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Would You Like One Shift or Two?

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Saturday, March 16th, 2013

Whether you want to transform your Business or Shift Your Life, Health, Relationships, “The Shift Doctors” can assist with Giving You the Keys to Shift Your Life®!

1. Our latest book for Entrepreneurs is Entrepreneurial Alignment: How to Overcome Self-Sabotage in Business. If you opt into our website on our home page, you can get the introduction “Shift Beyond the Guru” and first chapter “1st Business Shift: How We Define Our Self and Our Core Values”. This book is a psychological primer for entrepreneurs who have either studied entrepreneurship, spent thousands of dollars on courses from business gurus, or read many business books and yet still struggle to achieve success or feel stuck. Doctors Ross and Latz give you insightful information to help you understand why you have failed and how you may have inadvertently created your own worst business nightmare. The authors openly discuss the art of psychological self-sabotage and then give readers specific tools, techniques, and mindful exercises to assist with removing the roadblocks on your path to success. This book is available in paperback and in Kindle edition. Have a Look Inside the Book by clicking here.

2. Our best-selling books SHIFT: 12 Keys to Shift Your Life and Shift: A Woman’s Guide to Transformation are available in hardcover (12 keys book only), paperback and kindle. The original Shift book gives powerful insight into the 10 core issues that create distress and a sense of lack and futility in our lives, our bodies and our relationships. The 12 Keys are given to assist with transforming feelings of unworthiness, guilt, shame, anger, fear of the unknown, powerlessness, heartbreak, loss and lack of self-love via rapid, easy-to-use tools that include qigong, EFT (with specific tapping protocols), and powerfully transforming meditations. The original book also contains metaphysical meditations and tools based on the ancient wisdom of use of vibration, color and sound specific to each issue addressed in the book to rebalance energy centers and chakras in the body. The woman’s guide book is a no-nonsense book that puts important points in bold print and does NOT include any of the chakra meditations and does not include the metaphysical use of color, sound, toning for healing purpose. You can have a look inside the 12 Keys book by clicking here.

3. We have our Shift Your Life® Guided Meditations from our books on CDs and in downloads on Amazon as well as on iTunes. You can hear samples of these by clicking here.

4. We also have Instructional DVDs for the more serious seeker that address more intensive use of vibrational medicine healing modalities, metaphysical discussions, how-to videos and other tools. You can browse through the selections by clicking here.

5. Lastly, if you learn better in Live Classes and Seminars, you can find out where we are teaching next by clicking here; or you can contact us at info@ShiftYourLife.com to arrange a class or seminar near you at your facility or for your group, business or conference.

It would be our great joy to assist with your transformation.

We wish you well in your inner and outer journey!

Tracy & Marion (“The Shift Doctors” a.k.a. Tracy Latz, M.D.,M.S., & Marion Ross, Ph.D.,Mh.D.)

**The Shift Doctors (Tracy Latz, M.D. & Marion Ross, Ph.D.) are available for keynote talks, classes, events or for seminars (1/2 day or up to 2 day) on personal transformation, team-building, motivation, anger management, intuitive development, or collaboration for private groups, conferences, corporations or corporate events. Contact them at info@shiftyourlife.com or find out more about them at www.shiftyourlife.com and more about their multidimensional tools at www.multidimensionalhealingcenter.com

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Trinfinity 8 – An Amazing Tool To Shift Your Life, Mind & Body

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Monday, October 8th, 2012

Software with a Soul?

Trinity (body, mind, spirit) + Infinity = Trinfinity8

When the Shift Doctors first encountered the Trinfinity 8 at a conference in San Diego, we had to wait among throngs of excited people for a demonstration of a powerful new paradigm in subtle energy rejuvenation right across from our Shift Your Life exhibitor booth- Trinfinity8: Software with Soul. The buzz was that Trinfinity8′s (T8′s) advanced subtle energy technology and state-of-the-art programming could bring your body, mind, and spirit into greater alignment and balance; and stimulate your cellular function to a greater level of performance via a crystal delivery system sending streams of algorithmic binary codes to the user through the USB port on a computer. With great skepticism we each had our 15 minute sampling of what this program can do and… WOW! This really is a bio-energetic software system like nothing else we had experienced in our travels and studies on our planet.

Sessions with a Trinfinity8 System can extend far beyond rejuvenation and beautification treatments … they transport you to a powerful, peaceful inner healing place, raising your vitality and radiance to more vibrant levels. It has to be experienced to be understood. Trinfinity8′s rejuvenation technology provides wholeness and wellness, inner and outer peace and beauty, being and becoming your best self on all levels. Read More→

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Categories : Alternative Medicine, Articles, Body/Mind/Spirit, Energy Techniques, Holistic Healing, Holistic Living, Integrative Medicine, Marion Ross PhD, Self Growth, Self-Help, The Shift Doctors, Tracy Latz MD, Vibrational Medicine, Video

Shifting Lives Through Earthing – A Psychiatrist’s Perspective

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Monday, August 20th, 2012

I love digging in the dirt and feeling my connection to the Earth. I find walking barefoot in the grass to be a great stress reducer. As a young girl, I used to run around barefoot with my siblings during the warm summer days, and recall how free and wonderful it felt. My father, a rural doctor, would always yell at us about the danger of cutting our feet or stepping on a nail. We would just laugh it off and continue romping barefoot.

In my integrative psychiatric practice, I often recommend ‘Earthing’ to patients as part of an integrative approach to healing. In my mind, it is in alignment with the ancient medical doctrine of “Primum non nocere” – which means “First, do no harm”.

Earthing refers to the practice of making contact with the surface of the Earth either directly, with the skin contacting the surface of the Earth- or by having the skin make indirect contact with the Earth through the use of conductive materials. The Earth constantly sheds an endless supply of electrons (negatively charged particles) from its surface. You can’t see the Earth’s energy but some people can feel it as a warm, tingling, and pleasant sensation when they out walking barefoot along the water’s edge at the beach or on a stretch of dew-moistened grass.

Throughout history humans walked barefoot and slept directly on the ground or separated from the ground by only a mat. But modern lifestyle, including the widespread use of insulative rubber- or Read More→

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Tags : Anxiety, Depression, Earth, Earthing, Energy Medicine, Inflammation, Marion Ross Ph.D., Medicine, Natural Remedies, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Self-Help, Shift Doctors, shift your life, Tracy Latz M.D.

PTSD, Trauma & Depression

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Monday, October 10th, 2011

PTSD, Trauma & Depression by Tracy Latz, M.D.

Depression is a common problem that can occur following trauma. It involves feelings of sadness or low mood that last more than just a few days. Unlike a blue mood that comes and goes, depression lasts 2 or more weeks. Depression can get in the way of performing activities of daily life, make it hard to function and can cause you to lose your passion for living. It can affect eating and sleeping habits, ability to concentrate, and your confidence or self-esteem.

How commonly does depression follow trauma?

Depression affects almost 1 in 10 adult Americans yearly. Depression is a frequent symptom that occurs following trauma. For instance, a survey of survivors from the Oklahoma City bombing revealed that 23% reported depression after the bombing as compared to 13% of survivors who reported having depression before the bombing. Depression is frequently experienced in people diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

What are the symptoms of depression?

Real depression differs from feeling sad in that with a clinical depression the sad, blue, depressed mood or lack of interest in usual hobbies or interests must last for at least 2 weeks and must be accompanied by at least 3 to 4 of the following: significant weight loss or gain, sleep disturbance (increased or decreased), agitation or decreased motor activity, fatigue or loss of energy, excessive feelings of worthlessness or inappropriate guilt, concentration difficulty, and recurrent thoughts of death or suicide.

How are depression and trauma related?

Depression can either “come from out of the blue” or it can be triggered by stressful events such as divorce, loss, or a trauma. Difficulty coping with painful experiences can often lead to intense sadness or depression. Veterans returning from military conflict or a war zone, for instance, may have painful Read More→

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PTSD Anniversary Reactions: Lessons from War, Abuse, Catastrophes and 9/11

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Friday, September 16th, 2011

Dr. Tracy Latz, M.D., M.S. is a respected, board-certified, practicing Integrative Psychiatrist who has worked in the past “in the trenches” in a regional state psychiatric hospital and in local county mental health center systems in North Carolina as well as in community hospital settings. She has done both inpatient and outpatient work with the seriously mentally ill. Dr. Latz received her bachelor degree in Biology from Wake Forest University, a masters degree in Immunobiology from Georgetown University, and her medical degree from Wake Forest University Medical School/Bowman Gray School of Medicine. She is now in solo private integrative psychiatric practice in Mooresville, a suburb of Charlotte, NC. She has written a landmark article on PTSD/Dissociative Disorders in a peer-reviewed journal, co-authored 2 books on personal transformation, recorded 2 meditation CDs to assist others with creating inner peace, filmed self-help integrative medicine videos, and has contributed to or been interviewed by many mainstream media outlets including CNN, Good Housekeeping, SELF, Glamour, AOL Health, Woman’s Day, Fitness, Whole Living, and Health – to name a few. You can find out more about Dr. Latz at www.shiftyourlife.com

Retraumatization? Anniversary Reactions & PTSD
I have heard many people over the years describe feeling significant reactions to anniversary dates of traumas experienced by self or others. On the anniversary of traumatic events, some people may find that they experience an increase in distressing memories or intrusive thoughts of the event. Even if you are not a veteran of war or a survivor of direct physical or sexual trauma, you can likely relate to feelings you might have over significant traumatic dates in history such as the terrorist bombings, military coupes, the ‘Twin Tower horrors’ of 9/11, the tsunamis in India and Japan, or other natural catastrophes around the world.

On the anniversary of going through a trauma, some trauma survivors or witnesses have an increase in emotional or physical distress. These “anniversary reactions” can range from feeling mildly upset, irritable or near-tearful for a day or two to a more extreme reaction with more severe mental health or medical symptoms.

Why do some people have anniversary reactions?

The awareness of an anniversary date itself may trigger a memory. For example, in a case such as the September 11, 2001, attacks, the date serves as a strong reminder… especially this year with it being the 10th anniversary of the event and it being plastered all over the media. Since people refer to those attacks with the date on which they occurred, it is hard for anyone who knows about that event to go through that day without being reminded of what happened, where they were when it occurred, etc. There may also be other subconscious reminders of the trauma apart from the date itself. Sometimes memories appear to “come from out of the blue”. They may occur to you while you are dreaming, at work, home, watching television or a movie, or even when relaxing.

Anniversary reactions may occur because of the way an emotionally overwhelming traumatic experience is stored in memory. Memories of trauma contain data of events and emotions as well as hindsight information about the danger that the trauma involved- and how “if we’d only known” we might have avoided or escaped it. The memory serves to make us more aware of when we should be afraid, how we should look at similar situations, how to feel in similar situations, and what to think. For example, a Read More→

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Tags : 9/11, Abuse, Anniversary, Catastrophe, Marion Ross Ph.D., Military, Post-Traumatic Stress, PTSD, Reaction, Shift Doctors, shift your life, Terrorist Attack, Tracy Latz M.D., Trauma, Veteran, War

Food for Anxious Thought: Can Certain Food Affect Anxiety, PTSD?

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Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011

Meet The Shift Doctors: Marion Ross, Ph.D. holds doctorates in Holistic Healing, Metaphysics, and Transpersonal Psychology as well as certification in Mind Body Medicine. Tracy Latz, M.D., M.S. is an Integrative Psychiatrist, Medical Intuitive and has served on Associate Clinical Faculty in the Department of Psychiatry at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine. She holds a Masters degree in Immunobiology, doctorates in Metaphysics & Holistic Healing, certifications in Mind-Body Medicine and is currently in private practice in a suburb of Charlotte, NC with over 20 years of clinical experience in shifting lives.

We all have our ‘comfort foods’ that we gravitate toward when we are more anxious, tense or fearful. What we may not know is that some of those foods may ultimately make our anxiety worse or put us on a repeating cycle of anxious eating- whereas, other foods can indeed be beneficial. How to know what can help and what might be worsening the situation? Hopefully, this will help clear it up.

11 (+3) Food Tips for Anxiety:

1. Complex carbohydrates (such as whole-grain cereals, breads, pastas and oatmeal) boost our serotonin level in our body in a steady manner. Serotonin levels are often found to be low in people suffering from anxiety and depression. Complex carbohydrates also stabilize blood sugar levels and are a much better choice of food than simple carbohydrates (candy, sweets, sugar) which cause spikes in both blood sugar and serotonin levels that then precipitously drop to induce anxiety again.

2. Vitamin C (found in citrus fruits such as oranges) have been shown to be somewhat helpful in lowering stress hormones in the body and to boost the immune system. One study showed that blood Read More→

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