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Fibromyalgia and Wellness
This is not so much about the dis-ease as it is about living your best life. This is the place to get lots of information about retraining your brain and your mind.

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Pain Sensitivity
2007-09-24 07:01:00
From Science Daily: "Robert C. Coghill,PhD believes that most individual differences in pain sensitivity are probably due to a combination of cognitive factors, such as past experience with pain, emotional state at the time pain is experienced, and expectations about pain. Coghill's current projects include looking at how a person's expectations about pain influence the pain they actually experience." Is this yet another confirmation that our thoughts directly affect how we feel? More evidence that training the mind produces wellness? HERE is the full report of his research.(pain fibromyalgia emotional state )BE WELL. ...

Can the mind change the brain?
2007-09-23 17:45:00
excerpted from the Wall Street Journal:Neuroscientist Helen Mayberg had not endeared herself to the pharmaceutical industry by discovering, in 2002, that inert pills -- placebos -- work the same way on the brains of depressed people as antidepressants do. Activity in the frontal cortex, the seat of higher thought, increased; activity in limbic regions, which specialize in emotions, fell. She figured that cognitive-behavioral therapy, in which patients learn to think about their thoughts differently, would act by the same mechanism.At the University of Toronto, Dr. Mayberg, Zindel Segal and their colleagues first used brain imaging to measure activity in the brains of depressed adults. Some of these volunteers then received paroxetine (the generic name of the antidepressant Paxil), while others underwent 15 to 20 sessions of cognitive-behavior therapy, learning not to catastrophize. That is, they were taught to break their habit of interpreting every little setback as a calamity, as whe ...

Heal your Life
2007-09-22 17:00:00
Before all the law of attraction and alternative healing websites sprang up Louise Hay journeyed her way through cancer and went on to become a successful teacher, author, and publisher. She was aware that for her the cancer symbolically and emotionally sprang from a pattern of deep resentment that was held for a long time until it literally ate away at her body. She worked on clearing the mental pattern that created the condition called cancer. She also did intense physical cleansing and detoxification. After six months of commitment and dedication, the doctors were shocked she no longer had cancer. The ones who don't believe in the power of the mind to heal can hold us back if we let them. Remember that the word incurable only means that something can't be cured by "outer" methods and that we must go within to affect the healing.Fibromyalgia is a call to change. Change your life, change your thoughts, and change your focus. All dis-ease gives us feedback which suggests a life out ...

Mind Therapies
2007-09-20 06:35:00
I found this article and it's just a nice little summary of the details you'll find on this blog. As the article mentions, the biggest challenge to success is having the discipline to make these changes. In the near future, I want to write about self-discipline. If we know something helps, why don't we make it a habit? Is it because we don't really believe in it, or because we don't practice long enough to make it a habit, or something else? Stay tuned.From "What Doctors Don't Tell You"These various techniques may best help long-lasting chronic instances of pain.Positive outlookA patient’s emotional or psychological state may affect the course and perception of his pain. The effectiveness of short, intensive programmes of patient education has been evaluated in several studies. In one, individuals with ankylosing spondylitis showed improvement in terms of rates of depression and severity of the disorder at three weeks and this improvement continued until the end of the trial at ...

Information overload!?
2007-09-18 07:53:00
I'm going off topic today to address information management! If you use the internet a lot and are into saving valuable articles and websites, then you probably have a long list of favorites that you have saved to your computer. There is a new and better way to save and organize information and the following video does an excellent job of explaining how.BE WELL. ...

Hypnosis link love
2007-09-17 03:21:00
Good morning! I cruise the Internet a lot at this hour (5am) looking for valuable information about fibromyalgia. If you read my blog regularly, you know I'm a big proponent of hypnosis and visualization (do a search from the sidebar). There has been plenty of research to show it's effectiveness as a complementary healing modality. A study conducted by the National Institute for Health showed that fibromyalgia sufferers undergoing hypnosis reported 80% fewer pain symptoms than those who received no hypnosis treatment. (HERE is the Mayo Clinic's page on hypnosis under alternative health.) This morning I want to pass along a few webpages you might enjoy visiting. Please understand that while I know hypnosis can and does help retrain the mind towards well-being, I don't personally know or endorse any of the individuals listed here. If someone's web page appeals to you, my recommendation is to call and ask for references. Follow your inner guidance system too!Melissa Roth, Phd, CHt ha ...

Chronic and lifelong? Not in my mind....
2007-09-16 09:03:00
Audrey Walker completely healed herselffrom the following conditions:FibromyalgiaChronic FatigueIrritable Bowel SyndromeDepressionPanic Attacks/AnxietyChronic Bladder InfectionsHormonal imbalancesPMS/Painful periodsDandruffExcessive perspirationBad breathHow? Raw food dietI too recovered from numerous debilitating imbalances in my body with raw foods. First, I spent 3 weeks at Hippocrates Health Institute to learn and benefit from what I affectionately call the raw spa program. Then I began juicing when I came home and ate at least one large salad a day. Between the juice and the salad, 75% of my daily intake was raw. (It's less than that now, but I always go back to basics when physical issues crop up.) This really is do-able and had a HUGE impact on my physical health, a key component to total well-being. Please feel free to ask questions by posting in the comment section below. Be well.BE WELL. ...

Depression vs. Rage
2007-09-15 09:05:00
If you are working with Abraham's emotional scale, here's a good explanation on depression versus rage (4 minutes):BE WELL. ...

Check out these articles and websites
2007-09-13 12:39:00
Melanie Thernstrom wrote a fascinating article about her experience with a promising new procedure for training the brain to heal pain: My pain, my brain. If you want to be part of an on-going clinical study in this area, click here.Steve Pavlina wrote the best article on depression I have seen lately so I'm not going to even attempt to put my own spin on it. Check it out: Overcoming DepressionLorraine Day, M.D., has a wealth of information on self-healing and drugs. Start here: Your body is designed to heal itself. Along these lines, Hippocrates Health Institute played a huge role in my healing and I've personally seen true miracles happen there.Be well.BE WELL. ...
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Does stating what you "have" make you feel better?
2007-09-11 05:39:00
When I check the Fibromyalgia message boards, it's very easy to notice a pattern. That pattern goes something like this: "Hello, I'm new here. I have fibromyalgia, depression, TMJ, herniated disks, insomnia, and PTSD." Two immediate questions come to my mind. Are you what you "have"? Does stating what you "have" make you feel better?For me, I work to feel well. I work to take ownership of things only if I can find reasons to appreciate them! Instead of saying I have a huge mortgage, I say things like "I pay the bills and I want to continue to create a home sanctuary for my family." Instead of saying I "have" fibromyalgia, maybe say, "my whole body aches today and I want to feel better." By noticing that achiness, and wanting to feel better, and putting that thought energy out into the universe, you have already taken a step towards wellness! Your wanting to feel better is good, especially if you believe in the law of attraction, which has been proven to exist by scientific research. ...

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