May 01, 2024

The power of your mind: Practicing mindfulness and its role in healing from CIRS

25 minutes

For more information, visit https://thecirsgroup.com

CIRS, or Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome, is an illness that can cause us to dissociate from our own bodies, as a way of self-protection. If you are far enough along with your healing, it can become important to rebuild that connection and tune in to what your body needs and feels, so that you can heal fully and completely. Today, we dive into this topic, covering some of the challenges of mindfulness as well as strategies and methods you may want to try. For more information, support, and resources in your own CIRS healing journey, visit TheCIRSGroup.com

TIME STAMPS:

0:00 Intro and disclaimer

0:30 Why mindfulness is so difficult

2:25 The power our brains have over our healing

4:55 Limbic Retraining is an on-going practice

5:54 How to tell if you’re out of touch with your body

7:07 Practice: all you need to do is show up

8:13 The best method is the one you can stick to

9:12 Gratitudes

10:55 Play with the time of day

11:40 Journaling or Morning Pages

13:01 Meditation, choosing identities

14:26 ADHD struggles with mindfulness

15:56 Yoga

17:46 Walking

19:51 How to get started with Mindfulness

20:47 Tracking symptoms

23:12 Practice, not perfect

The CIRS Group:

Support Community: https://thecirsgroup.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecirsgroup/

Find Jacie for carnivore, lifestyle and limbic resources:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ladycarnivory

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LadyCarnivory

Blog: https://www.ladycarnivory.com/

Limbic Training Community: https://www.wired4healing.com

Find Barbara for business/finance tips and coaching:

Website: https://www.actlikebarbara.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/actlikebarbara/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@actlikebarbara

HELPFUL LINKS:

Limbic Retraining episode: https://youtu.be/tTzgIsdYovA?si=S4eS_dytKrK2Yj3r

The Joy Plan book: https://a.co/d/gx82x4B

The Artist’s Way book: https://a.co/d/1u2x3lo

CIRS Meditation practice with Melanie: https://www.instagram.com/meditation4cirs/

Great research on why ADHD makes mindfulness difficult (and how to overcome): https://youtu.be/RFJBwdpSPmU?si=vV__3XUxNc9iYVdP

Yoga with Adriene: https://www.youtube.com/@yogawithadriene

Jacie is a 4 year carnivore, certified nutrition coach, and carnivore recipe developer determined to share the life changing information of carnivore and CIRS to anyone who will listen. Barbara is a coach, facilitator, speaker, 3 year carnivore, and a big fan of health and freedom. Together, they co-founded The CIRS Group, an online support community to help people that are struggling with their CIRS diagnosis and treatment.

Catch Jacie and Barbara on Judy Cho's podcast to learn more about their health journeys and why they started The CIRS Group: When Carnivores are Affected by Mold Illness - Jacie Gregory & Barbara Williams - https://youtu.be/CR8Uj-d_fok

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