I am happy to post here an article written by Bethany Hatton, from Georgia USA to spread information about addiction.

Bethany is a retired librarian with 32 years of experience. When one of her family member became addicted, she decided to understand better what is going on in the world of addiction.

Using the research skills she honed during her work as a librarian, she dedicated herself to searching the internet to find the most reputable, reliable information to share on her website.

She is happy to offer advice to those who are worried their loved one needs to go to rehab. As she has researched resources and information to include on her new website, preventaddiction.info, she has come across many wonderful pieces of advice and resources and she would love to share them.

Enjoy the reading → What to Do if Your Loved One Needs Addiction Treatment

Pond scum?

You should listen to this Ted Talk that Elisabeth Blackburn did. She talked about this little fellow called Tetrahymena, more commonly known as pond scum. Why? Because she wanted to understand why those cells never get old or die …

While researching this, she discovered several things over time. Firstly that the very ends of chromosomes, known as telomeres never get old or die in the Tetrahymena (pond scum). Secondly, there was an enzyme that could replenish, make longer telomeres. Finally, she started to work with Elissa Epel. Her expertise is in the effects of severe, chronic psychological stress on our minds and our body’s health. And they discovered “something unheard of: the more chronic stress you are under, the shorter your telomeres, meaning the more likely you were to fall victim to an early disease span and perhaps untimely death”.

Of course, we already knew that with studies and observations. But we didn’t know why!

That is for me, another reason why the Lightning Process is worth being looked at.  Indeed, at the Lightning Process, one of our main teaching, is to give you the tools to stop or at least to drastically slow down the chronic stress which is one of the main cause of chronic illnesses.

Find the transcript below and don’t hesitate to contact me for more information about the Lightning Process. Continue reading Thanks to pond scum, toward a better understanding of the effects of chronic stress. →

Neuroplasticity and brain exercises?

In this article from the Huffington Post, Nicole Gravagna debates the concepts of neuroplasticity, mind-body connection and brain exercises. It echoes nicely with what we do at the Lightning Process to help people regain control of their brain and their health.

“…The placebo effect is a neuroplastic response to a problem. The fact that the results of brain training looks like the placebo effect makes a ton of sense. The brain is solving the problem through neuroplasticity instead of relying on drugs or therapies. It’s actually a positive result when the placebo effect matches the brain training effect.

The placebo effect is often so powerful in improving a patient’s problems that it overshadows the effect of a real therapy. It’s not that the placebo effect isn’t a real solution, it’s that it’s such a good solution that it is often just as good as taking a medication…”

The Lightning Process… is in a way a brain exercise.

 With the LP, you can target specifically the area of your life that you want to improve. It might be : emotions, physical health, blood pressure, mental chaos. You then use the neuroplasticity of your brain to re-shape and re-wire your neurological pathways.

Neuroplasticity is the capacity of your brain to keep growing, changing, gaining or losing more skills. You can influence as well good of bad habits and redirect your mind on different neuronal paths.

Consequently, the results of your brain training are that you get exactly the kind of brain structure and behavior that you have decided.

Arguably, medication might get this to you in a very invasive and general way. However, most of the time we don’t have the success we would like. But you will get it yourself by applying this fabulous skill of your brain to your very own and special needs.

Don’t hesitate to contact me to know more on how you can use the neuroplasticity of your brain to get rid of your problems or improve your life!

Source.

‘A study investigating the effectiveness of The Lightning Process® programme to treat children with mild or moderate CFS or ME finds symptoms improve,’ reports the University of Bristol.

More details – and access to the full study – here: Lightning Process – Research

We are really excited that Phil Parker will be visiting New Zealand in September 2017 to talk about the Lightning Process. His free afternoon talks will include:

• Explaining how the Lightning Process works
• Theories behind the Lightning Process
• Teaching some Basic Tools
• Opportunity to ask questions about the Lightning Process

The dates for these free talks are:

• Auckland – Friday 8/9/17
• Wellington – Tuesday 12/9/17
• Christchurch – Thursday 14/9/17
• Timaru – Friday 15/9/17
• Dunedin – Mon 18/9/17

A second date may be added in Auckland on the 19th September, depending on demand. The venues are yet to be confirmed.

Please register your interest by emailing: fiona@philparker.org. Fiona will be away from her desk until 16th August. However, she will respond as soon as possible after that to confirm your place and details.

Why some of us develop back pain and why others don’t?

Silje Endresen Reme’s talks about the common phenomenon of back pain; why some people develop chronic pain and disability while others don’t, and what psychology has to do with it. Silje is a PhD. from Uni Health, Uni Research, Bergen & Harvard School of Public Health, Boston.

During her studies, she considered all the people having back pain but having no organic findings that could explain the amount of pain seen in this group. She realised that there is little corroletion of what we see on the scan of the back and the pain intensity experienced by the patient. Neither can the biomechanical and anatomical findings.

In 10-15 % of the case, there is a specific cause but for the vast majority of them, there is no physical cause that can explain this amount of disability or pain.

So what is going on? Is it all in the mind? And do we deal with it? Continue reading Why do some of us develop back pain and others don’t? →

In this lively article, Anna-Paria Tosco explains very clearly how neuroplasticity shapes your mind. It’s simple and accessible to all of us.

Then, you can have a look at what the Lightning Process can do for you with neuroplasticity.

Enjoy your reading!

Source: The Suburban (Quebec’s largest English weekly newspaper)

There are so many aspects we could develop about the mind body connection. For example, how you can control your thoughts, or how you react to your environment and how you can influence the neurophysiology (Physical Emergency Response).

One of them is the placebo and nocebo effect. The term “placebo” is familiar to doctors and lay people and is often used as a synonym for ineffectiveness, as in the phrase “only a placebo effect”. Continue reading The mind body connection – Placebo and Nocebo →

A belief is a constructed and very personal thought of which we are firmly convinced that it is valid, true, real, authentic and genuine. It serves as a guide in our daily decisions and actions, our vision of the world, our judgments about others or ourselves. Sometimes, or even often, our resistances, blockages, and daily difficulties stems from some of these beliefs, which we can then qualify as limiting.

When you help people to improve their health, at some point, you have to work on values, perspectives and beliefs.

You may think that when beliefs are challenged by facts, one revises their point of view and adjust this information into their mindset and thinking.

But actually, often, we see that people’s beliefs are reinforced when your deepest convictions are confronted by contradictory evidence. Continue reading The backfire effect – Let’s talk about beliefs! →

Neuroplasticity, when used with techniques like the Lightning Process, helps you overcome certain conditions but, because the brain never stops changing, does it mean we cannot define when someone is mature or immature?

In this article, you’ll find interesting information about the difference between the age of maturity and the real maturity of the brain.