Alternative & Complementary Healthcare
Hope your new year is going well. I usually find I can triple my workload in January but this has been the quietest on record! Cost of living, do we reckon? Let's hope it picks up and gets easier for people. (Ha! Since I wrote that intro, I've had tons of progress, case reviews, ask …
Many cases of chronic pain syndrome are due to a neurological phenomenon called negative plasticity. Brain plasticity refers to neurons connecting together through repeated activation, and it can be positive or negative. Examples of positive plasticity include adopting a new habit, learning a new language, or learning a new skill.PTSD is an example of negative plasticity. An adverse event activates the …
Pam from the South West asks: "I am feeling anxious with the pandemic and now Christmas on top. What can I do to calm my anxiety down?" In this video, I'll take you through my top 5 tips to calm acute and long-term anxiety. We'll go over why the vagus nerve and amygdala are important …
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American researchers have coined the term ‘neurobics’ for brain exercises that can help us build new neural pathways, change habits and strengthen our cognition. I love that name! It's important stuff, though, as we know that people with better mental processing and agility tend to have slower rates of mental decline and cognitive issues like …
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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To celebrate the launch of my new Healing Plan, I’m doing a mini-series of blog posts to introduce you to it. The book is chock-full of info I hope will truly help release you from the grip of chronic illness and get you back on the path to better wellness. It's the path I used myself to …
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This is the title of a little video snippet for you, but it could be me saying that! Here, the lady is illustrating in her own recovery story EXACTLY what I have said in the Healing Plan for you: that the approach has to be two-step and done in the right order. She explains how she …
In my recent quest for health, I found it incredibly difficult to know who to see for what, who was any good and what I needed them to do to help me! I swore if I ever get better - thank you Universe, Lordy or whoever! - I would try to make this process easier …
In my recent quest for health, I found it incredibly difficult to know who to see for what, who was any good and what I needed them to do to help me! I swore if I ever get better - thank you Universe, Lordy or whoever! - I would try to make this process easier …
I really found myself nodding enthusiastically through a recent blog post from Jordan and Steve at SCD Lifestyle. They acknowledge that everyone makes some common 'mistakes' (I hesitate to use that word myself, actually) when they are trying to heal. They focus here on healing gut issues as that's what they had themselves, but you …