Anyone who has experienced anxiety knows how painful it can be. One of my clients described it as feeling as though he is on hold—for hours—for a doctor who will be definitely be delivering catastrophic news. Another likened it to feeling, except for hours, the way she once had in high school after getting to […]
Posture Affects Mood, and Mood Affects Posture Our health care system must help patients see, feel and understand how posture affects mood, and mood affects posture. Mood disorders, including depression, are often the direct cause of secondary health problems. Mood is addressed by different mental health professionals, psychiatrists, guidance counselors, psychologists, social workers and spiritual […]
The Coronavirus pandemic guidelines for physical and social distancing have dramatically fueled the work-from-home movement. Employees have been told to stay at home and adapt their environments to working routine hours and producing quality results. Working at home during the pandemic should raise heightened concern for individuals’ physical and mental wellbeing. People’s homes are not designed as workplaces and are […]
The world is engulfed in confusion about Coronavirus data, guidelines, restrictions, sadness about those who have lost their lives and what will unfold in the future. We have been inundated with instructions for disinfecting and hand washing, along with endless reflections on the stress of schedule changes for families. Millions of Americans used to de-stress […]
The notion of the “last straw that broke the camel’s back” seems to date to a theological debate between the English philosopher Thomas Hobbes and the Christian theologian John Bramhall. It has survived through the centuries as a metaphor for the notion that a small additional burden or trauma can cause a sudden and complete collapse. […]
Years ago I wrote a series of six psychological thrillers featuring a very flawed forensic psychiatrist named Frank Clevenger. Clevenger was in deep emotional turmoil, but that was precisely the energy he drew upon to resonate with the suffering of others and render extraordinary and life changing insights—not just as he investigated crimes, but as […]
The Ablow Center offers a unique and powerful combination of life coaching and spiritual counseling. At the same time, I have devised unique protocols of natural supplements to increase mood, reduce anxiety, increase focus and improve sleep. Prior to founding The Ablow Center I wrote several books that talked about the power of psychotherapy, sometimes […]
After 25 years practicing psychiatry, almost as many testifying in criminal trials and about a year now working as a spiritual counselor and life coach, I feel I have a lot of data about how free will really works. Here’s the headline: True free willisn’t nearly as common as most people think. If you want to […]
Friday, November 22 was the first day I devoted to #HELP22, the initiative I started with Commander Kirk Lippold USN (Ret) and public relations professional Christian Josi. #HELP22 is our response to this startling and tragic fact: As many as twenty-two veterans take their own lives every day. I pledged to spend the 22ndof each month […]
Do you think it means you’re weak if you share your pain? You’re not alone. Some of my counseling and coaching clients are stoic types who are very hesitant to connect the painful, early chapters of their life stories with the difficulties they are encountering in the present. They don’t want anyone to think they’re […]