Tag: nerve pain
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Learning to be Me
I am not alone in this state of being. A presence is with me. I am being held in an unseen, unfelt medium of rest and stillness. I can rest here. –The soles of my feet are not burning here. My hands are not burning here. My skin is not burning here. My nerves do…
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Trigeminal Neuralgia and Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia
Guess what I have. How did you know? Maybe the title gave it away! Trigeminal Neuralgia is a big fancy word for nerve pain on the side of your face. This pain can include teeth, sinuses, ear, jaw, eye, and head. The main nerve feeding one side of your face, running through your temple area,…
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"The Whals Protocol" by Terry Wahls, M.D. : A Book Review
“The Whals Protocol” by Terry Wahls is a book about eating to eliminate inflammation in the body. This book is “A radical new way to treat all Chroinic autoimmune conditions using Paleo principles.”– Quote from book cover. Dr. Wahls was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS), and after years of treating her disease the traditional way,…
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Toot, Toot, Toot My Own Horn . . . I'm Right, I'm Right, the Belly IS the Master Brain . . . Dr. Mate Says So!
“The nervous system of the gut contains about one hundred million nerve cells — we have as many in the small intestine alone as there are in our entire spine! These nerves do more than coordinate the digestion and absorption of food and the elimination of waste — they also form part of our sensory…
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“When The Body Says No; Understanding the Stress-Disease Connection” by Gabor Mate, M.D. A Book Review
I am reading, for the second time, “When the Body Says No; Understanding the Stress-Disease Connection”. The connection between the emotions and the physical body play a more important role than many people realize. Dr. Mate recognizes and writes about this in very definite ways. The first time I read this book I was looking…
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Is Someone Shoulding on you? Are You Shoulding on Yourself?
One of the words Patricia Evans talks about in her book “The Verbally Abusive Relationship” is the word “should”. To tell someone they “should” do this, or “should” do that, is a controlling way of communicating. Shoulding is of the ways we abuse ourselves and others. Shoulding suggests shame if you don’t do what you…
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About Michele
At this point in my journey I believe the most important thing we gain in this life is our relationships. This means connecting with others. Not only with other people, but with everything that exists. I know this probably sounds a little “woo woo” but I guess I am a little woo woo. Lol! To…
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My "Very Spoiled" Nervous System
This morning I lay in bed musing about my life as it is right now. The health problems I am experiencing prevent me from doing anything the least bit stressful. I had to miss my 40 year class reunion last weekend because every time I thought about going, my body would hurt as if…
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My “Very Spoiled” Nervous System
This morning I lay in bed musing about my life as it is right now. The health problems I am experiencing prevent me from doing anything the least bit stressful. I had to miss my 40 year class reunion last weekend because every time I thought about going, my body would hurt as if…
Michele Ballantyne 