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This TED video presentation anchors what I have been describing on my other internet sites, and will build a better foundation to enjoy your own life as well as to understand other people in a deeper way. At NIHA this can be applied to treating Chronic Pain as well as boosting the overall positive experience of your life.
Dr. Martin Seligman is a psychologist who popularized the concept of Positive Psychology [Positive Psychology: An Introduction]. In this talk he starts by giving credit to the early scientific study of the mind such that psychology could make "miserable people" less miserable. He then talked about the need for scientifically studying what it is to be happy and how to move forward in life to go beyond "the absence of misery." He founded the Positive Psychology Center of the University of Pennsylvania which makes available these free online questionnaires [AuthenticHappiness.org] about Emotions (including Depression symptoms and Current Happiness, etc.), Life Satisfaction, Meaning, Engagement.
Now that you have viewed that lively presentation you may wonder, how can I be enthusiastic about his work when I am so dedicated to promoting the "Energy Medicine" model of health and wellness?
Both of my main sites -- My Teaching Site and My Clinical Site -- emphasize the need for honest scientific inquiry into life and health. The factor that Dr. Seligman has not added to his research is the underlying flow of energies through the body that can be seen as part of the acupuncture meridian system, for example. When you add this, his work makes good sense and gives a solid scientific background to see the need for studying the energy aspect of health. The autonomic nervous system is the central focus of a research project that I am planning to set up, using the AcuGraph digital meridian imaging technology.
In several places on my sites, especially in the Homeopathy Science section, I describe the discovery made by Samuel Hahnemann, M.D., of the existence of two aspects to the "Vital Power" that energizes our physical body. One is the "Sustentive" and the other aspect is the "Generative". The Sustentive is concerned with reducing the misery in life (maintaining the status quo, homeostasis, repair of damage, etc). The Generative aspect is what I think Dr. Seligman is declaring to be the next frontier of study (without intending to be a practitioner of "Energy Medicine").
Hahnemann's Generative aspect is the engine of creativity that makes us human. This also is related to the Triune Autonomic Nervous System model that is gaining interest now that Dr. Stephen Porges began describing it in his Polyvagal Theory.
With the new focus on "Neuroplasticity" (see earlier blog postings) we now can see how important it is to realize that we have an innate "hardwiring" of our physiology and our emotions to want to have positive things in our lives. The more we can respect that in ourselves and in others, the more effective we can be in creating a meaningful life that supports the process of healing from the shocks and traumas that are part of life. At NIHA one of the programs that this can be very important for is in the treatment of Chronic Pain.
You can read more essays -- Craniosacral therapy; NES ProVision body-field scan; Integrative Homeopathy; and more -- on my Practitioner Profile page on the NIHA website.
I wish you the full experience of positive feelings and a meaningful life. -- Dr. Wilson
Dr. Martin Seligman is a psychologist who popularized the concept of Positive Psychology [Positive Psychology: An Introduction]. In this talk he starts by giving credit to the early scientific study of the mind such that psychology could make "miserable people" less miserable. He then talked about the need for scientifically studying what it is to be happy and how to move forward in life to go beyond "the absence of misery." He founded the Positive Psychology Center of the University of Pennsylvania which makes available these free online questionnaires [AuthenticHappiness.org] about Emotions (including Depression symptoms and Current Happiness, etc.), Life Satisfaction, Meaning, Engagement.
Now that you have viewed that lively presentation you may wonder, how can I be enthusiastic about his work when I am so dedicated to promoting the "Energy Medicine" model of health and wellness?
Both of my main sites -- My Teaching Site and My Clinical Site -- emphasize the need for honest scientific inquiry into life and health. The factor that Dr. Seligman has not added to his research is the underlying flow of energies through the body that can be seen as part of the acupuncture meridian system, for example. When you add this, his work makes good sense and gives a solid scientific background to see the need for studying the energy aspect of health. The autonomic nervous system is the central focus of a research project that I am planning to set up, using the AcuGraph digital meridian imaging technology.
In several places on my sites, especially in the Homeopathy Science section, I describe the discovery made by Samuel Hahnemann, M.D., of the existence of two aspects to the "Vital Power" that energizes our physical body. One is the "Sustentive" and the other aspect is the "Generative". The Sustentive is concerned with reducing the misery in life (maintaining the status quo, homeostasis, repair of damage, etc). The Generative aspect is what I think Dr. Seligman is declaring to be the next frontier of study (without intending to be a practitioner of "Energy Medicine").
Hahnemann's Generative aspect is the engine of creativity that makes us human. This also is related to the Triune Autonomic Nervous System model that is gaining interest now that Dr. Stephen Porges began describing it in his Polyvagal Theory.
With the new focus on "Neuroplasticity" (see earlier blog postings) we now can see how important it is to realize that we have an innate "hardwiring" of our physiology and our emotions to want to have positive things in our lives. The more we can respect that in ourselves and in others, the more effective we can be in creating a meaningful life that supports the process of healing from the shocks and traumas that are part of life. At NIHA one of the programs that this can be very important for is in the treatment of Chronic Pain.
You can read more essays -- Craniosacral therapy; NES ProVision body-field scan; Integrative Homeopathy; and more -- on my Practitioner Profile page on the NIHA website.
I wish you the full experience of positive feelings and a meaningful life. -- Dr. Wilson
