pain and want to learn science backed Mind Body information and skills by two leading experts in chronic pain, David Hanscom M.D. and Les Aria PhD, then this podcast is for you!
Latest episodes
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39 min
Ego – why do we need it, and how does it drive ruminating thoughts?
Why We Pursue a stronger ego to address these three issues. Survival Reactions and Emotional TriggersOur survival responses trigger unpleasant emotions like anxiety and anger to in…
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39 min
Emotional vs. Physical Pain
Dr. Les Aria and Dr. David Hanscom explore the intertwined nature of physical and emotional pain, emphasizing their shared neurological pathways, distinct characteristics, and the…
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43 min
"I Wish You Well"
A fundamental concept in neuroscience and human consciousness is that our judgments and views of the world often reflect our internal state. In other words, when we judge others ha…
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46 min
Defining Mental Rigidity
We tend to view our life view as the correct one and become upset when confronted with conflicting evidence. This perspective becomes embedded in our nervous system with repetition…
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33 min
Mental Rigidity Trumps Joy
Joy is at the core of living a good and rewarding life. In order to achieve this state you must learn to be vulnerable, which we inherently don’t tolerate well. A major defense aga…
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34 min
Reprogramming your Brain with Gratitude
This podcast looks at gratitude as a powerful tool in regulating your flight or fight physiology to that of safety. You are allowing your body to heal itself. However, gratitude is…
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54 min
The Healing Power of Kindness
In this episode, Les Aria, PhD and David Hanscom , MD are hosting a special guest, Dr. Michael Stein. Michael Stein, MD is an award-winning author of six novels and four books of n…
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36 min
The Nightmare of Christmas
Although there are additional demands of the Holiday season there are additional stresses that can contribute to Holiday chaos. Creating an awareness of the triggers allows you to…
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41 min
Coping with Family Holiday Triggers
Being triggered and stressed is so common during the holidays is so common that it is somewhat normalized. There are many ways to enjoy your family during this time of year regardl…
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37 min
The Physiology of Love – Why Does it Heal
Love is more than a concept. It is a physiological state of safety – profoundly healing. Why? There are many types of love and here are five examples. The common link is being conn…
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37 min
Love Leaves When Pain Shows Up – Don’t Share Your Pain
It is common, if not the rule, for people in mental or physical pain to discuss it with anyone who will listen – especially their family. It wears people out and drives them away.…
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38 min
Sharing is Not Caring – Don’t Discuss Your Pain
It is common, if not the rule, for people in mental or physical pain to discuss it with anyone who will listen – especially their family. It wears people out and drives them away.…
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39 min
What Is Love?
There are many concepts about the meaning of the word, “love.” However, Anthony DeMello, in his book, The Way to Love, condenses it down to one word, “awareness.” Awareness is “bei…
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38 min
The Need for Nurture
All of us need to have a place where we feel safe and nurtured. Home is the place where this needs to happen. How safe do you feel in your own home. How does your family feel? How…
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42 min
PRT (Pain Reprocessing Therapy) – Choosing Joy
This is the final episode of the PRT (Pain Reprocessing Therapy) series. There are many ways of calming down your nervous system, but the real healing occurs as you train your nerv…
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45 min
You Have to Feel to Heal
Unpleasant emotions are painful and no one wants to hurt. So, your brain represses it (unconscious response), or we suppress it (conscious act). You must first train yourself to fe…
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36 min
What You Resist Will Persist
This episode is focused on the third component of Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT), which gently “leaning into your pain.” We tease out the difference between “mind over matter” com…
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38 min
Being Sherlock Holmes for Your Pain
The second component of Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT) is gathering and reinforcing personalized evidence for the brain origins and reversibility of pain.One way to combat the bel…
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38 min
To Solve Anything, You Must First Understand It
“Medically Unexplained Symptoms” (MUS) is a term that came into use around 2002 that implied that your medical provider knows you are suffering, he or she is not sure why, and they…
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40 min
What is PRT? Pain Reprocessing Therapy
Understanding the nature of chronic pain and that mental and physical pain are essentially the same entity allows you to create new circuits in your brain and the pain will markedl…