The Dancing Healers
This is a personal story about the journey from doctor to healer. Like most Western trained physicians, he was an expert in the disease model – one that emphasized the identification and treatment of pathology. Over the next 40 years, he learned from traditional healers how to expand that disease model to a healing paradigm. This is a story about staying healthy, and the importance of harmony between thoughts, actions and feelings - the foundation of the new science of Psychoneuroimmunology (mind-body-spirit medicine).
The Last Mask of Authentic Leadership
This is an exploration of how one leads in this new age of public scrutiny and accountability. Leadership is about pursuing authenticity; creating environments that encourage risk-taking; learning to appreciate and harness the power of the unconscious, intuitive mind; and transmitting a clear sense of mission and values.
Life is Not a Disease
Modern psychiatry now defines unacceptable behaviors and feelings as mental illnesses, which is why 25% of all Americans now carry such a diagnosis. We are prescribing too many drugs for the ordinary ups and downs- life is not a disease. With passion and humor Dr. H combines the language of science, with his powerful storytelling style to weave a tale about how to face life’s daily struggles- without pills.
The Future of Healthcare: Healing in Community
The future of healthcare will be based on a model of prediction and prevention. We can do that and get reimbursed for it, but it means moving beyond office and hospital walls, and into the community. Healthcare in the future will be provided in schools, after-school programs, senior centers designed to keep people healthy. Weaving the language of science, with the magic of his stories, Dr. H. presents a paradigm-shifting model of preventative healthcare that saves billions of dollars, provides better care, and brings us back to community.
Authenticity and Leadership: Sustaining Your Passion and Purpose
Saying what you mean, and doing what you promise, is no longer the custom in our culture. Nowadays, it’s more common to say whatever people want to hear, or whatever you can get away with. Right and wrong is now determined by courts of law rather than a shared consensus about what’s ethical and moral. To succeed personally and professionally you must be authentic-- a person or organization whose words, actions and principles are all telling the same story. In his compelling style, Dr. H. shares his experience and wisdom, in ways that will kindle your passion and purpose.
Carl Hammerschlag
