‘Worried Sick’- How Anxiety Causes Symptoms
I see a lot of people with what is being called 'Worried Sick'. It's where health anxiety (fear) is the driving force behind symptoms. Excessive worry, hypervigilance, combined with being an empathatic…
The Importance of Interoception to your Health
Interoception is not a word that many are familiar with but it can have a big impact on your health. Interoception is the ability to 'tune in' to your body signals and notice what's arising in your body…
Study: The Association of Depression and Anxiety with Pain
Authors of this study with 3000 people state that chronic pain is common in up to 70% of patients with depressive and anxiety disorders. We need to be screening for and treating both anxiety and depression…
Recovering from Chronic Burning Pain
Sharing a fantastic recovery story by Dan, who has overcome so much: first spinal surgery to remove a tumor that basically paralyzed him for awhile. Then subsequent burning pain that sidelined him from…
The Role of the Nervous System in Chronic Health Issues
The role of the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) in chronic health disorders is massive. In this video I share a study which I link below which reviews a lot of the research from heart rate variability…
Simply Sit With Yourself
Getting in touch with our feelings involves stopping and sitting with ourselves. See what's bubbling up in terms of sensations. Be Ok with that. This is allowing the expression of what you are feeling…
Chronic Pain is an Emotion
We have more and more research showing that chronic pain involves the emotional centers of the brain. We also know anxiety, stress, depression, PTSD, trauma, all can cause somatic symptoms in the body.…
How Two Small Almonds Play Such a Huge Role in Chronic Illness
The research around the amygdala is showing it is not only a hub for emotions but a central hub for chronic pain. I talk about some of the studies coming out to support this.
The Danger is in the Brain not the Body with Chronic Pain
We know now with a lot of good science that a lot chronic pain and chronic health issues are the result of a danger or threat message from your brain not from your body. Meaning the issue is not in the…
Normal ‘Abnormalities’ on Imaging Scans
Here I show two infographic posters showing that many changes we see on imaging scans can just be normal age related changes we all have as we get older and not necessarily associated with pain. Like I…
