by Mark Grant | Aug 7, 2020
Updated August 16, 2021 Overcoming chronic pain involves many elements, like baking a cake. First you have to find all the right ingredients, mix them together under ideal conditions, and then wait, (baking a cake takes time). The waiting part can be hard because you...
by Mark Grant | Jul 23, 2019
Because chronic pain is so unresponsive to standard medical treatments, chronic pain sufferers are always looking for alternatives. Diet, herbs, cannabis and even aromatheapy are just some of the possibilities. But did you know that your nervous system has two...
by Mark Grant | Jun 20, 2019
If you go deeper and deeper into your own heart, you’ll be living in a world with less fear, isolation and loneliness. Sharon Salzberg We live in lonely times. Experts warn of an epidemic of loneliness 1 in 4 Australians report feeling lonely at least one day a...
by Mark Grant | May 25, 2019
So last time I talked about you can grow up with an inner feeling of ‘not-okayness.’ Today I’m going to talk about how to develop a healthy relationship with your emotions, your inner child, your vulnerable part, whatever you want to call it. A few months ago I saw an...
by Mark Grant | Apr 22, 2019
Some of you older readers might remember a book that was very popular a few years ago called ‘I’m okay you’re okay.’ The book described how we develop beliefs about ourselves as children which inform how we see ourselves and others. Ideally we see ourselves and others...
by Mark Grant | Apr 14, 2018
Seeing how many of my clients suffering from PTSD, stress and chronic pain also struggle with insomnia, I’ve long wanted to create a resource to help them. Sure there are meds, but they seem to create more problems than they solve and lose effectiveness over time....
by Mark Grant | Nov 13, 2017
How to drive a person crazy; Cause them to falsely DOUBT themselves – in any way possible. Cause them to TIRE – usually by manufactured stress of one kind or another. CIA Psychological warfare manual If you suffer from medically unexplained pain you will have found...
by Mark Grant | Jan 10, 2017
A recent review of chronic pain therapies in Inpsych, the magazine of the Australian Psychologist, focused on only one method, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). CBT is the most researched pain management approach and forms the basis for the vast majority of...
by Mark Grant | Dec 21, 2016
Lady Gaga’s Pain a message of hope Lady Gaga’s recent disclosure that she suffers from PTSD and chronic pain highlights a set of problems that affects more than 1 in 10 women, many of whom never get treatment. Pain associated with PTSD often goes unreported and...
