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…
This morning I was looking forward to walking my dog Charlie for the first time in a few days, so I took her to the longest dog beach in Wollongong. When I got there it was blowing a gale. Then, something strange happened.
