You 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 ReadingThought Suppression – Don’t think about it
“Try to pose for yourself this task: not to think of a polar bear, and you will see that the cursed thing will come to mind every minute.” Dostoevsky 1863 While you are not thinking of polar bears, whatever you do now don’t think of dancing jellybeans. And definitely don’t think that embarrassing thought […]
Continue ReadingTake Back Control – Podcast
TAKE BACK CONTROL – Lightning Process Podcast I recently did an Interview with Bev for the Living Fabulously Website about my work & the concept of taking back control of your health & life. LISTEN HERE
Continue ReadingThe perception of threat
We give our brain far too much credit for being ‘smart’. Its real focus is PROTECTION. Good health requires the brain to have an accurate perception of what’s going on outside the skull (in the body and around the body). The accurate perception of threat is critical and it is often way off. If you […]
Continue ReadingNorwegian Medical Journal – Lightning Process – ME/CFS
The Lightning Process has been available in Norway for many years now and was recently written about in the Norwegian Medical Journal. (English version) http://tidsskriftet.no/article/3463468/en_GB Chronic fatigue syndrome and experience with the Lightning Process – Norwegian Medical Journal
Continue ReadingStress? Coping well vs just not doing it. You CHOOSE.
You may know the boiled frog experiment. Put a frog in a pot of warm water and it will detect the warmth and jump out. But the bizarre thing is if you put it in a pot of water at room temperature then heat it slowly, the frog can’t detect ANY change and will stay there […]
Continue ReadingCFS and getting sick
“Personal sickness behaviours can be a trigger for years of ME/CFS. So it makes sense to address these as part of one’s recovery plan. Why get well only to get sick again?” We all have unique sickness behaviours – habitual ways we respond to being sick – physically, emotionally and behaviourally. There is a spectrum […]
Continue ReadingTrauma and the brain
Why do we remember anything? We clearly don’t remember everything. So why bother remembering anything at all? It’s pretty clear life would be difficult and potentially dangerous without memories. Memories play an important role in keeping us safe. We learn from a bad experience so we don’t make the mistake again. So while many of […]
Continue ReadingLook at that Hamster go (nowhere)
Seeing Chronic Fatigue Syndrome as a dysfunctional Autonomic Nervous System allows people to look at the role stress hormones may play in onset and maintenance of the condition. This opens up many potential factors which therefore requires the Lightning Process to be a broad and personalised approach. People who take on the training need to be […]
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