Use Your Mind to Heal Your Body

Would you like to mobilize your body's natural abilities to reduce or eliminate dis-ease?  Understanding how your body and mind partner to create pain and certain health conditions is the first step.  Mind/Body Syndrome is the way your body expresses repressed emotions.  Here is how it works: when events arouse intense emotions like anger, rage, fear, and shame, we feel overwhelmed and bury the feelings.  With no other outlet, the repressed emotions manifest as physical symptoms.  Once this happens, the focus becomes diagnosing and treating the physical symptoms to the exclusion of the emotional triggers.  Medical intervention may work temporarily; but what usually happens is that the symptoms return or manifest in a different set of symptoms. 

People with Mind/Body Syndrome often exhibit personality traits such as stoicism, perfectionism, and self-criticism.  They may be people-pleasers or worry-warts.

Dr. John Sarno, author and ground-breaking medical pioneer in the field of mind/body syndrome says, "There are literally hundreds of disorders and illnesses that have been identified as purely psychosomatic.  Yet, amazingly, in spite of the nearly universal prevalence of such disorders, the practice of mind body medicine is almost totally unknown within today's medical community, and plays virtually no part in contemporary medical study and research". 

Common symptoms of Mind/Body Syndrome include: gastrointestinal problems, fibromylgia, sexual dysfunction, chronic fatigue, hypertension, dermatitis, chronic pain, headaches, depression, anxiety/panic disorder, insomnia, eating disorders and allergies.  If you suffer from any of these conditions or any other chronic, undiagnosed health condition, chances are you have Mind/Body Syndrome.  For more information about MBS, visit my website and order my CD Use Your Mind to Heal Your Body.

Energy Psychology: an Alternative to Prescription Drugs

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration found that 45 million Americans experienced some form of mental illness in 2009.  According to a government study, antidepressants have become the most commonly prescribed drugs in the United States. They're prescribed more than drugs to treat high blood pressure, high cholesterol, asthma, or headaches. It would appear that depression is diagnosed more often than many common physical conditions and that antidepressant drugs are the treatment of choice.  So Americans are reporting more depression and taking more prescription drugs to alleviate their painful symptoms.  Clearly, something is amiss here.

Many studies suggest that antidepressant drug therapy is only slightly more effective than placebos.  More studies suggest that exercise is the most effective treatment for depression.  Since many Americans can’t find the time or motivation to exercise, what other treatment options are available to the 45 million Americans suffering from depression and other forms of mental illness?

Energy Psychology may be the answer.  Energy Psychology is a new paradigm for healing dysfunctional emotions and the negative thought patterns and self-defeating behavior that support those emotions. Healing the emotions is the gateway to a happier, healthier experience of a fulfilling life. Energy Psychology is based on clinical trials that show that stimulating energy points on the surface of the skin alters psychological states by creating shifts in neuro-chemistry, thoughts, feelings, and behavior.

Energy points are also known as meridian points or acupressure points.  Energy psychology techniques allow the practitioner to stimulate meridian points by tapping acupressure points on the face and upper body to relieve anxiety and other emotional problems. Tapping meridian points releases blocked electromagnetic energy in the body to restore a harmonious flow of energy that supports health and vitality. 

If you want to know more about Energy Psychology and how the simple, safe techniques can help you enjoy the health and well-being you deserve, please contact me by visiting my website.