How is it that some people are able to enjoy a drink or smoke and do not get addicted? Why are some people unable to stop? It's all to do with the craving brain...

00:00 Intro - Dealing with craving is not a matter of willpower as it is an unconscious process of the survival response
01:50 Liam Payne - the stimulus of fame and then rejection is overwhelming to a sensitised brain
02:49 Not a moral failure - the importance of 12 step programmes to provide safety in a tribe but it often fails when people leave
04:39 Human brain is 3 brains in one - but the cognitive is only 10-15% of your functioning. The back brain is much more important in driving actions and behaviours
06:13 The way the craving brain works - the seeking system does not turn off in a sensitised brain because of low levels of serotonin - a neuroregulator
08:12 The neuroscience of craving - past chronic inescapable stresses makes the brain unable to regulate itself.
10:00 How medication, 12 step and psychotherapy intervene between the stressed brain and the response.
11:00 Biobalancing the brain with safety signals from the tribe when with others who support you.
13:00 What is stress? physical, hormonal, mental/emotional inputs combine together with childhood unconscious stress to change the brain and produce fear, worry and guilt.
15:00 Self-awareness is a double edged sword. Can create fear/anxiety originating from back brain beliefs and feelings which have been repressed
17:02 Some fears are hard-wired and along with experiences accumulate over time to drive a seeking brain.
18:84 How to create a sense of safety within using the power of touch to stimulate calming brainwaves - gamma, beta, alpha, theta, delta.
21:00 Some people are more susceptible to stress. We need to teach these psychosensory methods, particularly working with a practitioner.

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00:00 Intro and how light interacts with mitochondria along the electron transport chain
03:00 Lack of natural daylight impacts our bodies particularly in hospitals
06:17 Solutions - daylight lamps, exercising outside, gives us infrared light to provide our nervous system with energy.
08:50 Developmental considerations - from birth to aging
11:40 Lumenate app review

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Group Healing Program: http://myemotionalaudit.com
Author/Book site: https//patriciaworby.com
Podcast: https://www.alchemytherapies.co.uk/po...
121 and group therapy and training for stress related conditions like anxiety, fatigue and pain: https://alchemytherapies.co.uk
See in particular: Thrive! - an introductory mindbody connection program and The Emotional Audit for more intensive training.

COMING SOON:
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We are in a battle currently where conventional science attempts to explain healing - via neuroscience particularly in a bit to legitimise what, for many, are 'unscientific' or 'pseudoscience' of holistic methods such as psychosensory therapy. The difficulty is in not losing the spontaneity and art of healing which is in many ways a completely opposite approach. Here I detail what I've learned through my decades of research and practice and my foot in both camps.

00:00 Intro and the battle between scientific and holistic methods which mirrors my own history
02:34 The marketisation of therapy via symptom based alleviation which ensures other methods are dismissed for lack of scientific explanation.
05:50 How EFT works - the vagus nerve electro-stimulation and how EMDR and havening works. All are bottom up approaches unlike talk therapy
07:04 the importance of unconscious beliefs stored as sensory impressions from childhood.
08:42 healing as a process which is non-linear - allows for spontaneity magic and intuition - what I call 'the shift'.
10:45 the rapid advances in neuroscience has limitations in explaining everything, particularly the tipping point (maybe at the cellular level in the cell danger response)
12:26 why do people get stuck? unconscious processes going on 'under the hood', requires willingness to engage with uncertainty
14:09 An interaction with the client and therapist - an energetic phenomenon. An individuality to the process, an understanding of the uncertainty of the process.
16:40 Holistic Inventions build on the backs of previous ones. TFT, EFT, EMDR and self-havening.
21:02 The trouble with the 'fix it' mentality, need to address painful/difficult experiences before you rewire them - for instance phobias which de-link the experience and the emotional response.
24:18 Can we expand our willingness to share knowledge and explore intuitive understanding of healing.

*If you're suffering from Chronic pain, fatigue or anxiety, I CAN HELP*
CONTACT ME: https://www.alchemytherapies.co.uk/
Alchemy Therapies & Emotional Masterclass

OTHER USEFUL RESOURCES
Group Healing Program: http://myemotionalaudit.com
Author/Book site: https//patriciaworby.com
Podcast: https://www.alchemytherapies.co.uk/po...
121 and group therapy and training for stress related conditions like anxiety, fatigue and pain: https://alchemytherapies.co.uk
See in particular: Thrive! - an introductory mindbody connection program and The Emotional Audit for more intensive training.

COMING SOON:
Intensive Training Program: https://emotionalmasterclass.com