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We all remember 2020, don’t we?

How could we forget days that turned into weeks that turned into months and then into years of fear, confusion, anger, mistrust, and doubts. Some people coped better, other people not so well. That situation forced all of us to sit with our feelings, thoughts, and loneliness.

To say that it was difficult is an understatement. While I was observing this craziness I couldn’t help but say quite a few times: “All people around the world are experiencing very similar things that injured people go through every day.”

When you injure yourself – especially if we talk about serious injuries – your life changes from one day to another. You cannot do things you love to do, you cannot move freely, and you’re not suffering just physically but psychologically as well. These are challenging times.

But even when people are forced to be still, they still don’t like looking inside themselves, and it’s because it can be a messy place. But it’s also the place where most answers and most healing comes from. So even if it’s messy, it can be so worth it. It really helps having some sort of guidance and this can come in a form of another person, or it can be a higher power, or even simple faith. Actually, what works best for many people is a mix of all three.

That guidance can be another person, or it can be a higher power, or even simple faith. Or a mix of all three – which is what this interview with Abby Wynne, a healer who blends shamanism, psychotherapy, and energy healing, is all about. 

In this healing talk, you’ll discover: 

• What shamanism is and how it can help you on this recovery journey. 
• Which techniques to use to help your body heal effortlessly. 
• What is the difference between sadness and depression and how knowing this can change everything for you. 
• How to address your emotional healing when you experience injury or trauma, particularly if you are feeling sad and/or depressed. 

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What if we all carry some anxiety?

What if this is something that all humans have in common with the only difference that the source and level, and the way we deal with it, is different? Yes, some of us are more resilient, and some of us are less – but unexpected life events like injuries can throw anyone off balance, and if you’re not used to listening to your anxiety, it can get a lot worse in such situations. And the sad part is that is can end up very strongly affecting your life.

So to nip problems in the bud is a better way, but even those events that seem unmanageable can be resolved.

Dr. Friedemann Schaub, the award-winning author of The Fear and Anxiety Solution, views it as something that needs to be tackled on all levels, but especially by going into the buried roots that we might be less aware of. With thousands of success stories from people he has helped, this discussion gives a truly great insight into how anxiety is formed and stored, and how we can address it.

In this interview, you’ll discover:

• Why physical trauma and traumatic experience overthrow people so badly and how you can help yourself.
• How fear and anxiety interfere with your healing, but also how anxiety can be a helper and how to make it work for you.
• What are the subconscious root causes of negative emotions.
• Hands-on work: guided meditation to help you release fear and anxiety.

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It’s really hard to go wrong by eating more plants. 

No matter what kind of nutrition research you look into, there’s one thing that most if not all researchers agree on: the more your diet includes whole foods and plants, the better it is for your health and healing.

I can agree that my own recovery was definitely a lot better because of the food I was eating. And truth be told, my doctor and physiotherapist couldn’t believe how little swelling I had, and my diet definitely played a big role in this. But even if you’re not injured, plants can provide the kind of nutrition that’s hard to get from other sources.

In this talk with Olympic skier and registered holistic nutritionist, Julia Murray, we focused heavily on the hows and whys of plant-based food for healing. While Julia herself discovered this only after ending her professional career due to injuries, what she accomplished afterwards probably wouldn’t be possible if it weren’t for her knowledge of proper nutrition. 

In this interview, you’ll discover: 

• What kind of role diet and nutrition play in your recovery. 
• How gut microbiome affects inflammation and what you can do to minimize its effects. 
• Which supplements can be beneficial to take while you are recovering from an injury. 
• What is the downside of rushing the recovery and what to do instead. 

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You have a healer inside.

I truly believe that each of us knows exactly what we need in order to heal when we get sick or end up with any kind of physical trauma. The problem is that people are either led to believe this is not the case or they overcomplicate things and then they become their own biggest obstacle.

We all have an incredible healing potential and there’s a powerful healer within each of us.

It’s definitely important to get external help such as getting surgery, or a splint when necessary, but the real process of healing starts after that stabilization when you need to look within and connect with the part of you that already knows how to do – how to heal.

That, in a nutshell, is the message of Dr. Sue Morter, the founder of the Morter Institute for BioEnergetics. Coming from a family of energy healers, Sue was destined to carry on this work that blends her clinical background and new discoveries of quantum healing with the ancient knowledge of yogic breathing, meditation, and energy work. 

In this episode, you’ll discover: 

• The different modalities of energy medicine, and how to make the most of them in your healing. 
• Practical exercises that you can do now to slow your mind down and work with your body from top to bottom to make it the healing center it is designed to be. 
• How to ‘work’ with your body during injury and illness for incredible results. 
• Hands-on work: creating a healing energy flow session. 

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We often think healing trauma that’s buried deep is hard – but it doesn’t need to be.

Sometime in 2011, I had my first experience with hypnotherapy. I was positive that the therapist would hypnotize me to the point of me being kind of unconscious and then after everything was done I’d be cured and I definitely wouldn’t be able to remember anything. How wrong I was. And it was only a couple of years ago, when I was studying to become a clinical hypnotherapist that I realized how that therapist didn’t really prepare me for the session and what is actually happening during the time when a person is in hypnosis.

I really like the potential of hypnotherapy because the subconscious mind is so powerful and it can help you tremendously when healing any kind of trauma, injuries included. And because there always are deeper levels to discover and heal, if you’re willing to look for them.

Danna Pycher realized that after a car accident that led to her having to relearn how to walk, but also left her unsure of everything she had been sure of up until that point. So she turned inwards to heal, and in the process discovered hypnotherapy, which drew her so much that she’s now a hypnotherapist herself, as well as a motivational speaker whose TEDx talk has been viewed nearly 3 million times. 

In this interview, you’ll discover: 

• Why and how any shock to your body needs to be processed and resolved for best recovery outcome. 
• What you absolutely need to look into when dealing with pain. 
• Which feeling you need to be experiencing the most for you to be able to heal with ease. 
• Hands-on work: a rapid healing technique for dissipating discomfort. 

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Healing from within means looking at the whole picture.

That doesn’t mean that healing with external help can’t do the same – but it often misses things, and looks at symptoms and specific body parts or organs, rather than the whole body-mind-spirit being that we are. So the best healing with external help will actually mean helping you get to the point where you can heal from within.

That’s what Elena Bensonoff, the founder of Wholistic, Inc. does for her clients. Equipped with the knowledge she first gained when healing her own chronic issues, she now blends conventional medicine with holistic techniques to guide them to true and complete healing.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

• What energy healing is and why it’s crucial to your recovery.
• The true connection between thoughts, emotions and the physical body, and how these affect your healing.
• About the importance of taking control and self-responsibility in your healing.
• Why having a healthy gut is so important for the recovery and how to balance your microbiome.

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We would be in a lot of trouble without pain.

Say that again?

Yes, even though this might seem impossible, it’s true. In its acute form, pain can keep us from harm, teach us what (not) to do, and slow us down when we need to heal.

But on the other hand, chronic pain is a completely different thing, and it’s really linked more to our brain than it is to any actual damage in the physical body.

Dr. David Hanscom arrived at these conclusions in a really interesting way – as a spine surgeon, who realized that the procedures he was performing actually have an incredibly low success rate, and at the same time, that his approach to work was actually causing considerable adverse reactions in his own body. His approach now is very different from what he used to be doing – and also a lot more effective. 

In this episode, you’ll discover: 

• How your brain chemistry contributes to feelings of chronic pain. 
• Why anxiety is primarily not a psychological issue and how you can resolve it. 
• A simple three-step solution to help you become free from chronic pain. 
• What is active meditation and how it will help you resolve persistent pain. 

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Injury recovery can be even more painful if you’re an active person or athlete.

It’s true that no matter the level of activity, every person who is injured suffers. This is because it’s not only our physical body that gets affected but our emotional and mental ones as well.

And when it comes to athletes (or just very active people), sometimes we might think “They’re fine,” right? Because they already know how to deal with difficult situations, for example when hitting a ceiling with their progress or how to find motivation to keep going. 

Even though this might be true to a degree, and it might help a bit, in my experience any type of injury gets us unprepared and even though we think we knew how to get through this, there are nuances that we just didn’t expect.

So, yes, perhaps your body might be in better shape overall, but when you get hurt, being unable to move like you’re used to can lead to mental and emotional suffering. Period. And on the other hand, pushing too hard so you can get back to your active lifestyle can turn out to not be so beneficial.

Heidi Armstrong, the founder of Injured Athlete’s Toolbox, was drawn into injury recovery coaching the same way I was – through her own injury, and the realization that there are better ways of supporting injured people than what she herself received, especially when it comes to the mind-body connection and creating the best possible conditions for healing.

In this interview, you’ll discover:

• How to choose the right team of health practitioners to support your recovery.
• What to do to start engaging your parasympathetic nervous system to help you heal better and faster.
• How your negative emotions affect your recovery and what to do to change them.
• Why ‘taking it easy’ during recovery can be stressful, especially for active people, and how to address the underlying reasons.

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Even when the source of pain seems obvious, it might not be.

When figuring out the physical reasons for pain in the body, it’s easy to fall into the trap of viewing the affected body part separately from the rest. But sometimes, the source can be quite far away – an injured foot, ankle, or even toe can lead to issues with the hips, lower back, and all the way up to the neck and head. And that one is simpler to figure out.

In this second conversation with Erica Meloe, a board-certified physiotherapist and author of the book Why Do I Hurt?, we talk about the sources of pain, ways we can discover them, and way to treat them so they don’t return.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

• Why the traditional approach to physical recovery is often not enough for great recovery.
• How to find the root cause of pain – many times not what you think it is.
• What to do to avoid compensation so that you don’t experience other physical problems after your injury.
• How different emotions are connected to different body parts and how this affects your healing.

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Perfectionism can be painful.

We all have an incredible healing potential – the problem is that we very often forget about it. Sometimes that is because we give our power away and just wait for others to tell us what we need to do or not to do, and other times it’s because we get so caught up in our emotional and mental turmoil that it’s hard for us to remember this.

When we’re too hard on ourselves and expect too much of the body (especially if the body was hurt or isn’t working as it should), it can create energy blockages that can lead to slower healing and more pain.

That’s just one of the things covered in this talk with Amy B. Scher, an energy therapist whose book How to Heal Yourself When No One Else Canhas been translated into 13 languages. Energy healing involves truly figuring out the deep reasons behind injuries and pain, and in this discussion, we go deep into this process.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

• What is one of the first things that you need to look into when there is really slow healing, or if there is no healing after an injury.
• How other traumatic experiences affect healing from an injury.
• Why the healing process is so often frustrating and what to do about it.
• Hands-on work: a powerful sweep technique that will change your healing journey.

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