Transcript Power Peace Purpose: A Therapy of Pain and Stress Mediation

Power Peace Purpose
An Evidenced Based
Therapy of Pain Mediation
You Already Know That
Stress
Is one of the leading negative factors in
morbidity and mortality!
Is stress always the
villain?
Hormetic Reactions
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Does eating
kangaroo make me
jumpy?
Hunger!
Let’s see now how
many carbs am I
allowed?
Hunger!
Wasn’t there a
Starbucks around
here?
Fear!!
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Stress Response System
Stress is linked to:
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Heart Disease
Hypertension
Cancer
Diabetes
Gastro-Intestinal Disease
Reproductive Disorder
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Sleep Disorders
Auto Immune Disease
Lung Ailments
Accidents
Cirrhosis
Mental Illness
And then – it can kill you!
Allostasis
Fear
Chronic Questions of Failure
WHAT IF...?
Anger
Messages
Peak End Rule
Duration Neglect
Elevated PSA’s
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Change in the neuro-chemical environment
Weakening of synaptic connections
Stress chemicals release from brain stem
Glucocorticoids release from adrenal glands
A. switches off neurons in the prefrontal
cortex
B. primal areas such as basal ganglia
ramp up
 habitual emotional responses
 cravings …. addictive behaviors
Pyramidal Cells
Neurological Executive Center Reaches into the
deep brain structures that control:
Emotions
Desires
Habits
Perception
Focus
Assures the amygdala (fear center)
that all is well
Overcoming Stress
Medical investigators discover
new source of liquid assets.
NPRJ Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Harvard School of Public Health:
The Burden of Stress in America, March 5-April 8, 2014
10 Year Mortality Gap in the
U.S. Based Upon SES
A major factor:
Stress
Now that you know that stress will kill you, but not
before it totally messes up your life. . .
Are You Feeling Better Now?
This is a “TEN”
Pain is Memory
Phantom Pain
100 Billion Neurons
100 Million Neurons
Each Neuron Has Over
Each Neuron Has Over
1,000 Connections
1,000 Connections
= One Hundred Trillion
Synaptic Connections
= One Hundred Trillion
Synaptic Connections
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We Become Our Pain
 I have cancer
 I am depressed
 I am angry
 I am short
Tension is a Wall
American Institute of Stress
To evaluate the relative stress level of individuals, a group of
scientists at the University of Oxford have devised a system that
associates hyper-attentiveness with cortisol levels.
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You will be shown a picture of two, almost identical adult
dolphins for exactly twenty seconds.
Please look for any differences between these two
mammals and count the differences you see.
The more attentive to those minor differences, the more
prone to stress you are.
…Ready?
You have to laugh
sometimes
Stressing Stress Can
Get Very Stressful
Neurotics, Psychotics and
Therapists
Simple Ways to Enhance
Relaxation
Using positional maneuvers that
you can do simply at your desk.
 Power
 Peace
 Purpose
Power Breathing
®
Breath Brake
Biofeedback
We All Carry Baggage
Does the name Pavlov
ring a “bell?”
What Are Your Triggers?
The Physiological Changes That
Come With Focused Breathing:
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Lowered blood pressure and heart rate
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Reduced amounts of cortisol
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Reduced lactic acid build up in muscle tissue
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Balanced levels of O2 and CO2 in the blood
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Improved immune system function
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Increased physical energy
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Enhanced feeling of calm and wellbeing
When you learn to let go
You create your own flow
Trypanaphobia
Push Is Weak –
Pull is Powerful
POWER
PEACE
This is not a problem
It is a challenge
If we are really good…
It’s an opportunity!
PURPOSE
“Optimism does not mean that everything
is going to be great. It means that we can
respond to everything with greatness!”
A message inspired by Bernard Johnson, age 10
Happiness is