Americans are drawing battle lines over the direction of health care in their country. And somewhere between those lines is revolutionary scientific truth being unearthed by researchers…
It’s a more empowering story about our potential to heal chronic pain and illness.
In the past 2 decades, I endured some of my own health challenges including post-trauma symptoms, IBS, and adult onset asthma. I complied with conventional medical treatments, but they failed to heal me. Symptoms continued, and I grew really concerned when doctors told me to just keep taking the prescriptions - although the information inserts said these substances should not be used longterm.
I even explored functional medicine, but still my symptoms persisted.
My body was finally liberated from the struggle, and from all of my symptoms, when I healed some repressed emotional baggage that I didn’t realize I’d been carrying for years.
Today, my life is free from the conditions that I was told I may have to endure for the rest of my life. Doctors explained my conditions as if some inherent biologic flaws were making me sick, effectively rendering me incurable.
But there was one truth that they weren’t taught in medical school … a scientifically observable fact that mainstream medical research is finally beginning to recognize.
Our human psyche plays a tremendous role in the sickness and health of our bodies - and now groundbreaking research on chronic pain, trauma, and psycho-neuro immunology are finding this to be an undeniable fact.
The application of this research in my clinic has enabled my community to heal from decades long digestive disorders, disruptive autoimmune conditions, trauma, and psycho-emotional challenges that medical treatments previously failed to improve.
If you’ve been suffering from confusing symptoms, or if you love someone who’s enduring that struggle, my upcoming masterclass could be a turning point in your journey.
Here’s some of the research we’ll explore:
Mind-Body Science has shown that symptoms of chronic pain, illness, and disorder are linked to a specific neural network in the brain. These networks are formed during emotional conflicts, perception-altering experiences, big life changes, or traumas. Once the neural network is formed, the neurons keep firing as if the conflict or trauma is still occurring, causing the body’s chemical and physiological processes to chronically respond to this ongoing neural pattern. This pattern expresses as chronic pain and illness.
Psycho-neuro immunologists have tracked that most people experienced an unusually stressful event 18 months to 2 years prior to the onset of chronic symptoms and major medical events. By processing the emotions and mental patterns surrounding the events, the body can begin to rebalance chemically and physiologically.
Psycho-neuro-immunology recognizes the “Shadow” parts of our psyche as a constellation of emotions, beliefs, and perceptions that contribute to chronic conditions and dis-ease. Our Shadow hides in the subconscious and unconscious mind, often unnoticed as we live out our busy lives. That means we often need skilled support to better understand our shadow, map its effects in our bodies, and finally begin to heal our bodies by healing our minds.
These fundamental steps in the healing process were essential in helping my mentor, David Patient, live another 34 productive years after doctors told him he would lose his battle with AIDS and die within 6 months. David’s success in overcoming this fatal prognosis led to him becoming a consultant to NIH to help medical experts better understand the disease (learn more in his book).
Today, when I’m working with clients to help them transform chronic conditions, I ask them to complete a Shadow Assessment. This is a tool that was provided to me by my former mentor and psycho-neuro immunologist, Neil Orr, who’s revolutionary research led to him being a consultant to the United Nations. The tool enables us to better identify and heal the psychologic roots of chronic conditions.
You can learn more about all of this in my upcoming masterclass, Transforming Chronic Conditions with Mind-Body Science: Applying Mind-Body Science to Resolve Chronic Illness, Pain, and Disorder.
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