Think and Grow Well™: Recent Episodes
Lori L. Barr, M. D.
You are more than just a body. The Think and Grow Well™ Show introduces you to steps you can take right now to strengthen the four aspects of your human being. As you listen you'll be surprised how quickly you amplify your awareness, sustain your spirit, master your mind and buff your body before you face a health challenge. Your host, Dr. Lori Barr is an advocate for vibrant living. She introduces you to guests who have overcome obstacles that usually lead to disease and experts that have uncommon solutions to problems. Together we'll break down the steps taken to overcome the challenge and vitalize your life. Doctors and patients can live full out when we each take responsibility for our own health and well-being. That's freedom! Podsafe music licensed by Music Radio Creative.
What three traits would you choose to develop in yourself if you knew you would be facing a health challenges that would cause decades of change in your life?
Here is a simple interview technique where you get to play investigative reporter to uncover your own genius and expertise. Use it to remind yourself of skills you have already mastered that may assist when you face a health challenge.
If you follow these steps in order, you will start tapping into the universal law of creation, the law that changes ideas into physical things.
Timothy Ferriss built his success on one formula that he applies again and again. It can help you simplify your life too.
Use this sensorial amplification technique to store the feeling of passion you previously experienced so you can use the energy to assist you when you face a health challenge.
Dr. Barr compares the power of raw unrefined passion with refined directed passion toward a desired outcome.
There are many emotions that may fuel your tank as you journey through life and this is the most efficient emotional fuel you can use.
What if you had a talent that you thought was a natural talent and in reality, you learned how to be that good at it? What if you forgot you were an expert at this talent? What If there was one kind of date you could go on that would bring out your expertise in this talent once more? Guess what? You can! Listen now.
Dr. Lori discusses two different ideas about acting with confidence that will assist when your health is in the balance. Learn how to activate your imaginasium.
Dr. Lori digs deeper into Walt Disney's imagineering formula to discover the magic that will keep you in control of your body.
Compare the attitudes of children vs. adults when either faces a health challenge. What advantage can you gain by unraveling some of your adult preconceived ideas about diseases? Take 3 steps now to begin the process of more child-like thinking.
Learn about the anatomy of bones and the one part of the bone that can shift your perspective so you fully enjoy life.
One hour is all it takes to increase your mortality risk by 11%. This is a vice like no other and you probably will be surprised to find out how often you engage in it.
Walt Disney built an empire around his keen observation of characteristics that children possessed naturally and that adults desired to have in more abundance. Here are the 7 characteristics he recommends and Dr. Lori Barr's commentary on applying these to your dance with disease.
Peek behind the doors of two mastermind groups and get a new take on honor from Dr. Lori Barr.
There are two different kinds of stress measurement tools if you want to measure stress in your body. Psychologic indicator tools are objective measures. The Ease-o-stat™ is a tool to teach yourself to recognize how distress and eustress feel in your body with the ideal of ending your day with a positive balance of eustress rather than going to sleep with an overabundance of distress.
Learn how the conscious mind acts like a supervisor and the subconscious mind can be thought of as a factory for the habits that get you through your day. Learn how to choose a new wellness habit when you are ready to think and grow well.
Chronic illness has perks. Learn what it takes to brave the terror of change and to act well again, even if you have forgotten what that feels like.
Living life without purpose increases debilitation and likelihood of illness or disease in some cases. What do your worldview and your life's purpose have to do with this? Find out here.
Worry fear and doubt are natural reactions to distress when we are ignorant about a condition or circumstance that is the cause of the distress. How do you make space for more options for dealing with worry, fear, and doubt? Dr. Lori Barr walks you through the steps.
Dr. Lori Barr reviews reactions your body experiences when distress and eustress happen. Can you recognize each in your body? You will after you listen!
Be careful when you consider retirement or any other phase of life that frees up a considerable amount fo your time. Unless you keep your eye on and stepping in to your life's purpose, you may be at risk for a real pain. The life of a hypochondriac. Learn some underlying factors that contribute to this form of escapism.
Did you ever do something that you were later embarrassed or ashamed of doing and later ask yourself, "Why did I do that?" Dr. Lori Barr explains how the habit-forming part of the mind that is designed to protect us and keep us alive is also the part that plays into self-sabotage. You don't have to keep asking yourself that question. Master the 3 techniques that change habits and form new paradigms: shock, agreement, and repetition.
Dr. Lori Barr helps you think and grow well by answering a question about the origins of the feelings of worry, fear, and doubt as these emotions related to disease.
Dr. Lori Barr describes a picture of the mind that her father shared with her that changed her life and can change yours too. See the picture here.
Whenever you make a decision to improve yourself or your situation and you start to change, there is a group of people who know and love you. They mean well and they really want you to stay the same and not change. How do you assess your situation, recognize the zombies and avoid becoming a zombie yourself? Dr. Barr assists you in starting that process in this episode of Think and Grow Well.
If you've ever had a health challenge and you thought you were over it and then have one of the symptoms come back, you know how scary that can feel. Learn how to use all parts of your being to get unstuck.
When two parents notice their football-player son collapse on the sidelines during a game, their immediate and decisive action saves his life. Dr. Lori Barr shares ways you can prepare your mind for a scenario so that you have a better chance at a great outcome too.
In this episode, Dr. Lori Barr describes the process of transmutation of an idea into physical form. Learn how to differentiate the physical and nonphysical parts of your being, mind, body, spirit, and awareness. Learn what the difference is between soul and spirit in the context of definitions for Think and Grow Well.
Living a vital life is more than just improving your body. Dr. Lori Barr explains how an outdated idea can be a mental tattoo that gets in the way of vibrant living. Learn how does a person get a mental tattoo and what do you do to remove the tattoo. Use your body, mind, spirit, and awareness if you want to think and grow well.
Dr. Lori Barr interviews chiropractor Dr. Tedd Koren. They discuss ways to overcome pain challenges and stress that lead to dysfunction.
Welcome to the Think and Grow Well show. Dr. Lori Barr here reminding you that you are more than just a body. You are a human being with the potential for unconditional vitality. As you listen now and to future episodes, you’ll be surprised how quickly you amplify your awareness, sustain your spirit, master your mind and buff your body as you strengthen all core 4 aspects of your being before you face a health challenge. New episodes will come out about twice a month. On some episodes, I will share a concept and a success story around that concept, like today’s discussion of distress, eustress and how to become more aware of how they feel in your body. Next, we discuss how to mitigate disproportionate distress with an extra helping of eustress. Episodes will be 29 minutes long more often than not. I’ll introduce you to guests who have overcome obstacles that usually lead to disease and experts that have unexpected solutions to problems. If you or anyone you know is struggling with regaining their vitality or trying to overcome a health challenge, please invite them to join us.