What is the Lightning Process – In a single word
I was recently asked to explain the Lightning Process in a single word. What a task! After 7 years of taking people through the training I still struggle to explain what it is because it is many things. It is a framework in which I work, and one person’s Lightning Process experience will be very […]
Continue ReadingRituals of Relaxation
You would think that relaxing is the easiest thing to do in the world. When someone is good at it, they just seem to be able to stop what they are doing, and their body does the rest. However for some, relaxation is more elusive. If it is a challenge, it can be some of […]
Continue ReadingSome Antics with words
“If we understood the power of our thoughts we would guard them more closely. If we understood the awesome power of our words we would prefer silence to almost anything negative. In our thoughts and words we create our weakness and and our own strength” Betty Eadie People who have taken a course […]
Continue ReadingStress is contagious
My last post looked at environmental triggers. An article I read this week about stress being ‘contagious’ highlights this concept nicely. If someone is stressed, those around them can become stressed by watching them. The brain is constantly checking ‘Am I OK?’. If your peers are giving off the signs of not being OK, then for […]
Continue ReadingShould I stay or should I go? Where to do your training.
People often face a dilemma – to travel to a training to get it done sooner or wait for me to run one close by? I am often asked my advice on this issue so I thought I would answer this question in a blog post. For my wife to recover from ME/CFS she had […]
Continue ReadingWords as Medicine
Sticks and Stones may break my bones but words CAN also hurt me People are constantly focused on getting better at getting people better. New techniques get reviewed, different medication tested, and technology trialled to improve patient outcomes. Drugs are amazing. Machines that go ‘bing’ are very impressive but there are some areas that often […]
Continue ReadingPain and Emotions
As we discover more about the brain’s fundamental role in Chronic Pain, we are seeing the importance of taking a broad perspective when making changes. Just because medication does’t work for example, doesn’t mean it is hopeless. Medication can only do so much, and sometimes the work required is beyond the ability of drugs to […]
Continue ReadingWhy things hurt
NATIONAL PAIN WEEK As entertaining as always, Professor Moseley explains ‘Why things Hurt’ highlighting the role that beliefs, expectation, past experience, even language plays in the production of pain. Enjoy.
Continue ReadingME/CFS Awareness Day – May 12
ME/CFS International Awareness Day – May 12 Psst. Pass it on. Tell the world. But please be aware of this …… it’s horrible but not hopeless! It is vitally important that people understand that conditions like CFS, ME, MCS or Fibromyalgia are horrible, real and debilitating physical conditions & that sufferers are not putting it on, […]
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