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Although people talk about stress all the time, most do little more than complain about it. In our conversation with Edd Hanzelik, MD, Author of The Inner Game of Stress, we will explore a very neat, powerful and easy to use technique to deal with stressful situations. Dr. Hanzelik, who trained in Internal Medicine at Boston’s distinguished Beth Israel Hospital, was a classmate of Dr. Miller at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the 1960s. Edd was always extremely interested in the inner life of his patients and the relationship of that inner life to the progress of their physical disease. He became aware of the central role stress played, and the result of his studies and his experiences helping patients heal is one of the foci of this discussion. The other is a tool he calls STOP – an acronym for Step back, Think, Organize, Proceed. You will quickly see how you can apply it in your own life. Edd is a warm and understanding healer as well as a highly skilled practitioner of Western medical science. Listen, and hear what a truly caring physician sounds like.   Support Dr. Miller’s Conversations With Extraordinary People with your purchase of: The Inner Game Of Stress Renowned sports psychology expert W. Timothy Gallwey teams up with two esteemed physicians to offer a unique and empowering guide to mental health in today’s volatile world. The Inner Game of Stress applies the trusted principles of Gallwey’s wildly popular Inner Game series, which have helped athletes the world over, to the management of everyday stress–personal, professional, financial, physical–and shows us how to access our inner resources to maintain stability and achieve success.

“Life isn’t what happens to you,” as Yosaif reminds us, “life is what you do with what happens to you!” Yosaif August is a life coach who focuses on helping people live their lives with purpose, passion, and possibility – and, he specializes in coaching for caregivers. It’s true, if we depend on just the right things happening to us in order to be happy, then we run a severe risk; as John Lennon said, “Life is what happens while we’re busy making other plans.” If you truly Love anyone, or if you even care, then there’s a significant likelihood that you may be faced with a challenge of having to become a caregiver. There are millions of us caring for a chronically ill spouse or parent, a child with special needs – on either a part time or full time basis. As Yosaif shares with us, this has its upsides and its downsides: on one hand, life’s deepest feelings of satisfaction and fulfillment come from being able to care unselfishly for another, but on the other hand, simply googling “Caregiver Burnout” will point out the host of physical, mental, emotional, social, and behavioral disasters that can befall someone who is spending a large proportion of their waking hours caring for someone in a dire situation that may even be steadily worsening. On the other hand, recent studies show that age-matched samples of caregivers actually live longer than those not involved in caregiving. On the other hand . . . there is no other hand: since you are or are likely to become a caregiver, understanding how it can enrich your life, and preventing its potential to burn you out is clearly the wise choice. Yosaif’s book entitled Coaching for Caregivers – How to Reach Out Before You Burn Out, is a wonderfully written, highly interactive, and mercifully brief guide that can make all the difference in the world for you as a caregiver, or someone you know. In this moving interview, you will learn the tragic situation that attracted Yosaif into this field, how he reached burn-out, and how he committed himself to helping others avoid the same fate. In addition to exploring the contents of his guide, we will talk about such things as how the internet can be invaluable. We discuss the importance of opening up so that others (friends, family, others with similar problems) can be harnessed for health through the power of the internet and care sites (such as caringbridge.org, lotsahelpinghands.com, and carepages.com. In today’s world, family members often live at a distance, and sometimes the person whose care you must be responsible for is located hundreds or thousands of miles away – and how the internet can prove the perfect partner. We discuss exactly what is a caregiver and what are the basic challenges in caregiving, such as the “martyr trance,” the belief system that people sometimes get into that “No one in the world can take care of this person but me, and there’s really no way anyone can help me – a path to isolation and loneliness.” You’ll find this program an excellent addition to our other programs designed to give you the support you need as a caregiver. Be sure to check out: Thriving in the Face of Severe or Fatal Illness – A Conversation with Erica Kosal [Free Podcast] Careless Caregivers – How to Avoid the Disasters of Old Age: A Conversation with Rosanna Fay [Free Podcast]   Support Dr. Miller’s Conversations With Extraordinary People with your purchase of: Caregiver Support And Stress Management (Guided Imagery Audio) A Heart-to-Heart Talk to inspire caregivers to value their health and their work followed by a deep relaxation/meditation and guided imagery experience for stress reduction and healing for the caregiver.     Coaching For Caregivers (Book By Yosaif August) This lively and easy to use how-to manual coaches caregivers - family and friends who are providing care to a loved one - to reach out for help before they, themselves, get so depleted that they burn out (and,

This conversation with Dr. Siegel will center on the healing potential within human beings and how the mainstream medical system fails to recognize it.

In this revealing conversation we try to identify the core, often unspoken, assumptions and forces now taking our planet in a direction that, as individuals, none of us would choose.

Angeles Arrien Ph.D. has been one of my favorite people for many years, as one of those who has been as interested in trans-cultural approaches to psychology, spirituality, and global healing. You will love some of the profound insights she shares about cultivating hope, uplifting the human spirit, and awakening our potential for collective wisdom and transformation.

This year’s theme for International Women’s Day is “Inspiring Change,” and in keeping with that, today’s guest is a superhero when it comes to inspiring women to discover their personal purpose and passion, and to bring that passion into action in the world. Elisa Parker is the co-founder, president & host of the award winning radio program, See Jane Do, and where she shares her wisdom, experience, and guidance serving women, social justice, and the environment.

Today's conversation features best-selling author, physician, and thought leader Rachel Remen M.D., whose work is changing doctors and medical schools throughout the world. “I first met Rachel in the early 1970s, when she visited Esalen Institute to experience the work we were doing to create a new kind of medicine–one that was holistic and that focused on self-healing and human potential,” reminisces Dr. Miller.

In this lively and convincing conversation we will touch on the highlights of the work that has made Dr. Kravetz successful working with one half of all the Fortune 500 companies and the Navy.

“Not long after developing the tools of guided imagery meditation and Selective Awareness (mindfulness), I discovered how much more powerful they were when skillfully wedded to beautiful music and nature sounds. Not long after that, I met Susan Mazer, and we performed together, blending the uniquely beautiful sound of her harp with my voice. The results were spectacular!” – Emmett Miller Dr. Mazer has a doctoral degree in Human and Organizational development as well a Master of Arts in Musicology, and has come a long way since that time 30 years ago. She has produced a huge library of beautiful nature images and soothing music that is available to every patient in more than 700 hospitals. Check it out when you are next in a hospital – it is the CARE Channel. She has gained professional recognition for her work demonstrating the need to counteract the noise in hospital and other healing environments. In this warm and personal discussion, you will get to know the woman herself and her concepts of how music can shift the sense of time and place to enable patients to claim their identity in the healing process, overcoming helplessness, and speeding recovery. She will reveal why she sees the environment as a primary tool in the healing process, and quotes Florence Nightingale’s observations on this point. If you or those you love become ill, it would be good to understand this oft-neglected tool of healing. And, especially, you will experience Dr. Mazer’s transcendent harp solo and together with some guided imagery with Dr. Miller – their first collaboration in more than 30 years. You’re going to love this episode! Bio Sketch: Susan Mazer earned her Ph.D. in Human and Organizational Development from Fielding Graduate University, where she also holds a Master of Arts degree. She was previously awarded a graduate fellowship to Stanford University where she completed her Master of Arts in Musicology. Dr. Mazer is also an adjunct faculty member of the Saybrook University College of Mind-Body Medicine. She graduated from Wayne State University and was born in Detroit, Michigan. In 1992, she and her husband, Dallas Smith, founded Healing HealthCare Systems (HHS). Included on INC Magazine’s list of 5,000 fastest growing small businesses in America, HHS produces The C.A.R.E. Channel relaxation programming for patient television. Prior to her work in healthcare, Dr. Mazer had a full-time career as a jazz harpist, performing with Smith, and such notables as Ahmad Jamal, Frank Sinatra, and Julio Iglesias. Her accomplishments include bringing the issue of hospital noise to the forefront of hospital concern through her accredited educational programs for nurses and presentations at conferences. In addition, Dr. Mazer is an expert in the field of privacy and HIPAA. A well-published author, Dr. Mazer has written articles and white papers for major healthcare journals and periodicals focusing on noise in hospitals, speech privacy, patient safety, elder care, and other related topics. She has also been featured on “Good Morning America” as a hospital noise expert. She is a member of the American Gerontological Society, Society for the Arts in Healthcare, Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA), Association of Healing Healthcare Advocates, Stanford Alumni Association, Wayne State University Alumni Association, and Cass Technical High School Alumni Association. Dr. Mazer and Smith received a 2012 Symposium Distinction Award for their contributions to the healthcare design industry and were named to Facility Care Magazine’s list of Who’s Who of Health Facilities Management for their work on noise reduction. Dr. Mazer and Smith’s music has been featured on NPR, the Discovery Channel, and NOVA. They are also the founders and sponsors of the Elder Care Concert Series in Reno, NV, which is administered by the Sierra Arts Foundation.

The new year is a perfect time to take the time and discover how you can make a difference through passion, compassion and love. In your heart is the future of our planet; learn how to empower your mental imagery to serve your most deeply held values.

With the holiday season come the parties and the delicious candies, cakes, pies, and other delicious sweets and Carbohydrates. Then come the extra pounds of weight, the internal inflammation, and the imbalance that they cause.

Together we explore Sondra Barrett, PhD's story of what convinced her to bridge medical science and self-healing strategies, and what we have learned about how and why music is healing to the cells of the body. Discover how we can see not only intelligence, but something sacred in our cells and molecules.

Bhava will share with us some of the extraordinary experiences he had while pursuing his goal of bringing public attention and healing support to people around the world whose lives have been wounded or destroyed by war. You will be fascinated, moved, and inspired to discover the incredible healing experience that guided him to his discovery of Mind-Body medicine.

With all the bad news flooding in on us all the time, how can we stay centered, find grace – and still actively pursue making the changes we need to make in our personal as well as our collective world? This is the question Dr. Miller explores in this fast-moving yet deeply inspiring conversation with Justine Toms, who, with her late husband, Michael Toms, created the now legendary radio show, New Dimensions Radio.

On my recent journey to Dubai, I had the fortune of coming across a truly beautiful, inspiring – even electrifying woman. When I discovered Zeina Abdo had been the first Arab woman to reach the summit of Imja Tse Island Peak 20305ft (4 miles) high in an effort to raise funds for pediatric cancer patients in Nepal, I knew I wanted to have a conversation and learn more about her.