Time to get curious about the Brain
I’ve just returned from giving a ‘Neurobiology of Pain’ lecture in London. It is such an exciting topic because it impacts every person on the planet & the implications are huge for people suffering with chronic pain. The challenge is this – What most people think about pain is no longer in line with modern science. […]
Continue ReadingTake Back Control – Podcast
TAKE BACK CONTROL – Lightning Process Podcast I recently did an Interview with Bev for the Living Fabulously Website about my work & the concept of taking back control of your health & life. LISTEN HERE
Continue ReadingIs Brain Plasticity the key to healing?
For those who can access Australia’s Radio National podcasts, this interview with Norman Doidge (author of ‘The Brain that Changes Itself’ & ‘The Healing Brain’) looks at the concept of Neuroplasticity. http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/healthreport/new-document/7024946
Continue ReadingNorwegian Medical Journal – Lightning Process – ME/CFS
The Lightning Process has been available in Norway for many years now and was recently written about in the Norwegian Medical Journal. (English version) http://tidsskriftet.no/article/3463468/en_GB Chronic fatigue syndrome and experience with the Lightning Process – Norwegian Medical Journal
Continue ReadingCute rabbits, perception and the brain
What can a fake rabbit teach us about neuroplasticity and the brain? There is a neat experiment known as the cutaneous rabbit illusion. If you tap two spots at distant places on your forearm in a particular timing, you experience the sensation of being touched in the middle of the two places as well. The brain […]
Continue ReadingManagement versus retraining
An interesting article in the Sydney Morning Herald the other day ‘Please Stop Making that Noise’, looked at a doctor’s experience of suffering from misophonia (or selective sound sensitivity syndrome). This is a condition where certain sounds from other people like chewing, breathing, coughing swallowing in other people fires an emotional response of anger, disgust […]
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 […]
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