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Dr. Hal S. Doctor of Philosophy

Grand Blanc, Michigan
Biography I am Dr. Hal Sommerschield. I have my Ph.D. degree in Clinical Psychology from Michigan... Full Bio
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10 Ways To Transcend the Disastrous Economy by Dr. Hal S. Doctor of PhilosophyHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health In order to cope with the declining economy and the disastrous effects on our lives, we need resilience. When we have major trauma in our lives, we experience stress. Emotio ... Read on »
12 ways for Thinking Your Way into Better Health by Dr. Hal S. Doctor of PhilosophyHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Christina Long from NursingDegree.net had a wonderful article entitled “It’s All in the Mind: 75 To Think Your Way into Good Health. I loved her title and her wonderful idea ... Read on »
15 Keys for Overcoming Difficult Times by Dr. Hal S. Doctor of PhilosophyHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living Difficult times continue. Governmental solutions have been slow to improve the quality of our economy and our lives. Difficult times will continue as we will be facing incre ... Read on »
15 Mental Fitness Resolutions for 2009 by Dr. Hal S. Doctor of PhilosophyHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health New Year’s Eve and the dawning of the new year has become the time for renewing our lives. We resolve to set goals to improve specific areas of deficiencies in our lives. Th ... Read on »
15 Ways for Coping with Illness and Disease by Dr. Hal S. Doctor of PhilosophyHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health How you think is very important regarding your health. How you think about illness and disease disease can improve or impede your recovery.If you are faced with illness or di ... Read on »
2009 Resolution: Choose Health Instead of Smoking by Dr. Hal S. Doctor of PhilosophyHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health New Year’s Eve is approaching. Soon it will be time for your 2009 Resolutions. Some of you are smokers and may be tempted to make a resolution to stop smoking. Trusted. MD ... Read on »
24 Keys for Overcoming Difficult Times by Dr. Hal S. Doctor of PhilosophyHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living Having the right mindset is extremely important for overcoming difficult times. When difficult times occur, we can feel devastated, betrayed, angry, depressed, confused and o ... Read on »
24 Keys for Overcoming Difficult Times by Dr. Hal S. Doctor of PhilosophyHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Having the right mindset is extremely important for overcoming difficult times. When difficult times occur, we can feel devastated, betrayed, angry, depressed, confused and o ... Read on »
Another Tour de France Winner Overcomes Illness To Win by Dr. Hal S. Doctor of PhilosophyHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living First it was Lance Armstrong. He overcame cancer and unbelievably won the Tour de France seven times.Now it is Alberto Contador's turn. Four years ago his career was in doub ... Read on »
Change Blndness by Dr. Hal S. Doctor of PhilosophyHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living Change blindness refers to our failure to perceive large changes in pictures. Researchers have shown that many people are blind to changes in their visual perception, when th ... Read on »
Cognitive Training Changes Brain Chemistry by Dr. Hal S. Doctor of PhilosophyHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health We all know physical training changes the body. If you lift weights or perform other exercises, your muscles get larger and stronger. Now there are research findings that co ... Read on »
Counseling or Mental Fitness Training? by Dr. Hal S. Doctor of PhilosophyHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health I am often asked what is the difference between counseling and mental fitness training. This is a very important question. The differences are significant. For some people ... Read on »
Do Men and Women Think Differently? by Dr. Hal S. Doctor of PhilosophyHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health John Gray wrote Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus. In this book he emphasized that men and women differ in all aspects of their lives. Dr. Gray emphasized that in all ... Read on »
Do You Believe Exercise Won't Make You Thin? by Dr. Hal S. Doctor of PhilosophyHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living Time.com ran an article entitled " Why Exercise Won't Make You Thin". John Cloud presented statistics that show that obesity is increasing at the same time more people are co ... Read on »
Do You Live within the Environment Created by Your Choices? by Dr. Hal S. Doctor of PhilosophyHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health This is a very important question for you to answer. Who or what is determining the environment where you live? As we all know we are in a recession. The economy is bad. Pe ... Read on »
Does Long-Term Psychotherapy Work? by Dr. Hal S. Doctor of PhilosophyHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health In the age of managed care, long-term psychotherapy has become a dinosaur. Managed-care prefers short-term treatment. Now there is research that shows the effectiveness of l ... Read on »
Freedom from Governmental Dysfunctions by Dr. Hal S. Doctor of PhilosophyHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living I have been blogging about change. Vern from Aim for Awesome started me thinking about change and becoming free of life dysfunctions.Vern defined a Life Dysfunction as "somet ... Read on »
Freedom from Life Dysfunctions by Dr. Hal S. Doctor of PhilosophyHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living Everyone has successes that have turned into failures. Successes that have turned into failures, I call Life Dysfunctions. Everyone has Life Dysfunctions. It doesn't matter ... Read on »
Health and Taking Care of You by Dr. Hal S. Doctor of PhilosophyHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Oftentimes, it is extremely difficult to remember or take the time to do what is necessary to maximize our good health. It seems that as we get older, there are more things t ... Read on »
HEALTH STARTS IN THE MIND AND FLOWS TO THE BODY by Dr. Hal S. Doctor of PhilosophyHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health I am indebted to Jennifer Nicole Lee for the above title of this post. Jennifer wrote a post entitled “ Health Starts in the Mind and Flows to the Body-Retain Your Mind and C ... Read on »