In this episode, I am excited to have Dr. Phil Parker, creator of The Lightning Process. The Lightning Process is a training programme that teaches people about the way the nervous system control the body, and empowers people with tools that involve gentle movement, meditation-like techniques and mental exercises, with the aim of teaching people how to switch on pathways to promote health and switch off the ones that are not serving you. 

In this episode, Phil and I discuss how the Lightning process started and developed, and what it is and what it involves, and practical ways you can incorporate the Lightning Process into your daily life. We also discuss the mind-body connection, and the importance of believing that recovery IS possible, and exposing yourself to positive recovery stories so that this becomes your inner conversation. We also cover the obstacles that could stand in people's way to recovery, perfectionism and how your inner critic can contribute to keeping you sick.

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 - Intro
1:36 - Phil Parker’s life-changing accident and how this led him to discover the mind body connection
6:11 - Being told that recovery isn’t possible and the consequence of those kind of statements 
7:19 - How Phil started working with people Chronic fatigue and ME 
8:38 - How that led to the beginning of The Lightning Process and how it helped people with chronic fatigue
9:03 - How this then led to working with people with ME
10.48 - The Lightning Process and what it is and a breakdown of what it involves
15:48 - Neuroplasticity and how you can use this in recovery
16:45 - What are the obstacles that may hold someone back from recovering with something like the Lightning Process?
21:58 - How it’s about finding that ‘stuckness’ and how to move past that
23:35 - Perfectionism and your inner critic, and how the Lightning Process encourages coaching yourself compassionately 
26:01 - How you can integrate The Lightning Process into your day 
27:41 - The Lightning Process as an in-person process, and how it translates to online/zoom
33:14 - How important is the belief that recovery is possible?
41:31 - How disheartening it can be when you’ve tried a lot of things to get better and haven’t recovered yet, and how it’s important not to lose trust
42:23 - How the Lightning Process is a training programme, and therefore works by teaching people the skills that other people have found useful, and supporting people through that
45:19 - The Lightning Process success rates
49:29 - How applicable the Lightning Process is to a range of different chronic conditions 
54:13 - Phil’s advice for someone who is progressing but is doing so slowly and is struggling to keep up the motivation
55:04 - How it’s so important to be seeking out inspirational stories and recovery stories, to bolster the belief that recovery is possible
59:16 - Phil’s advice to those in their darkest hours right now
01:01:48 - Letting go of the idea that recovery has to be complicated

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