Back in Control with David Hanscom, MD

A Mind-Body Approach to Healing Pelvic Pain

In this episode, Dr. David Hanscom talks with Michael Hodge – a mind / body coach specializing in men’s pelvic health. He shares his personal journey with pelvic pain and how it led him to become a pelvic health specialist. He discusses the link between pelvic pain and mind-body principles, and how anxiety and body chemistry can affect pelvic pain. He explores the concept of emotional pain versus physical pain and how the brain chooses physical pain as a coping mechanism. He highlights the importance of addressing the root cause of physical symptoms and the need for a holistic approach that allows individuals to feel emotions and not just try to fix them. Michael Hodge went through 5 years of severe pelvic pain, nagging urinary issues, and deflating sexual dysfunction in his 20’s. After returning back to strength, he went on a deep path to discover the root cause of these perplexing mind-body issues. Since teaming up with well-known pelvic expert Dr. Brianne Grogan, Michael has helped over 1,000 men to recover through a proven program that is beginning to capture the attention of scientists and physicians hungry for a proven treatment. For more information, visit: https://www.transformpelvichealth.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Structured Flexibility – the Key to Successful Dieting

In this episode, Dr. David Hanscom continues his discussion with Joe Klemczewski – founder of The Diet Doc and the pioneer of macronutrient-based food intake tracking. Seeing the struggles that people had with dieting, he began re-engineering diets early in his career. The approach he developed is coaching based and experimental.  It became known as flexible dieting. He works with clients to understand their life and goals, then based on that, he determines the right amount of carbs, fats and proteins. He links that to their food preferences and makes a meal plan. The plan allows for flexibility (life happens!), but also provides a structured approach to food amounts and timing that helps achieve their goals. Joe Klemczewski is known as the Godfather of Flexible Dieting. He pioneered macronutrient-based food intake tracking more than twenty-five years ago and carved a path for the entire personal nutrition coaching industry. Klemczewski’s international brand and licensing company The Diet Doc, LLC, has continued to innovate client-centered systems used to help thousands of struggling dieters reach sustainable life change. Klemczewski has earned degrees in physical therapy, health, nutrition, health education, literary journalism, social psychology, and social science, including two doctorates and four masters degrees. For more information, visit: https://www.thedietdoc.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Path to Becoming the Diet Doc

In this episode, Dr. David Hanscom talks with Joe Klemczewski – founder of The Diet Doc and the pioneer of macronutrient-based food intake tracking. He began participating in sports in high school and this eventually led hm to an interest in physical therapy. When he became a high performance weight lifter and body builder, he developed a deep interest in nutrition. His approach emphasizes the importance of both exercise and nutrition. Consistent and regular movement helps manage inflammatory substances like cortisol and is a cornerstone of good health. He encourages his clients to be experimental and flexible with their diet and focus on their average progress with managing the intake of proteins, fats and carbohydrates. Joe Klemczewski is known as the Godfather of Flexible Dieting. He pioneered macronutrient-based food intake tracking more than twenty-five years ago and carved a path for the entire personal nutrition coaching industry. Klemczewski’s international brand and licensing company The Diet Doc, LLC, has continued to innovate client-centered systems used to help thousands of struggling dieters reach sustainable life change. Klemczewski has earned degrees in physical therapy, health, nutrition, health education, literary journalism, social psychology, and social science, including two doctorates and four masters degrees. For more information, visit: https://www.thedietdoc.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Moving Beyond Vulnerability to See Life as an Adventure

In this episode, Dr. David Hanscom continues his discussion with Dr. Kirk Schneider, an integrative existential psychotherapist. He explains the principles and process of his integrative existential therapy practice. He begins by asking the client two questions: How are you presently living? And how are you willing to live? The first question allows the client to explore what is going on. The second question helps clients discover a more open, internally free domain. He focuses on what is most helpful for the client at the present time and invites the client to experience the issue in the body. As they establish trust with him, they can move from experiencing vulnerability to transcend the risk and experience life as an adventure. Dr. Kirk Schneider is a leading spokesperson for existential-humanistic and existential-integrative psychotherapy.  He is an adjunct faculty at Saybrook University and Teachers College, Columbia University.   He is also the author or coauthor of 14 books, including Existential-Humanistic Therapy (with Orah Krug), Awakening to Awe, and his most recent book Life-Enhancing Anxiety: Key to a Sane World. For more information, visit: https://kirkjschneider.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From Terror to Curiosity to Possibility- a Healing Journey

In this episode, Dr. David Hanscom talks with Dr. Kirk Schneider, an integrative existential psychotherapist.  He shares the early experiences he had that later shaped his approach to his psychotherapy practice.  He describes the impact of his older brother’s untimely death that led him to his first visit to a psychoanalyst at the age of 6. Though he managed this early trauma fairly well, he had a nervous breakdown in graduate school that led to panic attacks and cognitive distortions. Through his work with an existential therapist, Dr. Ann Gustin, he was able to heal and move from terror to curiosity to possibility. Dr. Kirk Schneider is a leading spokesperson for existential-humanistic and existential-integrative psychotherapy.  He is an adjunct faculty at Saybrook University and Teachers College, Columbia University.   He is also the author or coauthor of 14 books, including Existential-Humanistic Therapy (with Orah Krug), Awakening to Awe, and his most recent book Life-Enhancing Anxiety: Key to a Sane World. For more information, visit: https://kirkjschneider.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices