Medical coaching Archives - Sarah Wiesendanger

Top tip for healing

Getting a diagnosis of a serious illness can be a traumatic experience. And trauma has its own health risks. Unresolved, it can compromise the immune system because it can heighten the response of the sympathetic nervous system, which is responsible for producing stress hormones such as adrenaline and cortisol. These hormones reduce the efficiency of the immune system.

However, there is a very simple therapeutic technique for healing trauma called the rewind. This has been shown to be enormously effective in treating both major traumas such as those experienced in war zones (cf www.ptsdresolution.org), as well as those from medical diagnoses. It also seems to get very good results helping people to move beyond much more insignificant “little ‘t'” traumas that we can all experience in our daily living.

So, in order to make the most of your medical treatment, a first good step can be to assess how you’re feeling about your diagnosis itself, and take the time to work through any trauma.

Sarah is trained in the rewind therapeutic technique. To make an appointment with her, or to discuss your situation with her, please contact Sarah.

Healing Visualisations

HEALING VISUALISATIONS

Have you ever heard the phrase “spontaneous remission”? Its the term the medical profession gives to cures for which there does not appear to be a cause, i.e. no linked proven treatment. Despite their mystery, they happen all the time. It may be that one reason for the mystery is that patients are rarely asked by medical professionals what they did to effect their body’s healing. I would like to talk here about a few of the contributory factors to these spontaneous remissions.

LIVING WITH JOY…

In his book Peace, Love and Healing, Bernie Siegel says that in his experience of working with cancer patients, the most important predictors for longer life are a deep desire to heal together with an attitude of optimism, peace, love and joy. This is because every cell in our bodies is aware of what our minds are thinking, adapting their chemistry accordingly. More than that, our genes are also responding to our thoughts by switching themselves on or off as seems appropriate.

FINDING A PURPOSE FOR LIVING…

It is therefore vital that we are able to work through any trauma or depression that our diagnosis has caused, so that we can again engage in our purpose for living, no matter how changed that may be for the time being.

THE POWER OF PRAYER AND INTENTION…

There have been many clinical studies that have shown a significance in the power of prayer to promote healing. (A famous study from Duke University, North Carolina, found that prayed-for patients recovered faster, and with fewer side effects, than those who were not.) The truth is that the power of our minds can be immense. Deepak Chopra writes in his book Life After Death that he interviewed a man with great healing abilities who said: “I could teach you to do the same thing in a few days…It’s actually very simple. The hard part is removing your belief that you can’t heal.”

VISUALISING YOUR OWN HEALING…

Many people use the power of their minds to visualise their own healing. It seems that it doesn’t really matter whether what you visualise is anatomically accurate, so long as it feels intuitively right to you – it is a very personal matter. Cell biologist and practitioner of traditional Eastern healing methods, Joyce Whiteley Hawkes, has a precise, scientific method of praying for healing:

“May the cells that recognise and clear bacteria, toxic substances, and viruses be keen and fully supported by my immune system.

“May all the systems – inside and outside of my cells – that are responsible for optimal health have energy for their best work.” (Cell-Level Healing).

Others may prefer to call upon images of cleansing, renewal, or natural process in a way that is meaningful to their imagination. And it doesn’t really matter, so long as it comes from the heart.

To find out more about how Sarah can support you through your illness with medical coaching, please contact Sarah.