About Me

"My goal is to be an instrument of change in allopathic medicine from a fear-based model to a self-empowerment model, and to provide an opening for the awareness that we are more than who we think we are... we are more than just a physical body. This awareness can help put chronic pain and illness of the physical body into a more balanced perspective."

Greetings!

My name is Regina Schulman.  

I share many life roles...wife, mother, stepmother, grandmother, sister, friend, teacher, student…

My experiences are many, and span a multitude of disciplines that support the dynamic work that I do on a daily basis. They include: Integrative Holistic Health, Mind-Body Medicine (certified facilitator), Sacred Anatomy Energy Medicine (senior practitioner, SAEM), therapeutic massage and bodywork (licensed and board-certified NCBTMB), alcohol and drug counseling (certified) and SMART Recovery and Mindfulness Based Relapse Prevention (MBRP). 

My depth of exposure helps me to assist individuals in not only releasing limiting beliefs and behaviors, but also equipping them with sustainable skills for self-care and authentic living.

I am widely recognized for my ability to inspire others to realize their personal, spiritual and professional visions. My primary focus is to help individuals empower their own healing process, and I cherish the opportunity to support others in making healthy and meaningful life changes. 

Since 1998, I have specialized in chronic pain management, cancer care, compassion satisfaction development, and relapse prevention, eclipsing 30,000 hours of combined clinical practice, teaching and study.  

During the late 90s, I experienced the unfortunate reality that many practitioners face: my work with clients often left me feeling depleted and ill.  

I quickly realized that developing and maintaining clear personal boundaries was a gap in my formal training, one that was filled by the tutelage of Desda Zuckerman, founder of Sacred Anatomy.  Desda taught me how to strengthen and maintain the integrity of my sovereign self; not merging with loved ones and clients is the most valuable Sacred Anatomy skill I have learned thus far, and has been foundational in allowing me to sustain my successful and gratifying career as a caregiver. 

In 2013 I was introduced to James Gordon, MD, founder of The Center for Mind-Body Medicine (CMBM). James’ philosophy that “all people have the capacity to understand, help and heal themselves” matches my own, and has been another foundational piece of my work. The center’s mission “teaching thousands to heal millions” inspired me to become a certified facilitator and liberally share its approach--integrating modern medicine with practices from around the world to promote balance and whole health. This has most recently manifested in my joining the CMBM supervision team for the Healing Our Troops Program (highlighted in the New York Times as being “the most comprehensive program of all of them…with the strongest evidence that it works to cure PTSD”) as well as the faculty for Tackling the Opioid Crisis: A Community Resilience Approach.

As an adult learner with a severe, and previously undiscovered, reading challenge, I completed my undergraduate (BA, Chronic Pain Management Specialization) and graduate (M.Ed., Interdisciplinary Studies) studies in Integrative Holistic Health at Lesley University, where I realized a self-design thesis project (entitled “Holistic Self-Care for Caregivers: Curative Measures toward Managing Compassion Fatigue”) that led me to develop a holistic self-care curriculum for healthcare professionals and caretakers.

My mixed-methods systems approach integrates data from various medical, psychological, scientific, esoteric, social and spiritual branches of learning, and utilizes physical, emotional, psychological/mental and spiritual self-care techniques to avoid burnout and secondary traumatic stress.  This approach promotes compassion satisfaction, and has quickly become a cornerstone to my own work as well as my work with my clients.  

My entrepreneurial spirit and commitment to community service have been honored in several ways, including the YWCA’s “Women in Business and Industry Award,” the “Woman of the Year Award,” and Lesley University’s “Recent Alumni Award.”

Other teachers, mentors and colleagues who have significantly impacted the way that I live and work include the late Charles (Chuck) Clayman, PhD, Laurie Cozad, PhD, Suetta Tenney, MD, Sabrina N’Diaye, PhD, Tim DeSutter, Neha Chawla, PhD, Brian MacKenna-Rice, MS, Joe Hannon, LACD, LICSW, and the late Reverend Sandy Hall. 

I so appreciate you taking some time to learn more about me, and encourage you to reach out if you would like to explore working together. 

With gratitude,

Regina