Articles by Daniel Benor on ArticleSnatch.com

On Thinking Positively and Holding a Space of Love while Dealing with Negativity

Wed, 22 Dec 2010 22:30:13 -0500

Many would agree that there are great evils being perpetrated in the world today. Corporations have grown so large and powerful that they are able to pursue their selfish interests at the expense of the general public, and often to the severe detriment of the average person. The bureaucratization played its part in corrupting the system in many countries. For example, healthcare in many countries has limited medical doctor's abilities to provide adequate care because half of their time is taken up with paperwork that is required for reimbursement and for protection against lawsuits for malpractice. The erosion of healthcare is occurring also in countries with a National Health Service. All these problems causing the system failed to provide its services to the people who needed them. Many have expressed their frustrations with these situations, and most of us shrug and ask, "What can I do about these problems? I'm just one person. How can I change these enormous problems in world?" My observations here are more about the 'how' of our inner responses to these questions than just to the actions we might take in the outer world. **End Summary** Topics: self healing]]> wholistic approach]]> psychoneuroimmunology]]> complementary medicine journals]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> Daniel J. Benor is the author of this article. For more information about self healing and wholistic approach please visit http://www.wholistichealingresearch.com

The Mixed Blessings of Wishes for Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:48:23 -0500

I often cringe not just a little when I hear people offer glowing wishes for Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year. No, I'm not an old curmudgeon or Grinch in the disguise of a wholistic therapist. I'm a traveler on many paths of healing - personal, professional, global and spiritual. I also hasten to add immediately that I would never discourage someone from bringing in the light and cheer of positive attitudes and wishes for joyous experiences on the occasions of holidays, points of transition, and other opportunities for smiles, warm fuzzies and celebrations. And I'm not just pointing out, as Tom Lehrer did in one of his pointedly comic songs about being kind to each other during American National Brotherhood Week, that we should be happy that it doesn't last all year. What bothers me is the gloss and glitter in our holiday decorations and well-wishing cards, internet communications and festivities, that seems to transfer into superficially glittery thinking about life, the universe and everything. **End Summary** Topics: happy holidays]]> happy new year]]> holiday blues]]> realistic happines]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> Daniel Benor, MD authored "Seven Minutes to Natural Pain Release: Pain is a Choice and Suffering is Optional - WHEE for Tapping Your Pains Away," and many articles on wholistic healing. He is editor of the International Journal of Healing and Caring ( http://www.ijhc.org ); and appears internationally on radio and TV.

The Costs of Pain for Those with Pain and Others Who Care for Them

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Pain is a burden not only to those who suffer it, but also to family members, co-workers and employers. Self-treatment for pain is effective, immediately available when needed, and very cost-effective. A person who is laid up with serious backaches, neck pain, irritable bowel syndrome, migraines, premenstrual and other pains often requires assistance from family members. Thus, the strains of dealing with pain extend beyond the pain sufferers themselves. Case Example: George was a 35 year old divorced machine tool worker who slipped and injured his back on the job. His back pain persisted for six weeks before he was able to return to work. In the first two weeks, he was unable to have his two young children stay with him on the weekends and for either the Thursday or the Monday night. This left his wife, a nurse, with extra childcare costs that put a severe strain on her limited budget, as she worked several extra shifts on weekends and evenings in order to make ends meet. Absenteeism in the workplace due to pain costs billions of dollars annually. J. W. Frymoyer and W. L. Cats-Baril calculated these costs in an article in Orthopedic Clinics of North America. **End Summary** Topics: pain]]> self-treatment]]> self-healing]]> cost-effectiveness]]> WHEE]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> Daniel Benor, MD authored "Seven Minutes to Natural Pain Release: Pain Is a Choice and Suffering Is Optional - WHEE for Tapping Your Pains Away" and many articles on wholistic healing. He is editor of the International Journal of Healing and Caring ( http://www.ijhc.org ); and appears internationally on radio and TV.

When the Problem Isn't the Problem: Examining the History Behind the Problem

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Do you ever feel blocked and frustrated in your personal development? Have you ever been frustrated that conventional and complementary therapies are not helping you? There are times when treatments of various sorts simply do not bring about relief or cure for a given psychological or physical issue, despite having had medical examinations, medications, complementary/ alternative therapies and home remedies. In cases like these, I find that the simple process of reviewing a person's history may very often reveal other important issues sitting in the file drawers of their memory banks. When these issues are identified and addressed, the problems can then be cleared. Example of a psychological issue: Pat was an outgoing 32-year-old secretary who lit up any group with her presence. She was popular in the company where she worked, in her church, and loved by her family, but could not maintain a relationship with a man for more than a few weeks. She would often find some reason to break it off, finding fault and blaming her boyfriends for one thing or another. With other lovers, she would be devastated when they left her after brief romances, over what seemed to her to be minor arguments. **End Summary** Topics: Medical history]]> psychological blocks]]> self-treatment methods]]> stress management]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> Daniel Benor, MD authored "Seven Minutes to Natural Pain Release: WHEE for Tapping Your Pains Away," and many articles on wholistic healing. He is editor of the International Journal of Healing and Caring ( http://www.ijhc.org ); and appears internationally on radio and TV.

When Love Is In the Air, Remember to Extend Love to Yourself

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0500

If you've got love in your heart, whatever you do from that moment out is likely to be right. If you've got that one true note ringing inside you, then whatever you do is going to be OK. It's love, always love. - Ken Kesey On Valentine's Day we focus on amorous love, seeking those special ways to express to someone close to us that we care for them. Oddly, loving and caring for others is often easier for many of us than feeling love and caring for ourselves. Working as a psychotherapist, I have come to see and understand that this issue is often core to people's overcoming their problems. Finding and strengthening love for ourselves is essential in finding our ways out of the deep holes of hurt we carry inside us that are frequently covered over with layers of fears, distrusts and angers. Love is one of the most powerful energies we can muster on our paths of recovery from our wounds. The film, music and advertising industries, and pop culture in general have capitalized on our searches and struggles to find erotic love. **End Summary** Topics: love]]> self-love]]> self-healing]]> psychotherapy]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> I'm a wholistic psychiatric psychotherapist, with a passion for teaching self-healing, bodymind and personal spiritual awareness. I authored "Seven Minutes to Natural Pain Release, WHEE for Tapping Your Pains Away," and many articles on wholistic healing. I am editor of the International Journal of Healing and Caring http://www.ijhc.org; and appear internationally on radio and TV.

Buried Hurts and Traumas: Crying for Release

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500

I am repeatedly astounded by the ingenuity of the unconscious mind in its efforts to protect us from emotional pains - in myself and in people who come to me for help with emotional pain that is persistent or recurrent. Often, it appears at first that we are victims of a harsh or even cruel world. Looking a bit deeper, however, we may come to discover, like Pogo (the Walt Kelly cartoon character), that "We have found the enemy and he are us!" As children, our unconscious buries feelings and memories of unpleasant experiences. This is helpful, because children often have limited understandings of why they are suffering and a narrow range of options for dealing with painful circumstances. Children usually cannot alter their situations and cannot leave them. The unconscious mind becomes very skilled at hiding the buried feelings and memories from our conscious mind. In many cases, we simply forget they are there, locked away in file drawers that sit in dark, shadowy caves below our awareness. The pattern of running away from and burying distressing feelings becomes a habit that continues into our adult lives. **End Summary** Topics: Self-treatment]]> Self-awareness]]> Unconscious mind]]> Emotional trauma]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> I'm a wholistic psychiatric psychotherapist, with a passion for teaching self-healing, bodymind and personal spiritual awareness. I authored "Seven Minutes to Natural Pain Release, WHEE for Tapping Your Pains Away," and many articles on wholistic healing. I am editor of the International Journal of Healing and Caring http://www.ijhc.org; and appear internationally on radio and TV.

Healing Family Rifts That Can Make A Holidays Gathering An Unhappy Occasion

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Tensions and conflicts in family relationships may arise during the holidays due to lingering hurts, angers, fears and resentments from conflicts that occurred many years ago. Who of us has not experienced frustrations, angers and hurts at some time in our family relationships? Who does not have unresolved residues of unpleasant feelings from such interactions? Who has not felt a measure of tension or stress in planning a holiday get together, worrying about who crotchety aunt Tillie would be best seated next to in order to avoid abrasive or perhaps even explosive interactions that could ruin the festive holiday atmosphere? Politeness can be poisonous Such problems often arise out of our wishes to be polite and not cause a conflict when a family member hurts our feelings. This can be especially true when those who stepped on our toes are rare visitors from afar. We don't want to make a scene by complaining or confronting them, so we swallow down our feelings in order to preserve the calm and peace. Feelings that are swallowed down tend to fester inside. **End Summary** Topics: Holiday conflicts]]> improving relationships]]> family tensions]]> anger management]]> WHEE]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> I'm a wholistic psychiatric psychotherapist, with a passion for teaching self-healing, bodymind and personal spiritual awareness. I authored "Seven Minutes to Natural Pain Release, WHEE for Tapping Your Pains Away," and many articles on wholistic healing. I am editor of the International Journal of Healing and Caring http://www.ijhc.org; and appear internationally on radio and TV.

Is It Possible, Right Now, to Live in Trust Rather Than Fear?

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Can you picture to yourself a world in which we are able to trust each other, without doubts or hesitations? Hard to imagine such a thing, isn't it? Yet there are clear, readily available steps we can each take to start to make our personal world much less a place of anxieties, fears and worries and much more a place of peacefulness and enjoyment. This would be a world where we each grew up having enough so that seeking and striving to accumulate ever more 'stuff' was not the goal of our existence. Taken to an ideal situation, this would be a world where: - We share our material resources so that there would be no reason for another to covet what I have, which would enable me and them to be at peace when I leave my home and car unlocked, and walk any street in the darkest night without fear, and visit any part of this beautiful planet of ours and expect to be welcomed; - We distribute our food resources so that no one need live in fear of hunger or starvation; **End Summary** Topics: Fear]]> Anxiety]]> Worry]]> Concern]]> WHEE]]> Stress reduction]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> I'm a wholistic psychiatric psychotherapist, with a passion for teaching self-healing, bodymind and personal spiritual awareness. I authored "Seven Minutes to Natural Pain Release, WHEE for Tapping Your Pains Away," and many articles on wholistic healing. I am editor of the International Journal of Healing and Caring http://www.ijhc.org; and appear internationally on radio and TV.

A Powerful New Way to Deal with Financial Stresses and Worries

Sun, 26 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400

There are fears around the planet about the financial crises now threatening every country in the world. The hasty governmental responses of throwing paper money at the problems that were created by irresponsible investments of banks is not going to solve these problems. Printing more money without anything to back it is going to create much worse inflation. This is not going to happen some time in the distant future. It is happening very quickly, right now. People in countries that are seeing rapid devaluations of their currency are panicked about their life savings becoming worthless. For instance, in Iceland the Kroner is now worth only a third of the value it held two weeks ago. Similar devaluations are likely to happen in every country where banks have been irresponsible and governments are throwing newly printed money at the problems. Fears and Worries vs Concerns When we are confronted with anything that might harm us, our body's reflexive response is to go into adrenaline mode. We become tense, our blood pressure rises and we are ready to fight or flee. At the same time, our mind becomes hyper-alert in order to react quickly to any life-threatening dangers. **End Summary** Topics: Financial Anxieties]]> Financial Fears]]> Financial Worries]]> Concerns]]> Self-Treatment]]> De-Stressing]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> I'm a psychiatric psychotherapist, passionate to help people help themselves. See more on WHEE and on talking with your symptoms in my new book, More by and about Daniel Benor, MD