Let’s Live Now
Dr. Rachel Hollander’s blog on mindful living
for recovery from chronic pain & neuroplastic disorders
and for ongoing wellness of mind, body & spirit
Post #15: The Mind Body Healing Pyramid: an infographic to guide your recovery process
Imagine the keys to your recovery as pieces of a pyramid. Each piece of the pyramid is essential to recover, and each third builds on the piece below. The base of the pyramid lies in building empowerment and nourishing your mind, body, and spirit. The middle third of the pyramid encompasses emotional processing. The pyramid’s top third is your brain retraining (Pain & Symptom Reprocessing) techniques. The common thread is understanding the neuroscience of neuroplasticity. I apply the Mind Body Healing Pyramid to my own recovery story, as I healed from a decade of chronic pain, plus difficulty swallowing, heart palpitations, and weight loss.
by Rachel Hollander, MD, MPH
< 3-minute read
Post #11: Moving: An Opportunity to Practice My Own Mind-Body Techniques
While many of my mind-body techniques were in maintenance mode for the last couple of years, I put them back into action during a stressful month-long home-buying process.
By Rachel Hollander, MD, MPH
<3-minute read
(Guest) Post #10: How I Healed My Neuroplastic Symptoms — and Why I Built Nervana to Help Others Do the Same
My name is Nora Rodden, and for years I lived with neuroplastic symptoms like pain, digestive issues and insomnia that disrupted my life. Here’s my story, what I wish someone had told me on day one, and why it led me to create Nervana, a neuroscience-based app to help people retrain persistent symptoms when the body has structurally healed.
by guest blogger Nora Rodden
5-min read
Post #9: The 13 Keys to Neuroplastic Healing: Your Guide to Getting Back to Living
Neuroplastic healing involves self-directed techniques that target the root cause of neuroplastic symptoms: the brain and nervous system. Here are 13 Keys to Neuroplastic Healing: Your Guide to Getting Back to Living.
by Rachel Hollander, MD, MPH
6-min read
Post #6: Journaling for Wisdom to Self-Heal Chronic Pain & Other Neuroplastic Symptoms
Journaling is a useful way to delve into your subconscious mind. The conscious mind is the forefront of our superficial thoughts and emotions, while the subconscious mind stores deeper memories and emotions that may manifest as neuroplastic bodily symptoms. Wisdom comes from introspection. As Yoda says: “You must unlearn what you have learned…Do or do not. There is no try.” Provides 8 barriers to journaling plus solutions to get started, 10 types of journaling prompts, and 4 final pieces of sage advice.
By Rachel Hollander, MD, MPH
6 min read