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Mar 15 2026

Living in Excellent Health #120 — Stress is the Primary Cause of the Progression of Parkinson’s.

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If there is one thing I wish I had understood better from the moment I was diagnosed, it is the role of stress in the development and progression of the symptoms of Parkinson Disease, particularly as it relates to the step-down nature of the disease, that I covered in a recent blog-post.

Stress, anxiety, worry, fear … however you want to characterize it … is the primary reason for the development and progression of the symptoms of Parkinson’s … it certainly has been for me.

Going back over the past six years, I can pinpoint specific points in time when prolonged periods of intense stress and anxiety resulted in progressively worse symptoms. The most recent last May, when I was not able to attend my niece’s wedding or my brother’s celebration of life … scheduled for the same weekend … because I was overcome with anxiety, thinking it was going to be too much for me, especially given the unpredictability of the meds I take.

Long before that, I spent years in a job where I didn’t feel like I belonged and that caused a great deal of stress and unhappiness.

Yes, head trauma and over exposure to chemical toxins can also be a factor in the development of PD, but I think for the vast majority, living in chronic stress is the sole or primary cause, especially as it relates to the progression of the disease once the first symptoms are experienced.

Something I have never seen, is an explanation of what causes the condition to progress after the head injury[ies] has been sustained. For example, if Muhammad Ali developed PD from all the punches he received during his boxing career, then what caused the condition to progress after he stopped boxing? Similarly, if Brett Favre developed the symptoms of PD from all the concussions he received playing football, then what caused the condition to progress after he retired?

Similarly, what causes the disease to progress with people who have alledged to have developed it after their exposure to chemicals has ended. For instance, why did marine corp personnel develop the symptoms of PD years after being exposed to chemicals at Camp Lejeune.

I first became aware of the role of fear in 2014 after I experienced a series of panic attacks. Prior to this, I thought anger was the primary cause.

Personality also plays a role as it relates to stress-induced PD. If a person is easy-going, forgiving, grateful, self-assured and contented, chances are, they won’t develop the symptoms of Parkinson, but if a person is uptight, fearful, angry, short-tempered, untrusting, discontented, troubled and pessimistic … like I was … they are a prime candidate.

One more thing, according to ChatGPT, cortisol, the stress hormone, actually suppresses the activity of the enzymes that produce dopamine. It also interferes with certain neurons’ dopamine receptors, so even if dopamine is present, it is ineffective. This is diabolical: stress doesn’t just put our nervous system in the Sympathetic [stress] state, it actually sabotages our brain’s effort to restore calm [Parasympathetic state].

So, how do we go about changing our experience? How do we stop worrying and minimize anxiety and stress?

There is both a short-term and long-term approach: short-term, we need to do our best to make every moment as joyful, peaceful, loving and content as possible; long-term, we need to change our personality. Joe Dispenza, author of You are the Placebo, says you can’t recover from a chronic illness with the same personality that developed the illness.

In my case, I lived so much of my life uptight and in fear. I was full of self-doubt and discontentment, and this, I am certain, led to me developing the symptoms of PD, and has been the sole reason for its progression.

In order to reduce stress and restore my health, I:

  1. Exercise daily [light, pleasurable exercise]: I power-walk, cycle, play golf, shovel snow and split and stack firewood, perform martial arts techniques [kicks/strikes/blocks], practice qigong.
  2. Eat healthy foods: high fat and protein foods
  3. Meditate
  4. Spiritual practice: focus on my breath, live by spiritual pinciples [know that life has a purpose, and within that context, Parkinson has a purpose], live in kindness
  5. Spend time in nature
  6. Energy heal to release fear and anger

Wishing you a magnificent day!

Jan 25 2026

Living in Excellent Health #118 — How to get relief from Parkinson’s-related Tension and Trembling.

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As the symptoms of Parkinson’s progress, certain symptoms can become quite challenging. Tension and trembling, which I tend to lump together, is one such symptom. At times, it can be quite troublesome, especially in my hands and feet.

It happens during the times of the day when I’m off-meds. The period of time between waking up and taking my morning meds is the most challenging part of the day.

Tension and trembling makes it very difficult for me to send text messages, talk on the phone, do anything on my computer and read a book.

I have discovered three natural ways to give myself temporary relief from tension and trembling.

  1. Breath observation
  2. Movement [karate kicks and strikes, boxing techniques, yoga/stretching, qigong]
  3. Energy healing

Breath Observation:

Observing your breath is an effective way to get relief from tension and trembling, whether it is done as part of a meditation practice or as a simple breathwork practice. It may take a few minutes for the tension and trembling to subside, so it may require some patience and trust … and a little practice.

The simplest breathing technique is a three to four second inhale followed by a six to eight second exhale.

The key is to have a longer exhale than inhale. This sends a message to the brain that you are safe.

Another effective technique is the Physiological Sigh: a deep inhale, followed quickly by a second, short, top-up inhale, followed by a long, slow exhale.

A third technique is Box Breathing: a four-second inhale, followed by a four-second hold, followed by a four-second exhale, followed by a four-second hold.

All three techniques activate the vagus nerve, which activates the parasympathetic [calm] nervous system, triggering the release of GABA [gamma amino butyric acid] the brain’s calming neurotransmitter and other feel-good neurotransmitters and hormones, including dopamine.

Movement:

Movement provides immediate relief from tension and trembling. Walking, qigong, boxing and karate blocks/kicks/strikes and dancing are just some of the more effective forms of exercise. Yardwork is also beneficial. For me, frequent, light exercise works best. Exercise eases tension in the muscles while stimulating a dopamine, adrenalin and endorphins release.

Energy Healing:

If you have been following my blog, you will know that I am an advocate and practitioner of energy healing.

Energy healing, simply put, involves connecting with healing energies in the spirit realm in order to facilitate the transmutation of fear-based energy to love. Disease cannot exist in an energy of love. Energy healing is intention-based.

Energy Healing Script:

The following is the script I use:

To my inner-self and all the spirit healers who are supporting me on my journey, I thank you for assisting me in giving over to the healing energy of the universal-energetic-intelligence, all of the fear energy that is at the root of the tension and trembling I am experiencing, so that it can be transmuted to love and dispersed out into the quantum energy field, and I thank you for this energetic transmutation and transference, for I am divine love.

I hope you found this helpful.

Wishing you a magnificent day!

Dec 14 2025

Living in Excellent Health #116 — Parkinson’s Progression is a Step-Down Process.

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I noticed a few years ago, that when I had a particularly stressful experience … especially where I experienced a lot of anxiety … some that lasted a day, some that lasted several days … the Parkinson’s symptoms I experience worsened and they stayed worse. One such event happened when I had covid … which lasted two weeks and included the worst sore throat of my life … and another happened when I had a 24-hour flu. The most recent happened this past May when I was unable to attend my niece’s wedding and my brother’s celebration of life due to several days of intense anxiety. Actually, I had been experiencing anxiety about that particular weekend for a couple of months prior.

Most of the events, in fact, involved intense anxiety.

In order to better understand this phenomenon, I queried the AI program, ChatGPT. ChatGPT was quite familiar with it. It referred to it as a ‘Step-Down’ phenomenon, and stated that it happens for three reasons: First, stress chemistry is directly toxic to dopamine regulation and pathways. Second, stress messes up the basal ganglia, the part of the brain that regulates movement, and, Third, stress disrupts the communication pathways between the brain and the muscles. All these changes are progressive and permanent … each time we experience an intense period of stress … and they happen in downward steps. They are akin to stomping on an already fragile [Parkinson’s] stairway.

So, what makes the neurological stairway fragile?

The seeds for me experiencing this step-down progression actually occurred between the ages of 18 and 23 when I experienced four panic attacks. Each panic attack followed an extended period of high stress and heavy alcohol consumption. In addition to stress and drinking, four other factors contributed to my neurological breakdown: poor diet, three emotional traumas, two major disappointments and two concussions. The morning after the third panic attack, I woke up with a brain fog that never went away. According to ChatGPT, my neurology failed to reset itself and I was now on a path to a more serious neurological disorder … because my neurological staircase was now in an extremely fragile state. A 1990 automobile collision in which I experienced a severe case of whiplash and the worst headache of my life pretty much sealed the deal. It made it certain that the stairway would not be repaired without some form of intervention.

Why I developed Parkinson’s and not some other condition is anybody’s guess, but the neurological damage I experienced ensured that it was going to be something.

Now, my challenge is minimizing future damage while still working towards full recovery through energy healing. To this end, I have developed specific energy healing scripts to neutralize anxiety, while reversing the step-down process [see below].

According to ChatGPT, these step-down experiences are not reversible, and this is where we disagree. I think they are. I believe it is possible to reverse the process and enjoy full recovery … just like our bodies are able to heal a cut or a broken bone … by immersing ourselves in love and energy healing. Besides, there are recorded cases of people who have recovered, including, Howard Shifke, Bianca Molle, John Coleman and Colin Potter.

I just cannot believe that it’s not possible to reverse this process. I cannot fathom the universal-energetic-intelligence [God], allowing this to be. I think it just wants us to take a different approach. I think it wants us to embrace love and belief and faith and forgiveness and gratitude … regardless of what we decide to do, medically.

ChatGPT does recommend a protocol that is meant to neutralize anxiety and slow and possibly halt any further progression of the condition. It includes:

60 second reset: First, take a three second inhale, followed by a six second exhale. Second, place your attention on your feet touching the floor for ten seconds. Third, make two fists and squeeze them tight for ten seconds. Fourth, say, “I am loved and I am safe.” Fifth, completely relax your entire body for ten seconds. This routine signals the brain that you are safe, activating the vagus nerve, which then activates the parasympathetic [calm] nervous system.

Breathing: take a three second inhale followed by a slow six second exhale and repeat several times. This breathing technique sends a message to the brain indicating that we are safe, activating the vagus nerve, which in turn, activates the parasympathetic [calm] nervous system.

Cold water: splash cold water on your hands and face. This stimulates a dopamine release.

Light exercise: releases endorphins

Peaceful activity [qigong, yoga, spending time in nature]: activates the vagus nerve

Meaningful pursuits [blogging, volunteering, helping others]: activates the vagus nerve, stimulates oxytocin [love hormone] release

Learning something new: activates the vagus nerve

It is really important to be aware of when you are experiencing anxiety, so that you can take immediate steps to mitigate it, including getting to the root cause of the anxiety and taking anxiety medication, if necessary.

As I have discussed in previous posts, I am focusing on energy healing, and I have developed a specific script for this step-down phenomenon a well as the acute anxiety that leads to the step-down deterioration.

Fear/anxiety clearing energy healing script:

This energy healing protocol is more tactical in nature and is intended to dissolve the anxiety, in the moment, that can potentially lead to further step-down neurological deterioration.

To my inner-self, I say this: thankyou for assisting me in giving over to the healing energy of the universal-energetic-intelligence, all of the fear energy that is at that root of the acute anxiety I am feeling, so that this energy can be transmuted to love and dispersed out into the quantum energy field, and I thank you for this energetic transmutation and transference,

Reversing PD Step-Down Energy Healing Script:

This script is more strategic in nature and is intended to reverse the neurological deterioration process and begin to restore optimum health.

To my inner-self and the universal-energetic-intelligence, I thank you for assisting me in reversing the step-down neurological progressive deterioration process I have been experiencing thus far on my journey with the symptoms of PD, by dissolving fear and self-loathing and by immersing myself in a state of divine love, self-compassion and eventually, self-love, in order to create an internal culture for healing, and in the process, restore all healthy neurological structures, functions and processes, as part of a full neurological reset, including activating the sensory section of my vagus nerve and including that relating to the production and release of GDNF and the production, release, action and reuptake of new dopamine creating neurons as well as the stimulation of dormant dopamine producing neurons and other parasympathetic-activated neurotransmitters and hormones, to divine birthright, optimal, homeostatic baseline levels. And I thank you for this neurological healing.

xxx

Nov 2 2025

Living in Excellent Health #115 — Spirituality and It’s Role in Recovering from Parkinson’s.

I would like to share with you my thoughts on the role of spirituality in recovering from the symptoms of Parkinson’s because I believe it has the potential to play a pivotal role.

I believe all experience, be it pleasant or unpleasant, is meant to guide us to an understanding of our true nature: that we are more than just human beings having a human experience … we are spiritual beings having a human experience, participating mutually and equally in the flow-of-life, and we are pure divine love. And we are here to acquire spiritual contentment, not material wealth.

To put it succinctly, we are here to contribute in some meaningful fashion to the flow-of-life, while discovering and unearthing our true divine essence.

And we have choices to make.

Do we want to live our lives like the person who steps on board a passenger jet terrified because of their fear of flying or do we want to feel totally exhilarated with the anticipation of being air bound. Similarly, do we want to be the person who feels totally alive with the wind in our face while zipping across the surface of a lake, or do we want to be the one who is terrified of drowning below the dark surface?

Do we want to live life to the fullest, free of the burden of fear, embracing its uncertainties?

We are born with certain attributes: There is the physical us: tall/short, muscular/slight, blue-eyed/brown-eyed, athletic/sedentary. Then there is the personality us: self-loving/self-loathing, outgoing/withdrawn, trusting/fearful, poised/nervous, enthusiastic/pessimistic, content/uptight, accepting/resistant. Then there is the spiritual us: the inner-us, our higher-self, our soul, our beingness, the part we can’t see or touch. It has no opposite. Eckhart Tolle refers to it as Presence. This latter aspect of us is connected directly to the universal-energetic-intelligence … divinity.

I don’t believe we are meant to experience life through our inner-self, but rather through the human-us … the personality-us. Our inner-us is meant to be our anchor … our guide … our source of comfort … our wisdom … our connection to the divine. It is not subject to the ups and downs and emotional fluctuations of being human.

Why is it like this? Why do we have an inner-us … and why is there a duality: a personality-us and an inner-us? Why is there so much suffering? Why is there so little awareness? Perhaps it is because, as Neale Donald Walsch wrote in Conversations with God, God wanted know experientially what God believed to be true, conceptually.

Why God wanted to know this … if it is in fact true … we can only speculate … but it’s an intriguing theory.

Life can be an adventure or it can be a burden … a hardship. It becomes an adventure when we understand that it has a purpose. And I believe our ultimate purpose is to discover our inner-selves … to discover our true nature … our divinity, and to live consciously in a state of divine self-love, where there is inner peace and contentment.

So, what does this mean for someone living with a serious health condition, such as Parkinson’s? It’s easy to fixate on the symptoms we are experiencing because they are ever present. And it’s easy to feel like a victim and to be drawn into a state of fear.

But we can use this experience to cultivate love through our thoughts, words and behaviors … because, I believe, disease can’t exist where there is love. We can also use it to develop trust: to know that this health condition has a purpose. It is not random and we are not victims. This awareness is empowering and it facilitates healing.

Being in a state of love creates an internal environment that facilitates the activation of our vagus nerve and our parasympathetic [calm] nervous system which in turn facilitates the production of dopamine and thus, raises our baseline dopamine. This will eliminate the symptoms of PD.

I do energy healing to clear fear from my energy field and transmute fear into love … energy healing is akin to medicine from the divine. I also repeat mantras [see below] focused on love. I also meditate and focus on my breath. I believe that we need to clear fear in order to calm the mind and enable the blossoming of love.

23rd Psalm [spiritual version]

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. Spirit makes me lie down in green pastures and leads me beside still waters. Spirit restores my soul and leads me down a path of spiritual awakening for my highest good. Spirit helps me to feel good about myself. Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of impermanence, I shall fear no darkness. For Thou art with me. Thy love and compassion, they comfort me. You help me to understand, accept and be at peace with my past, and in so doing, you help me to forgive. You also help me to live in the present moment. My life is filled with abundance. Surely, peace, love, joy, abundance and bliss will be with me all the rest of my days. And I will dwell in spiritual consciousness, enthusiasm and magnificence all the rest of my days. Amen.

Divine Love Expansion:

The universal-energetic-intelligence, which is pure divine love, wishes to expand itself. It wishes to expand love in the universe through experience; through my experience and the experience of every other entity in the universe. We are the vessels for the expression and expansion of divine love. And the best thing I can do to contribute to this expansion of love, is to fully surrender to the will and wisdom of the universal-energetic-intelligence; acknowledge my true essence which is divine love; live in love by being kind, forgiving, grateful, generous and compassionate; and live in the present moment. And I can do all this because I live in spiritual consciousness and I choose to celebrate life. I choose to live my life with enthusiasm and awe. I am so grateful for the opportunity I have been given to participate in the flow-of-life, serve humankind and the planet and contribute to the expansion of divine love. Hallelujah!

Wishing you a magnificent day!

Sep 14 2025

Living in Excellent Health #110 — Dissertation on the Role of Fear in the Development of, and Progression of the Symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease

In 2014, twelve years after developing the first symptoms and six years after being formally diagnosed, I reached the conclusion that fear, in the absence of self-love, was the primary reason why I developed the symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease … although, it would take a few more years for me to understand the role of a lack of self-love.

What led me to this conclusion about fear, was a series of panic attacks. The first panic attack was triggered by the thought: what if I become completely immobile. This one simple thought triggered the first panic attack, followed a week later by a second panic attack, followed two days after that, by an all-day attack. This all-day attack was the most challenging day of my life up to that point.

Four years later, I would experience an even more intense and frightening period of panic attacks that would further contribute to my comprehension of fear and its role in my life, although I didn’t understand it initially.

This series of experiences, I believe, was meant to guide me to an understanding of why I developed what is commonly described as an ‘incurable’ disease, as well as, discovering a solution to overcoming it.

Perhaps, at this point, it would help to have an understanding of the various aspects of fear.

There are five common elements of what falls under the umbrella of fear: worry, anxiety, panic-attacks, fear and stress.

  1. Worry is repetitive, often racing, negative thoughts. It’s something we do. It quite often involves a lot of, “what ifs” and focusing on problems or challenging situations. More often than not, we are thinking these thoughts without being aware of it.
  2. Anxiety is something we feel and it is anticipatory. It occurs when we worry something bad is going to happen. Anxiety ranges from mild anxiety [angst/butterflies] to severe anxiety, and is characterized by tightness in the throat, feelings of dread, tension throughout the body, powerlessness and inability to focus due to racing thoughts. [Here we differentiate between severe anxiety and panic attacks, although, it is a fine line.]
  3. Panic-attacks are sudden, explosive bursts of fear, created by a flood of cortisol. They are rapid in onset and typically short-lived, and they can be terrifying. You may feel like you’re dying [I did]. They can be triggered by a thought, or as I discovered, by marijuana.
  4. Fear, in this paradigm, is the classic fight-flight response to an immediate and real danger: a perceived life threatening situation. It typically involves a decision: do I run or do I stand my ground.
  5. Stress is the physical and mental outcome of these fear experiences. It is characterized by tension and fatigue throughout the body and mind mainly due to the presence of cortisol, the stress hormone. Stress in short bursts can be beneficial. It is chronic stress and the constant presence of cortisol that is harmful.

To assist in understanding these elements of fear, let me present an example. You are playing hockey and there is a goon on the other team who has threatened to “get you.” You are sitting on the bench, thinking about it. You are worrying: “what if the coach puts me out on the ice when the goon is out there?” “what if the goon comes after me?” “what if he beats me up?” You begin to feel anxious and tense. The more you think about it, the more anxious and tense you get. Soon, you are in full-on anxiety. You are having trouble thinking clearly. Then the coach calls your name and says you’re up next, triggering a full-on panic attack, fueled by thoughts of “worst-case scenarios,” like getting beaten up and being publicly humiliated. Then the door opens and you’re on the ice. You are immediately confronted by the goon, who drops his gloves and comes at you. Now, it’s fight or flight. Genuine fear. Rather than run or collapse, you drop your gloves, prepared to fight. But the referees jump in and break it up before a punch can be thrown. After the game, in the dressing room, you are feeling completely physically and mentally drained [stressed] by the whole affair.

Now imagine this happening in other areas of your life: at school, in the neighborhood, at work, at home, with dogs, with snakes or flying.

How does this apply to Parkinson’s? The moment you begin to worry about your state of health, the symptoms you are experiencing and your future, triggering various degrees of anxiety, your amygdala is activated, which in turn, activates the stress response [the Sympathetic Nervous System SNS], initiating the release of cortisol [the stress hormone], while deactivating the vagus nerve and shutting down the Parasympathetic [calm] Nervous System [PNS], and thus, shutting down the release of dopamine and other feel-good neurotransmitters and hormones.

The longer you stay in this state, the higher the cortisol levels … and the lower the dopamine levels … eventually leading to the onset of the symptoms of Parkinson’s, at which point, you’re told that PD is degenerative, progressive and incurable, pretty much ensuring the overactivation of the SNS and deactivation of the PNS, permanently.

The solution to restoring our health is threefold: First, involves what we can do on a day-to-day basis to reduce stress and foster calm for as many of our waking hours as possible. We can meditate, practice qigong and yoga, exercise [joyfully], spend time in nature, spend time with our grandchildren, read uplifting books and watch uplifting movies, learn something new and eat healthy foods.

Second, we can heal the emotional wounds that are at the root of the chronic worry that caused us to develop the disease: the traumas, the wounded inner children, the unresolved emotional pain, the detrimental beliefs and detrimental self-perceptions. This may involve psycho-therapy. I am addressing this through energy healing.

Third, we can foster the development of self-love: through awareness, understanding, forgiveness, energy healing or some form of therapy. It could involve a change of personality.

You may be wondering, what is the role of medication. Medication gives us a few hours a day of reduced symptoms, and thus, reduced stress. It does this by flooding our brain with dopamine, a feel-good neurotransmitter, activating our Parasympathetic nervous system, putting us in a calm state. A word of caution: there is a price to pay for this feel-good state. When the medication wears off, dopamine, in order to maintain homeostasis, falls below baseline for a period of time. We crash, and we feel worse, with more intense symptoms.

It is possible that fear did not play a direct role in your developing the symptoms of Parkinson’s; perhaps head injuries and concussions or chemical toxins were the primary cause. Fear is likely to become a part of the experience at some point as dopamine levels fall off, cortisol levels become elevated, and you spend more and more time in a Sympathetic Nervous System activated state, so understanding the fear paradigm is relevant. I am not saying this to scare you, but rather to prepare you for what is a common aspect of the Parkinson’s experience.

Jun 22 2025

Living in Excellent Health #107 — Anxiety and Parkinson’s.

It could be said that fear is a neurological and physiological response to a perceived threat. Fear stems from a thought or belief that something bad is about to happen, and we, or someone we care about is about to be hurt: physically, mentally, emotionally, financially, etc.

From an evolutionary standpoint, fear was necessary for our survival. Fear warned us of danger. It triggered the amygdala, which initiated the fight-flight-freeze response, and in that sense, it was beneficial.

In modern times, temporary, life-threatening induced fear has largely been replaced by chronic, non-life-threatening fear: fear associated with our finances, our employment, our relationships [rejection] and experiences like public speaking or athletic performance.

Fear leads to worry and or anxiety. Worry is repetitive negative thoughts [it’s something you do] … which can be minor [I’m worried about being late for work] or more intense [I’m worried about my finances]. Whereas, anxiety is something you feel … and like worry can come in degrees [I’m feeling anxious about getting on this ride at the amusement park] to [I am experiencing severe anxiety about getting on board this plane]. If frightening enough, can lead to feelings of panic. Fear, worry and anxiety, all lead to physical, mental and emotional stress, and if experienced long enough, can lead to, among other maladies, a neurological breakdown.

An effective way to counter worry is to know that “life is beautifully orchestrated.” When you know that life is beautifully orchestrated, you know there is no cause for worry … and by default, no cause for anxiety … and your thoughts can be focused on love. I believe that life isn’t random. Rather, I believe that we are predestined to have certain experiences. In this sense, life is beautifully orchestrated.

Living in a chronic state of fear, I believe, is the primary reason why I developed the symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease. It seemed like I was always worried about, or feeling uptight and anxious about, something. Living in a chronic predominantly Sympathetic [stress] Nervous System, constantly producing the stress hormone, cortisol, eventually caused my brain to stop producing dopamine and other feel-good neurotransmitters and hormones.

We can overcome fear through positive-thoughts, prayer, mantras, breathwork, meditation, energy healing, or by changing our beliefs.

One of the more challenging aspects of living with the symptoms of Parkinson’s, for me, is anxiety. In this regard, I have found energy healing to be helpful.

I use energy healing as part of my recovery protocol and I recently intuited the following energy healing script to address anxiety:

To my inner-self, I say this: Thank you for assisting me in giving over to the universal-energetic-intelligence [or to the tree I am holding], all of the fear energy that I am experiencing, including that which is being held in my amygdala, and that which is at the root of the anxiety I am experiencing, so that it can be transmuted into divine love and dispersed into the quantum energy field, and I thank you for this quantum energetic transmutation and transference.

In addition to dissolving fear, my intention is for my Central Nervous System to be predominantly in the Parasympathetic [calm] state. I am using the following script to accomplish this:

To my inner-self, I say this: Thank you for assisting me in giving over to the universal-energetic-intelligence [or to the tree I am holding], all of the fear energy that I am experiencing, including that which is being held in my amygdala, and that which is at the root of the anxiety I am experiencing, so that it can be transmuted into divine love and dispersed into the quantum energy field, so that my amygdala can be deactivated, and my Sympathetic Nervous System can be deactivated, in order for my vagus nerve to be activated, and in turn, my Parasympathetic Nervous System to be activated, so that I can unearth my innate self-love and so that I can stimulate the creation of the feel-good neurotransmitters and hormones including dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin, endorphins, GABA and acetylcholine, in divine birthright, optimal, homeostatic, baseline amounts, and I thank you for this quantum energetic transmutation and transference.

As I have stated in previous posts, I firmly believe that energy healing offers me the best chance for recovery, and so it is the focal point of my healing regimen.

Wishing you a magnificent day!

Apr 27 2025

Living in Excellent Health #104 — The Importance of Language and Approach in Overcoming the Symptoms of Parkinson’s.

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I regularly see posts on Facebook by well-intentioned people who have been diagnosed with the symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease, declaring that they are going to fight or battle this condition. While understandable, I think this is not the ideal approach.

Living with the symptoms of Parkinson’s is no easy undertaking. When the medical community tells you it is degenerative and progressive, they’re not overstating the situation. It takes everything we’ve got to deal with the symptoms we must deal with every moment of every day.

So our mindset is critical.

When we say that we’re fighting or battling something, it puts us in the fight or flight state, which activates our amygdala, which then activates our sympathetic nervous system, which triggers the release of cortisol, the stress hormone. It puts us in a state of stress, and stress is what causes the symptoms of Parkinson’s to progress.

What helps me immensely is to consider the symptoms of Parkinson’s as my teacher. And it has taught me so much. It has taught me about myself; about life; about neurology; and mostly, about love … especially, self-love.

To live with the symptoms of Parkinson’s, is to live with one of the toughest drill-sergeants you will ever encounter. But this drill-sergeant isn’t preparing us for battle. This drill-sergeant is preparing us to embrace love.

Wishing you a magnificent day!

Mar 30 2025

Living in Excellent Health #103 — Amygdala, Vagus Nerve and Healing Parkinson’s.

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I have been heavily focused on the neurological aspect of Parkinson’s Disease, particularly as it relates to the relationship between the Sympathetic [fight-flight] and Parasympathetic [calm] Nervous Systems. It turns out that each is regulated by other structures, namely, the amygdala and the vagus nerve.

The amygdala is an almond shaped structure situated deep in the limbic system of the mid-brain that regulates the fight-flight response. It receives input from the five senses and when it detects danger, by way of thoughts [that is a shark I see], it goes into action. It alerts the hypothalamus, which then activates the fight-flight response through the sympathetic nervous system, including suppressing the vagus nerve and alerting the adrenal glands to release cortisol [the stress hormone] and adrenalin [the energy hormone] into the bloodstream.

As I discussed in my last post, the amygdala also stores emotional memories, especially negative ones, which makes it a priority for energy healing. It is the amygdala that turns a one-time traumatic experience into a lifetime of emotional trauma [more on this later on].

The vagus nerve runs from the brain to the heart, lungs and digestive track. It too receives input from the five senses and goes into action following a period of stress once it has determined that the stressful event is over and the coast is clear [that wasn’t a shark I saw, it was Flipper the friendly dolphin]. It activates the parasympathetic [calm] nervous system, while stimulating the release of the feel-good neurotransmitters and hormones, including dopamine.

Another thing to mention: The prefrontal cortex, responsible for rational thinking, is overridden by the amygdala’s alarm signal. This makes it hard to think clearly or calm yourself down when feeling stressed or anxious.

Once activated, the Sympathetic Nervous System initiates a series of actions:

  1. Heart rate spikes (tachycardia) to pump more blood to the muscles.
  2. Rapid breathing to get more oxygen to the muscles
  3. The immune, digestive and reproductive systems shut down.
  4. Muscles tense in preparation for action.
  5. Sweating occurs to regulate body temperature: to keep us from over heating.

After the call to action or crisis is over, the parasympathetic nervous system, triggered by the vagus nerve, starts calming the body: heart rate slows, blood pressure returns to normal, breathing stabilizes, digestion resumes, the immune system is reactivated and the mind calms. Also, the amygdala begins interacting with the feel-good neurotransmitters and hormones, including, dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin and GABA, in order to further destress and restore calm.

The amygdala works with the hippocampus [another brain structure]. The hippocampus records factual information about an event, while the amygdala assigns and records the level of emotional trauma associated with the event.

Things become problematic when the amygdala becomes overactive due to overexposure to stress/worry/anxiety/trauma causing excess levels of fear and emotional energy. When this happens, the Autonomic Nervous System gets stuck in the Sympathetic [fight-flight] state, where it is constantly stimulating the release of cortisol and adrenalin.

To further complicate matters, the more traumatic the experience, the more likely the hippocampus is to be adversely affected by cortisol, causing it to record the information incorrectly or disorganized, causing more confusion and anxiety.

In essence, our innate self-love ‘pot-of-gold’ gets buried under tons of fear, detrimental emotional memories, detrimental beliefs and self-images from all the painful emotional experiences and traumas we have endured and that are held on record in the amygdala. So, it is the amygdala that keeps us in a perpetual state of fear and heightens our level of anxiety when we have a present moment experience that reminds us of that previous trauma, or when we simply recall that trauma.

To restore order, we need to deactivate the amygdala while alerting the vagus nerve. Normally, this would happen automatically, through the observations of the five sense: when we no longer see, hear, feel, smell or taste danger. But when the amygdala is overactive and overloaded with fear it appears to block the observations of the senses, keeping us stuck in a state of stress and anxiety.

The gist of all this is that I don’t think it is possible to unearth self-love and recover from the symptoms of Parkinson’s without first clearing the fear and unresolved emotional memory from the amygdala, while stimulating and strengthening the vagus nerve. Otherwise, the amygdala will constantly override the nervous system’s efforts to return to the parasympathetic state. We can begin to calm the amygdala through meditation, breathwork and exercise. We can also undertake psychotherapy. But the most effective way I know of to clear the fear from the amygdala is through energy healing.

In addition to calming and healing the amygdala, the hippocampus can be strengthened with meditation and exercise, while the vagus nerve can be strengthened and activated by:

  1. Deep breathing – the vagus nerve is connected to the diaphragm, so slow breathing signals safety to the nervous system
  2. Humming, singing or chanting – the vagus nerve runs through the vocal cords
  3. Cold exposure [splashing cold water on your face or taking a cold shower] – cold stimulates the vagus nerve which slows the heart rate, signaling everything is safe
  4. Meditation and mindfulness
  5. Laughter
  6. Socializing

    Wishing you a magnificent day!
Feb 23 2025

Living in Excellent Health #98 — Love, not Anger, is the Solution to Parkinson’s!

self love

The other day, I was having a difficult time getting back into bed after my nightly trip to the bathroom, when I lost my temper, got angry, and got myself to where I wanted to go. After I got settled, it occurred to me that anger is not the solution to overcoming the symptoms of Parkinson’s: love is.

I discovered several years ago that anger can help me overcome certain PD-related movement symptoms. Anger stimulates an adrenalin release, which also stimulates a dopamine release,: facilitating movement. But it also stimulates a cortisol release: the stress hormone. So, in that regard, it works against me.

I realized many years ago, that fear is my kryptonite and anger is my Superman: fear paralyzes me, whereas anger empowers me. An incident that happened when I was in my teens, playing Junior C hockey provides a good illustration of this. In one particular game, during he first period, one of the guys on my team got into a fight with an opposing player. The opposing player was quite big … around six-foot-two and about 220 pounds … considerably bigger than my six feet, 180 pounds. The guy went ballistic in an attempt to get at my teammate. I turned to another teammate and said, “I wouldn’t to get into a fight with that guy.” Then, later in the game, the same guy slashed me across the throat with his hockey stick. It really hurt, and moments later, I tried to yell to one of teammates to pass me the puck, but no sound came out. It freaked me out, and in a rage I skated over to the guy, whacked him with my stick and then bested him in a fight.

Anger is such an easy state for me to enter. I can easily fly into a rage when I encounter some form of difficulty. I don’t have to think about. It just explodes inside me. Love, conversely, is not so easy. It doesn’t come naturally.

And here’s the thing: I don’t feel good about myself when I get angry. Short-term empowerment is replaced by long-term shame. So, for me, anger is counter-productive.

So, how do I enter the love state. Where anger comes naturally and easily, love doesn’t. I could think about my grandchildren. I love them immensely. This might work for me, but not everyone has grandchildren. A more universal way to access the love state is to focus on my breath. It has been said that we are never more than one breath away from being in a meditative state, and a meditative state is a love-state.

This, then, is a good place to start. Whenever I am struggling, take some deep breaths and perhaps, visualize my heart … or my grandchildren … and feel the love!

Long-term, this is much better for my health and more likely to help me in my endeavor for a full recovery.

Wishing you a magnificent day! Carpe diem!

Feb 16 2025

Living in Excellent Health #97 — Energy Healing Program for Recovery from Parkinson’s – Part 2.

First of all, I would like to thank everyone for your interest in Part 1 of this blog-post. The response to the post was considerably more than I anticipated as was the interest in using the scripts.

I must admit, I really wasn’t expecting anyone to try the scripts. I had no idea that there would be so much interest in energy healing. It seems a lot of people share my belief that energy healing provides a viable solution to recover our health.

There was a lot of interest in a video or audio version of the scripts in order to do guided healings because they are quite long and a challenge to memorize. If it is feasible, I will do a Youtube version.

I truly believe in the healing potential of this script-driven energy healing protocol. In fact, just this morning I was shoveling snow and I was feeling tired and experiencing some pain in my lower back. So, I recited the Symptom healing script in my head and the pain went away immediately and I had way more energy. I believe it is far more than just the placebo effect.

The following are some important things to be aware of:

  1. The intention of the script-based energy healing protocol is to direct energy healers to transmute fear-based low frequency energy to high frequency love-based energy in every cell in our body. In essence, it is energy transmuting energy.
  2. Feel free to make copies of the scripts so that you can read them at your convenience.
  3. Read the Comprehensive Fear-to-Love script no more than once a week. It is a very powerful healing routine and you don’t want to overwhelm yourself … energetically, that is.
  4. Read and practice the Fear Clearing script every day, several times a day, and any time you are feeling in a state of fear or if you are feeling more intense PD-related symptoms. It will help you clear the fear energy that is being released from the your DNA.
  5. Don’t be surprised if the scripts don’t work right away. It may take a couple of tries to establish a connection with your inner-self and spirit healers. Hold your intention and trust. It will work.
  6. It’s possible that you may actually feel worse initially. This is because you are releasing fear and other low frequency energy from the DNA of every cell in your body. It’s sort of like energetic vomiting.
  7. Further to Point 6, pay close attention to your thoughts and feelings: for example, if you are having thoughts and feelings connected to guilt. They can be an indicator of what you are purging. It might be helpful to journal your experience. You can also do some Fear [guilt] clearing to expedite the process.

Please feel free to contact me should you have any questions. You can email me or message me on Messenger.

Wishing you magnificent healing!