Empowerment Solutions With Dr. Friedemann

 The idea of rebooting may cause feelings of overwhelm and leave us wondering; do we really have what it takes to begin anew? Today I am here to tell you the answer is YES! We do have what it takes. We are more than capable and fully prepared because whatever happened in our past has prepared us for what comes next. Now I am not going to lie. There may be a bit of a learning curve when taking on...

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, let me ask you: Are you satisfied with how your relationship with your beloved is going? Or is the spark gone, and you’ve turned into pleasant roommates – or effective co-parents instead? Do you want to get your love life to another level, but you just don’t know how to get there? Having been together with my wife Danielle for 23 years, I have found tha...

Do you struggle with losing weight? Have you tried everything? Done the programs, got a personal trainer or maybe even hired a nutritionist? You have disciplined yourself and tried your best to follow through, yet the weight is holding on. …all because somehow you find yourself back at the freezer, sneaking in some ice cream, having your cookie jar in your lap at night when nobody's watching or go...

Do you ever feel stuck in self-limiting and at times even self destructive patterns, that no matter how much you try, you just continue to bang your head against the wall because they are not changing? Patterns of; Avoidance because you're afraid of getting judged or being criticized. Overachiever; where you always strive to reach higher and higher goals but never really feeling a sense of self wo...

When was the last time you emptied your mind – or simply exhaled? There is a simple rule of life - whatever we take in, must somehow find its way out. This just doesn’t seem to apply for our minds, or at least so we think. The truth is we are constantly using our mind and filling it up with some form of stimulation. Even at the end of a busy day, cable TV and the Internet allow us to binge on info...

Do you struggle with being sensitive? Do you feel too much too quickly?  No question, being over-sensitive can be a challenge. Highly sensitive people sponge emotions – their own and those of others - making them feel easily wired and overwhelmed. There seems to be not enough time or energy to process the feelings and sensations, which can lead eventually to emotional exhaustions and physical...

Are you afraid of being alone? Do you avoid spending time by yourself, because you get too restless, nervous or frustrated with your own company? Just like you can’t overcome the fear of not being good enough by either procrastinating or striving for approval from others, you can’t overcome the fear of being alone by either avoiding yourself or becoming dependent on others. What causes this fear i...

In my training to become a physician, I was taught that as humans, our bodies and minds are fallible, and we need doctors to rush in and fix them. Since my training and through a lot of research, I found that there is so much more potential in each and every one of our cells to adapt, change and heal than most of us are even aware of. Meaning that each of us has the full potential to heal ourselve...

Some beliefs give us wings, unleash our creative genius and help us to dig deep when the going gets tough. Others can be the prison walls of our mind, which keep us locked in our imagined limitations. Depending on our early imprints, our core beliefs may place a stronger emphasis on safety or happiness. So how do you erase and replace limiting beliefs that hold you back from growing and expanding...

Anxiety is a natural form of communication from our subconscious mind and serves an important function. Similar to physical pain, which calls our attention to an injury or other problems with our body. Often anxiety can be a symptom of deeper emotional and mental wounds - whether they are unresolved traumas, self-sabotaging patterns, or limiting beliefs. By identifying and addressing these deeper...

In today’s world we actually have two viruses going on. We have the physical level virus, and we have a virus of fear that is being provoked not only by physical forces but exterior ones too. This fear lives in our third chakra and is the home of dissolution, the ego and fear of death. The antidote for this level of fear is faith; our inbuilt energy in the mental body of our hearts. When we center...

How is your relationship with yourself?  Do you listen to your desires, respect your boundaries and make time to take care of yourself? Or are you your own worst critic, never seeing yourself as good enough. Instead take all your efforts and accomplishments for granted. Now I could imagine that some of you may think, “Loving myself? - Ha, that’s easier said than done”. Or maybe you have even...

Sleep comes to us automatically – like the next breath, or the next heart-beat. The question is – what are we doing to welcome it? Three aspects that influence your sleep are your environment, your body and of course your mind. In order to make sleeping a welcomed task we have to first start thinking about it differently. As in not being something you have to get to or do or a task that needs to b...

Proper hydration is the key to unlocking our optimal health. Are you getting enough water intake each day? Dr Dana Cohen or as I like to call her “The Water Goddess” joins me today to talk about hydration and how many of us are living in a constant state of dehydration. This can lead to a plethora of health concerns such as; brain fog, fatigue, joint pain, muscle aches, dry skin, dry mucous membra...

The belief is that the more vulnerable we are, the easier we can get hurt or be taken advantage of. But the reality is the pain we are causing ourselves by shutting down and keeping our hearts closed can be greater than what other people may be able to do to us. Life may appear safer when we avoid vulnerability – but it doesn’t make it happier.  So what can we do when we feel vulnerable? List...

Do you also struggle sometimes with a racing mind, feeling completely unsettled and unable to focus or calm down? When living in tumultuous times such as we currently are, it is very easy to get distracted, pulled out of our center and let our mind take us on a wild emotional roller coaster ride. Like our home our mind needs its own regular house cleaning, training and focus to clear the everyday...

In order to heal from the wounds or wrongdoings of our past they need to be brought up from the basement to the surface where they can be seen and faced head on. Even if the process is painful. This is not done to point fingers, place blame or drag others into the darkness with us. Rather it is so we can look at the experience no matter how painful it may be and move through it in order to be rele...

Having self-confidence is the belief in our intrinsic worthiness and the trust in ourselves and our abilities to do the things we want to do. Yet, when we lack confidence, we tend to put much of our focus on doing the opposite. Today, on Get Real Dr Friedemann is talking about the lack of confidence that many of us feel and shares 5 tips to help us build up our self-esteem. Dr Friedemann’s Takeawa...

Do you struggle with traumas of your past? Do you have memories of your childhood that continue to resurface? Sam had been tormented by disturbing images inadvertently flashing across the screen of his mind for many years. Daily, he felt forced by his subconscious to watch himself being violently punished by some unrecognizable person. Sam told me that, as a child, he was regularly beaten and slap...

Are you heading towards physical and emotional burnout? After everything we went through in the last 18 months what’s the status of your batteries? You may think that what you are dealing with isn’t that serious; nothing that can’t be fixed with a few good nights’ rest. Yet, the problem is that many people overlook the early signs of burnout 💔 and thus miss the opportunity to take appropriate mea...

Do you ever wonder about the purpose of your life and what you are here for?  Most of us don’t take the time to contemplate such philosophical head-scratchers - until we are forced to, which happened to me when I woke up at 2AM with horrible abdominal pain. After being rushed to the ER, it turned out to be a relatively minor gallbladder issue, but it felt like my system was giving me a solid knock...

Why do we do what we do?   What drives our choices and actions more than any outside influences is also one of the least acknowledged aspects of our psyche. I am talking about core values. Values define what is important to us – and what makes us either go towards something – or away from something. When we live in alignment with our values, we usually feel happier and more fulfilled. When we make...

Do you believe in karma, the law of cause and effect? To quote Wayne Dyer: “How people treat you is their karma – how they react is yours.” Another wise man said that we are free to choose, but we are not free from the consequence of our choice. But how often have we seen people doing horrible things, lying, cheating, hurting others – and they still seem to get away with it? Does this mean that ka...

For almost twenty years, I have been on my soapbox about how to view anxiety not as our enemy but as our responsibility. Rather than wrestling with our emotions, we need to accept them as a form of communication from the deeper parts of our minds. When it comes to anxiety, at first glance, its messages are about not being safe or being worried about the future. Yet, when we dig a bit deeper, we re...

"Do you remember how electrical currents and ‘unseen waves’ were laughed at? The knowledge about man is still in its infancy." -- Albert Einstein Emotional health, is one of the areas that cause more head-scratching than certainty. One of the most fiercely discussed topics is whether feelings such as anxiety or sadness are created by our mind or created by biochemical changes in our brain. Medical...