The Container
A newsletter series by Soul Surgeon MD.
The Container is now published on Substack. We will continue to provide a safe space to responsibly learn and connect about all things life, love, and purpose here. Subscribe below for shorter reflections and new formats from former trauma surgeon turned trauma healer, John Moos, M.D.
A Template for Prayer
The Lord's Prayer is not a script to recite. It is a structural map for honest, intentional communication with God. In this Brief, John Moos, MD breaks down five movements anyone can adapt, regardless of where they are in their faith.
Fast Before You Pray
Fasting is not about food. It is about removing what competes for your attention so something deeper can surface. In this Practice, John Moos, MD explores Stillness as the essential condition for honest prayer.
Gratitude and Service Bridge Us to Eternity
Thanksgiving is not a feeling that follows good circumstances. It is a practice you bring to all circumstances. In this Flash, John Moos, MD explores why gratitude is the hinge on which anxiety relief actually turns.
Doctor’s Orders: Laugh
Laughter regulates the body, resets the mind, and interrupts the loops that keep us stuck. This week's Pulse is a simple prescription: find something that makes you laugh and commit to it fully.
Weekly Laughter Just Might Save Your Life
People who laugh less than once a month have nearly double the mortality risk of those who laugh weekly. In this Brief, John Moos, MD looks at what the research says about laughter, longevity, and why how freely we laugh may be one of the most overlooked health metrics we have.
Laughter May Just Be the Best Medicine
Laughter is not avoidance. It is one of the most grounded, human things we can do, and one of the most underestimated tools in healing. In this Field Notes, John Moos, MD explores why levity is not a retreat from life's weight but a way of bearing it, what the research says about laughter and longevity, and what a single moment in a clinical session revealed about joy, perspective, and the freedom that comes when we stop taking ourselves so seriously.