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 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 […]
Continue ReadingFire & Your Brain
FIRE & your BRAIN As fire season starts I’m reminded of my work on fire crews when I was younger. Little did I know that my work testing moisture in leaf litter or plugging in wind speeds would give profound insight into the brain and pain & fatigue. Question? Who is better protected from catastrophe – a […]
Continue ReadingLightning Process Research
Lightning Process Research Below is a recently published paper which reviews current research into the Lightning Process. Systematic review of the Lightning Process finds an ’emerging body of evidence supporting the efficacy of the LP for many participants with fatigue, physical function, pain, anxiety and depression.’ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1550830720302330 Abstract Background: The Lightning Process (LP), a mind-body […]
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