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Traumatic brain injury and me? Don’t be silly! Really? You know someone who is coping with a devastating loss of brain control. Often it’s obvious, maybe unsettling, but in some people it doesn’t announce itself like physical challenges do. So? You do know someone. You’re left upset, helpless, unfamiliar, confused, and may even be suffering from survivor’s guilt. It affects accident and war victims who, until recently, would have died of physical trauma.

I have had Parkinson’s disease (PD) for 22 years. I am told I have a mild case, but it is still my PD, and I live with it 24/7. It would be a gross understatement to say my life was changed forever. Interestingly, many of these changes have made me a more compassionate, empathetic, and caring person. In part, this book was motivated by the following premise: Many of us will experience a life-changing event that will cause us to pause and reassess where we are, what we do, and why we do it. For some, it might be the death of a loved one or a personal tragedy.

Hypnosis and hypnotherapy have a long history when it comes to healing the body. More recently revelations about mind/body integration have revealed many of the secrets of how the suggestion and imagination can affect both psychosomatic and somatic health.

No stress can kill us. It is our reaction to it that is accountable for damage. Stress is a common disability in every human’s life. This book will help you in releasing your stress and finding ways how polyvagal theory can cause positive effects on your life. This hypothesis will help you out in mapping the root cause of your all problems and in bringing you a variety of solutions.

In our book, we will learn in detail about the Vagus Nerve, the 10th cranial nerve. This nerve that originates from the brain to the guts can improve your overall health: When properly stimulated, it can provide you relaxation, a sense of peace, and activates your body's innate healing abilities. If you know how to properly stimulate the nerve, your life will become better and easier. It can bring incredible changes to your daily life. This book is the guide to have the proper knowledge and use the Vagus Nerve's hidden features.

Dr. B’s Concussion Breakthrough is an easy-to-understand and relatable guide to natural concussion recovery. With this book, you’ll learn the hidden connection between whiplash, neck injuries and post-concussion symptoms, how to minimize brain damage after a concussion, the best tools and strategies to aid your brain while healing, the best tools and strategies to aid your brain while healing, strategies to help suppress or eliminate post-concussion symptoms, the six food types you must avoid after a concussion, 14 supplements that can help with recovery, and more.

Aus der Ruhe lässt sich enorme Energie und Kraft schöpfen. Im alltäglichen Leben zeigt sich immer wieder, wie Ruhelosigkeit, Stress und seelische Belastungen Menschen komplett in Ihrem Tatendrang lähmen. Gleichzeitig werden viele körperliche und seelische Beschwerden wie etwa Migräne, Angstzustände, Depressionen und Probleme im Magen-Darm-Trakt durch den Sympathikus, das vegetative Nervensystem gesteuert. Um sich davon zu erholen, muss eine Aktivierung des Gegenspielers erfolgen.

La serie de libros Seis Anillos está interesada en analizar las complejidades del cerebro, y cómo mantenerlo en óptima salud. El cerebro es el centro de atención, y estos libros proporcionan información para ayudar a comprender cómo los factores psicológicos y fisiológicos afectan a su salud y a su rendimiento óptimo.

Asperger’s Syndrome is sometimes called high-functioning autism. The premise of this definition will be explained in this book, detailing the various aspect of the disorder, as well as possibilities and limitations. For example, we will talk about the most important signs of Asperger’s Syndrome in adults, how to determine if someone has it, or if it’s more related to ADHD, and how to treat those symptoms.

Caring for someone who has Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia is a daunting task that can leave most caregivers drained, strained, and depressed. Many find comfort in knowing they are not alone and in being able to share their experiences with someone who understands what they are going through. Caregivers need all the support and tools they can garner to help them survive this experience. Such was the reason for writing I Love You Always, which is an honest account of one family’s experiences from diagnosis and beyond.

There is no need to continue living with body disorders. You can put an end to them. Self-awareness is the key. This helpful guide provides all the tools you need to understand and heal your vagus nerve - the rest, digest, and recovery system. You’ll learn simple yet powerful techniques to address a variety of ailments health challenges, like inflammation, gut sensitivity and brain fog, from their root causes originating with the vagus nerve.

Neurological imbalances can show up as psychological, behavioral, and motivational problems. If we try to treat these problems at the psychological or behavioral levels, however, we can’t effectively cure them because the problems have physical causes, such as a buildup of toxicity in the brain.

Are you always stressed? Do you suffer from depression? Do you often have anxiety attacks? Do you want to know how to improve your psycho-physical wellness? Are you ready to take care of yourself in a natural way to improve your life? With the tips and exercises contained in this audiobook, you can solve your problems related to stress, anxiety, and many other chronic disorders. Through the knowledge of the nervous system and, in particular, of the vagus nerve and its functioning, you will discover new ways to heal yourself in an easy, natural, and effective way.

Wandering from the base of the brain and then branching through your lungs, heart, digestive tract, and all the way to your abdomen, the vagus nerve is the longest and most powerful of the cranial nerves in your body, making it the most important nerve you never knew you had. It works as some sort of a "superhighway" that carries all manner of information to and from the organs and organ systems connected in its complex network.

If you’re like most people, you feel that something in your body is out of balance. You get random aches and pains. You’re more tired than you should be. And those extra pounds just won’t go away, no matter how hard to try to rev up your metabolism. Have you ever wondered why this happens to so many people? Allergies, depression, obesity, chronic inflammation, and many other diseases are on the rise, even though people are taking more and more medications.

Ever since the polyvagal theory was developed by Dr. Stephen Porges, this breakthrough has taken the world of clinical and therapeutic medicine by storm. This groundbreaking discovery is drawing back the curtain on how the autonomic nervous system controls our physical responses and emotional reactions, many of which are extremely primal and were developed as protective and defense mechanisms early in our evolution.

If you want to understand how the mind talks to the rest of the body, you must first grasp how the brain works and how it creates a two-way dialogue. This audiobook is a brief introduction to that subject, while providing sufficient information so that you can understand the role that the mind/ brain plays in directing physical health.

At school you were probably taught that our nervous system allows us to stimulate the voluntary and involuntary activities of our psychophysical apparatus; but know that it also has another significant function which is that of self-healing. Ask yourself this question: where did all the pains you experienced during your life originate from? From your mind, or rather from your brain! Well, know that there are some very simple exercises that allow the training of our vagus nerve with the aim of helping the nervous system to heal any kind of ailment.

If you have certain illnesses or symptoms, a poorly functioning vagus nerve could be the culprit; that’s particularly true of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. This nerve is the longest cranial nerve in the body, running from the brain stem to the colon and affecting many organs in the body. The good news is that you can take simple actions to stimulate your vagus nerve to function better. This information can be especially important for people with treatment-resistant depression; vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) seems to reset chemical imbalances in the mood centers of the brain.

Imagine the water system that supplies water to the entire New York City. It is complex and highly interconnected, going through every zip code to supply this essential resource. So, you can expect that if something is wrong within this water supply system, every address will somewhat be affected to different degrees and the effects to each affected area will vary a lot depending on many factors. That’s what the vagus nerve is to the body.