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It is not “mind over matter” when it comes to fibromyalgia, no, I like to say “it is the mind and body working together”
I get it. I live it, breathe it, sleep it, and as fellow fibro and practitioner, I am invested in helping all of us live the best life with a complex condition.
Negative emotions do not just go away, they can manifest and perpetuate disease. They ‘settle’ within the body, muscles and the delicate endocrine system as well; especially the liver, gallbladder and thyroid.
These deep seated emotions settle and cause increased pain and stiffness in the muscles and joints.
Adjusting our attitude is not merely attending a few therapy sessions or saying positive affirmations every day and then we are fixed.
No, it is a daily practice. Just like with any habit, we CREATE healthy thought habits or unhealthy thought habits.
For Attitude Conditioning “Practice Makes Progress”
I’ve never heard of anyone attaining greater levels of healing while nursing a negative attitude and outlook on their lives. It just doesn’t work. And that is not how it worked for me.
I had to face ‘head on’ my negativity, my pessimism AND my skepticism about how I might be managing my own fibromyalgia.
I became convinced that others didn’t have it as bad as I did. How could I stay positive when my bones and muscles hurt to the very core? And the environmental part of my illness made it nearly impossible for me to live, function or travel like a normal person. Yes, I had some internal work to do, not merely physical.
I am grateful that I became more accepting of mindbody medicine over 12 years ago, because before then, and as a practitioner in holistic medicine, I had always been too focused on the physical body. These mindbody concepts were not easy for me to accept.
It took me awhile. I didn’t accept it overnight, but then after enough research, I realized that it was worth my time and effort, especially when compared to what I had already endured in my life since a young age.
Being positive doesn’t mean that everything is ok. It does mean that we put our faith in something greater than the illness and put our actions into CREATING the best life possible.
With mindbody conditioning practice, a positive outlook can start to create endorphins. I know, I have experienced this, and it is truly a gift that we give to ourselves through a small amount of time and effort.
By consistently focusing on any positive event, no matter how small, you will begin to change neural pathways.
It gets easier because the neural pathways get rewired in your brain. This approach is really the beginning of behavior modification. I really struggled with this until I finally confronted my “Negative Nelly” and threw her out.
This book is in our resource/books page but it bears a special note here.
A great book by Dr. Shad Helmstetter, “The Power of Neuroplasticity”, explains the concept of rewiring our neural pathways and does so in an easy to understand style. This concept is an extremely critical step in my protocol.
The power of this technique extends even to physical healing. Remember the “monkeys research” I talked about in Mind Body Science?
This technique can actually heal corrupted cells as the Harvard monkey experiment demonstrated. It’s this technique that enables what I call “intentional intervention” in your own body’s struggle with fibromyalgia.
If you latch on to this technique, you are halfway home to achieving many more good days than bad. Shortly, you’ll begin to see the light at the end of the tunnel, and, no, that’s not a train coming back towards you; it’s a new, brighter day.
I like to say..”A smile from the heart is a great place to start”.
This simply means that we are NOT dependent on any outside influences to determine our state of happiness..
Gratitude resides within us. Joy ..Happiness ..truly an inside job.
Now, I awake in the morning, and before I open my eyes, I have a mental image of my heart smiling. This is a ritual with me now. We all need these rituals to remind ourselves to be positive.
This may seem too simple or childish to you, but attitude conditioning (behavior modification) requires the constant practice of the “positive behavior” we’re using to replace the negative behavior.
To get the upper hand on fibromyalgia and it’s related conditions, there’s nothing we can do that’s more powerful, but we must be consistent. If you are, your brain will actually build new neural pathways that affect your fibro body in amazing ways, and the “positive attitude” will become second nature in time.
One day, I was having relatively high pain levels in my neck and upper back, yet my passion, purpose and joy for my life was overriding some of the pain. In that moment, I was actually reducing the level of pain just by automatic, positive, attitude conditioning; endorphins (the body’s own painkiller) were being released and reducing the pain level.
But this occurred only after regular practice of mind conditioning, it didn’t happen overnight. Again, what a gift we give to ourselves when we invest time in our positive attitude; let’s not ever be so skeptical that we prevent our minds from supporting our efforts.
As I note in our protocol: Meditation/Prayer is FREE and can be done at any time. In my protocol I suggest meditating for 40 minutes per day; that is 20 minutes, 2X per day, once in the morning, and then later afternoon or evening. Remember, it’s not mind over matter, it IS mind and body working together.
Taking personal responsibility means we now realize that no doctor, pill, or the best healing plan can do it for us. We must individually take responsibility for our health and well-being. When dealing with Fibromyalgia on a daily basis, it becomes clear that this illness is NOT about taking a pill and simply getting on with our lives. This is a multi-system disease that affects various parts of the body and mind, especially the nervous, endocrine and immune systems.
Therefore, when our environment changes or we are presented with a stressful situation, it is imperative that we draw on our tools and the right attitude to not allow the situation or environment to get the very best of us. I can provide you the “tools”, but the single most important part of your recovery is attitude.
The more positive you are that you are following a recovery protocol that works, and the more determined you are to use your “toolbox” to help you get there, the more quickly you’ll see results. Practice visualization… See the “healthier you” in your mind’s eye. That in itself is taking greater control.
The best tools for use on a daily basis include controlling stress, utilizing our’toolbox’, and planning ahead by using a daily journal/ day timer, etc. Effective ways of controlling stress may be different for each person. I believe in using tools such as meditation, prayer, safe exercise ,talk therapy, and journaling.
Meditation and prayer do not have to be according to someone else’s protocol or book. It may just be sitting in a quiet place away from distractions and allowing the mind to relax, get centered and be open to creativity and greater levels of healing. By practicing this on a regular basis we will develop methods that work for each of us. The key (as I often say) is CONSISTENCY.
Safe and effective exercise is one of the best ways to ‘vent’ through our physical movement. Moving the body is powerful. The body was made to move, and even taking 10-15 minutes to utilize some range of motion exercises can reduce stress and make us feel more in control. And of course, I LOVE this …Work isnt really work when you can find ways to enjoy it, just like exercise isnt work when we find ways to enjoy it as well.
I LOVE helping others find ways to EN-JOY exercise.
Its really about thinking outside the common box as I say. We have to forget anything in the past that no longer serves us in regards to healing. We KNOW we must move and strengthen. We understand that in doing this we can create our own ‘pain killing endorphins’ just as the body was intended to.
What is your choice? Pain killing poison (meds) OR pain killing endorphins (naturally made by YOUR body). We must take personal responsibility. I can say this only because I have been there. So that is why I do this. I have been there since a young age, and its my calling to continue to share all that I can about my experiences in learning to think outside the box, create programs that work AND continue to live smarter.
Its about empowerment AND breaking down walls while reducing pain levels and overall symptoms. Although I dont use the word CURE, I do use the words CONDITIONING and CONSISTENCY.
Talk therapy may be helpful and can also create more accountability which is essential when living with fibromyalgia. A therapist, friend, supportive spouse or support group can help with this. However, I have found that dwelling too much on symptoms or illness issues can deter healing and needs to be kept within limits. Moderation in talk therapy is best. Why?
1. Because what we focus on increases, and we want to be sure we are limiting our time spent talking about symptoms while focusing MORE time on talking about and reinforcing solutions.
2. Because often the answers are inside of us, and while we can touch on those answers through talking, we must be able to then carry that through with proactivity.
For instance, sometimes we have a ‘talk therapy’ session with someone and feel better, but the internal work must continue. We feel better in the moment and we may not have finished the’ inside work’.
And that is where journaling comes in. Deemed one of the most effective ways to control the stress and fibromyalgia symptoms by various doctors including Dr. Selfridge and Dr. Sarno.
It may seem like too easy or simple of a tool to be that effective and yet it has been proven to work especially for those of us dealing with Fibromyalgia.
Set aside some time every day to journal, plan, meditate AND move, and find that your well-being increases through proactivity AND consistency. This is how we take personal responsibility…
More and more, ever so slowly, we are beginning to see the concepts of mind body medicine make their way into the conservative “Conventional Medicine” community.
Resistance to these concepts has been very strong despite glaring examples of success by highly placed members of that “community” such as Dr. John Sarno who authored “The Mindbody Prescription” decades ago.
Even as the scientific basis was established in the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s, our conventional medical practitioners stuck to their “traditional” guns. Now, however, with newer imaging technology, that allows viewing the molecular level of our cells, this mind body science is moving to the forefront of research into cancer, Alzheimer, and yes, even fibromyalgia.
Just recently, I’ve read several articles in USA Today in which the three and four letter symbols for the cell “receptors” and the “chemical messengers” (I’m about to explain these) were used.
Moreover, a friend of mine who is fighting cancer, sees these symbols “in spades” when he gets a biopsy report recommending his next choices of chemo.
You’re about to learn that our body’s life processes are primarily controlled (80%) by an intelligent chemical system throughout our bodies, not the brain and central nervous system you’ve been taught.
The “receptors” and “chemical messengers” are the heart of this system.
And, because many of these chemical messengers are generated in the seat of our emotions (the limbic area of our brain), every type of emotion and trauma gets stored in our bodies memory.
And, surprise, surprise, that memory can be any of the cells in our body, not just our brain!
There is a constant, bi-directional “conversation” going on throughout this chemical network in response to current sensory inputs; but, its effect upon our physical and mental state is determined in part by our past physical and mental experiences and our ancestor’s experiences.
In other words many past emotions and traumas are stored in our muscles, connecting tissue, skin, bones, and organs. Most importantly, however, there are mind body mechanisms developed in the Alternative Medicine community that allow us to intentionally intervene or participate in this “conversation” within our mind body.
Some of these methods are meditation, exercise, self-talk, deep breathing, journaling, behavior modification, visualization, and body clock considerations. I include these as part of my fibro recovery protocol.
To summarize the discoveries underlying the new model of the mind body, including their pertinence to our chronic fibromyalgia pain, and to try to make sure you “get it”, I must adopt a little of the “jargon” of those lab scientist for the components of our mind body.
The first component of mind body science is a molecule found on the surface of all our cells in our brains and our bodies. They are so small that millions cover a single nerve cell. This first component is called a receptor, and it is attached to a cell’s outer membrane.
It lies exposed to the microscopic “rivers” of fluid that surround all our cells. Receptors are analogous to lily pads lying on the surface of a pond with roots that extend thru the surface (the cell’s membrane) to its very core.
There are over one-hundred types of unique receptors that have been identified and more to come….probably several hundred. The receptors have an important feature…..a lock that with a specific key will give access to the cell’s core. So, who or what has the key?
The receptors lying on the cell’s surface immersed in the surrounding fluids are always waiting for our second component to float by….. Ligands.
As there are hundreds of types of receptors, there are matching ligands for each with just the right chemical key to fit their matching receptor, a process called “binding”.
For a familiar example, in the case of the opiate receptor, the ligand with the key that opens the receptor’s gate to the interior of the cell is a neurochemical named “endorphin”……the body’s own pain killer. Wow! Wouldn’t it be great if we fibro sufferers could find a way to generate endorphins to ease our pain? It turns out we can, but more on that later.
Ligands are primarily neuropeptides (chains of amino acids) generated in the brain and other places throughout our bodies.
They move long distances throughout the mind body carrying encoded messages (information) and causing complex and fundamental changes in the cells whose receptors they bind onto, thereby regulating essentially all life processes.
The modern view is that the ligands are “chemical messengers” and together with their receptors are called “information molecules” that communicate between systems (bi-directional) such as the neurological, gastrointestinal, endocrine and immune systems.
Prior to all the chemical messenger discoveries, it was commonly believed that our brain and the central nervous system controlled everything about our bodies thru electrical impulses.
It is now known that accounts for only 20% of the total; the receptor/ “chemical messengers” account for the other 80%. No cell in our body is untouched by these chemical messages.
Okay, be patient, we’re getting closer to drawing some conclusions.
The brain at its simplest is composed of three parts:
The brain stem which contains the autonomic functions of breathing, blood flow, body temperature, excretion, and other functions such as our “fight or flight” response and pain reflex. (Also known as the reptilian brain)
The limbic portion which wraps around the brain stem and contains our emotions. It’s here that an emotional quality is added to pain response.
The cerebral cortex (Neo Cortex) where we do our reasoning. Its pain response is to add conscious cognitive planning to avoid further pain.
Now, if a pain is caused by burning your finger on a hot stove, the workings of this brain system are pretty good; but, if you suffer from chronic pain, not so good. Here’s why:
The pain reflex of the brain stem is not something you want to be continually triggering from the chronic pain you’re feeling.
One of the emotional additions by the limbic area has been shown to be hyper vigilance. Being in a constant high state of alert with chronic pain is also not a good situation and will likely lead to additional emotional issues.
The cognitive input to avoid further, future pain often causes us to avoid the activity that our fibro bodies need, hence leading to de-conditioning.
Most of what I just described takes place just below the level of conscious thought.
Another important finding about this mind body system: It has been found that when the limbic portion of the brain (the seat of our emotions) is stimulated by electrical current, we can experience (re-live) old incidences of pain or other emotional experiences as though it was happening again.
Also, often exhibited are rage, anger, grief, joy, etc. This of course means that these experiences are part of our subconscious mind body fabric.
The “why” and “how” of these findings was finally established starting in the mid-80s. The mapping of the location and density of the chemical messenger receptors throughout the nervous system led to the theory of these chemical messengers being the “molecules of emotion” since almost all are found in the limbic area of the brain – the seat of our emotions – in dense numbers.
Also, this mapping was done along nerve pathways that extend from the brain thru the base of the skull and along the spine extending to all our organs, extremities, and skin.
It was found there are places along these paths where many nerves come close together and in close proximity to bundles of cells containing dense numbers of all the various types of chemical messenger receptors. Scientists have labeled these points “nodes” or “hot spots”.
I want to use the first “nodes” outside our brain that lie along either side of our spine (particularly in the upper back) to explain how past experiences are stored in our bodies, and how they along with current sensory input and emotions affect the quantity and quality of the receptors at these “nodal points”. This in turn affects the “filtering” of how we interpret current sensory input to our brain.
The basis for this involvement of both current and past events was shown when it was proven that biochemical change at the receptor level is the molecular basis for memory. When a receptor is flooded with its associated chemical messenger, it alters its attached cell membrane in such a way that either stops or allows subsequent electrical nerve impulses.
In other words “off” or “on” just like the role of “1s and 0s” in our modern digital devices. This change in the cell acts to choose which nerve circuits are used…..hence the “filtering”. This action is the same in the brain and for other “nodes” which extend throughout our bodies.
This molecular level receptor process (the filtering) therefore determines what becomes conscious thought and what stays at the unconscious level as an encoded memory stored in our bodies. And, since both the chemical messengers and their receptors are directly linked and controlled by our emotions, powerful emotional experiences are stored throughout our body. In fact, our bodies are the unconscious mind.
Intentional Intervention Can Reverse the Effects of Negative “Memories”
Now that we understand the operation of our mind body, we need to explore ways that our conscious mind can join in the chemical messenger “conversation” with our unconscious mindbody. There are intervention methods (I mentioned them previously) that can give us access to that conversation. Let me illustrate.
A study was done with baby monkeys whose mothers had abandoned them. They were given wire frame “mothers” with baby bottles for breasts.
The babies nursed and grew as a result; however, since there were no hugs, no cuddling or preening by their mothers, the researchers found various emotional receptors in the babies’ limbic brain were greatly reduced in number and even distorted.
Think about this! An emotional experience actually caused physical changes in the monkeys.
The good news is that the researchers also found this deformation could be completely reversed by then placing the babies with attentive adult females who hugged, preened, and generally nurtured them.
Studies such as this raise the prospect of intervention in the chronic pain of fibromyalgia. In fact, I believe my recovery protocol has been successful primarily because of this. Really, we should not be surprised by this; the Lamaze Childbirth Method is a perfect example of how we can control our own pain without any external input other than training!
Dr. Selfridge, the author of “Freedom from Fibromyalgia” makes the case that the repressed (stored) emotions of anger or rage or grief can initiate the chronic pain of fibromyalgia.
But thankfully, alternative therapies such as meditation, visualization, self-talk, and journaling, etc. can effectively reduce or eliminate the pain of fibro by reversing these stored traumas in our mind body similar to the baby monkeys.
When this is coupled with an exercise program designed by a Personal Trainer such as myself who also suffers with severe fibro; a non-allergen diet; and supplements to support general health, a great improvement occurs in coping with fibromyalgia.
This is my recovery protocol which is discussed throughout this website.
The mind body connection to fibromyalgia ‘symptom and pain management‘ is crucial. When living with a chronic illness, it is not about mind over matter….
Just like you, that never resonated with me.
No, I like to say “It is about the mind and body working together” It is learning how to use mind body conditioning. It doesn’t happen overnight, but it IS the ESSENTIAL first step.
Remember, our bodies are great servants but terrible masters. If we are going to be successful at living smarter with fibromyalgia, we cannot allow the body to dictate to us.
We cannot afford to be controlled by the waxing and waning of every symptom. Mind Body connection techniques allow us to have greater control and be proactive rather than reactive.
Hey, I surely get it myself, living with symptoms and severe chronic migraine since the age of 9, and now at 52, I truly believe in and ascribe to everything we use to increase quality of life, without false cures or quick fixes!!
It’s NOT minds over matter, it is mind and body working together
How one person operates their mind body connection can be vastly different from how another person operates their mind and body. This became even more clear to me when I flew across the country over thirteen years ago to attend three weeks of inpatient treatment for chronic fibromyalgia pain.
I had been so focused on the body as both a patient and practitioner that I had never given enough thought to the mind body connection. I had not experienced it personally. And yet, I always knew there was something missing.
I thought many times that my faith and spiritual life were just not strong enough. If I could just get closer to God, trust Him even more. Yet, I found that everything that supports us in conditioning the mind, body, and spirit is a process. We must keep working at it.
I didn’t “get it” right away. And my pain was still high, drugs were still not an option, and so I knew that I had to become even better at thinking outside of the box.
I continued to do the things that worked, and then started developing a better strategy that included taking more personal responsibility and utilizing more relaxation techniques.
The key however is practicing these BEFORE and not while we are in stressful situations. For instance, trying to meditate while under severe stress just doesn’t work and I don’t recommend it.
During my 3-weeks as an inpatient, I was shown a video, “The MINDBODY Prescription” about Dr. John Sarno’s work in the area of mind body connection. This also led me to a book, “Freedom from Fibromyalgia” by Dr. Nancy Selfridge and Franklynn Peterson.
Her book really hit home with me since she had severe fibromyalgia and had a lifelong love of running like myself. However, I do not view this as a cure, I just find it helpful inthe mind/body connection.
It was through her that I came to understand the key role that mind body connection played in a workable fibromyalgia protocol. I particularly recommend that you read Chapters 6, 7, and 8 where she discusses meditation, journaling, self-talk, and visualization; all very powerful tools in managing our mind body connection to fibromyalgia.
The discoveries at the cellular level of our bodies in the last twenty years or so have been truly remarkable and opened our eyes to a new model of the mind body connection. The old model of our brain sitting atop the rest of our body and controlling it through a system of nerve impulses has gone by the wayside.
Once you’ve read the Mind Body Science page, you will get some understanding of how our emotions and traumas, both current and past, can play havoc with our pain experience; and you will see that through “consciousintention” we can mediate that process and intervene in the symptoms of fibromyalgia.
In fact, we can reverse the actual physical changes that are caused when our negative emotions affect the “chemical messengers” that I talk about on the Mindbody Science page. Click on this link “Intentional Intervention Can Reverse the Effects of Negative Memories”. In this section on the Mindbody Science page you can read about research done with baby monkeys that proved this. It is pretty remarkable!
For those of you who have a scientific interest or technical bent, I recommend you read “The Molecules of Emotion” by Candace Pert, PhD, a brilliant, groundbreaking lab (bench) scientist. She explains the science behind our new model of the mind body connection.
And, since many of you are women, you may be interested in the professional barriers that doctor Pert encountered in the male-dominated world of medical research which she also cleverly intersperses between the technical chapters of her book.
For the rest of you, I have summarized the findings from all my research of many sources which you can find by clicking on this link:
The Mind body connection became the first and ongoing step that ties all of the other elements of my protocol together and consists of the following major elements:
This is not just about interaction, it’s about PROACTION. If you are here, then you are ready for greater healing, on whatever level is possible for YOU. I encourage a different way of thinking.
I teach and practice a mind body connection approach that is unique and workable, yet it must be experienced individually.
I am more passionate every day that I get to put this into action with people that I work with. It truly works, not as a cure, but as a step by step approach to healing.
First of all, we fibro sufferers have got to accept that there’s no “quick fix” and no cure at this time.
Also, in my experience, non-fibro people (including many doctors) don’t “get it” when it comes to fibromyalgia. Even those people who want to be supportive can’t imagine the terrible price extracted by the chronic pain, the feeling of being “defective”, and the loss of hope.
After years of trying to exercise with many different Personal Trainers, I realized they didn’t “get it” either, though many really wanted and tried to help. I realized the fibro community needed a Personal Trainer who suffered from severe fibro who could develop an exercise routine tailored to us; so, I studied extensively and became nationally certified with ACE and continued developing not only fibro safe workouts but safer ways to adapt to daily activities of living.
My point is that if what you are doing isn’t working, you need to take control and do whatever is required to move to a better place in your struggle with fibro. In other words you have to take personal responsibility for managing your illness.
One place to begin is to start “thinking outside the box”. I call this breaking down walls. You must do what’s required to keep your recovery moving forward; no one else will. By-the-way, thinking outside the box often leads us to try things that are not intuitive to a person suffering with the chronic pain of fibro.
Just over ten years ago, while in my late 30’s, the fibro symptoms were especially severe, I felt I was “stuck”. The pain I experienced from what we call “the activities of daily living” (ADLs) had caused me to start fearing the exercise that I was used to engaging in from a young age; that was intuitive.
However, I had hit a wall in my efforts to treat my fibro symptoms. Also, because I have severe MCS/CFS/ME, I had the added challenge of a compromised immune system.
I needed to better condition my body, but without the proper exercise and strength training, I was de-conditioning it. I then had a non-intuitive, out of the box thought. What if I re-evaluated everything many of us ‘buy into’ regarding fibromyalgia and exercise?
That is when I set out and became a nationally certified personal trainer, and worked diligently to work more specifically with fibromyalgia. Not an easy task I will say. Though it didn’t happen overnight, I was able to build on small successes and enjoy longer periods in reduction of both symptoms and pain.
More importantly, in a short while as I remained positive and enjoyed every small success, I began to experience greater levels of endorphins, the body’s natural pain reliever!
I began to have more “good” days than bad ones. But that only began to occur through greater proactivity. And, a very important point here is that the:
Pain from ADLs do not predict pain from exercise
The exercises I’ve created are done in a very controlled situation with a lot of thought about form for instance; however, ADLs (activities of daily living) involve a lot of stopping, starting, bending, reaching, etc. where we are not at all focused on our form.
I often hear fibro sufferers ask how they can exercise when they can’t even clean their house. The two activities are very different.
Greater levels of health will never be handed to us, we have to create them. If what we are doing is not working, we have to do something different. Talking and dwelling on symptoms becomes a sure way of perpetuating the illness. Symptom talk has its place, and we MUST keep it in its place and focus on greater levels of healing.
When a symptom arises, I focus on what might be the root cause that needs to be addressed in the most noninvasive way possible. Maybe I need more nutrients, more movement, less toxic environment, mind-body tools, lifestyle changes, etc. Greater changes started to occur when I challenged the symptoms and took action.
I visualized the Outcome – the best version of me!
I controlled stress through deep breathing and specific exercise
I reconnected with my natural body clock
These are actual changes that I made. I practiced them daily until they were practically second nature. However, I found that as I had success, I would sometimes enjoy my success too much. Elation would cause me to forget briefly how I got there, and pain and other symptoms would be around the corner.
Then I would rededicate myself to these principles and begin to progress once more. I guess that’s human nature, but fibro will kick you in the backside and remind you that Consistency is your greatest friend!
We must use focus, determination, and going to a place in our minds that ‘allows‘ us to break down walls, turn corners. Not in an injurious way, but in a way that challenges and heals on whatever level is possible for each of us.
For example, what is the best natural anti-depressant? Answer: Pick One: prayer, meditation, sun, movement, nature, animals, gratitude, purpose, goals, holistic lifestyle, etc. So many things to support happiness and joy, every day! There’s no time for depression when using these tools.
I keep a similar picture to this one on my refrigerator.
See, we cannot control our thoughts at all times; we are human. However, if we have a belief system set in place, then our thoughts will follow MORE often. Belief in one’s self, in mastery over our illness, and in our future will lead the way.
Mind body connection conditioning takes time, just like with nutrition, fitness, etc. We have to be consistent and proactive in overcoming any negative belief systems.
When we change our mind and our perspective, we change; real change occurs from the inside out.
Don’t force anything for now, just BE with wherever you are, yet be willing to believe in something greater.
Don’t waste time; I know I did.
I had to work on the “Negative Nelly” that had lived within me for many years.
I had to realize that she was no longer justified and that I was going to change my mindset.
Negativity justifies.
Positivity empowers.
Mind body connection conditioning can and will have a dramatic effect on your recovery. It is an ESSENTIAL first step in my recovery protocol.
