This was written in my copy of Brainspotting by David Grand. And this is what surprises most clients in how I work with trauma. I tend to keep things light and playful, because trauma is stored in the body, the psyche and in the brain and it is important to have the brain ‘on board’ […]
Category Archives: Health
Stress responses
I assume, also because of the previous blogs in which we talked a lot about stress and more accurately, stress responses, you will be familiar with fight, flight and freeze responses of your body in a threatening situation. The situation as such, doesn’t have to be threathening per se, but the body/mind perceives it as […]
Gaslighting
I think it is safe to say that we are all living in interesting times and for some of us, challenging times. First there was the virus and if that was not enough, now racism and censorship are added to the mix. If you are not very aware, you will get drawn into the collective […]
Befriending yourself in challenging times
Befriending…I don’t use the term ‘self-love’ on purpose…because in many cases the popular term ‘self-love’ might turn out to be another thing on the personal to-do-list and it might set you up for failure and that is not what it is or should be about. The ultimate intention is that you can stay embodied and […]
Anxiety
In the last few months, we got a whole new vocabulary: social distancing, shelter at home, self isolation, flatten the curve, 1,5 meter society. Those new words that we are now very familiar with, came with a new set of emotions that we might not be familiar with. Some people are doing remarkably well during […]
Covid-19 – our collective stress test
Ok…so, after a few weeks, we are all, more or less, adjusting to a global pandemic called Covid-19, I assume. (How) are you adjusting??? Unprecedented times, unprecedented times indeed. Never seen stuff happening like this ever before in the 55 years I walk on this planet called earth. The social distancing, the isolation, the economic […]
Nervous system
Nervous system? I thought you were going to blog about the digestive tract this year?! Rightfully so, but you see, there won’t be complete and lasting healing, if you do not start/include work on your nervous system. Almost every chronic illness comes on, because of a disregulated nervous system. Let’s see why by focussing on […]
Periodontitis
In previous blogs, I talked about digestion according to Western, Ayurvedic and Chinese medicine. I will now get on with, sadly, common ailments in the digestive tract from mouth to butt. Digestion starts in the mouth, with chewing well. The more you chew your food, the more your help your digestive tract with the digestion […]
The digestive tract according to Chinese Medicine.
We talked about the digestive tract according to Western Medicine in January. In February you could read about the Ayurvedic view and this month we will talk about the Chinese Medicine view. As you could have read in the blog about the digestive tract according to Ayurveda, Agni is important. Chinese Medicine also knows the […]
Resistance
Now that the whole world is under the spell of the nasty virus, it seems a good idea to write an extra blog on how your resistance works. It’s pretty complicated, so what follows is a strong simplification. Your defense is any resistance that your body makes to a pathogen. This system is busy 24/7 […]