Posts by Dr. Hall
The Two Biggest Stress Traps
How you deal with stress has a huge effect on your health. Stress is ubiquitous and causes or worsens nearly every disease you may ever face. If you want to be healthy, you must find a way to neutralize its damaging effects. You cannot escape that fact. Every day in the office I meet people…
Read MoreYou Can Do This
Your healing is always possible. Think about it. It is theoretically possible for you to become happier, healthier, and wealthier. You know this at a deep level. That is why you keep looking. The question is how? Well, it turns out that there are two keys which you can wield that make your healing much…
Read MoreDid You Know There are Skills You can Practice to Increase Your Healing?
Without your health, the rest of your life is hard to do. Chronic diseases are on the rise, so it appears that, as a society, what we are doing to stay or get healthy is lagging behind the forces that would wear us down. Staying healthy is getting more and more challenging. What’s a person…
Read MoreWhy Worry About Stress
You might be wondering, “Why should I be worried about stress? Why can’t I just go about my life doing what I want and getting as stressed out as I get? What’s the big deal?” Well, the big deal is what stress does to you in your body, mind, and energy. But, before we talk…
Read MoreWhat Stress Does To You
You’ve been hearing that stress makes you sick. But how can it do that? And what can you do about it? A stressor is something that triggers your body’s stress response reflex, often called the fight, flight, or freeze reflex. This reflex is designed for short term survival under dangerous circumstances. It is run by…
Read MoreNavigating the Tightrope: How to Stay in Your Power When in a Powerless Situation
Live your life as your true, authentic Self, and you will never be without your power. Feeling powerless at times is just a reminder to find your Self.
Read MoreCertain of Uncertainty
I’d like to introduce Grace Porter, MA, LCPC, the first guest blogger I’ve had on this site. She received her BA in International Studies with an emphasis on Conflict Resolution from Beloit College and her MA in Counseling Psychology with an emphasis on Depth Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute. She is a Licensed Clinical Professional…
Read MoreBe Impervious to Stress, Part II
Conscious and Unconscious Beliefs To summarize what we’ve covered so far, a stressor can be defined as any experience that results in the triggering of the fight or flight reflex in your body. This is a very ancient reflex because it has been so successful evolutionarily, and it is deeply engrained. When triggered, it effects…
Read MoreBe Impervious to Stress: Six Simple Steps
“Stress” and “daily life” are rapidly becoming synonyms. Surveys over the last three decades show that an ever-increasing percentage of Americans describe themselves as “stressed out”. In the latest survey, that percentage was over fifty. Physicians now estimate that stress is the cause of over seventy percent of doctor visits. Stress is a major factor…
Read MoreAt Last! A Tenable Theory about How Consciousness Creates the Mind and Brain
In this blog post, I’m going to indulge myself and totally geek out. I’m excited because I have found a plausible answer to a question I’ve had for years. You see, I have never believed the current neuroscience dogma that the brain is primary and creates everything else by its activity. Neuroscientists believe that neuronal…
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