Bio

Dr. Paul Pearsall is a licensed clinical and educational psychologist. His teachings challenge the usual "inspirational self-help" approaches which have become popular. Dr. Pearsall recently received the prestigious Scripps Medical Center Trail Blazer in Medicine Award for his clinical and research work in health and wellness. He has studied and done clinical work on the relationship between humor and health.

Dr. Pearsall lives and works in Hawaii. He is familiar with the Hawaiian language, cultural concepts, and hula. Often with a dancer or several dancers and with live or recorded music, he combines the latest findings from psychology and medicine with ancient Hawaiian principles of loving, working and living.

Past Shows

The Downside of Self-Help

Neuropsychologist and cancer survivor Dr. Paul Pearsall presented a critique of self-help and self-empowerment movements, which he believes do more harm than good. "McMorals" such as 'you must first love yourself before you can love somebody else' are... more >>
Host: George Noory

End Times & the Antichrist

Bible prophecy expert Hal Lindsey discussed how current events are shaping up to what looks like 'end times,' which will lead us into a world war or Armageddon. Among the biblical prophecy indicators, he pointed to the increase in earthquakes and superstorms.... more >>
Host: George Noory

Positive Psychology

"Healing is not getting better, it's making yourself whole," said Dr. Paul Pearsall (paulpearsall.com), an educational psychologist and author, who was the main guest on Wednesday's program. As an advocate for the new field of "positive psychology,"... more >>
Host: George Noory

Dr. Paul Pearsall

In his 10-year study of "winners", along with their spouses and associates, Dr. Pearsall discovered a pattern he identifies as "Toxic Success Syndrome." His research confirms that TSS victims suffer from an adult form of ADD-attention deficit disorder.... more >>
Host: Art Bell

Dr. Paul Pearsall

Dr. Pearsall has experienced a total recovery from Stage IV bone cancer, claiming it a medical miracle. Many of his colleagues considered his recovery a mere statistical fluke and refused to accept this account of how "natural laws are sometimes suspended"... more >>
Host: George Noory

Arnold Leibovit / Dr. Paul Pearsall

Executive Producer of Warner Brothers & Dreamworks "The Time Machine". Psychologist Pearsall had a personal experience with "energy cardiology" when he had hip cancer. He went on to study heart transplants and how the background of a new heart could... more >>
Host: Art Bell