The pain/fear cycle being what it is- fear of the pain actually reinforces the neural pathways that create the pain- it makes sense that while we...
Short question.....if your body is conditioned or has neural pathways that are creating pain, then how are people getting rid of symptoms after...
Hi, I've been following Alan Gordon's most recent pain programme lately, and I noticed how he talks about pain in terms of 'neural pathways'...
Hi all, I am at the beginning of the SEP and have previously read some of Sarno's books. From reading Sarno it seems to me that emotional...
I am wondering if anyone have seen stress illness present itself as burning, itchy, crawly, prickly, stinging, biting, cold, hot, a cold wet...
Hello! If you follow me on social media, you likely have seen that I'm starting the 100 Happy Days Experiment this Thursday, which will run...
Deliberately cultivating positive emotions is one of the absolute best tools we have in transforming our relationship to pain. Our emotional state...
Alan Gordon LCSW wrote in "Day 3: Identifying the Source" Not all chronic pain is due to learned neural pathways in the brain. For example, Hall...
I made this video in honor of the #faceyourfearchallenge and would love to hear in the comments about the things you are doing everyday to help...
If you're reading this forum you might already be aware of your perfectionist tendencies. Here's a short video I made about one question to ask to...
So, you really can't think your way into self-compassion. It's something that you grow over time through behaving kindly towards yourself. Here's...
I have always wanted to write a book with that title! But seriously, if you've read about the incredible benefits of self-compassion but struggle...
Here's a short video I made about the importance of cultivating a different relationship to fear along with some practical tips for taming fear. I...
So Alan Gordon posted this video in an answer he wrote to someone in the 'ask a therapist' forum. I found it to be quite inspiring and just flat...
I have dozens of fear thoughts every day, I will not get good grades, my daughter will fall ill, I will get laid off, I will never recover 100%,...
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