Fibromyalgia
Are your words stopping you from healing?
WORDS can be SO powerful. And yet we throw them around every day without too much thought. Thoughts, conversations, texts... there's a constant dialogue going on in and around us that can be like little grenades going off all over the place! And, guess what? Grenades = Fear = Pain Is it time to decommission […]
Continue readingWhat is Chronic Pain?
In order to recover from chronic pain, there are a few things that we need... The first thing is to UNDERSTAND what it is that we're dealing with! So what exactly IS chronic pain?
Continue readingRecover from Pain
So today I'm officially a Youtuber 😮 I've launched a channel dedicated to spreading the word about chronic pain which, whilst I know it's a good thing, is very much out of my comfort zone 😬 ...and very much NOT what my youngest would classify as cool! (sorry kids, but a Mum's gotta do what […]
Continue readingDo you feel Good Enough? Know your Self Worth
How often do you stop yourself from doing things because you think you’re not good enough? That you won’t do it well enough? That you’re not clever enough? Strong enough? Interesting enough? Thin enough? Funny enough? Pretty enough? Brave enough? That there’s no point trying because it won’t be as good as someone else’s effort, […]
Continue readingTherapeutic Journaling
Life is full of upsets. Every day something will happen that disappoints, angers or scares us. What do we do when things upset us? We are masters of avoidance. More often than not we push it down inside, pretend it doesn't matter, lock it away and get on with life. While this works for a […]
Continue readingMindfulness Meditation, Stress and your Health
So we all know that stress is bad for us and that research now shows strong links between chronic physical and emotional stress and poor health. You can read more about this in Chronic Stress and your Health But what can we do about it? The obvious thing is to avoid or get rid of […]
Continue readingChronic Pain – what do we really know?
This blog post is dedicated to Dr John Sarno 23/06/1923 - 22/06/2017 - the pioneer of mind-body medicine. I, along with my fellow mind-body workers, will continue to strive to realise his vision of the acceptance of mind-body theories by mainstream medicine.
Continue readingFibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Awareness Month
This is a little extra blog in honour of Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Awareness Month.
Continue readingPlacebo and Nocebo Effect
A UK construction worker stepped on a nail. It went right through his boot and came out the other side. The pain was excruciating to the point where he needed morphine just to remove the boot. Once the boot was removed the extent of the damage became clear... the nail had completely missed his foot […]
Continue readingCauses of Stress
Most people only connect the term 'stress' with the nervous tension felt when we have too much to do. This is why I often hear the cry of... "But I'm not stressed!" when I mention that health issues may be caused by chronic stress. However, 'stress' covers a much broader range of experiences than this.
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