Understanding MAP Part II With Dr. Alia Paquette Flourish With Neural Retraining podcast

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Explore a different path to natural healing for hypothyroidism and chronic stress in Episode 80 of Flourish with Neural Retraining. Host Madeleine Lowry speaks with client, Eriko, about her journey using a 12-week thyroid healing program based on neural retraining . Eriko had managed hypothyroidism with medication for 20 years but still suffered from symptoms like anxiety and insomnia. Conventional treatments often fall short for individuals with hypothyroidism or Hashimoto's. This episode highlights a mindbody approach utilizing neural retraining and stress reduction to achieve symptom improvement by working with the mind. The structured, self-paced program guides users through modules addressing emotional memories, complex patterns like fear, control, and stress-related behaviors, and core beliefs. Eriko achieved significant results, reducing her thyroid medication dose by a third. Even on the lower dose, she reported a 30 to 50% improvement in core thyroid symptoms including fatigue, brain fog, and anxiety. A welcome side benefit was her A1C improving from pre-diabetic to normal range. Beyond physical symptoms, she experienced profound reduction in anxiety, improved sleep and digestion, felt more comfortable in her own skin, and fundamentally changed her response to stress. Stress underlies many chronic conditions. By clearing subconscious and accumulated stress, the program optimizes the body's natural healing capacities. Eriko found it beneficial for other chronic conditions and recommends it for anyone struggling with chronic stress or any chronic condition, offering an easier, gentler way to achieve lasting change. Listen now to learn how the mind can support healing the body—naturally. Learn more at TCNeuralRetraining.com…

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Unlocking Healing: The Power of Neural Retraining 1:36

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Welcome to the Flourish with Neural Retraining podcast. This podcast is for you if you have a chronic health condition and you are looking for a way to get your health back naturally by working with your mind. If you've tried all the things and are still struggling, but you're convinced you could heal if you could only find a better way, then you're in the right place. I'm Madeleine Lowry, a Neural Retraining Specialist who works with people with chronic health issues, including chronic fatigue, low thyroid function, adrenal fatigue, immune dysregulation, autoimmune conditions, sensitivities, and more. What if I told you that the root cause of your chronic health condition was unresolved stress in the subconscious mind? What if I told you that there was a personality profile for people that develop chronic health issues and that it's no coincidence that you've developed these symptoms? What if I told you that you could turn this around and heal yourself naturally by working with your mind from the comfort of your home? My experience in working with hundreds of clients in thousands of virtual sessions has given me a different perspective on the true root causes of disease. Most of my clients would agree that working with their mind was the missing piece that unlocked their healing potential. And you will hear some of their stories here. I believe that all health starts with the mind. And after listening to these podcast episodes, I hope you will agree. Could neural retraining accelerate your healing? Find out by taking the quiz at tcneuralretraining.com .…

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Stress Relief with MAP on the Go Advanced 36:11

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Join me for episode 79 where I will describe, demonstrate and teach a simple MAP tool for stress relief. It’s called MAP on the Go advanced. If you are a current client of mine, you are familiar with MAP on the Go which is a simple instruction you can give yourself after your first MAP session to manage your emotions and more. MAP on the Go Advanced has a few more steps to it and goes a little bit deeper. It is a wonderful tool for managing stress and anxiety, even if you have never had a MAP session before, because everything you need to get started is in this episode. In this episode I discuss: - My experience with the MAP Wellbeing Facilitator Program. - Who the MAP Wellbeing Facilitator is appropriate for. - How therapists, practitioners and coaches can add it to an existing practice. - The 4 steps of MAP of MAP on the Go Advanced. - Types of subjects this protocol is most useful for. - The role of a MAP Wellbeing Facilitator and when a certified MAP Practitioner is a better choice. - The preparatory steps for your first MAP on the Go Advanced (MOG-A) session. - Full demonstration of a MOG-A session. - How you can learn more. If you would like to watch the 5-minute preparatory video, please visit YouTube: https://youtu.be/V1r-57VUWf0?si=d-tkTXr3lbCkdjSV. If you would like to access our MAP on the Go Advanced course which includes the preparatory video, simple session script, and instructions, please visit MAPforHealth.us. To learn more about the MAP Method, please visit: TCNeuralRetraining.com. For information about the MAP Wellness Facilitator certification course, visit MAPCoachingInstitute.com…

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Retrain Your Brain for Abundance 47:23

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Join me for episode 78 where I will talk about how and why we can retrain the brain to experience more abundance in all areas of life, including financial abundance, loving relationships, and physical, mental and emotional health. I will discuss points from Colette Streicher’s book, Abundance on Demand, which explains how we use an advanced method of neural retraining to accomplish this with minimal effort. I will also describe some techniques and exercises from her book and how you can use these on your own to prepare for and enhance your experience with MAP sessions. In this episode I discuss: - How to discover your subconscious blueprint regarding money or health. - Why your blueprint may be holding you back. - How to define your goal in any area of life. - Colette’s five easy steps to change your subconscious programming to be aligned with what you desire. - How to identify your beliefs about money or health. - How to identify your core beliefs about yourself. - Why it’s important to identify traumatic events related to money or health. - Explore the symbolic relationship you have with wealth or health. - Identify the emotions you have around money or health. - How to clear negative programming and reinforce positive programs. - How to accelerate change through daily habits. If you enjoyed this episode, you may also enjoy hearing Episode 29: The MAP Method Origins, Research, and Applications with Colette Streicher, LMSW, founder of the MAP Method. To learn more about the MAP Method, please visit MAPforHealth.us for our free courses and all of our MAP Programs. To schedule appointments online, please visit: TCNeuralRetraining.com.…

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Mindbody Healing for Chronic Pain with Elynn Light 59:29

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Join me for episode 77 where we hear from MAP Practitioner, Elynn Light,, about how she uses the MAP Method of neural retraining for chronic pain patterns and trauma healing. Hear how she learned about the method after training in many other techniques, including hypnosis, and why she calls it the “best investment she ever made” – the most fun to use and with the best results. In this episode we discuss: - Elynn’s background in nursing and the many alternative modalities that she has trained in to resolve her own pain from a car accident. - Her observations of the impact of working with the subconscious mind with a hybrid hypnosis method. - Her assessment of hypnosis vs. the MAP Method. - Why she decided to train in the MAP Method and why it is her primary modality still. - Her focus: helping people release pain naturally and how she uses her intuitive skills in MAP sessions. - How physical symptoms, including “real pain” can be resolved by working with the mind and our thoughts and emotions. - The connections between trauma and chronic health issues. - How sensitive clients are more strongly impacted by even small painful emotional events. - A client with thyroid issues who improved after a session on a painful emotional memory. - A client with leg pain that resolved subconsciously-held negative emotions. - The same part of the brain that processes emotional pain also processes physical pain. If you enjoyed this episode, you may also enjoy hearing my discussion in episode 74 about MAP for Chronic Pain. Check out our MAP for Chronic Pain program at https://www.mapforhealth.us To learn more about the MAP Method, please visit MAPforHealth.us for our free courses and all of our MAP Programs. To schedule appointments online, please visit: TCNeuralRetraining.com.…

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Overcoming Anxiety, Fight/Flight and Autoimmune Thyroid - Nicki’s Story 58:33

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Join us for Episode 76 featuring my client, Nicki, as she shares her journey with neural retraining over several months. Discover how this unique approach to mind-body healing helped Nicki overcome debilitating anxiety, patterns of overthinking, worry, and the racing thoughts that kept her up at night. Nicki came to our sessions after her health challenges, including getting COVID, left her feeling stuck in fight or flight. She was specifically hoping to address anxiety, fight/flight, sleep issues, and an autoimmune thyroid condition. Hear how since starting advanced neural retraining sessions (MAP), she has experienced a significant reduction in negative thought loops and anxiety, including the physical "burst" feeling in her chest. She's found more mental space and improved sleep. Nicki also discusses how MAP helped her health anxiety and worry about her son's health. Learn why working at the mental and emotional level is crucial, as it leads to improvements in physical health. When your body is stuck in fight or flight, even beneficial interventions like detoxes and supplements may be less effective. By resolving issues at the level of the subconscious mind, MAP offers a way to help turn around the challenging experience of chronic illness. Nicki found MAP to be easier and gentler than other methods she tried, like talk therapy and EMDR. She felt the positive effects were "almost immediate" and much less draining. Hear why she calls MAP "an easier, softer way of getting to where you want to be". If you are dealing with anxiety, fight/flight, or exploring comprehensive approaches for conditions like autoimmune thyroid, this episode offers valuable insights into how addressing the mind-body connection with MAP could be a key part of your journey. Mentioned in this episode: Nicki was referred by functional medicine practitioner Dr. Eric Balcavage. For more on how MAP can support thyroid function, you may also enjoy episode 88 with Dr. Eric Balcavage on the Thyroid Answers podcast. To learn more about the MAP Method, including how it addresses anxiety, fight/flight, and supports overall health including chronic conditions like autoimmune thyroid, visit TCNeuralRetraining.com .…

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MAP for Emotional and Physical Weight with Jelena Katić Ujević 41:06

1 year ago41:06

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Join me for episode 75 where we hear from Jelena Katić Ujević, MAP Coach and Trainer for the MAP Coaching Institute, about her new program for emotional and physical weight. Hear about the insights she gained by working with clients to achieve weight loss by processing unresolved painful emotions. Learn more about the role of the stress response in weight gain and loss, and why loving yourself may be the necessary precursor to making healthier choices. In this episode we discuss: - Why eating right and exercising doesn’t always lead to weight loss. - Why releasing emotional weight is an important first step. - The significance of emotional stress on health and weight. - How early life trauma changes our default response to stress. - Why we may not have learned how to cope with emotional stress and how that contributes to emotional weight. - How the subconscious mind remembers abuses associated with being attractive, and how those can become blocks to weight loss. - How advanced neural retraining with MAP sessions can release unresolved pain and allow for changes in behaviors and habits. - The research behind the program and the results for the early participants. - The format of the program for the Basic and Premium options. - Why subliminal audio files are Jelena’s preferred format. Learn more about Jelena’s Neuro ReShape program and register for a free 7-day trial: https://www.mapcoachinginstitute.com/a/2147830880/Pe2eMzLo If you enjoyed this episode, you may be interested in a previous episode: How to Use Your Mind to Heal Your Body, or my interview with Colette Streicher, LMSW, the founder of the MAP Method in episode 30. To learn more about the MAP Method, please visit MAPforHealth.us for our free courses. To schedule a MAP session please book online at TCNeuralRetraining.com.…

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MAP for Chronic Pain - Client Stories 45:26

1 year ago45:26

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Join me for episode 74 where I will talk about how and why we can retrain the brain for chronic pain symptoms. This includes back pain, joint pain, muscle aches, headaches, migraines, scar pain or pain from old injuries, and pain from conditions like arthritis and fibromyalgia. I will describe some examples of this with my clients, and my own stories of pain relief as well. I will talk a little bit about the MAP Program for Chronic Pain, and how it can be used alongside live sessions with a practitioner. In this episode I discuss: - The role of the subconscious mind in pain perception. - How the brain can become hyper-responsive to pain impulses. - The phenomenon of phantom pain, and shock. - Sarno principles: pain and repressed emotions, the plight of the “perfect” and the “good.” - How we use the MAP Method to work with the subconscious mind to find root causes of pain patterns. - How ten minutes of toxic thoughts can lead to 10 hours of pain. - How unrecognized emotional stress can be expressed as back pain. - Client stories illustrating how subconscious emotional stress, triggers, beliefs, behaviors and resistance can amplify and prolong pain. If you enjoyed this episode, you may also enjoy hearing Helen’s story in episode 40: MAP for Chronic Pain where she talks about her autoimmune condition, ankylosing spondylitis, and the pain relief she experienced after a set of MAP sessions. To learn more about the molecules of emotion and their effect on health, listen to episode 60: MAP for Emotional Causes of Illness.. To learn more about the MAP Method, please visit MAPforHealth.us for our free courses and our MAP Programs, including the MAP Introduction Program. To schedule a MAP session please book online at TCNeuralRetraining.com.…

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MAP for Self-Healing - Tess’s Story 1:06:47

1 year ago1:06:47

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Join me for episode 73 where we hear from my client, Tess, about her experiences with the MAP Method over 4 months, and how MAP has helped her to overcome her sensitivities to smells, chronic headaches, IBS, repetitive negative thoughts and improved her bloodwork. Hear how she came to MAP already understanding the connection between trauma and chronic illness, and how MAP sessions proved more effective than other modalities she had tried including DNRS, EMDR, Safe and Sound, Somatics, and more. In this episode we discuss: - How she found the MAP method with a very focused Google search. - Her experience with DNRS and how it helped, but wasn’t enough. - What she was hoping to address in MAP sessions: multiple allergies and sensitivities (hearing, smell, touch, foods, environmental), IBS, chronic pain (headaches, neck, back, body aches), hypothyroid, mold, Lyme and coinfections. - How she used the MAP for Self Healing to address negative thought loops, neck tension, and headaches. - How she used the MAP for Sensitivities to resolve smell sensitivities. - The improvements in her bloodwork: B12 levels, homocysteine, and white blood cell and red blood cell counts. - The increased freedom she has in her life as a result of MAP: to travel, socialize, be outside, cook, see the dentist, wear a necklace, and drive alone. - The emotional level changes she has noted: more relaxed, able to enjoy the moment, less fixated on having to “do the right thing all the time.” - How she understands trauma to be “something that happened that your brain has not processed properly.” - How she deals with symptoms that come up – let it come and let it go–and how nothing hurts as much or as long as it used to. - When you’ve been sick your whole thought process changes, and to make the leap back, it requires neural retraining. - Why symptom patterns sometimes show up strongly right before they break down for good. - Her experience of neutralizing a trauma memory during a MAP session and how the memory and her perspective changed. - How anyone of any faith or religious background can feel comfortable working with MAP. - How MAP programs offer a convenient and affordable way to have MAP sessions on your own. If you enjoyed this episode, you may also enjoy hearing Susan’s story in episode 69: MAP for Chronic Illness or a functional medicine practitioner’s discussion of MAP for Complex Chronic Conditions. To learn more about the MAP Method, please visit MAPforHealth.us for our free courses and our MAP Programs. To schedule an Introductory MAP session please book online at TCNeuralRetraining.com.…

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Getting Ready for Your First MAP Session 35:45

1 year ago35:45

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Join me for episode 72 where I will talk about how to prepare yourself for your first MAP session. I will go over the most important step, which is to watch the 15-minute preparatory video, and the flow of the first session as well as some common concerns about the MAP process. If you are not familiar with the MAP Method, let me just say this: The MAP Method is a “beautifully simple” way to resolve or release trauma emotions. If you are familiar with energy psychology methods like EMDR or tapping, MAP is the next generation - gentler and goes deeper. If you are familiar with energy work like Reiki, you might think of MAP as Reiki for the mind. If you are familiar with acupuncture, this is similar, only we use the mind to diagnose blocks, and optimize energy flow. If you have tried neural retraining methods like DNRS, MAP sessions achieve the same ends with less time and effort. In this episode, I discuss: - How to schedule your Introductory MAP session. - Why it is important to watch the preparatory video. - How to access the Zoom and set up your video. - How to choose a subject for your first session. - Why we take a baseline of your topic before we get started. - The purpose of the first MAP session, a 60-minute session. - Why we take a few minutes to complete the initiation to MAP at the beginning of your first session. - The flow of the Introductory session - what to expect. - The purpose of syncing up our subconscious minds prior to working on your subject. - The two streams of information a practitioner is following in a MAP session. - How a MAP Practitioner is able to guide the session through muscle checking. MAP is not hypnosis, it is a meditative process. - What to expect as we begin to work on your subject. - How to observe the clues that your subconscious mind is giving you during a session. - Each MAP session is an iterative process. - What you will notice by the end of the session that is an indication that the method is working for you. - The value of neutralizing memories and its effect on subconscious programming, patterns of behavior, conditioned responses, symptoms, etc. - Factors that will improve your receptivity to MAP. If you enjoyed this episode, you may be interested in the previous episode: How to Use Your Mind to Heal Your Body, or my interview with Colette Streicher, LMSW, the founder of the MAP Method in episode 30. To learn more about the MAP Method, please visit MAPforHealth.us for our free courses. To schedule an Introductory MAP session please book online at TCNeuralRetraining.com.…

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How to Use Your Mind to Heal Your Body 19:42

2 years ago19:42

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Join me for episode 71 where I will talk about how to use your mind to optimize the healing capacity of your body. These are practices that you can pursue on your own, outside of MAP sessions, that are complementary to MAP or any other form of neural retraining. While MAP is a fast and gentle method of releasing emotions, changing patterns of negative thoughts, quieting the inner critic, changing beliefs and perspectives, and even changing patterns of behavior like people-pleasing -- there is more that you can do with your conscious mind. In this episode I discuss: - The role of stress and how it affects your healing capabilities. - How stress blocks all restorative functions of the body - 7 ways you could be using your mind to prolong chronic illness - Conscious versus subconscious sources of stress. - How MAP sessions can help with subconscious sources of stress and negative mental patterns. - How the predisposition to chronic illness is often established in the subconscious mind by traumatic events in childhood. - 10 ways to manage your conscious mind to promote healing - Helpful practices you can incorporate into your day to optimize wellness. If you enjoyed this episode, you may be interested in the related episodes that were mentioned: Episode 30: The Impact of Trauma on Chronic Health Issues, Episode 52: MAP for Painful Memories and Episode 60: MAP for the Emotional Causes of Illness. To learn more about the MAP Method, please visit MAPforHealth.us for our free courses. To schedule an Introductory MAP session please book online at TCNeuralRetraining.com.…

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Understanding MAP Part II with Dr. Alia Paquette 1:04:03

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MAP for Chronic Illness - Susan’s Story 1:10:11

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Join me for episode 69 where we talk with my client, Susan, about her experiences with the MAP Method and how MAP helped her to overcome 10+ years of chronic illness. Hear how she came to understand that there was a trauma connection and how MAP Method sessions proved more effective than other modalities she tried including somatic work, counseling, EMDR or tapping. In this episode we discuss: - The connection between trauma and chronic illness and how she learned from her chronic illness specialist that 80-90% of patients have a significant trauma history. - The experience of a MAP session and how Susan knew that MAP was changing something at a fundamental level in her mind. - How she came to MAP with a desire to release the trauma her body was holding, and to resolve her chronic fight-flight-freeze response. - How sessions have helped her to know herself better and realize that she was living her life in a small way. - The benefits she noted after 4 sessions, and after 6 sessions as her confidence increased and her brain fog resolved. - Her observation that things that used to be triggering aren’t anymore which frees up a lot of energy for living and healing. - How we work with the subconscious mind during sessions and uncover important associations. - Why Susan describes MAP as “beautifully simple” and “way more effective than I even hoped.” If you enjoyed this episode, don’t miss Episode 60: MAP for Emotional Causes of Illness where I describe the research of Candace Pert, PhD on the biochemistry of mind body medicine and the benefit of working with the emotions to promote healing. To learn more about the MAP Method, please visit MAPforHealth.us for our free courses. To schedule an Introductory MAP session please book online at MindReMAPforHealth.com…

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Understanding the MAP Method with Dr. Alia Paquette 1:04:03

2 years ago1:04:03

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Join me for episode 68 where my client, Dr. Alia Paquette asks her pressing questions about the MAP Method and how it works. Having had 20 MAP sessions herself over the last 2 years, she is well acquainted with the method. To hear her story about how MAP Method sessions have helped her through tough times, including a battle with pancreatic cancer, please listen to my conversation with her in the previous episode. In this episode we discuss: - How we set up each MAP session and what happens in the introductory session. - The experience of the practitioner during a MAP session. - How the MAP Practitioner uses muscle-checking to guide the session. - The science behind the MAP Method and resources for learning more. - How did you know that MAP was something you wanted to learn? What was your personal experience with MAP? - How has working with the MAP Method impacted your spiritual beliefs? - The principle of oneness and how it represents a coming together of science and spirituality and religion. If you enjoy this episode, don’t miss Episode 67: MAP for Serious Illness to hear Alia’s story about MAP for multiple traumas including cancer, and how she incorporates MAP sessions into her self-care routine. To learn more about the MAP Method, please visit MAPforHealth.us for our free courses. To schedule an Introductory MAP session please book online at MindReMAPforHealth.com…

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MAP for Serious Illness - Alia’s Story 59:41

2 years ago59:41

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Join me for episode 67 where we talk with my client, Dr. Alia Paquette, about her experience with the MAP Method and how MAP supported her through a harrowing 1 ½ year journey with pancreatic cancer, from diagnosis to surgery, ensuing complications, and painful recovery. Hear how she incorporates MAP sessions as a part of her self-care routine, along with acupuncture, and why she calls it “EMDR on steroids.”. In this episode we discuss: - Dr. Alia’s interest, as a primary care physician, and in helping her patients find the resources that will work for them. - How Western medicine’s mental health support options, which include antidepressants, talk therapy, and EMDR, are often not enough. - How she heard about the MAP Method and immediately signed up her partner for sessions, based on his significant trauma history. - The impact of his first session and why she decided to try MAP herself., even though she did not have a trauma history. - The sequence of traumas that befell her in the next 2-3 years, including the pandemic, wildfires, house fire, loss of pets, and a serious and prolonged health crisis, and how MAP has helped her cope. - How she regards MAP sessions as ongoing self-care, similar to acupuncture or physical therapy. - Why we have as a culture separated mind from body and why that has to change. - Why she understands the brain to be “the foundation of health.” - How painful emotional experiences of any kind, even if they seem minor, can register in the brain as trauma. - How she utilized MAP sessions to cope with every step of her pancreatic cancer journey, from the traumatic experiences around diagnosis, pre and post surgery, hospital experiences, life-threatening complications, extreme weight loss, additional procedures, and chronic gut and pain symptoms. - Why she uses MAP sessions instead of talk therapy due to its efficiency and why she says MAP is so dramatically effective, so quickly. - How loving yourself and prioritizing yourself is the way that you support your body and your health. If you enjoy this episode, don’t miss Episode 35: MAP for Optimal Health and Fertility to hear Kristen’s story about MAP for hormonal imbalances, relationship stress, and sensitivities and her understanding of how MAP works. To learn more about the MAP Method, please visit MAPforHealth.us for our free courses. To schedule an Introductory MAP session please book online at MindReMAPforHealth.com…

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MAP for Mindbody Health - Josie’s Story 1:11:12

2 years ago1:11:12

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Join me for episode 66 where we talk with my client, Josie, about her experience with the MAP Method and what she has learned about how working with the mind impacts emotional, mental, and physical health. Hear how the benefits she experienced have even extended to her relationships, and her role as a parent, and how she used the MAP for Sensitivities Program for food and mold sensitivities. In this episode we discuss: - How MAP compares to talk therapy and the benefits of working directly with the subconscious mind. - Why her “mind was blown” by her first MAP session and what it felt like to have a traumatic memory neutralized. - The immediate effects of a MAP session: more clarity, lightness, empowerment. Longer term effects include feeling more peaceful and like you’ve reorganized things in your brain. - MAP for big T and little t traumas and how we can change the meaning of those events in a MAP session. - How MAP sessions have improved her relationships and helped her be more intentional in parenting. - Physical effects she has noted: resolution of stomach symptoms, elimination of food and mold sensitivities, less severe skin issues and improved sleep. -How the Sensitivities program works with fears and the shift from a fear-based mindset to a more secure empowered mindset. - The benefits of two years of MAP sessions in uncovering her authentic self, changing her personality in positive ways, and contributing to physical health. If you enjoy this episode, don’t miss episode 62: MAP for Changing Your Relationship to Illness for more on how your attitude towards your symptoms and conditions could be the first thing, and the most important thing to change. To learn more about the MAP Method and how it works, visit MAPforHealth.us for our free courses. To schedule an Introductory MAP session please book online at MindReMAPforHealth.com…

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Meet Sofie Hon - MAP Instructor and Practitioner 32:05

2 years ago32:05

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Join me for episode 65 where we talk with Sofie Hon, a top MAP Method™ coach in Singapore, and an instructor for the MAP Coaching Institute. Hear about her work with the MAP Method and how she aspires to create a ripple effect by training leaders who then improve the lives of those around them and how her work as a MAP trainer supports students who seek to certify in the MAP Method. In this episode we discuss: - How Sofie first discovered the MAP Method in a Mastermind group. - Her first experience of MAP and why she decided to train in it. - Her specialty: helping leaders succeed in business, in coaching, and in parenting. - Examples of clients she has helped. - Her role as instructor at the MAP Coaching Institute. If you enjoyed this episode, tune into my conversation with Colette Streicher, founder of the MAP Method in episode 29: The MAP Method Origins, Research, and Applications. You can also visit the MAP Coaching Institute’s website for more information about training as a MAP Coach. To learn more about the MAP Method and how it could work for you, try one of our free courses at mapforhealth.us. To schedule an Introductory MAP session please book online at TCNeuralRetraining .com…

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MAP for Finding Your Authentic Self 23:15

2 years ago23:15

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Join me for episode 64, where I talk about the relationship between finding your true nature and why it is often part of the work of recovering from chronic illness. I will discuss how we use the MAP Method to address blocks and barriers you may have developed to your authentic self. I will talk about my own insights from working with clients as well as the those of Martha Beck as summarized in her book, Finding Your Way in a Wild New World, including her description of the type of person most often affected by chronic illness and the four essential technologies that she advocates for learning to turn things around, which are also utilized by my own work with the MAP Method. In this episode I’ll discuss: - Why burying our true nature makes us vulnerable to chronic illness. - How finding and reclaiming your authenticity is often part and parcel of recovering your health. - Martha Beck’s description of her tribe of wayfinders or menders: the highly sensitive, intuitive, mission-driven person and how it relates to the type of person I see in my practice. - The 4 technologies of magic, as described by Martha Beck: Wordlessness, Oneness, Imagination and Forming. - How I utilize these four technologies in MAP Method sessions. If you enjoyed this episode, don’t miss episode 61: MAP for Personality Traits that Predispose to Chronic Illness for additional background on how repressive emotional coping styles increase lifetime risk of chronic health issues. To learn more about the MAP Method and how it works, visit mapforhealth.us for our free courses. To schedule an Introductory MAP session please book online at MindReMAPforHealth.com…

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MAP for Chronic Symptoms - Wendi’s Story 51:11

2 years ago51:11

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Join me for episode 63 where we talk with my client, Wendi, about her experience with MAP Method sessions for chronic gut and immune issues and severe headaches. Hear about her experience and how her physical symptoms improved along with other positive benefits including more mental clarity and focus, personal insights and a feeling of empowerment. In this episode we discuss: - How Wendi came to the conclusion that there was something subconscious that was causing her symptoms. - How she had tried talk therapy, nutrition, and functional medicine to address her symptoms: gut, immune and bladder function, headaches, restricted diet. - Why being a highly sensitive person (HSPs) can predispose us to chronic health issues and how MAP can help.. - Why she describes the results of MAP sessions as “dramatic” and how the emotional charge around a trauma can dissipate even in one session. - How the MAP Method helps to get to the roots of behavioral patterns and relieves subconscious sources of stress you don’t even realize you are carrying. - How she describes the process of MAP sessions as mental house cleaning and how it has helped her grow into a better version of herself. - How she uses the MAP audio files and finds them helpful between sessions. - Why MAP is an important key that can help you unravel layers of subconscious stress quickly, easily and peacefully. - The variety of topics we can work with in a MAP session: painful memories, conditioned behaviors, compulsions, triggers for symptoms, negative repetitive thoughts, etc. - How lifelong patterns of behavior can be changed by working directly with the subconscious in sessions. - Why Wendi feels that MAP sessions would be beneficial for most everyone, especially sensitive, empathic people. If you enjoyed this episode, don’t miss episode 61: MAP for Personality Traits that Predispose to Chronic Illness which describes how repressive emotional coping styles increase lifetime risk of chronic health issues. To learn more about the MAP Method and how it works, visit mapforhealth.us for our free courses. To schedule an Introductory MAP session please book online at MindReMAPforHealth.com…

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MAP for Changing Your Relationship to Illness 38:13

2 years ago38:13

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In episode 62, I’m going to talk about why your relationship with illness can actually be hindering your recovery. This is a concept that is part of my new program, MAP for Self-Healing. I call it Changing Your Relationship to Illness, and although the stress of chronic symptoms and health issues will be the subject of this podcast episode, the same principle applies to any difficulty you face. In this episode I will talk about my insights from working with clients as well as the work of others, including Byron Katie and Anita Moorjani. We’ll discuss how your stance toward illness –either fighting it, fleeing in fear, or withdrawing and freezing– may be triggering the stress response and how advanced neural retraining may be helpful. In this episode I’ll discuss: - The stress response (fight/flight/freeze) and how negative thoughts prevent recovery by inhibiting the restorative functions of the body. - Why the person with chronic illness can have hundreds of stress responses each day. - How most people’s response to adversity and illness is fear and resistance. - Why fearful and fighting thoughts lead to desperation, frustration, helplessness and powerlessness. - A few guiding lights: Anita Moorjani, Gerald Jampolsky, MD. - Frank Bruni’s book, The Beauty of Dusk and what it has to teach us about the power of a positive mindset. - The work of Byron Katie and her exercises for turning thoughts around. - How MAP sessions can be a powerful way to change patterns of emotional, mental and behavioral responses. - Why working with the mind is complementary to traditional medicine, functional, and alternative approaches. If you enjoyed this episode, don’t miss episode 60: MAP for Emotional Causes of Illness where I discuss the biochemistry behind mind body medicine and the benefit of working with emotions to promote healing. To learn more about the MAP Method and how it works, visit mapforhealth.us for our free courses. To schedule an Introductory MAP session please book online at MindReMAPforHealth.com…

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MAP for Personality Traits That Predispose to Chronic Illness 40:34

2 years ago40:34

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In episode 61, I’m going to describe the personality traits that predispose to chronic illness. These include being a people-pleaser, caretaker, over-achiever, conflict-avoider, perfectionist, overly responsible, and other self-sacrificing and emotionally-repressive tendencies. I will talk about my own understanding of habitual emotional, mental and behavioral responses, which is essentially what personality traits are, as well as the work of others who have published on this topic, including Dr. Gabor Maté, Lydia Temoshok, PhD, Lawrence LeShan, Dr. John Sarno, and Garry Flint, PhD. In this episode I’ll discuss: - The connections between early life trauma, the formation of the personality, and the impact on lifetime risk of chronic illness. - The characteristics of the Type C personality and how it predisposes to chronic illness, including cancer, autoimmune diseases and ALS. - How personality traits are formed, and the relationship between memory structures and habitual emotional coping styles. - Why people learn to be compulsively self-sacrificing. - The two primary human needs. - The stress response (fight/flight/freeze) and how repressive emotional styles degrade our health by promoting the sympathetic dominant state. - How emotional repression makes us more vulnerable to chronic infections, injuries and emotional stressors. - How MAP can be helpful in changing patterns of emotional, mental and behavioral responses. If you enjoyed this episode, don’t miss episode 52: MAP for Painful Memories which explains how resolving trauma memories lays the foundation for healing. To learn more about the MAP Method and how it works, visit mapforhealth.us for our free courses. To schedule an Introductory MAP session please book online at MindReMAPforHealth.com…

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MAP for Emotional Causes of Illness 48:52

2 years ago48:52

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In episode 60, I’m going to describe the science, the biochemistry, behind mindbody medicine, and how working with the emotions has an impact on chronic illness. This is based on the groundbreaking work of Candace Pert, PhD as explained in her book, Molecules of Emotion. By the end of this episode, I’d like for you to have a better understanding about: the molecules of emotion and their function, what happens when they are blocked, how that impact disease states and the value of emotion-releasing modalities, like MAP, in restoring the healthful flow of these important molecules. In this episode I’ll discuss: - Who Dr. Candace Pert was and why her work is important for understanding mindbody interactions. - The role of receptors and molecules of emotion in the two-way flow of the psychosomatic network. - The way cellular function is driven by the molecules of emotion, including all organs, endocrines, body parts and systems including the immune system and the nervous system. - How Dr. Pert’s work led to the field of Psychoneuroimmunoendocrinology. - How this system of communication has been evolutionarily conserved from primitive life forms to the most complex. - Definition of mind as the flow of information between brain and body. - Definition of health as the maintenance of homeostasis by the free flow of molecules of emotion. - How emotions are epigenetic factors. - The role of trauma in blocking the free flow of molecules of emotion. - How you’ve experienced the impact of emotions on physiological function. - The significance of personality types in predisposing us to certain diseases. - How viruses use the same receptors as molecules of emotion, and why your emotional state affects the likelihood of getting sick, and the severity and duration of illness. - Implications of Dr. Pert’s work on the AIDS virus for COVID long-haulers. - How emotion-releasing modalities, like the MAP Method, work with the subconscious mind to release repressed emotions. - The significance of early-life trauma in promoting a freeze response and how this results in a pattern of emotional repression. - How MAP can be helpful in changing patterns of emotional response. If you enjoyed this episode, don’t miss episode 56, MAP and Energy Medicine, with my client Cilla Whatcott, PhD, a classical homeopath, where we discuss her experience of the impact of MAP sessions on trauma, and the role of trauma in health. To learn more about the MAP Method and how it works, visit mapforhealth.us for our free courses. To schedule an Introductory MAP session please book online at MindReMAPforHealth.com…

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MAP for Autoimmunity and CFS - Joe’s Story 1:00:18

3 years ago1:00:18

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Join me for episode 59 where we talk with my client, Joseph Ng, about his experience with the MAP Method for symptoms of autoimmunity and CFS. Hear about his experience with many other methods including: DNRS, EMDR, CFS coaching, talk therapy, EFT/tapping, as well as naturopathic and conventional medicine approaches. Joe describes himself as a high sensitive person (HSP) with a significant trauma history and some OCD tendencies. Before he started to work with me, he had experience with the MAP Method through the MAP Coaching Institute’s programs, group sessions and individual sessions. He was even enrolled in the certification program to become a MAP Practitioner himself, but had to take a break to work on his own recovery, as you’ll hear him describe. In this episode we discuss: - His experience with the MAP Method and how he believed enough in the method to want to train as a MAP Practitioner. - How he hit a rough patch over the summer and spent a couple of months in bed with severe symptoms. - How he felt emotionally and physically before we started our sessions together: highly emotional and over reactive, fatigued, foggy, anxious/panicky, depressed, not believing in himself, with self-sabotage behaviors. - Comparison of MAP to EMDR - Attitude shifts he experienced as a result of MAP sessions for negative thought patterns, attitudes, addictions, and social anxiety. - His understanding that recovery is not linear, and why setbacks are to be appreciated. - What he’s learned from CFS coaching that helps him handle setbacks more calmly. - The benefits he’s seen from MAP Method sessions and why he recommends MAP to others for stress, mental health, trauma healing, and understanding your own identity. - All the things he has tried: psychotherapy, medications, meditation retreats, ayahuasca, acupuncture, acupressure, and more. - His understanding of the mindbody, which comprises the nervous system, emotions and physical body. If you enjoyed this episode, don’t miss episode 47, MAP for Immune Dysfunction, with my client Dawn, who discusses the benefits from MAP sessions for MCAS, histamine sensitivity, tinnitus, muscle tension, and hives. To learn more about the MAP Method and how it works, visit mapforhealth.us. To schedule an Introductory MAP session please book online at MindReMAPforHealth.com…

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MAP for Sleep with Dr. Jenna Foster 1:12:17

3 years ago1:12:17

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Join me for episode 58 where we talk with my fellow MAP Practitioner, Dr. Jenna Foster, about the MAP Method for sleep issues. Jenna has a PhD in Sociology and Social Psychology and she joins us from her office in Pahoa, on the Big Island of Hawaii. We discuss her background and how she became a MAP practitioner, how she works with clients and how we can use the MAP Method to resolve sleep issues including: trouble falling asleep, interrupted sleep patterns, nightmares and bad dreams, waking in fear or panic, and insomnia. In this episode we discuss: - Her background and how she discovered the MAP Method. - How she pursued coaching after 10 years as a scientist. - How she heard about the MAP Method from reading Colette Streicher’s book, Abundance on Demand. - Her training in various energy techniques, Soul-centered healing, and NLP. - How 3 years of MAP have transformed her life. - How she was able to stay calm through a separation and a very stressful construction project with MAP. - How she works with clients who are mainly health professionals, coaches and healers. - How she prepares for each MAP session, and what it’s like to be the practitioner. - The importance of sleep and good sleep hygiene. - The questions to consider if you are having sleep problems: what keeps you awake, when did it start, and what was happening in your life around that time that may have been stressful? - The importance of creating a goal. - Disrupted sleep or poor sleep patterns as self-sabotage behaviors. - The approaches and procedures we can utilize in the MAP Method to address internal and external causes. - The role of emotions like stress, overwhelm and anxiety on sleep patterns. - The importance of focusing on the goal–what does life feel like when you’re well-rested? To find out more about Dr. Jenna Foster and her practice, please visit: www.dr-jen-healing-work.com If you enjoyed this episode, don’t miss episode 49, MAP for Thyroid Health, with my client Melissa, who discusses the benefits from MAP sessions for thyroid function, back pain, digestion, sleep and hair shedding. To learn more about the MAP Method and how it works, visit mapforhealth.us, to find our free courses and MAP Program offerings. To schedule an Introductory MAP session please schedule online at MindReMAPforHealth.com…

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MAP for Food and Chemical Sensitivities - Geri’s Story 49:20

3 years ago49:20

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Join me for episode 57 where we talk with my client, Geri Destasio, about the MAP Method for chronic pain and food, chemical and environmental sensitivities. She describes her experiences with the MAP for Sensitivities Program and how working with a program differs from live sessions over Zoom. In this episode we discuss: - How she heard about the MAP Method from her functional medicine provider. - How live MAP sessions helped with chronic pain, anxiety, and thyroid imbalance. - The importance of our thought processes in keeping us stuck and contributing to chronic symptoms. - How sensitivities to food, chemicals, noise, and pets were running her life. - How the emotion of fear underlies sensitivity symptoms. - How she used the Program the first month pretty intensely for food sensitivities. - How she did additional cycles of the Program for environmental sensitivities over 2 months. - How her chemical sensitivities resolved on their own. - The big moments when she realized she was free of sensitivities: eating croissants, being able to breathe at Fleet Farm and around Easter Lilies, and not having to take medicine before visiting friends with pets. - The significance of negative thoughts and beliefs in sustaining sensitivity reactions. - How the MAP Method is a holistic healing modality that connects mind, body and spirit. If you enjoy this episode, don’t miss episode 38, MAP for Sensitivities, where I talk about the development of the MAP for Sensitivities Program and a case study. To learn more about the MAP Method and how it works, visit mapforhealth.us, to find our free courses and MAP Program offerings. To schedule an Introductory MAP session please schedule online at MindReMAPforHealth.com…

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MAP and Energy Medicine with Cilla Whatcott 47:34

3 years ago47:34

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Join me for episode 56 where we talk with Cilla Whatcott, my client and Classical Homeopath, about the MAP Method and her experience with MAP sessions. Hear how she describes the impact it has on trauma and the role that trauma has in health. We discuss the MAP as an energy modality and applications for anxiety, PTSD, depression, fears and phobias. In this episode we discuss: - How Cilla's baseline sense of anxiety was reduced through MAP sessions. - How meditation practice makes it easier to access the MAP Method. - How, during MAP sessions, the images from childhood and past life experiences are served up by the subconscious mind revealing trauma “bubbles” and beliefs. - The experience of a MAP session and how the practitioner and the client work together. - How it can take a few sessions to understand the flow and the benefits of MAP. Increased anxiety at first can be a sign of resistance. - How treating trauma memories also allows us to identify and replace negative beliefs that are holding us back. - How contributors can be very small things that don’t appear to others as a trauma, but it has more to do with the individual’s perception. - How MAP Practitioners connect with the client’s subconscious mind to identify priorities. - How we follow the thread of the topic throughout the session and the element of trust necessary. - The importance of individualized medicine and how interest in it has grown, along with Energy Modalities. - Why working with the mind is essential for chronic conditions. - The positive results in reduction of fear and anxiety around cancer. - How she knows that something big has happened, that traumas have been released. - How we can reframe our experience of a traumatic event. - How MAP is deceptively simple, yet the effects are deep. The instructions kick off a search in the subconscious mind. - How people are layered and the emotions are the deepest layer. As we resolve layers of painful emotions, we start to see changes on mental, behavioral and physical levels. - The concept of “Never well since…” as used in Homeopathy and MAP. Don’t miss episode 33, MAP for Complex Chronic Conditions, where functional medicine practitioner, Cathy Moore, describes her experiences with the MAP Method and why she refers patients for sessions. To learn more about the MAP Method and how it works, visit mapforhealth.us, where you’ll also find our MAP Program offerings. Or, if you’d like to schedule a 60-minute Introductory MAP session please schedule online at MindReMAPforHealth.com…

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MAP for Anxiety - Client Stories 45:21

3 years ago45:21

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Join me for episode 55 where I will discuss how we use the MAP Method of advanced neural retraining to resolve long-standing patterns of anxiety. Hear about Alex and how generalized anxiety can be associated with gut issues. Listen to Carter’s experience of acute anxiety and how early life trauma can predispose us to panic attacks. We’ll also talk about Andy and how complex factors can promote anxiety including perfectionism, empath tendencies, and anxiety about anxiety. In this episode we discuss: - How emotional issues, like anxiety, can be linked to physical issues and even impact sleep. - How anxiety patterns are tied to unconsciously-held fears. - How frozen or repressed emotional memories exacerbate stressful situations in our current life. - How early life trauma can predispose us to a “freeze” response to stressors. - How the subconscious mind starts to reveal the associations during a session, including “big T” and “little t” traumas. - Why emotional patterns may improve for a while and then come back, indicating that there are more roots to the pattern. - Negative thoughts and beliefs reinforce emotions like anxiety and depression. - Inner conflicts and personality traits, like perfectionism are other contributing factors. - Trauma experiences can create behaviors: racing mind, hypervigilance, negative self-talk, etc. MAP sessions have impact at all levels: emotional, mental/behavioral and physical. - Sometimes working with a painful memory in a MAP session will produce a shift in perspective that changes our relationship to the memory and our emotional response to similar situations. Don’t miss episode 54 where my client Lea described her experiences with the MAP Method for anxiety and obsessive thoughts. To learn more about the MAP Method and how it works, visit mapforhealth.us, where you’ll also find our MAP Program offerings. Or, if you’d like to schedule a 60-minute Introductory MAP session please visit MindReMAPforHealth.com…

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MAP for Obsessive Thoughts and Anxiety - Lea’s Story 46:47

3 years ago46:47

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Join me for episode 54 where we will talk to my client, Lea Pandolfi, about her experience with MAP sessions. Hear how she learned about the MAP Method from her functional medicine practitioner, and why she decided to try it for relationship OCD, and anxiety. Listen to her comparison of the MAP Method to EMDR, tapping and talk therapy and why she recommends MAP for “anyone experiencing anything.” In this episode we discuss: - Why Dr. Balcavage, a functional medicine expert in thyroid conditions, recommended MAP for her emotional stress. - How Lea compares her experience with MAP sessions vs. EMDR, tapping and talk therapy. - Why she describes MAP sessions as gentle and not overwhelming. - How MAP sessions leave her feeling calm and less stressed. - The after effects of a MAP session and how these may be more pronounced after sleep. - How MAP sessions get to root causes in the subconscious mind. - How different types of people experience MAP sessions. - How the work she has done with Dr. Balcavage and MAP sessions has improved her hormonal balance. - How the subconscious mind finds and neutralizes the small “t” and big “T” traumas related to the topic of the session. - Why watching the 15-minute preparatory video before your first session is essential. - Her advice to anyone who is curious to try the MAP Method. Check out episode 36 with Dr. Kelly Halderman to hear more about the MAP Method for emotional stress. For more information about the MAP Method, applications for chronic health issues, or to schedule a your 60-minute Introductory MAP session please visit MindReMAPforHealth.com…

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MAP for Hypothyroidism and Food Sensitivities - Frances’ Story 53:49

3 years ago53:49

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Join me for episode 53 where we will talk to Frances Carney, my client from Australia. Hear how she learned about the MAP Method from her doctor, and why she decided to try it for low thyroid function, brain fog, muscle tension, and food sensitivities. Listen as she describes the emotional, mental and physical improvements she experienced even after the first session, and why she says: “Nothing else has given me similar results.” In this episode we discuss: - Why Dr. Balcavage, an expert in cellular hypothyroidism, suggested the MAP Method to her and the “dramatic” results she has noticed. - The very remarkable results from her first session and how they lasted for a few weeks. - How she’s been able to reduce her thyroid meds and feels more energetic than before after 8 sessions spread out over 6+ months. - How all her thyroid symptoms have improved by 50-80% as a result of our sessions. - The positive emotional and mental benefits from sessions: Feeling calmer and more relaxed and less reactive to negative situations, feeling more clear-headed after sessions, less brain fog. - How the MAP for Sensitivities online self-paced program worked to address her food sensitivities and how she’s been able to reintroduce 70% of the foods she’d previously avoided. - Despite the fact that she had not had any significant traumas, how working with painful memories helped. And how she now understands that unresolved emotions were a factor in her chronic symptoms. - How she had tried everything–diet, meds, stress reduction, meditation, yoga, supplements, other modalities–for a year and a half with a thyroid specialist and finally decided to address emotional issues. - How MAP is easier and quicker than talk therapy. - Why Frances now believes that the mind is a factor in all chronic conditions and recommends the MAP Method for emotional and physical issues. - Applications for MAP including anxiety, depression, trauma healing, unwanted behaviors, personality traits, attitudes, career or financial blocks and more. Check out the Thyroid Answers Podcast, episode 88 to hear Dr. Balcavage, Dr. Halderman and I discuss the MAP Method for cellular hypothyroidism. For more information about the MAP Method, applications for chronic health issues, or to schedule a your 60-minute Introductory MAP session please visit MindReMAPforHealth.com…

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MAP for Painful Memories - Client Stories 43:57

3 years ago43:57