Working with Symptoms
Healing IBS: Art, Therapy and Unexpected Outcomes
Last summer I started treating severe constipation and healing IBS (irritable bowel syndrome) from a trauma perspective. This is an update to the process of following my impulses and using art as an
Repairing the Health of “No” by Healing Invisible Adverse Childhood Events (ACEs)
Today's post links to My Chronic Fatigue Story 2, where I started recognizing how hard it was to say "No." The images and concepts here reveal a little of its origins and how invisible adverse
Treating Irritable Bowel Syndrome And Subtle Trauma By Listening To Your Inner Voice
With no improvement in my longstanding symptoms of constipation despite daily walks, almost 2 years on the strictest version of the GAPS diet, stress reduction, mindfulness practices, and more I have
IBS: When Nothing Else Works For Chronic Symptoms
What do you do when medical and alternative treatments, natural products, folk remedies and other great-sounding approaches fail to help you recover or reduce painful, debilitating and chronic
Constipation, Metaphor and Symptoms of Childhood Trauma
I've had increasing symptoms of constipation for 10 years or more, and in retrospect it's been there in more subtle ways for most of my life. It's common to have gastrointestinal symptoms in chronic
Symptoms: How the Past Influences the Present
I've been experiencing an increase in some of my chronic symptoms of dryness in the past few weeks, some of which have been excessive and unexplained. I realized a few days ago that some of these
Meditation II: My Resistance to Slowing Down
Meditation and Fear One of the main challenges I've had with the idea of meditating, and one of the reasons I haven't had a regular sitting practice, is that I have a strong resistance to slowing
