BBC Programme on Placebo
Great BBC Horizon programme on the power of our brain’s ability to influence us. Placebo –
Continue ReadingAnxiety and the Lightning Process
Time to bust a myth around anxiety. MYTH – Anxiety is all in the mind If you approach anxiety like it is ‘All in the Mind’ and just about anxious thoughts you miss the fact that it is just as much about a habitual physical response. Anxiety is not just about thoughts. Trying to beat […]
Continue ReadingA thought about allergies
In a lab in Japan, 13 people who are extremely allergic to Poison Ivy, undergo an experiment. They see two leaves in front of them. The familiar, dreaded Poison Ivy leaf and a harmless leaf. One arm will be rubbed with Poison Ivy, the other arm rubbed with the harmless leaf. After being blindfolded […]
Continue ReadingDancing Naked in the Full Moon Light?
I’m never the first port of call for someone seeking help. Everyone I see has tried many things to get well – from the conventional to the outright weird (think dancing naked in a forest on a full moon!). But just because nothing has worked doesn’t mean it’s impossible to be well. It just means […]
Continue ReadingWhat organ do we use to hear?
A simple enough question right? Well our body is not that simple. We collect information through sound waves through our ears, but what we actually ‘hear’ is determined by our brain – and our brain takes in far more than just sound. It also takes in other sensory information including vision, smell, taste and importantly […]
Continue ReadingCFS Awareness Day & Mothers Day
My gorgeous wife’s recent article on celebrating Mothers Day AND celebrating CFS recovery last Sunday.
Continue ReadingPost Lightning Process pain?
I love getting updates from people about what they are up to in the years that follow their Lightning Process training – jobs, weddings, kids, sport, travel etc etc. I often tell people to take photos of their successes as a ‘visual reminder’. I was recently sent this photo from a past client – you […]
Continue ReadingME/CFS ‘Full’ Awareness Day
Today is ME/CFS Awareness Day. An important day to educate the general public about this much misunderstood condition. The majority of people I see took way too long to get a diagnosis and during that time most encountered one of these: It’s a form of depression You just need to take it easy You just need […]
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