Arlene Feinblatt's guest appearances

Arlene Feinblatt

The Mind and Fitness Podcast

crushing doubt

Eric Sherman

Karen Isaacs

Dani Fagan

Dan Ratner

Howard Schubiner

Dan Buglio

Adriana Bucci

David Hanscom

Alicia Batson

David Schechter

Nicole Sachs

John Gribbin

Tia Wright

Saul Bellow

Mike Murray

OwlTail

In my second interview with Dr. Arlene Feinblatt, I focused on learning about the collaborative relationship between Dr. Sarno and her. It was a pleasure to get to hear directly from someone who knew Dr. Sarno so well about his attributes and how his personality contributed to the success of this duo. Arlene acknowledges how she and Sarno had to band together to keep getting through the criticisms lobbed their way as they tried to make progress. We talked about the importance of a particular characteristic in the beloved doctor with which all at Crushing Doubt should be able to identify: certainty. On top of that, Arlene notes that being able to accept anger and rage as an emotion is key to recovery, especially if we can focus on deciding what to do with it, rather than getting stuck on judging it. I noted with Arlene one of the key variables she brought to the table in helping people as well in the form of her curiosity and capacity to keep asking questions. Overall, we talked about the baseline idea of getting the patient to think emotionally, which then builds on itself. The information begins to do the work all by itself and we talk about why a short term therapy that is more active really helps in this process.

In my second interview with Dr. Arlene Feinblatt, I focused on learning about the collaborative relationship between Dr. Sarno and her. It was a pleasure to get to hear directly from someone who knew Dr. Sarno so well about his attributes and how his personality contributed to the success of this duo. Arlene acknowledges how she and Sarno had to band together to keep getting through the criticisms lobbed their way as they tried to make progress. We talked about the importance of a particular characteristic in the beloved doctor with which all at Crushing Doubt should be able to identify: certainty. On top of that, Arlene notes that being able to accept anger and rage as an emotion is key to recovery, especially if we can focus on deciding what to do with it, rather than getting stuck on judging it. I noted with Arlene one of the key variables she brought to the table in helping people as well in the form of her curiosity and capacity to keep asking questions. Overall, we talked about the baseline idea of getting the patient to think emotionally, which then builds on itself. The information begins to do the work all by itself and we talk about why a short term therapy that is more active really helps in this process.

Interview with Dr. Sarno's Chief Psychologist Arlene Feinblatt

Today, I am joined by Dr. Arlene Feinblatt, the chief psychologist who worked, side by side, with Dr. John Sarno in developing their system to address mind body pain that helped hundreds of thousands of people with chronic pain and symptoms, and helped launch the careers of so many mind body practitioners, including that of myself. We discussed how she came to be involved with Dr. Sarno and I was fascinated to learn that she had to convince him to let her work with him in this capacity. As it turned out, Arlene did a brilliant job of this work and this interview shows how her deep empathy and warmth played a crucial role in her being able to understand things about the patients and shed light on them for Dr. Sarno, so that they could combine to figure out what worked to reduce their pain. One of her most notable contributions to the field was in playing a key part in recognizing ‘goodism’ — the tendency of so many pain and symptoms sufferers to go out of their way to be exceptional people in their kindness, generosity, and thoughtfulness of others — as being highly connected to what Sarno termed TMS (tension myositis syndrome…the painful, but benign musculoskeletal pain that he theorized came from emotional pain). My discussion with Arlene touches on many things, including Dr. Sarno’s nature as a practitioner, what Arlene, Sarno, and their patients were up against in trying to be accepted by the rest of the medical community, and how the indomitable will to understand can lead to tremendous gains in helping people.

Today, I am joined by Dr. Arlene Feinblatt, the chief psychologist who worked, side by side, with Dr. John Sarno in developing their system to address mind body pain that helped hundreds of thousands of people with chronic pain and symptoms, and helped launch the careers of so many mind body practitioners, including that of myself. We discussed how she came to be involved with Dr. Sarno and I was fascinated to learn that she had to convince him to let her work with him in this capacity. As it turned out, Arlene did a brilliant job of this work and this interview shows how her deep empathy and warmth played a crucial role in her being able to understand things about the patients and shed light on them for Dr. Sarno, so that they could combine to figure out what worked to reduce their pain. One of her most notable contributions to the field was in playing a key part in recognizing ‘goodism’ — the tendency of so many pain and symptoms sufferers to go out of their way to be exceptional people in their kindness, generosity, and thoughtfulness of others — as being highly connected to what Sarno termed TMS (tension myositis syndrome…the painful, but benign musculoskeletal pain that he theorized came from emotional pain). My discussion with Arlene touches on many things, including Dr. Sarno’s nature as a practitioner, what Arlene, Sarno, and their patients were up against in trying to be accepted by the rest of the medical community, and how the indomitable will to understand can lead to tremendous gains in helping people.

Learning About the Way to Treat Mind Body Pain with Dr. Arlene Feinblatt

It's awesome having one expert who worked closely with Dr. Sarno on the show but what about TWO at the same time?!  Dr. Feinblatt and Dr. Sherman sat down with me for an hour to discuss chronic pain, the psychology behind it, things you can do today to get yourself out of it, along with some fun stories of practicing and curing over the last few decades. If you're listening on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, please consider leaving a 5 Star Written Review. You can find Dr. Feinblatt online at : http://www.arlenefeinblatt.com/ You can find Dr. Sherman online at: http://www.pathwaystopainrelief.com You can become a Patron of the show by going to: Patreon.com/themindandfitnesspodcast Give us a Like on Facebook at: The Mind and Fitness Podcast on Facebook Join our Group at: The Mind and Fitness Podcast Deleters of Pain

It's awesome having one expert who worked closely with Dr. Sarno on the show but what about TWO at the same time?!  Dr. Feinblatt and Dr. Sherman sat down with me for an hour to discuss chronic pain, the psychology behind it, things you can do today to get yourself out of it, along with some fun stories of practicing and curing over the last few decades. If you're listening on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, please consider leaving a 5 Star Written Review. You can find Dr. Feinblatt online at : <a href="http://www.arlenefeinblatt.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.arlenefeinblatt.com/</a> You can find Dr. Sherman online at: <a href="http://www.pathwaystopainrelief.com/bio_sherman.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.pathwaystopainrelief.com</a> You can become a Patron of the show by going to: <a>Patreon.com/themindandfitnesspodcast</a> Give us a Like on Facebook at: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheMindandFitnessPodcast/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel&amp;eid=ARC_DbOT9zk2DyY2i0HVuRr2tZPGIqlBtPnNlbhMpERTF1H9sHYo56XuUyyIR1mueISJWzL_stZRkgYk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Mind and Fitness Podcast on Facebook</a> Join our Group at: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1719825058106068/?source_id=145525559367182" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Mind and Fitness Podcast Deleters of Pain</a>