Stepping out of the Emergency Department and into the vast world of alternative therapies, Dr. Jude, AKA Dr. Body Mind Soul, takes you on a voyage of discovery of both the modern science of western medicine and ancient wisdom of eastern traditions for an integrated approach to healthcare and healing. Having spent the last 15 years working in hospitals, volunteering in Africa, the Amazon and Asia; becoming a Relationship Coach in Colorado and studying Soulful Psychology in London, she has tried everything from downward dogs to plant medicine and is here to uncover the evidence behind alternative therapies to help us all disentangle dis-ease, seek deep healing and experience true health. Tune in to this show to discover all things holistic health, from nutrition to hormones, mental health to addiction, relationships to purpose. Connect with Jude @drbdodymindsoul on Instagram.
https://dr-body-mind-soul.captivate.fm
episode 3: How Your Mind Can Heal Your Body with Dr. David Hamilton
David has a PhD in organic chemistry and spent 4 years in the pharmaceutical industry, developing drugs for cardiovascular disease and cancer. Inspired by the placebo effect, he left the industry to write books and educate people in how they can harness their mind and emotions to improve their health. He is now author of 10 books, including, ‘The Little Book of Kindness’, ‘How Your Mind Can Heal Your Body’, ‘I Heart Me’ and the Amazon bestseller, ‘The Five Side Effects of Kindness’. David is an advocate for kindness and is working passionately to help inspire a kinder world.
On this podcast we explore the placebo effect and what this tells us about the power of the mind on the body.
We discuss how health professionals can really use this knowledge to maximise the effects of the medications we prescribe.
And the importance of empathy and kindness and the evidence that links cardiovascular disease and the quality of our relationships.
You can connect with Dr David Hamilton on instagram @davidrhamiltonphd or on his website drdavidhamilton.com. There are links to all his books here - which I would HIGHLY recommend!
References:
- Placebo cream on the hand:
- F. Benedetti, et al,'Somatotopic Activation of Opioid Systems by Target-Directed Expectations of Analgesia', The Journal of Neuroscience, 1999, 19(9), 3639-3648.
- Empathy on the immune system (2 refs):
- D. P. Rakel, et al, 'Perception of Empathy in the Therapeutic Encounter: Effects on the common cold', Patient Education and Counselling, 2011, 85, 390-397
- B. M. Craig and M.Niu, 'Practitioner Empathy and the Duration of the Common Cold', Family Medicine, 2009, 41(7), 494-501
- Marriage experience - "Hard Marriage, Hard Heart":
- T. W. Smith, et al, 'Marital Conflict Behaviour and Coronary Artery Calcification', Paper presented at the American Psychosomatic Society's 64th annual meeting, Denver, CO, 3 March 2006.
- J. K. Kiecolt-Glaser, et al, 'Hostile Marital Interactions, pro-inflammatory Cytokine Production and Would Healing', Archives of General Psychiatry, 2005, 62, 1377-1384
- Effect of Writing Therapy. There's quite a few individual studies, but they're all collected together in the following excellent book by one of the main researchers in the field:
- James W.Pennebaker and John F. Evans, "Expressive Writing: Words that heal", (2014), Idyll Arbour, Inc.