Liz Wallenstein + Dr Michael Donnino — The Mind-Body Connection (EP.126)

Dr Michael Donnino is the founder/director of the Psychophysiologic Research Group, and the first person in the country to complete a residency/fellowship program leading to board certification in internal medicine, emergency medicine, and critical care.

Liz Wallenstein is a licensed mental health counselor who has trained in, among other areas, the methodology of ‘TMS Mind Body-Connection’.

Liz and Dr Michael join the show to discuss the profound influence of Dr John Sarno on their lives, and the potentially transformational power of ‘Mind-Body’ therapies.

Important Links:

• The Mind-Body Group
  
• Michael’s Twitter
  
• Liz’s Website
  
• Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection
  

Show Notes:

• Introductions to Dr. Sarno
  
• The relationship between our emotional and physical reactions
  
• Reasons to be hopeful
  
• Emotions and conditioning
  
• A response to the sceptics
  
• The societal costs of chronic pain
  
• Mental health: moving beyond diagnostic labels
  
• Long COVID and mind-body syndrome
  
• The future of psychophysiological research
  
• What does the medical community think of mind-body syndrome?
  
• Doing the inner work that’s needed to heal
  
• The future of mind-body treatments
  
• The importance of sincerity
  

Books Mentioned:

• Your Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma; by Bessel van der Kolk;
  
• Molecules of Emotion: The Science Behind Mind-Body Medicine; by Candace Pert
  
• Healing Back Pain; by John E. Sarno
  
• The Screwtape Letters; by C.S. Lewis
  
• The Status Game: On Human Life and How to Play It; by Will Storr
  
• The Great Pain Deception: Faulty Medical Advice Is Making Us Worse; by Steve Ozanich
  
• Anatomy of an Illness: As Perceived by the Patient; by Norman Cousins