Healing and Hypnotherapy Volume 3 , Issue - 3, September 2018 | Page 28

Interview
Ulf Sandstrom
1. How did the path of healing happen to you?
I find that looking back at cause and effect of what happens in life is at best a
blurred vision with wishful thinking. Nevertheless I am happy to explore this.
I moved around a lot as a kid, between countries with political extremes,
cultural extremes, poverty, riches, power, dictatorships, consensus and
extreme capitalism. Considering what makes people tick in this situation is a
survival and ‘thrival' skill that I started to develop without even thinking about
it.
I discovered Plato at 14 when I inherited a set of books about Socrates from
my grandfather. I was fascinated how philosophical reasoning through
Socratic dialogue can be applied to investigate the most elusive questions of
life and death. During the same period I also discovered rock'n roll and the art
of sailing. Both of which share the same foundation: an aspiration to master
the balance of life. This was a foundation for my curiosity. 
At a later point I had an enlightening encounter with western medicine at a
time where relentless hyperactivity in a number of professions involving my