If you want to heal interstitial cystitis using a mind-body approach, then this blog post is for you! If you’ve read any of my previous blog posts, or joined the Kindness Community for some help around healing, then you might already know the basic steps in the mind-body healing process. I’ll review them here for… Continue reading Ditch Your Diet and Heal Interstitial Cystitis
Tag: TMS
3 Surprising Signs that You’re Healing
One of the hardest parts of a mind-body healing journey usually looks like this: Discover amazing resources like The Mindbody Prescription by John Sarno, M.D or When the Body Says No by Gabor Mate, M.D. Feel hope for the first time in forever. Dig in and try to apply mind-body healing to your situation. Feel… Continue reading 3 Surprising Signs that You’re Healing
Get Out of Food Prison
When I was struggling with interstitial cystitis in my early twenties, I tried everything under the sun to get better. I took at least a million different supplements, tried anything and everything I read on the internet, and went to multiple doctors for many different treatments. I was so afraid I would have interstitial cystitis… Continue reading Get Out of Food Prison
Get What You Want: Try This Life Hack!
If you’ve read very many of my blog posts, you’ll notice I talk a lot about your inner wisdom. If you are struggling with physical pain, want to use mind-body tools to heal, or just stressed out in general, all this “fluffy inner-wisdom” stuff might seem a little irrelevant or even out of reach. However,… Continue reading Get What You Want: Try This Life Hack!
This Fast Will Help You Heal (And It’s Not What You Expect)
A few months ago, I noticed I was checking my Facebook feed several times a day, and it seemed to correlate with disconnection from myself. I decided to remove the Facebook app from my iPhone. I was curious to see what would happen and how I would feel without looking at my Facebook feed daily.… Continue reading This Fast Will Help You Heal (And It’s Not What You Expect)
Your Mind-Body Shopping List: Heal Yourself for $5 (or less!)
If you’re dealing with chronic pain or symptoms and you have a desire to heal yourself using mind-body tools, I have a little shopping list for you. These items will help you cut to the core of what’s behind your physical pain and will help you feel better. Maybe you’ve read Dr. John Sarno’s theories… Continue reading Your Mind-Body Shopping List: Heal Yourself for $5 (or less!)
The Trick to Healing TMS: How to Get Out of Overwhelm and into Relief
I’m so overwhelmed with the ideas about TMS, Mind Body Syndrome, and healing that I don’t know where to start. I’m afraid that this approach won’t work for me, and I’ll be the only one, ever, who fails at this. I can’t find my emotions – I feel blank. I’m afraid to feel my emotions,… Continue reading The Trick to Healing TMS: How to Get Out of Overwhelm and into Relief
Were You Hard on Yourself Today? Join the Self-Kindness Movement!
They say you teach what you need most to learn. This makes sense to me, as all I teach these days is self-kindness. When I was younger, I was beyond harsh with myself. I was downright mean. I was not one bit loving toward myself. I put constant pressure on myself to change, all the… Continue reading Were You Hard on Yourself Today? Join the Self-Kindness Movement!
Pain is A Powerful Messenger: Are You Listening?
One morning, I woke up, stepped out of bed, and keeled over from agonizing pain. I was no stranger to pain, as I’d had searing pelvic pain from Interstitial Cystitis for years. This, however, was a different searing pelvic pain. I picked up the phone and called 911. Pain is a powerful messenger. How did… Continue reading Pain is A Powerful Messenger: Are You Listening?
Doing It Right versus Doing It Real
When I became a mom, I instantly got a pain syndrome, otherwise known as Mind Body Syndrome/TMS. These syndromes often show up when a person is experiencing a life change and not allowing her/himself to feel emotions, address the stress, and acknowledge the huge internal pressures that come with change. (Luckily, having had TMS before, I… Continue reading Doing It Right versus Doing It Real