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This is just to let anyone coming to this page know that SIRPA has updated it's Directory link to find SIRPA-Informed professionals as well as SIRPA Practitioners. Some of these health and wellbeing professionals offer reduced cost appointments for people willing to be anonymous case studies as...

Hi everyone, Forest has suggested I let you all know about SIRPA’s upcoming TMS conference because it might be a while before he is able to put something on the wiki himself. It will be held at the Royal Society of Medicine in London, UK and will be held on Sunday 15th October 2017. The...

Firstly, congratulations to you both. It is so inspiring to read about how you have both continued to face and overcome any challenges in your determination to succeed. Recognising, as you have done, that the symptoms are not to be feared, but just your body expressing any inner turmoil/fears...

Thanks PaperCrane. Although I put useful tips and articles in my newsletters, I can't include everything or people wouldn't bother reading it all. For that reason if you want to keep up to date with helpful articles and blogs etc all related to this work, then you're welcome to 'Like' the...

Hi PaperCrane. Don't knock yourself - you are completely normal! :) The trouble is that when we have grown up to be empathic, kind etc we struggle to accept that there might be less 'lovely' feelings inside us, which can create this inner turmoil once we begin to recognise how we really feel...

Dear PaperCrane, Forest asked me to pop in here and see if I could add anything of value to you, so I will do my best. Firstly I do empathise with you because the situation you are in is not easy and one which a number of my patients have also faced to one extent or another, so you are not...

Thanks Honeybear, I'm really pleased it helped. I was going to write, 'keep up the good 'work', but stopped myself because I hate the word 'work'. Any suggestions from anyone re. what else to say rather than work in this context when we are asking people actually to let go and not 'try' so to...

Absolutely MorComm and I like the proverb. :) There are so many ways to use the conscious part of our brains to reprogramme the brain to more healthy programming. Persistance and commitment in using these approaches improve the chances of success, which is where the positive mentality can...

I have no doubt you will do it too MorComm. A positive attitude is really important in recovery from TMS/PPD because it helps us overcome any old learned beliefs and behaviours that have become unhelpful. Being mindful or using the mindful technique mentioned above helps us to sit with a fear...

Well done Lori, that's great to hear.

Thanks Forest and MorComm I use that statement too and it's so true. It can be really hard though, if the pain is intense, to even think about relaxing into the pain and allowing it to be there without resistance. If you can though, even if the pain increases for a brief moment, if you...

You're not alone in that Marla, but time and again I have seen people suddenly move forward as they finally realise that their resistance to the pain is actually stoking it. Everyone follows their own individual journey, but I have attached one of the exercises that some of my own patients find...

Gosh this has brought up a lot of queries, suggestions etc. I'll try and give you my ideas on some of them. Firstly, although we know the subconscious is in control, we can retrain our brains (the medical term for this is neuroplasticity). In order to do this though we do need to be persistent...