Here I review the understanding put forward in the book The Divided Mind by Dr John Sarno as long ago as 2006. Doctor Sarno was one of the first medical doctors to embrace the idea of psychosomatic medicine which he dubbed mind body disorder to avoid the negative connotation that psychosomatic was all in your head.

We now find many common conditions relate to what he referred to as TMS or Tension myoneural syndrome commonly expressed as chronic fatigue syndrome or Fibromyalgia but embracing many medically unexplained symptoms
00:00 Sarno's revolutionary ideas of psycho-somatic (mindbody) medicine
02:45 The divided mind - pain and emotional centres in the brain are closely linked
04:20 Unconscious emotions from early childhood repressed by personality traits of goodism, perfectionism as unacceptable
06:52 My story of unconscious repression of rage/ anger or rebellion plus guilt, fear or grief
09:25 The need for control - narcissism and the dismay when illness, divorce, etc strikes
12:16 past & present experience accumulate to speak for you - the symptom imperative
14:42 Biomedical medicine treats the body symptoms only
15:11 Other recommended books - including mine The Scar that won't Heal, The Hidden Psychology of Pain
16:29 Mainstream medicine slowly taking on this view. Accept the brain creates pain and deal with underlying emotions

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Talking about pain from a mindbody perspective and how to heal.

00:00 Intro and why I'm talking about pain today
01:30 how to treat acute pain relating to tissue damage and shock (held in the body)
05:20 acute vs. chronic pain - pain that doesn't resolve itself after 3 months - neuropathic or 'brain pain' is especially difficult to resolve as the system gets 'stuck' in threat evaluation in limbic brain
08:20 with repeated trauma the system never re-sets and amygdala is sensitised. All change/uncertainty is seen this way as well as interoceptive signals resulting from fear.
10:15 Painkillers don't work here - need another solution. Brain re-training is needed in central brain to dampen emotional pain triggers
12:24 Changing the brain's processing - most effective treatment for pain and fatigue relies on the mindbody link not constant testing or fear signals of no solution
14:13 Different programs available to desensitise/de-amplify these signals by re-balancing left and right hemispheres too turns off fight and flight system.

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Explore with me the multi-dimensional nature of complex chronic exhaustive conditions and how you can heal.
See also Raelan Agle's fabulous channel @RaelanAgle and
The @crappychildhoodfairy

00:00 intro and importance of the mind in Recovery - which can and does happen!
02:12 CFS/ME is not a diagnosis but a description - there are no biomarkers for the condition is 'medically unexplained and it doesn't lead to an answer or plan for recovery.
04:13 Mindset means what you believe consciously and unconsciously - its not about positive thinking... getting out of denial and 'pushing through', keeping it hidden
06:00 The loads can be multiple on top of the previous stresses (including epigenetics and the unconscious emotional trauma) combines to form your total allostatic load in the terrain of the body
so the treatment path is very unclear
09:20 recovery starts with accepting you have a problem and something needs to change - the mindset shift. All complex chronic conditions have a mindbody component
10:50 what are the maps to recovery? nutritional supplementation which can be difficult to handle when depleted, physical/structural like Perrin technique, very intense and long.
14:35 Rewiring the nervous system like Dan Kneuffer's Re-wire, Chrysalis Effect, Gupta, Lightning Process, Reorigin programs. All work on the autonomic nervous system dysregulation.
16:20 Modern medicine is left hemisphere oriented and cannot look at all the various factors in such a multifactorial disease. Explore the various alternatives and get into recovery mindset.
17:50 The map for each individual are different but reaching out for help from people who have been through this so they understand the mind and body factors and how to shift the pattern
19:49 Personality factors, past experiences that were not metabolised, all live on in you that manifest in you - complex trauma. ACEs
22:14 It's never one thing even though the trigger will be obvious. Alex Howard's metaphor of an overloaded cargo ship which runs aground. Always multi-dimensional and uncertain.

*Watch a video**
HEAL YOUR SPIRIT TO HEAL CFS/ME https://youtu.be/hXGaOjrV6PA
WHATS THE MATTER WITH MEDICINE - IAIN MCGILCHRIST https://youtu.be/CdE1QphYKoU
HOW TO HEAL BIRTH TRAUMA WITH EMDR https://youtu.be/JmtarRiGsgY
EMOTIONAL RESILIENCE https://youtu.be/E5TYi9dEBEU
WHY ANXIETY IS NOT A MIND ISSUE https://youtu.be/Ty-J2pu37tA
HOW CHILDHOOD EMOTIONS STILL AFFECT YOU: https://youtu.be/8LzR8yhR8u8

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Recovery from chronic disease or conditions is not about fixing the problem. How the experience of Craig McKinley's sepsis and the work of Dr Rangan Chatterjee, Nicola Singleton and John Campbell has informed my work.

Here's the interview with Nicola and Dr Chatterjee where she talks of what she discovered from working with him and how she got well. Sadly a couple of years after this was recorded Nicola suddenly died from an acute bout of sepsis. An absolute tragedy for her family and all the people she encouraged and supported to believe in recovery from chronic disease. We miss her energy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7-2B-cQE0Q

Here's the new research on mitochondrial function in relation to the immune system
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgBbIxxjyls

00:00 Intro - Craig McKinley's sepsis experience made me wonder...
01:33 Nicola Singleton recovered from Fibromyalgia and then died from sepsis very suddenly. What causes this is unknown.
03:33 Why such conditions are biopsychosocial? Could it be mitochondrial deficits and/or a constellation of genetic SNiPs (genetic mutation) - the bio part of the biopsychosocial.
05:30 Psycho - the imprints that change your view of yourself, largely from childhood experience and beliefs.
06:40 Social - people suffering longterm chronic conditions tend to isolate and we therefore lose connection with others which perpetuates disease
08:06 It's not all genetic (it's epigenetic) and society disregards co-operation - my answer to the critics - largely left hemisphere thinking driven by fear and competition
10:02 Symptoms are body's way of communicating your distress, personalised approach to healing dis-ease means paying attention to your body in a new way and journey back to the self

*Watch a video**
WHATS THE MATTER WITH MEDICINE - IAIN MCGILCHRIST https://youtu.be/CdE1QphYKoU
HOW TO HEAL BIRTH TRAUMA WITH EMDR https://youtu.be/JmtarRiGsgY
QUANTUM HARMONIC RESONANCE IN THE BODY https://youtu.be/DMKLkIw6PXI
EMOTIONAL RESILIENCE https://youtu.be/E5TYi9dEBEU
WHY ANXIETY IS NOT A MIND ISSUE https://youtu.be/Ty-J2pu37tA
HOW CHILDHOOD EMOTIONS STILL AFFECT YOU: https://youtu.be/8LzR8yhR8u8

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My reaction to the death of TV presenter and doctor Michael Mosley was one of deep sorrow and shock despite not knowing him personally. I was stunned by the unnecessary loss but also realising I was reacting to an event that happened to me 40 years ago!! Find out how here.

00:00 Nature of Trauma - shock trauma of loss e.g. the tragic death of Michael Mosely, one of the few TV doctors talking the language of integrative medicine - someone I greatly admired.
02:31 Very triggered by his death due to my own history with shock trauma - losing my Dad while I was away. Trigger = an internal traumatic re-enactment of previous experience.
05:31 You can't process trauma with willpower as it's generated in your survival brain. Causes many symptoms in body including pain, fatigue, gut issues and inflammation.
07:40 Trauma exists in most childhoods, as attachment trauma = emotional wounding, particularly for emotionally sensitive people (HSPs).
09:00 Usually shows up as long-term chronic conditions such as CFS/ME, Auto-immune Disease like Ehlers Danlos and Rheumatoid Arthritis. Will not respond to trying to 'fix it' (cognitive approach), particularly left hemisphere attention (grasping, linear, reductive)
11.40 Requires unconscious processing via body connection and unprocessed emotions stored there.. In the immediate aftermath need to take control (cognitively) but later on will need a different form of healing allowing you to heal at a deeper level.
15:50 Healing in safe physical connection with another allows you to feel the feelings without judgement or competition (no shame).
17:42 Social media is a shaming environment because it lacks heart to heart connection. AI particularly illustrates this as it shuts down our emotional centres promoting disconnection.
19:50 Recovery requires rewiring brain neurobiologically using somatic psychotherapy (talking therapy doesn't work so well with trauma as it is perceived in the body).
21:00 Finding a neuro-biologically safe state enables brain integration and mind and body connection. Get help, reach out to reverse chronic disease. Everything is possible...

*Watch a video**
AI IS ARTIFICIAL INTIMACY - https://youtu.be/Ii4ylPl9vJ8
WHATS THE MATTER WITH MEDICINE - IAIN MCGILCHRIST https://youtu.be/CdE1QphYKoU
HOW TO HEAL BIRTH TRAUMA WITH EMDR https://youtu.be/JmtarRiGsgY
EMOTIONAL RESILIENCE https://youtu.be/E5TYi9dEBEU
WHY ANXIETY IS NOT A MIND ISSUE https://youtu.be/Ty-J2pu37tA
HOW CHILDHOOD EMOTIONS STILL AFFECT YOU: https://youtu.be/8LzR8yhR8u8

*If you're suffering from Chronic pain, fatigue or anxiety, I CAN HELP*
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My commentary on the insight and understanding of healing ME/CFS as a spiritual disconnect that nevertheless has physical consequences. I draw on an interview between Jenny Lynn and Raelan Agle as well as my own experience as a therapist for over 15 years. See that here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyFQKb0qS70

00:00 Intro
00:56 CFS/ME is a disconnect from the soul/spirit of the person suffering from it.
02:20 Your biography becomes your biology - why the body attacks itself - an alternative view
04:32 Feelings of unworthiness are embedded so that you have to strive/prove it somehow - and when you are not able to continue producing because of illness this creates a lot of fear that you will stay this way forever - spiritually adrift
06:45 Medicine is spiritually adrift too - a disconnect from you as a person, treats the symptoms only. Lost the art of medicine. a spiritual dislocation in the doctor/patient relationship
08:45 Most disease is a dys-regulation of the neuro -hormonal/immune system - a metaphorical reflection of the subconscious mind's dysfunctional beliefs
10:47 The mind and body are one and they read eachother. Integrative medicine brings this in and approaches this as a stress response gone awry. Helps to heal by motivating the body to heal from the bottom up rather than symptom checking.
13:00 Self-worth/esteem is built from the ground up - with a supportive therapist to engage your creative spirit rather than simply symptom suppressing.
14:40 Being not doing. Building creativity using metaphor/stories to get a dialogue between head and heart engages self-love and forgiveness of the self.
17:58 Finding a way out is about engaging new responses from the adult self - is NOT selfish
19:50 Healing in NOT about fixing the problem but about your own journey back to the authentic self
No 'one size fits all'.
21:20 We often have to hit rock bottom to truly heal - we seldom change unless we have to. Transform the relationship with yourself.
22:24 Healing is a process not a destination - need to assimilate (digest) it for yourself at a deep level. Takes courage and support.

*Watch a video**
WHATS THE MATTER WITH MEDICINE - IAIN MCGILCHRIST https://youtu.be/CdE1QphYKoU
HOW TO HEAL BIRTH TRAUMA WITH EMDR https://youtu.be/JmtarRiGsgY
QUANTUM HARMONIC RESONANCE IN THE BODY https://youtu.be/DMKLkIw6PXI
EMOTIONAL RESILIENCE https://youtu.be/E5TYi9dEBEU
WHY ANXIETY IS NOT A MIND ISSUE https://youtu.be/Ty-J2pu37tA
HOW CHILDHOOD EMOTIONS STILL AFFECT YOU: https://youtu.be/8LzR8yhR8u8

*If you're suffering from Chronic pain, fatigue or anxiety, I CAN HELP*
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Why is this groundbreaking book so important? Here's my view...

00:00 Intro and Dr Mate's background
02:00 A leading light in emotional trauma awareness- and his personal experience of childhood trauma
03:44 Synopsis of chapters and the general direction of the book - disconnect from the self, attachment wounding, trauma is not always what we got but what we didn't get
05:32 High sensitivity (SPS) and parental deficits combine, creating dis-ease , aided by a distorted (toxic) cultural milieu
07:30 Brain creates patterns as adaptation but which is perceived as reality, which can create anxious mental states
08:50 The current medical model is based on individual disease not the wider picture of your environment and is inadequate to heal.
10:04 Pathways to Wholeness - the 5 Rs how to heal: Re-labelling (introducing uncertainty)
12:00 Reattribute (to childhood programming - giving you a new response- ability
14:49 Refocus - changing what you're doing/ take time out to do practical things.
16:28 Revalue - what has this belief done for me? Protective, not personal but human perspective
19:05 Recreate - rework the automatic conditioned responses to life situations via compassion
20:41 Realign - with a new life without that story?
21:43 A masterpiece - written in his voice (not AI or ghostwritten!). A passion project.
*Watch a video**
WHATS THE MATTER WITH MEDICINE - IAIN MCGILCHRIST https://youtu.be/CdE1QphYKoU
HOW TO HEAL BIRTH TRAUMA WITH EMDR https://youtu.be/JmtarRiGsgY
QUANTUM HARMONIC RESONANCE IN THE BODY https://youtu.be/DMKLkIw6PXI
EMOTIONAL RESILIENCE https://youtu.be/E5TYi9dEBEU
WHY ANXIETY IS NOT A MIND ISSUE https://youtu.be/Ty-J2pu37tA
HOW CHILDHOOD EMOTIONS STILL AFFECT YOU: https://youtu.be/8LzR8yhR8u8

*If you're suffering from Chronic pain, fatigue or anxiety, I CAN HELP*
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My commentary on the lecture given by Iain McGilchrist yesterday to McGill University.
for the original lecture go here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REB7GOxX5Mk

00:00 Intro to what's the matter with medicine in a left-brain world of disconnect - toxic world vs.
01:55 The importance of attention as a form of love
03:00 The doctor patient relationship is devalued now which degrades the skills of doctors as well as a distortion of the body as a faulty mechanism in a mechanistic view of the problem
04:40 Nothing in the animate and inanimate world is fixed or mechanistic - complex (living) systems are self-organising.
06:50 A danger to ourselves - medicine and molecular biology can read the notes but not the music!
08:20 Single celled organisms change their structure to solve problems almost instantaneously. Living systems are in dynamic equilibrium / in motion - even emotions - unlike machines
11:30 Nothing about a cell is linear. Multiple inputs create a dynamic equilibrium. Grows by differentiation. Engage in bootstrapping - change themselves within at same time as becoming.
13:30 DNA mapping - left brain approach saw mapping the genome as the answer to world disease but it ignored what it designated non-coding DNA as junk DNA.
15:13 Humanities are the essential context for science - especially clinical science. Reductionist approach doesn't work. Meaning and values in life. Each life a whirlpool in the stream that returns to source when we die.
18:00 when we lose the fear of death you see your life as a gift and appreciate the quality over quantity. E.g. money accumulation. Your body responds to how you live your life. Resonance and relationship to everything else.
19:58 Being human is about attention and intention. Avoiding commodification and mechanistic view of the human experience makes us sick
21:51 What makes us healthy? Shared community experience in which we can trust. Closeness to nature and connection to the spiritual (bigger than us).
23:50 Choose your future - avoid capitalist serfdom.

See also the Trauma of Capitalism here
https://youtu.be/SU1ZarHa7O0?si=NGszRx_8QuUiP7Mn

**Watch another video**
HOW TO HEAL BIRTH TRAUMA WITH EMDR https://youtu.be/JmtarRiGsgY
QUANTUM HARMONIC RESONANCE IN THE BODY https://youtu.be/DMKLkIw6PXI
EMOTIONAL RESILIENCE https://youtu.be/E5TYi9dEBEU
WHY ANXIETY IS NOT A MIND ISSUE https://youtu.be/Ty-J2pu37tA
HOW CHILDHOOD EMOTIONS STILL AFFECT YOU: https://youtu.be/8LzR8yhR8u8

*If you're suffering from Chronic pain, fatigue or anxiety, I CAN HELP*
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