Here's a blog post I've written on the new Mind-Body medicine blog, but I will share them here too if I think they might be useful for you. I must work on a way of collating them all together! As I type, I am in the middle of my first ever bout of TMJ pain. …
Pain – Physical, Emotional or Both?
As I type, I am in the middle of my first ever bout of TMJ pain. Not. Very. Nice. And that is a gross understatement, I can tell you. In fact, I say it is my first bout, but I am actually starting to wonder if much of the mouth pain I have had over …
Healing Plan Feedback – Aw Shucks…
People have been finishing my new Healing Plan – whilst I have been hiding behind a cushion in case they hate it! But the consensus, so far, is: they love it. Yay It was such a tough, personal thing to write but I am so glad I did now – I tried not to several …
Pain Management
This interesting article shows how a group of patients with chronic pain are learning how to get off opioid drugs and some are having better results off them! Pain management class aims to use alternative techniques to get patients off opioids I didn't know this about the percentage effectiveness of pain meds as opposed to other …
New Healing Plan Launches!
Ta-dah!!!! It has taken me over a year to write it, but here is the Healing Plan for you at long last! 195 lurverly pages to help you get well from unresolving chronic illness. The five steps I took to get myself back from very few foods, chronic fatigue and body-wide pain when I couldn’t …
Healing Series: NAC To Lower Central Sensitivity Syndrome?
Do you remember my massive post about CSS, Central Sensitivity Syndrome? The basic premise was that some people's hyper-sensitivity may be related to an amplification of certain neurotransmitter pathways which then cause reactivity, pain and mood changes. I detailed what kind of pathways go wrong and the mainstream meds currently being used to dampen them. …
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How Do We Cope With Family, Friends and Work? Great Tips..
Yet another great post from Eileen over at Phoenix Helix for you today. I almost cried with recognition at some of this! How Do I Get the Support of Family and Friends? It can be a really lonely business being ill - especially when you look so well on the surface! - and it is …
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New 21 Day Chopra Free Meditation Series
Another one for us to enjoy. These 21 day things are by far my favourite relaxation techniques, work a treat. Have a go if you haven't joined one already.. Dear Friend, Are you ready to discover the key to who you are today, so you can open the door to who you want to be? …
Healing Series: It’s The Combination That Works
  In this healing series, we have been discussing and exploring ways to encourage our bodies to heal with non-ingestive (ie not through diet or supplemental/meds) ways to heal, specifically for those of us having trouble tolerating those sorts of interventions. However, in doing this exploration, my whole clinical approach - to any health condition - …
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Life As A Multiple Intolerant: Not As You Know It!
A comment from our friend Michelle at Foodsmatter on this blog post the other day got me thinking about just what our daily life is like as severely multiple intolerants. At the same time I was thinking about that, I noticed a thread on the FB groups about how difficult it is to explain to …
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