Putting my energy into YouTube videos and gonna start writing a book.

Going on hiatus for a while

And  . . . opening the subject of positive vs. negative humor

Finally - A Few Jokes

Introducing the concept of humor being a mindset and that there are three pathways to eliciting a humor experience.

What is Humor?

Was her mind responsible for her recovery?

Rattlesnake Bite - What can your mind do?

True story of using suggestion to relieve excruciating pain.

Brer Rabbit's Laughing Place

I revised this recording based on listeners' feedback

Deep Relaxation and Healing - Revised

Norman Cousins

It was more than humor.  He used humor to change a mindset of an illness.

Humor and PD - 2 - Norman Cousins

Exactly the point of the title. This is the first in a series of podcasts about developing a humor mindset.

Humor and Parkinson's Disease - 1

Don't know t he answer to  that question, but it probably has something to do with the mind.

What does it mean to become an outlier?

But the hardwiring is relative. We can reconfigure these mindsets with life experience and decisions made by our minds

Mindsets hardwired at birth

Lively, upbeat podcasts designed  for Persons with Parkinson's Disease and those who care for them. Educational, motivating, and completely positive. Hosted by a retired physician, Dr. Christian Hageseth, who has  had Parkinson's disease for over 10 years and still does not take prescription medication medication.

I really appreciate your podcasts.  Just a note to remember that the language barrier is 1/2 your problem too. Your new acquaintances probably speak English better than you speak Uganda’s language. I also discovered as an exchange student and host parent myself that “English” is whatever a country deems it and teaches in their schools. You would be shocked what is taught. They are not wrong, we Americans are just ethnocentric. Keep up your helpful podcasts. I’m one of the PD club members.

Language is a two way street.

A bright spot in my day! Dr. Chris gives valuable life lessons about day to day living with PD.

An encouraging delight

Shifting the Parkinson's Disease Mindset

Exercise for Parkinson’s disease has three functions: aerobic conditioning; strength training, and neuroplastic change.

27. Exercise! Exercise! Exercise!

One of the most problematic matters relating to urination is urge incontinence. The rewiring solution involves working out the perineal muscles by doing Kegel exercises. Constipation has many possible treatments. I favor the simplest one using and OTC product, Miralax.

Episode 10 - Peeing, Pooping and PD

Norman Doidge

Also included is a letter from Dr. Doidge about my particular improvement in my Parkinson’s disease. We end with a resounding instrumental celebrating victory.

19. Tea with Dr. Norman Doidge

John Pepper

This interview was done via Skype on February 16, 2017 since John lives near Cape Town, South Africa. Another interview will follow soon.

Interview with John Pepper, author of "Reverse Parkinson's Disease"

Recognizing that properly prescribed exercise should always be the first step of treatment.

16. Chatting about the history of Parkinson's treatment

Some motor symptoms ARE REVERSABLE. 90% of Parkinson's disease is mental, the other half is physical. (Yogi Berra said so - actually he said that about baseball.

The honeymoon is over

Advice for those who might be tempted to simply let PD have its way. (Sort of humorous and serious at the same time.)

Episode 16 – Never Give In

I have returned from Uganda. Things did not go as planned while I was there, but I’m not going to retell the story of why I returned early. If you want to know about what happened there and why I returned early, send me an email (chag41@outlook.com)I have reconsidered what to call what I do. When I started this process five years ago, I felt I was doing so well because of not just exercise, but the intensity of exercise. Make you sweat. Nowadays all PwPs know about the benefits of exercise. Is there more to it? To reversing symptoms? What happened in my case that I have done so well? I have determined it is a shift in my mindset. I am renaming my project from Sweating Out Parkinson’s Disease to MINDSHIFT.I’m back to a regular schedule. Three podcasts a week.

I have returned from Uganda. Things did not go as planned while I was there, but I’m not going to retell the story of why I returned early. If you want to know about what happened there and why I returned early, send me an email (chag41@outlook.com) I have reconsidered what to call what I do. When I started this process five years ago, I felt I was doing so well because of not just exercise, but the intensity of exercise. Make you sweat. Nowadays all PwPs know about the benefits of exercise. Is there more to it? To reversing symptoms? What happened in my case that I have done so well?  I have determined it is a shift in my mindset. I am renaming my project from Sweating Out Parkinson’s Disease to MINDSHIFT. I’m back to a regular schedule. Three podcasts a week.

1. Introducing MINDSHIFT

37. Where is your focus

All plans are in motion.  I'll be in Uganda in just over 3 weeks. I just published a Parkinson's video. You can view it here:  https://youtu.be/dJGR_mVXeFk  .Also, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah , Happy Holidays, Super Kwanzaa , or whatever.I'm only wishing you be merry today. You don't have to  have a reason. This is simply my wish for you.

All plans are in motion.  I'll be in Uganda in just over 3 weeks. I just published a Parkinson's video. You can view it here:  <a href="https://youtu.be/dJGR_mVXeFk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/dJGR_mVXeFk</a>  . Also, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah , Happy Holidays, Super Kwanzaa , or whatever. I'm only wishing you be merry today. You don't have to  have a reason. This is simply my wish for you.

38. It’s Christmas Eve.   Where have I been and where is my focus

Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) is now recognized as an effective treatment for depression.

Depression talk 2 – What can your mind do to help?

We  chat again about the matter of mindset. I really get going when I imagine what it would be like if your neurologist changed the way you learned of your diagnosis.

6 – Tea with your neurologist . . . imagine

To shape your inner mind, you have to know what’s there. Sort it out. Make choices. Add new merry tracts. (Sad to say, it’s not so easily done. But we will get there as we meander through our various cups of tea.)

26. Tea and the Inner Game of Parkinson’s

A discussion of concepts that Erik Vance detailed in his book, Suggestible You, The curious science of your brain's ability to deceive, transform and heal.

Expectation and Suggestion

It’s your patriotic duty – not to mention your physical and psychological wellbeing.  Adding information to your mindset. (Ya gotta love the 1920 Edison recording)??

It’s your patriotic duty – not to mention your physical and psychological wellbeing.  Adding information to your mindset. (Ya gotta love the 1920 Edison recording) ??

8. Declaration of PD Independence (over tea)

“Don’t tell me what disease the patient has, tell me what patient has the disease.” Hippocrates

Part 2 - MIND-SHIFT PD

Steven Hawking

Surely it is no coincidence that Steven Hawking lived ten times longer than anyone else with ALS. What else but a creative and well-disciplined mind could keep him from dying a respiratory death over the last thirty-six years? Is there a lesson for us in this remarkable achievement?

Considering the Mind, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, and Steven Hawking.

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