@johnbishop That must have been an inspired talk. Dr. Sood inspires me. I wish I had found those books when I was confronting my fears and stress about going through surgery. I invented my own coping strategies, but reading his books later explained why my methods worked. I was associating anything I could about my situation and specifically the doctor with positive emotions and using music and art to make that association. I essentially retrained my brain to like my doctor and think about him first as a kind compassionate person instead of the doctor that he is. That helped a lot and I found an inner peace that helped me get through all of it.