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Balancing Your Life
Health is a balance of the important areas of your life and achieving your potential in each of them. Because life is constantly changing and we are constantly moving, this is a dynamic balance. When we lose our balance, when should you ask for help? Choose your personal goals in each of the important areas of your life.
The 4th Question and the 4th Mantra: What am I saying? Speak the truth.
Dr. Dave talks with Vanessa about the fourth level of his 7 Questions, 7 Mantras Meditation method. We are judged by our words and actions – even when we act impulsively and speak without reflection. Are we speaking from the perspective of our egos, our little selves, or are we speaking from our greater Selves? An exercise in mindfulness: for one day, reflect on every word you say. Is what you are saying bringing you closer or further from your true self? Is what you are saying building bridges and connecting you to others? Is it supportive of the other person or is it for your own benefit? In your speech, let your true self shine through.
Mini-Medical School
In Vanessa’s first day in Mini-Medical School, Dr. Dave talks about the iconic instrument of medicine, the stethoscope. What does the doctor hear? The meaning of crackles, wheezes and stridor. How the stethoscope is used on the abdomen and over the heart.
Before You Fill That Prescription . . .
The four essential things you should know about any treatment – prescription or herbal. What you need to know before you fill that prescription. Is anything free of side effects?
The Third Question and the Third Mantra: What am I doing? Walk in Grace.
Dr. Dave walks with Vanessa through the third level in his 7 Questions, 7 Mantras Meditation method. Too often we act automatically or reactively and find ourselves far from where we want to be. We are judged by our actions even when they don’t reflect our authentic selves. To walk in grace is to act in alignment with your deepest values and greatest goals. Ask, “Am I moving closer or further from my true self.” To walk in grace is to accept each day what life gives you as a gift – to be graciously opened and used.
What’s Inside the Doctor’s Head
Who knows what thoughts lurk inside your doctor’s head? We do, and so will you. Why doctors can sometimes lose touch with feelings – yours and theirs. How do doctors arrive at the correct diagnosis? Two key questions to keep your doctor from jumping to the wrong conclusion.
Calming Our Emotions: The Principles of Cognitive Therapy
Cognitive therapy is an approach that can help us control our emotions by becoming aware of the thoughts that underlie and trigger our emotional responses. We talk about the three levels of belief: our automatic thoughts, our underlying assumptions and our core beliefs.
In this episode, I’m joined by Vanessa Butler, one of my star students in meditation. We talk about how meditation can provide relief from our most troublesome thoughts and difficult emotions.
Positive Potential Medicine is about being and doing your best. It’s about balance in the important areas of your life and the balance of activity, rest and renewal. In a fascinating interview with Dr. Matthew Edlund, the Rest Doctor, you’ll learn that rest is so much more than sleep. In fact, it is vital to your health. You’ll learn about the risks of sleeping pills and you’ll hear about more natural methods to get a good night’s sleep.
Health is more than the absence of disease, and life is more than just living. We are each called to achieve our positive potential in this life and to help those around us to achieve theirs. I’ll talk about the work of Joseph Campbell, the reknowned mythologist popularized in Bill Moyers’ PBS series, The Power of Myth, and his invitation to “follow your bliss”. We can not only live healthy lives but also meaningful live engaged in our calling, the intersection of our passions, our talents and the needs of the world.
Dr. Wong and Allan discuss their personal perceptions about aging so far – changes they have each noted in their parents, their children, their friends and in themselves.
They talk about personal expectations about aging – what they expect to see in the future for themselves.. Dr, Wong shares his perspective as a family physician and talks about the normal aging of the body’s various systems – digestion, respiratory, musculoskeletal, urinary. The medical causes of accelerated aging – smoking, hard drugs, stress, heavy labour, extreme sports.
And he offers ways we can slow down aging through exercise, diet, and meditation and he tells listeners what they can do to age more gracefully and manage well with the inevitable challenges to their health and well being.
My oldest son is graduating from high school as I celebrate a high school reunion with old friends. As we journey through the stages and challenges of life, we grow and learn, age and mature. At each stage, we face new challenges. Our priorities change, and our goals evolve. Our physicians must be attuned to our changing personal priorities before they can help us achieve our personal goals.
“Facilitating Positive Change”
On this episode Dr. Wong talks about how family physicians in B.C. are using new ways of connecting with their patients and helping them to achieve their goals. Questions answered are: What is Self-Management? What’s wrong with the old way patients and physicians related? What does it mean to be non-compliant? What’s wrong with “doctor’s orders”? What is motivational interviewing? What are the keys to achieving our goals? How can you succeed in making positive changes?
Dr. Wong interviews long time friend, Wing-Siu Wong, a professional storyteller, who was the sole survivor of a helicopter crash. They talk about how our stories can help us to heal. Wing-Siu will share his story of recovery from post-traumatic stress disorder.
“Love: The Misunderstood Emotion”. What does love have to do with health? Why is love the most misunderstood emotion? How does love change over the course of a relationship? How can we cultivate unconditional love? The Doctor Is In to answer these questions!
The topic is “Positive Potential In Life”. Dr. Wong explores a different approach to health. Find out what makes it different from the traditional approach? On this exploration you will find out how many people actually achieve their positive potential and how we can each find our calling and our purpose in life. A fascinating journey into your own positive potential!
Dr. Wong raises these questions: “Why is the hospital one of the most dangerous places to stay in? What are nosocomial infections? What are superbugs? What can the patient do to reduce their personal risks? What are “latrogenic diseases? How can we reduce medical error? How can you avoid being admitted to hospital.
Dr. Wong talks about “A Renaissance in Family Practice” How Family Doctors are learning new ways of providing better patient care through a unique B.C. “Practice Support Program”.
This show’s topic is MEDITATION. DR. Davidicus Wong talks about how anyone can integrate meditative practices into their daily life. Explores the value of meditation and how it can improve your health.
Dr. Wong interviews Lee Pulos, President of the BC Division of the Canadian Society of Clinical Hypnosis. Dr. Pulos is a world reknown clinical hypnotist and clinical psychologist. He has worked with dozens of Olympic and world class athletes and NHL hockey teams including the Vancouver Canucks and Edmonton Oilers. In this show, they talk about clinical hypnosis and how we can all use it to visualize and achieve our goals, how a negative self-image and belief system is programmed into our self-conscious in the first 12 years of life, and how we can heal ourselves by creating more positive self-images and beliefs.
The Doctor and Allan Holender discuss The Midlife Crisis. What is the mid-life crisis? How can this be a positive period in one’s life? What are the keys to getting through the crisis and growing rather than self-destructing? Dr. Wong offers suggestions on how marriages can survive an affair and tips on how couples can grow together.
This episode’s topic is Zen Parenting. One of the greatest of spiritual disciplines can be parenting. How has becoming a parent transformed your spiritual life?What can newborns and toddlers teach us? (They can teach us to be present. They can transform our sense of identity, teach us how to love unconditionally, and lose our self-interests.) How can our children teach us? What can they teach us about ourselves? How can our children be our mirror!
This episode’s topic is Zen Parenting. One of the greatest of spiritual disciplines can be parenting. How has becoming a parent transformed your spiritual life?What can newborns and toddlers teach us? (They can teach us to be present. They can transform our sense of identity, teach us how to love unconditionally, and lose our self-interests.) How can our children teach us? What can they teach us about ourselves? How can our children be our mirror!
Host Dr. Davidicus Wong discusses Spirituality & Health with guest Jeremy Wex.
Join well known family physician Dr. Davidicus Wong as he explores positive potential medicine.
Join well known family physician Dr. Davidicus Wong as he explores positive potential medicine.
Join well known family physician Dr. Davidicus Wong as he explores positive potential medicine.
Join well known family physician Dr. Davidicus Wong as he explores positive potential medicine.
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