Thought Leadership
Welcome to the J. Flowers Health Institute Thought Leadership Hub
Here you’ll find blogs, podcasts, and educational resources that make complex health information easier to understand.
Our work brings together medical science, psychology, and wellness to reveal how mind and body influence one another. In collaboration with specialists at the Texas Medical Center, we study how these connections shape diagnosis, treatment, and recovery.
This is where we share what we learn so that we can help families, clients, and professionals make confident, informed decisions about their care.
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Mental Health
We take a comprehensive view of mental health.
Our research spans anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, trauma, and other complex conditions that often overlap with medical issues. By examining each person’s full story (mind, body, and environment) we uncover patterns that lead to more accurate diagnoses and more effective care.
Each article explains findings in clear, practical terms to support understanding and encourage thoughtful next steps.
Complex Medical Conditions
Some conditions are rooted in more than biology alone.
Our research explores chronic pain, migraines, gastrointestinal disorders, autoimmune issues, and other challenges that cross medical and psychological lines. And by bringing physicians, psychologists, and wellness specialists together, we reveal the hidden connections that isolated treatments sometimes miss.
Each publication translates this integrated approach into practical guidance that helps clients and providers move forward with clarity.
Substance Use Disorders & Addiction
We take a comprehensive view of addiction and recovery.
Our research explores alcohol and drug use disorders, prescription medication dependence, and behavioral addictions that often overlap with mental health and medical conditions. By examining each person’s full story — including neurobiology, trauma history, environment, and lifestyle — we uncover patterns that contribute to compulsive use and relapse risk.
Each publication translates this integrated approach into practical guidance that helps clients, families, and providers better understand addiction and move forward with clarity and confidence.
Understanding the Human Condition
A Podcast with Dr. James Flowers
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Dr. Louise Stanger – The Family Whisperer: The Importance Of Good Family Work
Episode 77
Clinician, social worker, best-selling author, keynote speaker and interventionist, Dr. Louise Stanger returns to the show to share the work she is doing to help individuals…
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The Psychology Behind Medical Weight Loss with Dr. Jon Stevens
Episode 76
Dr. Jon Stevens is triple board-certified in adult psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry, and obesity medicine. With a strong background in psychopharmacology and advanced diagnostic tools,…
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Harry Chau Stafford & Mel Arenas – Creating Life-Changing Development
Episode 75
Mel Arenas is a respiratory therapist, personal trainer, healthcare consultant and Principal CoFounder at BreatheFit Training. Harry Chau Stafford is an ACE Certified Personal Trainer, Principal…
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Dr. Clay Ardoin And Moe Schlachter – Understanding Your ‘Why’ To Sustain Healthy Habits
Episode 74
Dr. Clay Ardoin is a physical therapist who uses his manual therapy skills, teachings in physical therapy, continued studies in functional movement diagnostics, as well as…
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Dr. James Flowers addresses the impact of traumatizing social media posts
Episode 74
Topics of Discussion: Recent live streams and posts of graphic content online have made it possible to become traumatized from browsing on social media. Celebrity psychotherapist,…
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Your Health First: At the Leading Edge of Liver Transplant Medicine with Dr. Joseph Galati
Episode 73
Dr. Joseph Galati is a liver disease expert, speaker, radio host, entrepreneur, and author devoted to the care of patients with all facets of liver diseases,…
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Brenda Valiente – Transforming Society, One Woman, Child, And Family At A Time
Episode 72
Brenda Valiente is a nonprofit leader dedicated to the advancement of all people and transforming society into a place without poverty and homelessness. With her leadership…
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Maintaining Mental Health in Uncertain Times – Dr. Flowers NBCLX Interview
Dr. Flowers explains how to manage mental health in the face of challenging times.
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Dr. Harvey Rosenstock And Daniel Shepley – Somewhere Over The Rainbow: Trust, Understanding & Relationships In Psychiatry
Episode 71
Dr. Harvey Rosenstock has practiced psychiatry for more than sixty years. He also became an ordained rabbi at the tender age of 73. Daniel Shepley is…
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Passion, Inspiration & Strengthening Mother-Daughter Relationships With Lacey Tezino
Episode 70
Lacey Tezino is an experienced technology leader with a passion for promoting healthier mother-daughter relationships. Lacey believes that technology can be used in beautiful ways to…
The J. Flowers Health Institute Blog
A Comprehensive Resource from Our Specialists
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OCD Medication
What is OCD? According to the International OCD Foundation, OCD “is a mental health disorder that affects people of all ages and walks of life, and occurs when a person gets caught in a cycle of obsessions and compulsions.”1 These compulsions can vary from fears of germs to obsessively thinking about something or needing to act out…
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OCD Treatment
What is OCD? Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental disorder characterized by the combination of obsessions and compulsions. While obsessions are unwanted and intrusive thoughts and urges, compulsions are behaviors that the individual will engage in to pacify the obsessions. With the combination of both of these, the individual generally experiences a high level…
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What is OCD?
What is OCD? Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a type of mental health disorder that can affect any person at any age. With OCD symptoms, the individual becomes caught in a disruptive cycle with obsessions and compulsions.
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Neuro Training: Who Would Benefit?
Neuro training and neurofeedback are the processes of using brain imaging devices to provide live brain activity, neuroimaging, and functioning. This type of neuroimaging allows professionals to train the brain to function differently. With the use of brain mapping and brain stimulation, those who undergo brain training will be connected to electronics and computer software…
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What is Neurofeedback?
The science of neurofeedback and the neurofeedback process is not new. In fact, it has been the subject of significant research for several decades. This vital research into the applications of neurofeedback shows its effectiveness as a treatment for a wide variety of conditions, including epilepsy, depressive and anxiety disorders, addictive disorders, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder…
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Neurofeedback for Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar disorder is a personality disorder characterized by soaring highs and devastating lows. It can greatly reduce one’s quality of life, causing poor personal relationships, the inability to hold a job, and other issues.
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Brain Mapping for ADHD
Can neurofeedback and brain mapping, or quantitative electroencephalography (QEEG) which tests the electrical activity of the brain, help you or your child build stronger attention and focus? In this article, you can learn how brain mapping for ADHD can be beneficial.
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Brain Mapping for Anxiety and Depression
Anxiety and depression are common neurological disorders that affect millions of Americans each year. Whether they are chronic or seasonal, both anxiety and depression can lead to a dramatic loss in quality of life, significant emotional distress, and other negative symptoms.
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Types of Brain Waves
At its core, the brain is an electrochemical organ that uses fluids, hormones, and electrical signals to direct thought, to receive information and stimuli, and form personalities and thought actions in every human being. Those electrical signals move in “brain waves” that can be organized into types of brain waves and detected through certain brain…
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Neuroimaging Technology
In the fields of neuroscience and psychology, neuroimaging technology is used to image or scan the pharmacology, function, and/or structure of the brain. With neuroimaging technology, physicians and psychologists can gain a clearer understanding of conditions or disorders that may be affecting their clients.
Our learnings directly informs how we care for every client.
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