Stop the waiting Game
Here is a lovely story from a recent Lightning Process graduate ZOE. She was fortunate that she knew someone who had taken the Lightning Process so decided not to play the waiting game with her Post-Covid Fatigue / Long Covid. I meet people who wait years after getting a virus for the fatigue to go. Waiting. […]
Continue ReadingSalad and the MindBody Link
Did you know you can reduce hunger & increase satiation by telling the waitress ‘I’ll have the hearty salad” instead of saying “I’ll just have the salad”. Useful information, don’t you think, if you want to improve your health? Parts and functions of brain & the body are connected like the strands of a spider […]
Continue ReadingNeuroplasticity – What is it & Why it Matters
NEUROPLASTCITY You might have heard the word but….. What is it & Why does it matter? Well in the words of Norman Doidge, considered the Father of Neuroplasticity It’s NEUROPLASTICITY that got you into this mess&it’s NEUROPLASTICITY that will get you out. Remember though, the brain is NOT just for thinking. Its primary job is […]
Continue ReadingMisguided Immune responses?
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-brain-has-a-special-kind-of-memory-for-past-infections/# I often describe the LP as “training the brain to respond appropriately rather than historically”. In a recent Scientific American article on the brain’s role in peripheral immune function – “The BRAIN had retained some sort of memory of the infection & was prepared to reinitiate the fight”. “Many intestinal disorders are triggered by […]
Continue ReadingNeuro Nugget Video – Stress, relationships & the Brain
This “Neuro Nugget Video” is on Stress Hormones and the Brain and how they are both intimately linked to our relationships and our health. Flourishing health often requires a re-assessment of relationships (past & present) but there is one relationship that is often forgotten. What’s your RELATIONSHIP with your symptoms? Your body? Your thoughts? Your […]
Continue ReadingNeuro Nugget – The Brain Myth
Another in my Neuro Nugget Video Series. If you are interested in a brain based approach to health, it will help to remove the biggest myth about the brain. Enjoy.
Continue ReadingTop Tip for Recovery Neuro Nugget Series
Welcome to the first of my Neuro Nugget Series.
Continue ReadingTalking all things Pain & Fatigue
I sat down with Adam Stanecki for his Digging Deep Podcast recently and chatting all things pain, fatigue and fear. New directions in Pain research Understanding Pain & Fatigue & Anxiety Some great first steps & obstacles to change Enjoy.
Continue ReadingLike a lock & key, morphine fits into a special receptor & click, it works it’s magic on pain. BUT the ‘lock’ inside you that morphine works on isn’t actually made to be opened by morphine (or other artificial opioids). What’s the real KEY? Like Dorothy and her magic slippers that were with her the […]
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