EP 79 — Greg Schmaus: Overcoming OCD and the Mental Health Crisis

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Paul Chek

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🗓️ 7 April 2020

⏱️ 178 minutes

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Summary

How can anyone struggling with a mental health condition like obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) find relief safely and effectively while avoiding drugs altogether?

CHEK Practitioner Greg Schmaus describes how OCD became the greatest spiritual teacher in his life in this very healing Living 4D conversation.

For Living 4D listeners, Greg is offering a 20 percent discount on a one-hour phone or Skype consultation. To learn more about the services Greg provides, check out his website and follow him on Instagram.

Show Notes

Paul helped Greg understand that OCD was one of the greatest gifts he ever received. (5:26)
An emergency surgery during Greg’s second semester as a NCAA Division I athlete marked the beginning of his five-year downward slide. (11:43)
How the trauma of OCD differs from other forms of mental illness. (17:42)
Linking multiple personalities, attention deficit hyperactivity syndrome (ADHD) and attachment syndromes. (24:23)
The misuse of psychedelics can lead to schizophrenia. (29:00)
A traditionally diagnosed mental health condition may be evidence of deeper psychic abilities. (35:08)
Your genes and mental illness. (42:01)
The gut-brain connection. (50:33)
Social media pushback = a dopamine hit. (1:04:43)
The CHEK approach: Allowing Greg’s OCD to work almost like a teacher or spirit guide. (1:18:48)
Power animal work stimulates the imagination and brings out one’s inner child. (1:25:20)
Stretching, mobilizations and breathing gave Greg “more room” to do the mental/emotional work associated with OCD. (1:31:53)
Sleep: The number one medicine for the body. (1:42:59)
Greg’s food challenges with OCD. (1:46:07)
The quality of water and the way you breathe are critical to your cognitive health. (1:53:44)
Sacred time: Meeting the needs of your mind and body. (2:02:54)
Getting clear about God can help mental health issues begin to lose their hold on you. (2:08:22)
Using electronic devices is just a passive way of becoming numb and unconscious. (2:15:52)
Having OCD and a strong work ethic went hand-in-hand in making Greg burn out on golf. (2:24:48)
The positive and negative sides of the addict archetype. (2:31:28)
Rather than getting rid of his OCD, Greg realized he had to let go of any need to change it. (2:39:21)
“For me, OCD was the greatest spiritual teacher I’ve ever had.” (2:50:01)

Resources

The work of Alan Watts, Alex Grey and Angeles Arrien
The Body Electric: Electromagnetism and the Foundation of Life by Robert Becker and Gary Selden
Somatics: Reawakening the Mind’s Control of Movement, Flexibility and Health by Thomas Hanna

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Transcript

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0:00.0	If you think of repeating thought patterns and the mind almost like waves in the ocean,
0:07.9	someone who has OCD is constantly swimming against the tide. And when you're constantly swimming against the
0:14.7	tide you're going to burn out and drowns. And a lot of the traditional approach of
0:19.8	let's get rid of it is constantly swimming against the tide, where when I worked with you, you gave me the tools and techniques to not swim against the tide, but to learn how to surf the waves.
0:30.0	And when you learn how to surf the waves, you actually learn how to rise above these thought patterns,
0:37.0	and you can actually simply witness them and ride them and learn from them, and they really don't become something to get rid of,
0:44.6	but something to fully engage. Welcome to Living 4D with Paul Check.
0:57.0	Today, Paul is talking with Czech practitioner and licensed massage therapist Greg Schmaus.
1:03.7	Greg began his journey as an athlete, skiing and playing soccer, and then won a scholarship to
1:09.3	play Division I Golf.
1:11.3	During his time as a collegiate golfer he began to struggle with the variety of health
1:15.9	challenges including obsessive compulsive disorder. This led him on a healing journey
1:21.6	including two years of personal coaching and mentoring with Paul,
1:25.9	which helped him develop and acquire the tools and techniques that he now shares with his clients
1:30.9	in his own private coaching practice.
1:35.0	Hi everybody, with the coronavirus pandemic, a world full of people that are confused about what
1:42.0	health is and how to create it, and a myriad of negative stressors.
1:45.8	There are massive numbers of people experiencing a mental health crisis right now.
1:50.5	In this special episode, I dive deep into the issues of mental health
1:54.7	challenges and how we can use natural holistic approaches to healing with
1:59.2	Greg Schmaus. Greg suffered a severe case of O. C.D. anxiety, bouts of depression, and a total loss of his sense of self, his direction and purpose in life, until he began his deep, honest, holistic journey into healing with me as his therapist and life coach.
2:17.0	Get ready for one of the most interesting, riveting and educational podcasts I've ever done.
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