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Catherine Pollitt
- Feb 8
- 3 min
What’s Holding You Back from Taking the Next Step towards Pain Recovery?
Sometimes, as we seek help from others or self-help programmes, our subconscious may be holding us back - & it can be hard to work out why. It could be for a number of reasons. Our Foundations We have lived with our symptoms for so long & they have controlled our lives for so long, deep down it feels we’ll lose our foundations & stability without them - & that’s scary - & can stop us making the changes needed to release the emotional turmoil within us & thus our symptoms. St
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Catherine Pollitt
- Feb 8
- 3 min
Simple Daily Strategies to Survive Life’s Mounting Stress - & Thrive!
I’m astounded at how our daily life stresses have crept up over the last 50 years – and how much they’re “pushing our buttons”. And that’s not even counting the terrible strain of the current pandemic. To remain healthy, in control and free of pain & anxiety, I’ve discovered we need to realise these daily stresses exist, acknowledge they do affect us & then deal with them head on – with daily strategies to help minimize their effect. I learnt the hard way! When we continue t
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Catherine Pollitt
- Jan 8
- 5 min
The MindBody Connection - in simple words
Have you ever gone red with embarrassment? Have you ever felt itchy after someone mentioned lice?! Have you ever had goose-bumps whilst watching a movie? Have your tears ever welled up when you remembered a deeply sad moment? (Sshh – have you ever been aroused watching an erotic scene? - I’m going red writing this…😉). Those are all every day, perfectly normal occurrences and reactions in your body - as a result of every day, normal thoughts in your mind. They are every day,
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