Health & Wellness Archives – Integral Life

Integral Medicine: An AQAL Based Approach

Larry George — Sun, 24 Oct 2021 17:54:15 +0000

This article briefly outlines the AQAL model and describes the application of the model to family practice—specifically an Integral look at depression and anxiety. Larry discusses major problems facing the Western medical model, particularly gross and subtle reductionism and the mind-body split. He also offers an AQAL perspective on clinical examples from family practice and then apply the AQAL model to the transformation of the physician.

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Integral Healthcare Management

Integral Life — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 00:10:00 +0000

Integral Healthcare Management, an application of Integral Theory to the management of healthcare organizations, is a comprehensive and inclusive way of providing healthcare. This article explains the “all-quadrant” aspect of Integral Theory in the context of two common healthcare management challenges: operating a hospital in accord with national accreditation standards and complying with modern notions of “patient safety.”

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Martial Arts and Psychotherapy

Dr. Keith Witt — Fri, 06 Aug 2021 19:52:28 +0000

Dr. Keith and Corey explore the fertile intersection between martial arts, psychotherapy, and integral living. Watch as Keith shares the deep wisdoms he has received from his own lifelong martial arts practice, and how those wisdoms directly inform his approach to his own psychotherapy practice and the various healing strategies he draws upon.

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The Art of Practice: Introducing ILP

Corey deVos — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 21:01:38 +0000

Join Lisa Frost and Corey deVos in a new monthly series that will explore how to bring more depth and artistry to our Integral Life Practice — the very best and most effective practices to help you Wake Up, Grow Up, Clean Up, and Show Up in your life, your relationships, and your work in the world.

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Coronavirus and a Course in Anti-Fragility

Corey deVos — Fri, 17 Apr 2020 19:18:50 +0000

Ken and Corey respond to the COVID-19 pandemic by suggesting a far more comprehensive approach to health and healing. Watch as we take a tour through all four quadrants of healthy living — a much-needed guide to integral anti-fragility in the 21st century.

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Inhabit: Your Quarantine

Ryan Oelke — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 19:52:25 +0000

We are joined by special guest Keith Martin-Smith, an acclaimed author, teacher, and dear friend to the show, in order to explore key practices and postures to help us maintain our physical, mental, and spiritual health while enduring the painful realities that all of us are so immersed in right now.

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Love in the Time of Corona

Diane Musho Hamilton — Tue, 31 Mar 2020 19:33:17 +0000

Join Diane, Gail, Rob, Corey, and special guest Cindy Lou Golin for a very special discussion about the coronavirus pandemic and how to manage the tremendous fear, anxiety, and uncertainty that can arise from it. We also explore some of the hopeful opportunities and wisdoms that are being brought to the surface by our new set of global life conditions, as well as some of the possible paths toward anti-fragility that our society can take in the wake of this pandemic.

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Inhabit: Your Wound

Ryan Oelke — Mon, 09 Dec 2019 21:01:16 +0000

We all possess a unique constellation of traumas, enacted by your own unique kosmic address, and which can lead to your own unique wisdom. This is what we hope to help you uncover today.

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The Koan of Chronic Illness: A Father’s Story

Corey deVos — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 20:32:35 +0000

Corey deVos talks to Lynn Fuentes about his daughter's Biliary Atresia diagnosis when she was just a few months old, her subsequent liver transplant a year later, and her ongoing recovery today. Corey also shares some of the little wisdoms that have ripened for him during his family's journey. It was a fantastic and very touching interview, and we invite you all to check it out.

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An Integral Understanding of Suicide

Dr. Keith Witt — Wed, 08 Aug 2018 21:38:41 +0000

Suicide has been in existence as long as self-aware consciousness has been in existence. The gift of self-aware consciousness included the capacity for humans to anticipate and understand the inevitability of their own deaths, and all gifts come with a price. In this series of videos, Dr. Keith Witt talks to Jeff Salzman and Corey deVos about bringing a more integral understanding and compassion to the topic of suicide.

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