Trauma can lead to chronic illness
May 5, 2013 / 5:00 am
There are many sources of stress or trauma that have a direct impact on brain function. Psychological, emotional, physical, viral, bacterial and chemical just to name a few. Photo: Contributed Isolated or combined trauma can cause stress overload in the brain. When we...
Dream home morphs into nightmare
Apr 21, 2013 / 5:00 am
Susan was a 42-year-old woman who was perfectly healthy, had a wonderful career and a full and rewarding life. She developed a condition known as environmental illness (a.k.a. chemical sensitivities) soon after she moved into a newly renovated apartment. Everything was new - paint, flooring,...
The brain is vulnerable to trauma
Apr 7, 2013 / 5:00 am
Sadly, millions of people suffer from seemingly mysterious chronic conditions that doctors and scientists have not been able to completely explain or treat. For many, unknowingly, they have suffered from a toxicant injury from chemicals, bacteria, viruses and/or psychological or emotional...
What happened to the old me?
Mar 24, 2013 / 5:00 am
It’s really easy to get stuck in negative thinking and feeling patterns. This is especially true if we have suffered from some kind of trauma that is affecting the emotional centers of our brain. When this area of the brain is impaired and not functioning properly, it can make us think...
Emotional transparency - a powerful gift
Mar 10, 2013 / 5:00 am
Photo: Contributed Debbie Ford In the last week I heard some shocking news of a death. One of my favorite authors Debbie Ford passed away last week at the very young age of 58. Debbie had written many best selling books and the one that stands out for me the most is...
Train the brain to transform health
Feb 17, 2013 / 5:00 am
When you experience trauma to the limbic system - the part of the brain responsible for sensory perception, unconscious protective mechanisms and emotional control - you can begin to understand how injury to this system would begin to affect all aspects of your life. Damage to any...
Finding the silver lining
Jan 13, 2013 / 5:00 am
When we are in the middle of a life crisis, it is difficult to see how the experience could be of any benefit at all. Often times we are so immersed in the pain of a traumatic life event that we can’t see past it. However, it is often within our biggest life challenges that we...
Over-activated threat mechanism
Nov 23, 2012 / 5:00 am
When we are feeling threatened by someone or something, we will naturally defend ourselves to ensure our survival. This is a healthy and normal response. Photo: Contributed During this period of high stress, our bodies will release neurochemicals that increase our...
What I have learned from my dog
Nov 18, 2012 / 5:00 am
Photo: Contributed My dog Bella is the cutest dog ever – she is a little Shih Tzu-Bichon cross. Part teddy bear, part Ewok. She is an adorable, furry, four-legged soul with a very childlike and kind disposition – except for those times when the doorbell rings....
Ease suffering on a global level
Nov 4, 2012 / 5:00 am
So much has happened in my life in the eight years that I have been writing this column. For those of you who are regular readers of my column, you have also been on this journey with me and I thank you for your readership and ongoing love and support. Being connected to you was a saving grace...
Negative emotional addictions
Oct 7, 2012 / 5:00 am
Our emotional state creates specific chemical messengers called peptides that allow our cells to communicate with one another. Every different peptide fits into a specific receptor site on the cell wall that is designed like a lock and key fit, releasing specific chemicals throughout our...
Mysterious illness eludes Mayo Clinic
Sep 9, 2012 / 5:00 am
Kevin was a very successful top executive for a large information technology corporation. He was happily married and had five beautiful children. He was healthy, happy and had life by the tail – or so it seemed. And with his success he did what most people do - he bought a bigger and...
Slowing Down in a Land Far, Far Away
Aug 19, 2012 / 5:00 am
Photo: Contributed It’s as if I’d been dropped off on another planet. My plane arrived in Scotland on an early sunlit drenched day. My driver whisked me away to my new home away from home, in a land far, far away, in a 700-year-old castle...
Chemical intolerance
Jul 29, 2012 / 5:00 am
Chemical intolerance affects one in every five people yet goes largely undiagnosed by physicians according to clinical research published July 9, 2012 in the journal Annals of Family Medicine. Chemical intolerance refers to people who are highly sensitive to common substances such as...
Taking time for you
Jul 15, 2012 / 5:00 am
With a busy work schedule, it seems as though the days morph into weeks and before I know it an entire month can come and go and I wonder what I have done with my time? It feels great to be so passionate and inspired with something, yet at the same time there is an inner yearning for quiet...
Is your brain having a 'hiccup'?
Jun 17, 2012 / 5:00 am
Everyone at some time has thoughts that lead to feelings of fear or anxiety. That is completely normal and these feelings can actually help us to make healthy choices. For instance, feeling fear about how to cross a busy street in heavy traffic would be a valid fear and one that can save your...
Sick doctors embrace neuroplasticity
Jun 3, 2012 / 5:00 am
In the beginning of May the Government of Switzerland had sponsored the Dynamic Neural Retraining System Team to teach a program in Zurich. As you can imagine, we were very excited to share this neuroplasticity-based paradigm and vital tools for healing on a global level. The participants...
When life hands you lemons
Apr 21, 2012 / 5:00 am
When we are in the middle of a life crisis, it is difficult to see how our experience could be of any benefit at all. Often times we are so immersed in the pain of a traumatic life event that we can’t see past it. But think back for a minute about some of your past experiences that you...
Horrors of environmental illness
Apr 8, 2012 / 5:00 am
Photo: Contributed "At first my daughter got headaches when she went into a room that had been newly painted or carpeted. Walking into a department store with its perfume-y smells could set off a generalized malaise. Then I began to notice that Suzi was...
Fake it 'til you make it
Mar 25, 2012 / 5:00 am
It dawned on me as I was watching Dancing With the Stars. The dancers always make their performances look so easy as they glide along the dance floor with poise and grace. What I also noticed is that each one of them has a huge grin plastered on their face. And yet, I know that they really...
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