For the last 20 years, Dan Schwarzhoff has helped others overcome their problems with emotions, addictions, obsessive behaviors, and relationships through conscious intuition. In each episode of his podcast, he explains the dynamics behind the issues, and along with his son Dan Jr., discusses how th…
You can endure any unpleasant, irritating assault or event. . . as long as you can still step back see your reaction to it. Dan and Dan Jr. discuss an event that happened to Nancy, the difference between conscience and intuition, and the late "first dog," Champ.
Here’s why you haven’t been able to use willpower to break a bad habit. Plus, Dan and Dan Jr. discuss "serial entrepreneurs" and returning to a childlike state of existence.
When we stop injecting ambitious will into our activities, what unfolds becomes exactly as God has planned for us. Even what may at times seems to be a mistake . . . ends up being right anyway. Dan and Dan Jr. discuss being willful versus following God's will, and Dan Jr. recalls the temptation towards ambition and willfulness felt in college.
Problems falling asleep are common but much simpler to solve than is generally believed. Getting the right kind of sleep is much more important than the number of hours one spends at it. There is a simple solution to nearly all sleeplessness that eradicates the most common source of the difficulty. It lies in our thinking. Dan and Dan Jr. discuss anger and victimization in politics.
If selfishness is the root of our troubles, then how the heck does it get into us in the first place? It begins with resentment. Every single time. Dan and Dan Jr. discuss ambition, 'do-good-ism', and religion in sports.
Can anyone truly become a selfless human being? We all must come to see how selfish and self-centered we’ve ever been. But reverse-engineering our self-centeredness is not a way to change. It’s good to do good works, but good work is not how to become good. To heal requires seeing the cause first. It comes down to basics. Here they are.
Keeping healthy with a fit immune system, playing God, giving and seeking approval, cancer, is wearing masks a precaution or a submission, bizarre preacher blows the “wind of God” at COVID-19.
Reacting to people or to circumstances with negative emotion makes us subject to them. Even the tiniest annoyance, like having to wear a face covering at the grocery store easily becomes a slippery slope into total submission to authority. Dan Jr. and Dan remind how it is imperative to always remain centered and conscious in the face of any stressful situation, as well as CHAZ in Seattle, riots, resentment bombs, social media bias, and more. Events and ideas that matter, from a spiritual perspective.
The key to letting go is not in escaping the person, the thing, or the memory of what has upset us, but in not getting upset—knowing how to let go of resentment. Dan and Dan Jr. talk about Krav Maga, abusing yoga, and real maple syrup. Maggie asks if her immoral friend is "toxic."
Psychologists have some interesting theories for why people procrastinate. They know that something deep is happening. But they don't understand it. Problems with procrastination stem from a metaphysical energy, AKA resentment. Its roots are in anger and judgement, spun out of an original shock. Here’s what works to quickly overcome chronic procrastination. Dan and Dan Jr. talk about using a daily planner, the Book of Job, and PTSD.
The most important people in your life are your parents. Your relationship with mom and dad has unexpected consequences. Whether they are dead or alive, if you see them daily or hardly at all, if you’re close or estranged, you can overcome any bad habit, vice or fixation with substances with this one approach to dealing with them. Before you call mom tonight, listen to this. Powerful. Dan and Dan Jr. talk about the Fifth Commandment, luck, Santería, and what happens after you die.
You don’t know what love is. You think you do. But you don’t. We’ve all been misinformed, not only about what love is but how and where to find it. Also, Dan and Dan Jr. discuss raising children, and what causes a person to feel 'shame.'
Find out why unmarried couple have such a hard time raising well-adjusted, happy children.
Why is it that after turning their lives and wills over to doctors, those diagnosed with depression never get better, and ultimately only get worse? Anyone suffering from what clinicians call depression has been trapped inside their own head, lost in thought and seduced by a force of will separating them from their natural born integrity. It is a somnambulant state of being where right seems wrong, wrong seem right and life becomes a frustrating, anger-motivated chore. But once awakened, anger no longer has a home in them and it becomes immediately impossible to experience depression. Treat the real cause and one can be cured of depression without medications, often overnight. Dans Sr and Jr talk about the new studio, Bi-Polar Disorder, Jimi Hendrix, BMT, the time Dan Sr wanted to be Chiropractor, anti-depressants, and take some questions.
Answering some of your questions. Can we ever stop sinning and does that mean that we have become perfect? Also, experiencing ambition and fear as a young adult, the role of pride in addictions and relapse, and some observations about the popular 'dating' app Tinder.
Dan discusses the little feelings, thoughts and ideas we all get, with which so many struggle – the thinking that often brings fear, resentment or doubt – and the simple solution to them. Also, Hank keeps getting interrupted while he meditates, and Paul feels like a lost young man scared of the world.
You’ve probably heard that antidepressants can help rebalance the chemicals in your brain. But in truth, just about everything the professionals say on the subject of depression is speculative. Dan explains exactly how psychoactive medications cause a person to commit violent acts like murder and suicide. Later Dan and Dan Jr. discuss how antidepressant use is on the rise. John is curious about Dan's source of knowledge, ("Where do you get all this stuff?") and Howard wants to know what their favorite movies are.
But before you light up that next joint... You’ve already heard all the pros and cons of marijuana – the legal, moral as well as the health arguments. But there’s one thing about cannabis you haven’t considered. There is an underlying emotional element to cannabis lurking inside every single user. And it grows with every toke.
How does someone become an alcoholic or an addict? We talk about Dan Sr’s drinking, Dan Jr’s not drinking, drug addiction, President Trump's opioid initiative. George sees only darkness when he meditates, Amy wants to know if she has to believe in God, and Josh’s life has been changed reading Dan’s latest book but feels compelled to read it again.
Dan and Dan Jr. talk about prescriptions for anxiety and depression, the efficacy of positive thinking, college fraternities and campus partying. Dan answers a question from Gary, a man living with his father who is an irritable and violent, drunk.
A person who commits suicide or mass murder isn’t who you think they are. He has become the identity of someone else, who’s gotten inside him. This is metaphysical, and because of this, experts will always look toward wrong solutions. They're confused about the nature of human-kind and have no idea what they’re dealing with. It is worse than they could ever imagine, but also simpler to solve that they will likely ever know.
The simple fact is that everything you’ve ever been told about the Ego, everything you have read or heard from psychologists, spiritual pundits, religious clerics, and university professors has been wrong.
No one likes to feel anxious, but the discomfort serves a good purpose. It’s a symptom of something gone wrong – that something is broken. Drinking, eating, sex, antidepressants, smoking – these all are ways to remove the symptoms while leaving the cause totally unaddressed. Without having met and dealt with the spiritual cause of anxiety, then whatever is wrong and remains wrong. There is a simple way out of the anxiety dilemma.