Not Broken…Just Stuck
Here’s a radical thought. What if the way you are thinking about your condition became an obstacle for full recovery. Would you be willing to begin to think about your condition differently? __________________ What would it be like to begin to think about yourself as just stuck rather than broken. What would it be like to […]
Continue ReadingWhat’s your Yeah But?
If you search you will find lots of stories of people successfully recovering from ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia, CRPS, PTSD, anxiety or depression. When people come across a success story from a person who once had what they are now suffering from there is often a very familiar response……. YEAH BUT…….. There are thousands of endings to […]
Continue ReadingYou are not at the mercy of your Emotions
One of the concepts of the Lightning Process is to use current understandings of how the brain and body interact to have a positive influence over our health. While we might be a product of our past we do not have to be at the mercy of it. Learning to engage in the PRESENT moment and our automatic […]
Continue ReadingLightning Process research findings
The Archive of Disease in Childhood has published a paper on a trial involving the Lightning Process and CFS. The results have certainly created a lot of interest with the conclusion: ” The addition of the Lightning Process to standard medical care may be helpful to children with CFS/ME. However, this study needs to be replicated before the Lightning Process […]
Continue ReadingGetting better or just getting better at managing?
The understanding of NEUROPLASTICITY has become a valuable tool in working with both physical and mental health. NEUROPLASTICITY is the process where the brain alters its structure and function as an adaptation to experience. The implications of this are huge. One implication is that the things that people do to ‘manage’ their problem are also […]
Continue ReadingHow Stress can Make you sick
Stress hormones can keep us safe. But Chronic Stress hormones can make us sick. A nice overview of how chronic stress changes our body. The problem is not stress it is CHRONIC stress. Our body starts changing instantly with stress. We are designed to respond to a threat with the Physical Emergency Stress response. But long […]
Continue ReadingWhat is fatigue?
What is fatigue? It’s worth pondering if you are suffering from chronic fatigue that rest and sleep USE energy. Lying still uses energy. Sleeping uses less but only a fraction less. It’s still ‘draining your energy resources’. It’s interesting to ponder that healthy people wake up each morning having used energy to sleep but feel […]
Continue ReadingLife’s Ups & Downs
Nothing in life is static. There are ups and downs. One follows the others follows the other. BUT If you fear the downs – the ups become a THREAT. An up becomes a predictor of a down. If you fear failure you will fear success. If you fear fatigue you will fear […]
Continue ReadingRAS – A Piece of the Puzzle
The video below is a useful way to think about just how the brain processes all the information that comes its way. With the brain located inside our skull it relies on our nerves to send it important information. This includes information about the world around us and the working of our body. All of this […]
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