Misguided 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 ReadingDoes the Lightning Process Training Programme Reduce Chronic Fatigue in Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivors?
(Cancers 2021, 13(16), 4076) Another research study was published about the Lightning Process. It is a mixed methods study of the effects of the Lightning Process on cancer survivors with chronic fatigue and has shown promising results. Chronic fatigue is a severe side-effect commonly experienced by many who have recovered from cancer. It is often debilitating […]
Continue ReadingPost Cancer fatigue
I recently wrote an article on the nature of fatigue and the idea that fatigue / tiredness is not a lack of biological energy, but rather a form of protective response to a perceived threat. With the brain being plastic and changeable with experience, a past threat can seemingly alter brain function to maintain the protective […]
Continue ReadingIs Fatigue a lack of Energy?
There’s nothing like a good night’s sleep to recharge the body’s batteries – except that’s not how it works. Some people think that going to sleep is like plugging in your phone to the charger at night. Give it 8 hours and you wake with full batteries and you’re good to go all day. If you […]
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