I read this beautifully-poignant blog post over the holiday season from Nutrigold and saved it so I could share it with you at the start of this new year. Have a read. It reminds me of a lot of the advice and practical techniques I share with you in the Healing Plan. The takeaway: happiness …
What Are The Real Causes of Depression? Clue: It’s Not Just Chemical Imbalance!
Great TEDx video here for you today with a chap who has interviewed some of the leading experts across the world on anxiety and depression. He wanted to know why so many people are seemingly not coping with life as well on a day to day basis, why mental health issues are on the rise. …
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Wise Words…
Saw this today and thought you'd like it. Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. He is rich who owns the day, and no one owns the day who allows it to be invaded with fret and anxiety. Finish every day and be done with it. You …
Accept Life Is Difficult Rather Than Resist
This popped into my Inbox this morning and, given the difficulties with family illness and moving house currently that some of you know about, it was rather timely, so I thought I'd share it. RICK'S REFLECTION: ACCEPT DIFFICULTY Sometimes things are difficult. Your legs are tired and you still have to stay on your feet another …
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Gut Tips #5: Is It Your Brain Or Your Gut?
Great piece from Dr Kharrazian today on email which gives me my latest gut tip for you. (If you missed any, you can catch up here). Is your chronic gut problem really a brain problem? Read on... How could the gut possibly affect mood? While they may be far apart on an anatomy diagram, the …
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Gut Tips#4: Are Probiotics Enough?
OK, so here is Gut Tip #4 for you if you are following the series. Many people take probiotics to help their bacteria balance, to establish a good 'microbiome', in the gut. However, sometimes I see that, even when someone has taken billions of bacteria daily for weeks or months, the bacteria balance is still …
Multiple Sensitivity: Could It Be Loss of Brain-Gating?
As promised in my last post about 'new' causes of multiple sensitivity to think about, here is another possible one for you: loss of brain-gating. Eh? Well, almost all sensory stimuli goes through the thalamus in the brain and lots of inhibitory mechanisms (too complex to go into here) are needed to stop the thalamus …
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Multiple Sensitivity – Are Your Neurons Too Close To Threshold?
During my recent neuroinflammation training, I came across a couple of 'new' reasons why we may be hyper-sensitive to things. One of them is the concept of neurons being too close to threshold. I recently saw Dr Datis Kharazzian explaining this so I'll share that and you can see what I mean... If you are …
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How Am I Doing? A Little Update
Bless me, readers, for I have sinned: it has been 6 months since my last update. I can't believe that. Time really does fly. I thought it was about time I brought you up to date with how I'm getting on - I know many of you like to follow my story 🙂 In my …
Brain Retraining – Why It Works
If we hear the word 'sweet' our taste sensor areas in the brain register 'sweet'. If we hear the term 'grasp', our motor sensor areas activate. How fascinating is that? This is why I always say that the brain can't tell the difference between an actual thought or belief and a real action. It is …