ABOUT
ABOUT
Dr. Marc Schoen has specialized in Mind-Body Medicine for over 25 years.
He is an Assistant Clinical Professor at UCLA’s Geffen School of Medicine where he specializes in Boosting Performance and Decision Making Under Pressure
and Mind-Body Medicine. He works extensively with elite athletes, professional and college, as well as, executives and UCLA medical students in strengthening their ability to thrive under pressure, and in competitive and uncomfortable conditions. His method of Discomfort Training and Pilates for the Brain builds hardiness and resilience, by rewiring the fear region of the brain which is responsible for Performance Under Pressure.
In 2014 -2016 Dr. Schoen’s Discomfort Training and Performance under Pressure
training helped catapult UCLA Men's Water Polo team to three consecutive NCAA national championships. He also trained the UCLA Womens Basketball team, who for the first time in 17 years, reached the NCAA sweet 16 playoffs 2016 and 2017, and the final 8 playoffs in 2018. Additionally, he trained the 2017 UCLA Men's Basketball team, which included Lonzo Ball and TJ Leaf as they reached the NCAA sweet 16 playoffs.
Your Survival Instinct Is Killing You
He is the author of Your Survival Instinct Is Killing You
which was released in 2013, and a second time in 2014, by Hudson Street Press, a division of Penguin/Random House. This pioneering and highly reviewed book delves into how our most basic instinct, which was at the heart of survival in earlier times, is now placing us in harm’s way.
When Relaxation Is Hazardous to Your Health
Dr. Schoen is also the author of When Relaxation Is Hazardous to Your Health, the groundbreaking book on Post-Stress Illness or why we manage to remain healthy during periods of stress only to become sick once the stress is over, such as on vacations, weekends, or the completion of a project.
Dr. Schoen was one of the first to examine how the mind and body can be retrained to reduce the inflammatory response. Reducing the inflammatory response remains a strong area of interest and study for Dr. Schoen, and he treats many patients with inflammatory conditions.
His work has been featured extensively on television, radio, and in magazines and newspapers, in such publications as the Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, Oprah, Scientific American, USA Today, Investors Business Daily, Success Magazine, INC., WebMD, Fortune Magazine, Bottom Line, Health, Natural Health, Prevention, Yoga Journal, and many others.
Sustained Weight Loss
Eliminate or significantly lessen food cravings for foods like candy, pasta, and others by strengthening inhibitions to these problem foods.
The Let Down Effect
The Let Down Effect is a condition that leads to illness or symptoms following stressful events, such as conflict, time pressured work projects, or school exams.
