Flourish With Neural Retraining podcast

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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

38 weeks ago36:11

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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. For information about the MAP Wellness Facilitator certification course, visit MAPCoachingInstitute.com 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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Retrain Your Brain for Abundance 47:23

42 weeks ago47:23

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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

47 weeks ago59:29

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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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Mind-body Healing with the MAP Method - Nicki’s Story 58:33

51 weeks ago58:33

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Join me for episode 76 where we hear from my client, Nicki, about her experiences with the MAP Method over a couple of months, and how MAP has helped her to overcome her anxiety, patterns of overthinking and worry, and the racing thoughts that kept her up at night. Hear how she was referred by her functional medicine practitioner, Dr. Eric Balcavage, and how MAP sessions compare to talk therapy, EMDR, and other neural retraining and vagal toning programs she has tried. In this episode we discuss: - How working with functional medicine protocols helped her symptoms, but took a toll on her mentally. - How her health fell apart after getting COVID in 2020 and how she felt stuck in fight or flight. - What she was hoping to address in MAP sessions: anxiety, fight/flight, sleep, and an autoimmune thyroid condition. - The benefits she has noticed since the first session: reduction in negative thought loops and anxiety, no more anxiety “burst” feeling in her chest, more mental space, improved sleep. - How MAP has helped her health anxiety and her anxiety around her son and his health. - How MAP can help to resolve the effects of childhood trauma, even if you’ve done a lot of therapy already. - How the MAP Method helped Nicki to achieve clarity around important decisions and feel more at peace with our options. - How long-standing behavior patterns, like nail biting, can change with MAP sessions. - Why MAP is easier and gentler than EMDR or talk therapy, and why she felt that the effects were “almost immediate” and a lot less draining. - When your body is stuck in fight or flight doing detoxes and taking supplements is not as effective as it could be. - How negative emotions can arise after a session, and the self-care tools that are provided. - How chronic illness can make your life feel smaller and more complicated, and how neural retraining can start to turn that around. - How current life stressors that would have caused a flare of symptoms have not since she started MAP. - How working at the mental and emotional level leads to improvements in physical health. - How many functional medicine practitioners are focused on testing for viruses, mold and other physical causes, when mind-body healing may be what is needed. - How she now sees the timeline of stressors had a lot to do with the cascade of symptoms she experienced. - How we work with the subconscious mind to resolve food sensitivities. - How anyone can benefit from MAP sessions and why she calls it “an easier, softer way of getting to where you want to be.” If you enjoyed this episode, you may also enjoy hearing Dr. Kelly Halderman’s experiences with the MAP Method in episode 36, or my conversation with Dr. Eric Balcavage about MAP for thyroid function in episode 88 of the Thyroid Answers podcast. 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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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

1 year 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

1 year ago1:04:03

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Join me for episode 70 where my client, Dr. Alia Paquette, joins me again to ask even more questions about the MAP Method and how it works. Having had 20 or more 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 traumatic times, including a bout of pancreatic cancer, please listen to my conversation with her in episode 67. In this episode we discuss: - How practitioners use muscle checking to guide a MAP session. - How the Practitioner monitors multiple streams of information during a session. - How MAP Practitioners protect themselves from taking on the trauma of their clients. - The value of working with a MAP Practitioner includes having cleared enough of our own stuff to be a clear channel for others, and being able to identify patterns in others. - Why MAP sessions are gentle, easy and private. Unlike talk therapy you don’t have to share too much about the painful memory you want to work with. - In the MAP Method your subconscious mind is healing itself. - How we work with children in MAP Method sessions. - How my work with the MAP Method has influenced my relationship with Western medicine. - How emotional balance sets us up for optimal health. - How engaging in the MAP process enhances other treatment methods. - The resources that I provide as part of my practice for those that are interested in learning more. If you enjoyed this episode, don’t miss part I of this conversation in Episode 68: Understanding MAP with Dr. Alia Paquette, where we discuss her first set of questions about the MAP Method and how it 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 TCNeuralRetraining.com…

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

2 years ago1:10:11

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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