Dr. Stephen Stokes has spent more than three decades exploring the relationship between the body, the nervous system, consciousness, and human response to pain, stress, and change. Licensed as a chiropractic physician, with advanced training in nursing he owned and operated Advanced Pain Solutions, LLC for more than 20 years. His clinical work expanded into the study of the mind body connection, hypnosis, trauma sensitive HeartMath, nervous system regulation, attachment, active imagination, and contemplative practice. Stephen is also a lifelong student of philosophy, spirituality, and the Western esoteric traditions. His writing explores the meeting place between physiology, psychology, spirituality, and direct experience, with an emphasis on personal responsibility, balance, resilience, awareness, and conscious participation in life. He is the author of The Philosophical Physician, Heal Yourself, When Nothing Bad Happens, Φ³, and The Underwear Dinner Night. Stephen lives in Cape Coral, Florida, with his wife, Katherine, and continues to write, teach, study, and explore the nature of healing, consciousness, and human experience.