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In this episode we spoke about:

💫 How physical health conditions present mental symptoms

💫 The placebo and the nocebo effect

💫 How our perceptions have a physiological response

💫 What actually is IBS?

💫 Biopsychosocial factors in IBS

💫 The digestive system

💫 How under fuelling affects the digestive health

💫 How anxiety & stress around food impacts bowel function ft gluten

💫 Symptom focusing

💫 How to identify deep concerns about symptoms & Sula’s starting tips to explore these

💫 Stress-management tools & mindfulness

💫 Why self-kindness is important for helping suffering

More from Sula

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Sula’s writing on Medium

Website

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Studies mentioned

IBS RCT as part of Sula’s PhD

Perceived sugar intake vs actual intake study plus a full breakdown in this blog

Predictive factors for IBS 2013 study

Resources and extra reading

Marci Evans EDs & GI symptoms summary

How to start meditation & mindfulness, Mindful

Coping tools for physical response to stress

426 breathing

Box breathing (YouTube)

Progressive muscle relaxation (YouTube)