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Rewiring for Relief: How Neuroplasticity Can Help Manage Chronic Pain

Rewiring for Relief: How Neuroplasticity Can Help Manage Chronic Pain

Chronic pain is a complex experience that goes far beyond physical discomfort. It's a critical medical problem affecting millions worldwide, not just in terms of pain but also in the toll it takes on mental health, cognitive function, and o...
The Doomscroll - Why Does It Feel So Good? Until It Doesn’t…

The Doomscroll - Why Does It Feel So Good? Until It Doesn’t…

Chronic phone scrolling or doom scrolling can be a symptom of nervous system dysregulation. Scrolling provides the brain with constant novelty - a stream of photos and videos that require very little effort to engage with. This is a recipe ...
Sympathetic Dominance - The Result Of Chronic Stress

Sympathetic Dominance - The Result Of Chronic Stress

We use the term sympathetic dominance to describe a chronically activated sympathetic branch of the nervous system (fight/flight/fawn/freeze response). Common symptoms can include:
Neuroadaptation: Why We Need Both Pain and Pleasure

Neuroadaptation: Why We Need Both Pain and Pleasure

Too many pleasures reduce the capacity for pain, while too little pain increases the threshold for pleasure.
Neuroception: The Key To Reprogramming Default Reactions

Neuroception: The Key To Reprogramming Default Reactions

Neuroception is the ability of the nervous system to scan the environment to detect threats/safety. You could call it your instinct. Since Neuroception occurs in the more primal part of the brain, there can be a mismatch between the reactio...
Crazy Belly Bloat - SIBO

Crazy Belly Bloat - SIBO

What is small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO)?
How Nervous System Dysregulation Affects Digestion

How Nervous System Dysregulation Affects Digestion

A chronically activated stress response can lead to a dysregulated nervous system. In a dysregulated state, digestion can be affected in the following ways.
Harnessing Dopamine: The Reward & Motivation Molecule

Harnessing Dopamine: The Reward & Motivation Molecule

Dopamine is one of our neurotransmitters that is responsible for feelings of motivation, achievement and reward, as well as being responsible for much of our movement, memory, attention and learning capacity.
Coffee - Yes or No?

Coffee - Yes or No?

Is it good for you or not? We get asked this question all of the time. Like a lot of things, it comes down to quality, quantity, timing and your unique genetic makeup.
Your Brain Is Designed To Keep You Alive; Not To Make You Happy

Your Brain Is Designed To Keep You Alive; Not To Make You Happy

Did you know that: 6000 thoughts cross our minds everyday, around 80% of our thoughts are negative, around 90% of our thoughts are the same as the day before. “I went into a full-blown panic attack and was convinced that I was going to die,...