2015. I was a busy GP, dealing with some personal pain and fatigue, with a teenager going off the rails. And then menopause hit! Hot flushes, up-and-down moods, worsening pain and poor sleep was the straw that broke the camel’s back. I am a big proponent of HRT, however I had medical reasons for being unable to use it, so…
Originally this was titled “intersection” but I have changed to “confluence” at the suggestion of a friend. Much more emergent and flowing, not so linear and angular. I became interested in mindfulness, self-compassion and modern pain neuroscience at approximately the same time several years ago. At the time I thought the mindfulness/self-compassion and what I call Pain Explained were both…
I was teaching week 2 of MBSR today to my wonderful new group. We were discussing perception, the way our brains make predictions and hedonic tone. It reminded me of this wonderful article by Lisa Feldman Barrett in Science Focus “How Emotions Trick the Brain”. My take homes: Your brain’s most important job is keeping your body alive. To accomplish…
