I spoke with Dr. Rebecca Kennedy about her transition from traditional primary care to the mind-body practice she runs today. Slowly, gradually, the medical world is starting to wake up to the mind-body connection and the role the brain, stress, emotions, and trauma play in the production and persistence of somatic symptoms. I hope you […]
I shared a few videos about this concept which you can check out below. It’s true what we resist will persist and what we can embrace we can erase. Especially when it comes to emotions. And emotions are one of the main causes of unexplained medical symptoms in the body. The key thing to being […]
Check out this video to understand that your diagnoses may not be chronic fatigue, migraines, IBS, or chronic pain, or any other medical diagnoses. It may be one or both of these official diagnoses I lay out here. How many of your health practitioners have given you either of these diagnoses? My guess is not […]
I went over in this video how anxiety is one of the largest producers of somatic symptoms in the body. Most people equate anxiety with a classic panic attack, but they don’t realize anxiety can show up in your body in 100’s of different ways. Check it out to learn more.
Today I review a 2021 research paper (link here to paper) which shows how your attention is associated with fear conditioning and then chronic pain. Attention is one of the 4 categories I address with people suffering from chronic somatic symptoms. I call the 4 categories B-E-A-T which relates to your behaviors, emotions, attention, and […]
So many studies have come out and are continuing to come out around the impact of ACE (adverse childhood experiences) scores and subsequent mental, emotional, and physical health issues later in life. The brain gets affected at a young age and this particular study looked at data from many studies. Data from 43 studies with […]
I wanted to let you all know the SIRPA conference in London is fast approaching. I’m a SIRPA practitioner and usually attend this event live but will not be able to make it over to London this year. I’ll be attending via live stream. If you are looking to learn more about neuroplastic symptoms, Georgie […]
Your brain is the most powerful and complex organ in the body. Yet it is the one area we don’t even scan or is talked about when people go to a doctor for many medical issues (outside of hitting your head or having a stroke for example). Our medical system is great about ruling out […]
Linked here is both a deep dive interview with Kyle and his healing from long COVID and chronic fatigue and an interview he first did with me for his channel. Kyle’s story is a great journey deep into himself and how he not only healed from these physical symptoms but gained and learned so much […]
I reviewed a research paper titled ‘Fearful thinking predicts hypervigilance towards pain-related stimuli in patients with chronic pain.’ Have a look at the video below to go over in more detail how hypervigilance and fear are big pieces in the production and maintenance of chronic pain and other chronic symptoms. The authors state in the […]
