Power Without Pills: One Psychiatrist's Guide to Healing and Growth

Join us in a laid back discussion of Week 2 of The Presence Process.

Join us in a discussion of Week 1 of The Presence Process Revised Edition.

We interview a Certified Leader of The New Warrior Training Adventure, David Kaar. Kaar was excited to hear that we use emotional processing as an integral part of work with chronic pain (but not just chronic pain.) The Presence Process is a powerful tool for healing, growth, integration, and resolution.

Murphy, Tate, Joann from California, and Forest from New England talk about The Presence Process, Breathing, and eating meat. Dr. Sklar missed most of the show due to, of all things, a doctors' appointment (and Tate being asleep at the wheel for 8 minutes... Doh!). Sklar has some insight to share on acceptance next time. Being a patient is no fun. Dr. Murphy makes up for relative quiet on the previous episode.

The topic is love, and spirituality and religion get thrown in. Religion = re (again) ligate (bind) (i.e., to reunite), not to indoctrinate, be right, and make others wrong.

Dr. Sklar and I wing it as we find ourselves unexpectedly on our own. We take Joann123's topic of "the ways we fool ourselves" from the chatroom. Clinton903 says it is our best work yet. (What about the Dr. Sarno and Michael Brown interviews? Maybe Clinton903 said MY best work yet.) Check it out. If you like it share it with your friends. Or, share it with your enemies. Or both!

There is excellent, powerful, and practical content on the show. And DJ, Kenny Wollenhaupt, called in to add wisdom and irreverence. Caveat Emptor, there is some silliness here.

John E. Sarno, M.D. Professor Rehabilitation Medicine NYU School of Medicine Dr. John Sklar and I interview Dr. John E. Sarno on today's show. Dr. Sarno is a bestselling author, NYUMC attending physiatrist, and tenured NYU School of Medicine Professor of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine. Dr. Sarno has been curing chronic pain in most of his patients for decades. Ask Howard Stern, John Stossel, Don Imus, Rosie O'Donnell's comedy producer... you don't want to miss this show whether you have chronic pain or not! Here's Dr. Sarno in a friendly, knowledgable audience.

Michael Brown Author The Presence Process Namaste Publishing This is an improved edition. If you had problems with the audio quality on a previous download, please download it again. We think you will be pleased. Until 1989 South African-born Michael Brown was living what he called "a blissfully unconscious life" as a music journalist. During this period of his life, Michael developed an acutely painful neurological condition called Horton's Syndrome. After four years of suffering through conventional medical approaches, he embarked on a quest to integrate his experience through personal inquiry. In the late 90s Michael began to chart a methodical pathway into present moment awareness with an intent to develop a practical procedure that was accessible to anyone anywhere who wanted to initiate this experience for themselves. This procedure is now internationally known as THE PRESENCE PROCESS. Dr. Sklar invited Dr. John Sarno to be on this show and Dr. Sarno accepted! The interface between Sarno's work with TMS and The Presence Process is discussed. Dr. Sarno offers deep insight into working with mindbody disorders Dr. Sarno will also be our featured guest on the May 18th show.

This show turned out to be a show with Jonathan Tate and Dr. John Sklar. I had to be on the road to testify as an expert witness in a trial outside Houston. They talk about a tool that is also good for emotional healing, the New Warrior Training Adventure. It is an intimate dialogue between doctor and patient in which the patient has utilized the doctor's advice to heal in profound ways. Prepare to be touched, moved, and inspired.

Dr. Sklar and I along with Jonathan Tate discuss emotions and The Presence Process.

“I dreamed I had a child, and even in the dream I saw it was my life, and it was an idiot, and I ran away. But it always crept on to my lap again, clutched at my clothes. Until I thought, if I could kiss it, whatever in it is my own, perhaps I could sleep. And I bent to its broken face, and it was horrible….but I kissed it. I think one must finally take one’s life in one’s arms." Arthur Miller, After the Fall. You've gotta feel it to heal it. You've gotta fly the plane that's on the runway... It isn't about feeling good or better... it is about feeling everything.

Psychiatrist, Dr. Murphy, engages in a conversation and an inquiry with Physiatrist, Dr. Sklar. Dr. Sklar trained with the world famous, bestselling author and NYU Physiatrist, John E. Sarno, M.D. We discuss back pain, paradigms, the philosophy of medicine, and how wisdom, common sense, and critical thinking can be used to heal and grow.

On January 24th, Dr. Murphy was interviewed for his local newspaper. The first hour of the interview is aired here for your enjoyment and benefit. Part II will be coming soon...

Today's episode is partly live and partly pre-recorded. The first episode is reaired with a 10 to 15 minute live introduction during which the great news that my co-host, Jonathan Tate, is finalizing the arrangements for Michael Brown's upcoming appearance on the show! I also finish the story of Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis that I never finished during the first episode. Finally I clarify what Tension Myositis Syndrome (TMS) and it's equivalents are and what their relevance are. As always, discover how to release the brakes on your spontaneous and natural healing and growth.