The Mindful Injury Recovery Talks with Dr. Maya Novak

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Have you ever come across something so simple and so effective that you couldn’t believe it?

That’s what happened to me many years ago when a friend suggested EMDR to help me deal with some of my past trauma. I tried it and it was mind-boggling to me. It was simple and yet whenever I played with it, I experienced a shift in how I perceived my reality.

That’s why I couldn’t wait to share this episode with you today!

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is one of those surprising methods. Can you really get better just by moving your eyes around?

I spoke with Dr. Esly Carvalho, a published author, clinical psychologist and practitioner of the EMDR technique who runs TraumaClinic and spends a lot of her time training other EMDR practitioners.

As you’ll discover, this technique gives a jump start to the brain so that it can process and heal traumatic experiences in no time at all. 

So this episode is about how EMDR really works, how it can be applied to healing trauma (from physical injuries or other traumatic events), how you heal the brain, and the many inner parts of you, and why those inner parts often know what’s best for you, even if you may not be aware of it.

I’m positive you’ll also enjoy the technique in the hands-on part of the interview that she guides us through. 😊

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We can support the physical body in different ways.

I often talk about and guide my clients through the jungle of emotional and mental turmoil that comes with physical trauma. Together we release emotional blockages, deal with unhelpful thoughts, install empowering beliefs, etc.

Even though this is my calling and something that I’m really good at, I never disregard the physical things that we can do in order to help the body.

So in this week’s episode, we look into a few different remedies. You’ll discover how they can help your bone health, relieve pain, speed up healing, and so much more.

They are not magic pills, of course, because those don’t exist, but things I’ve researched and used myself as well.

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It’s a fact that different cultures deal with trauma differently.

How do you deal with it?

A lot of people in the Western world try to run away from suffering that was caused by any kind of traumatic experience - accidents and injuries included. We try to forget, we put a brave face on, but good-intentional sentences from people around us such as “Just hang in there,” or “It’s gonna get better,” don’t really help, don’t they?

But perhaps instead of running away from this or acting as if it doesn’t affect us, there’s a better way to deal with any kind of trauma - and that is moving towards suffering in order to process it.

We so often hear that music can heal. Dr. Tamara Turner knows all about it. As a medical/psychological anthropologist and ethnomusicologist, she’s spent over a decade researching how music is used for healing, particularly in North Africa.

This week’s conversation goes deep into the healing power of music for physical, emotional, psychological, and generational trauma – as well as ways to tune into your own body better. We also discuss why music may not be a universal language in the way people usually think and why she, as a Westerner, was so often told "Ma truhish" which means, "Don't let your mind travel."

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Sometimes we can only learn through pain.

That’s what my husband Jerry says sometimes when looking back on all the injuries he sustained over his lifetime. There were a lot of ankle and knee sprains, as well as more serious injuries such as broken back and collarbone.

Today his body is as if almost nothing ever happened, which in a part is due to his optimistic outlook on life, and in part to the things I taught him (his words). Although between you and me – a lot of the times he didn’t listen :), which goes back to the beginning of this message: pain can be a good teacher as well.

So this episode is a bit different – I sat down with him, the person who has watched me create the Mindful Injury Recovery Method from zero, and bit by bit this rubbed off on him as well.

This was a great opportunity to talk about how he approached his recoveries, and how his thinking about injuries and healing has evolved, which should be especially useful for anyone who, like Jerry, is naturally inclined to skepticism when it comes to methods which may go beyond the established medical approach.

Today you’ll discover how he overcame his skepticism and this can help you, your loved ones, or your patients/clients.

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Mindful movement is very healing for the body, mind, and soul.

Yoga has been in my life for about 2 decades. Although truth be told, for a large part of this time I wasn’t actively practicing it because I just didn’t ‘feel it’.

In my more than two-year recovery process after my rock-climbing accident, I was doing quite a lot of ‘hot yoga’ and it was really helpful (besides all the other ankle exercises that I was doing) in getting back the flexibility and mobility of my ankle. Then we lost touch again.

But in the last 2 years, I found my way back to the mat and started connecting with my body differently. It gently guides me to be more mindful and more present, which is so important for any kind of healing.

Yoga is very often advised as a gentle form of exercise post-injury. But with all the different forms of yoga available to choose from, how do you know what will work best for your situation?

In this episode, I sit down with Carina Raisman, yoga therapist and the founder of Re:Source Yoga Therapy, who switched from health sciences to becoming a yoga teacher, and now approaches it in a therapeutic way. 

We dove into this topic of healing with the help of yoga, using it for therapy based on each individual’s needs, but also so much more about our conditioned responses to stress, our ability to adapt, and how to support all the interconnected internal systems of the body with a holistic approach.

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This episode is different! When I was wrapping up the last few things yesterday for the episode to be ready and to be published today, I was still debating with myself if I should do it or not.

This week I didn’t have (the planned) episode ready, because I got sick 10 days ago and I was feeling terrible for most of last week with fever, coughing, sneezing, and all the goodies that come with whatever I had.

So while I was lying in bed, I was contemplating on what to do with episode 13. It was almost half ready, but my brain and my body were halfway fried. I was thinking of skipping it altogether but it didn’t feel right since I promised you (and myself for that matter) that new episodes of The Mindful Injury Recovery Talks would be available to you every week.

I could push through the ‘pain’ (as I did in the past), put my needs second, and just do something for my audience, and this didn’t sit well with me, either. You see, I’m a big believer of walking the talk. So how could I teach my clients and share how important it is to put yourself first, especially when healing any kind of physical trauma, if when the time comes, I put myself second?

I had some things on my mind and in my heart that I wanted to share, so I took the mic and recorded an unscripted and also very vulnerable episode that I was afraid to publish because I had so many excuses and reasons come up, and most of them were wrapped in fear. 

Fear? The only way to conquer it is to go through it. That’s why I pushed that ‘publish’ button.

1. If you’re looking for a regular episode, something that you’ve been getting for the last (almost) three months then this one is probably not for you.
2. But if you want to get to know me better, discover how I take care of myself, and how I deal with my own demons, then go ahead – tune in >> I’m sure this will give you many (unedited) insights.

I value you because I value myself first.

To your healing journey and vulnerable moments when you feel seen and heard – because that’s what you deserve.

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Any traumas that you experienced and old emotions that you didn’t process in a healthy way and let go of suppress the immune system, and the full healing capability of the body.

In an ideal world, we would learn how to process any adversity in a healthy manner in our childhood. That would equip us for life and the journey would be easier. Unfortunately, most of us were raised by parents who had their own wounds and now as adults, it’s on us to help ourselves live better.

This week I invited Amy B Scher to join me on The Mindful Injury Recovery Talks. She’s an energy therapist and the bestselling and award-winning author of 4 books, which have been translated into 16 languages.

We’ve done a few interviews together before and every time we talk, I learn something new from her. There’s so much alignment between what we do, and she has such a wealth of knowledge when it comes to energy therapy and mind-body healing, that I am always grateful for another opportunity to chat with her.

This time, we dove into decoding the language your body uses to talk to you, the importance of patience (and simple things), and how to deal with all the emotions that can accompany a healing process. Yes, she’ll also teach you her shortcut to emotional release and better healing in the hands-on work part of the conversation.

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When it comes to healing any kind of physical trauma we don’t really need a plan for that specific injury, what we need is a plan that works for ANY kind of injury.

The challenge that people very often have with this suggestion is that they are coming from the point of view that different kinds of injuries need different kinds of approaches and specialists. And it is true in a way. Knee surgery is way better performed by an orthopedic surgeon than a cardiac surgeon, right?

But because we’re so caught up in this thinking that we need a specific specialist for a specific physical trauma, it blinds us when it comes to the whole healing journey.

This episode will help you understand why we need to zoom out and look at the big picture, plus what you/your body really needs when healing an injury.

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When it comes to pain (whether acute or chronic) perception matters greatly.

What you learned about it during your life and how those neural pathways were established give an insight into how we experience pain.

David Butler is a world-renown expert on the topic of pain, so don’t be surprised if your physiotherapist, osteopath, chiropractic, or any other medical professional nods when you mention his name.

If you’ve ever wondered about the exact steps that are needed to access the brain’s capacity for neuroplasticity and the pathways that cause or reduce pain (or how those pathways are formed) – he definitely knows the answers. And during our conversation he will also guide you through a self-reflection technique to explore how the words and language you use are affecting your pain.

This talk is a combination of the things that David learned through years of work and research, and practical steps that you can take to change your own response to pain. It was originally recorded for the 2020 Mindful Injury Recovery World Summit, but David and I both agreed that it provides incredible value, and so it’s being re-released as part of Mindful Injury Recovery Talks.

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Currently there’s a (big) gap between allopathic medicine and what is needed in the world of healing physical trauma.

We are more than just a bunch of cells and in the same way, as we need to take care of our body, we do need to take care of our mind and soul.

Elena Bensonoff is a pioneer in the field of functional, regenerative, and quantum medicine, and she’s been sharing her gift of healing for over 20 years.

The health care professionals that I speak with very often come to the solutions that go beyond just the conventional medical approach because they at some point suffered with ‘uncurable’ conditions and were not happy with the offered solution of “Here, take these pills for the rest of your life.”  

As you’ll discover in this episode, Elena not only healed severe asthma but also hip and back pain that she struggled with especially during her pregnancies.

There are techniques and procedures that will make a huge change in your healing journey once you decide to approach your recovery in a holistic way. This is the main topic of this week’s episode.

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