This simple key will help you switch places with the unhappy, stressed and anxious you.  It's a mental retraining you can do in minutes, to free your mind of dissatisfaction with life.

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One of the strategies we work through in our programs is learning to recognize faulty neural pathways and interrupt them.  One of the ways this happens is through the automatic thoughts we think and the assumptions they give us that add to the automatic programming in our minds.  This impacts how our lives play out, both in behavior and in action, including how the body responds in health. 

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In order to create new neural pathways that give our cells new programming and the opportunity to create new processes that can include creating a new health expression, we need to train the mind out of the habit of fear, stress and worry.  One of the strategies we use for this is the mindful strategy of living in the positive moment.  This moment is where all things are created.  It only happens in the now.  If we stay focused on the symptoms as if we have to figure it out, we only serve to reinforce the old pathways and prohibit new ones.  Thinking beyond the symptom allows you to remember to image the new self and focus to that purpose, giving the body an opportunity  to down regulate stress and bring about a feeling of safety once again in the body. 

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This episode introduces the idea of rumination....persistent cycling of thought that have no resolution and are a constant background noise to the mind.  

People in chronic illness or autoimmune or "mystery" illnesses typically are in a state of chronic defense in the cells.  The limbic system which records the response to a stressor can record the response and create a hypervigilance, teaching the body to become defensive to many typical and common things;  thing that previously did not cause trouble in the body now is causative in the inflammatory cascade.

Rumination is a key focal point in  our work with these clients and becoming aware of ruminative thoughts.  What happens is the more often we think about the same thing, the more secure the neural pathways become for that particular thought and then that resulting action.  Recognizing the ruminative thoughts and becoming aware is key in beginning to correct the maladaptive stress recording patterns of the limbic system in the brain. 

Rumination is as key component in the Retrain the Allergy Program at the ANMC Holistic Health Sciences Center.  Find our more about the program:  anmcholistichealth.com

*  Correction:  Joe Dispenza, referenced in the podcast, said 95% of WHO WE ARE occurs by the age of 35 is a set of memorized actions, behaviors, thoughts, etc.   This website talks about the 95% of thoughts being the same as yesterday

References:

Dispenza, Joe. (2021).  Dr Joe Dispenza - How to Cross the River of Change [Video]. (n.d.). YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiEkHLxCwbc.

Hopper, A. (2014). Wired for healing: Remapping the brain to recover from chronic and mysterious illnesses. Dynamic Neural Retraining System.

Seligman, M. E. (2011). Learned optimism: How to change your mind and your life. Vintage.

Learning about the Central Column, breathwork and how to maintain your energy codes for healing and daily functioning.

Amanda Plevell, PhD, CNHP is a Natural Health Practitioner with a key interest in Psychoneuroimmunology and autoimmune specific immunology.  Find her credentials here, and search the ANMC for additional information.

Creating from a place of possibility and embracing the image of the person you want to be that maybe has been altered by life circumstances.  This puts the mind and body in a state of creation so that the limbic system can decrease its hypervigilance and the vagus nerve can harmonize.  This can have an impact on the way the body perceives "invaders" including foods, viruses and toxins.  Combine this with systems that are supported and functioning well in the body, we have a winning formula for success.

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This podcast is provided for educational and informational purposes only and is not medical, mental health or healthcare advice.  The information presented here is not intended to diagnose, treat, heal, cure or prevent any illness, medical condition or mental or emotional condition.  Working with us is not a guarantee of any results. ANMC Holistic Health LLC owns all copyrights to the materials presented here unless otherwise noted.

References:

Catani M, Dell'acqua F, Thiebaut de Schotten M. A revised limbic system model for memory, emotion and behaviour. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2013;37(8):1724-1737. doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2013.07.001

Dr Joe Dispenza - How to Cross the River of Change [Video]. (n.d.). YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiEkHLxCwbc

Hopper, A. (2014). Wired for healing: Remapping the brain to recover from chronic and mysterious illnesses. Dynamic Neural Retraining System.

Porges, S. W. (2011). The Polyvagal theory: Neurophysiological foundations of emotions, attachment, communication, and self-regulation (Norton series on interpersonal neurobiology). W. W. Norton & Company.

Roxo MR, Franceschini PR, Zubaran C, Kleber FD, Sander JW. The limbic system conception and its historical evolution. ScientificWorldJournal. 2011;11:2428-2441. doi:10.1100/2011/157150

Seligman, M. E. (2011). Learned optimism: How to change your mind and your life. Vintage.

Shmerling, R. H. (2018, August 22). Autoimmune disease and stress: Is there a link? Harvard Health Blog. https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/autoimmune-disease-and-stress-is-there-a-link-2018071114230

Stojanovich, L. (2010). Stress and autoimmunity. Autoimmunity Reviews, 9(5), A271-A276. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autrev.2009.11.014

In order to help our new self move into a state of health and down regulate that intense fight or flight response and the inflammatory cascade, we need to become aware of behaviors that were protective in nature but no longer serve.  It's old programming that isn't appropriate for a new self.  Consider that the old personality created the state you are currently in.  Is it possible that a new personality would create a new expression of health, abundance, and joy?

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What happens during inflammation?  Are you aware that it's the cause of your symptoms?  Anything ending in -itis means "inflammation" of that body part.  It doesn't say WHY it's inflamed, just that it IS.

We look at the response of the body to an insult and how it relates to your experience. 

Find references here:https://drfoodie.live/blogs/retrain-the-autoimmune-allergy-brain/what-happens-during-inflammation

This episode discusses one of the main tenets of the COPP theory:  that autoimmune is an individual attack.  It is a disease of separation and rejection.  We need to look at the cellular programming and a defense response and create a new environment conducive to health. 

We talk about why resolution doesn't happen with "just one thing", or a magic pill or food or medicine.  We talk about how rates are rising and treatment trends don't have the solution.  We talk about what it means to have manageability and identify a sense of depression and learned helplessness when it comes to living with a chronic illness.

Here's the link to the blog I mention in this episode: Salutogenesis:  Applying the CAUSE of Health

Amanda Plevell, PhD, CNHP is a Natural Health Practitioner with a key interest in Psychoneuroimmunology and autoimmune specific immunology.  Find her credentials here, and search the AAANMC for additional information.

Anxiety is a tool, a mechanism of protection, and it's felt when there is a disparage between where you are and where you want to be.  This persistent pattern creates rumination in the mind, constantly thinking on it, even in the background of our life, and before you know it a panic attack can ensue without your participation.  This episode gives an explanation to what's happening, how it relates to autoimmune, or chronic inflammatory disease, and simple exercises to create new neural pathways. 

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