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Oct 7
2 min

Better Thinking About Pain ...

This is something that I used to call the Trap. The trap was that if I could just have better thoughts about my life, about my job or my ...

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Chana Studley

Sep 26
2 min

"Same body, different thinking!"

I was asked recently about allergies so I wanted to share some insights with you as I know some have suffered badly with allergies too. I...

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Chana Studley

Sep 3
2 min

'Pain is an opinion'

I posted a while back about the amazing work of Dr. VS Ramachandran, the neuroscientist who invented the mirror box to help his patient w...

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Chana Studley

Aug 12
1 min

Going Upstream ...

I often use the analogy of going 'upstream' when trying to explain how the Three Principles are not a prescription of how to deal with yo...

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Chana Studley

Aug 12
1 min

So simple ...

When I worked in Hollywood I met some amazing actors. One of the first was James Cromwell, he played Farmer Hogget in Babe. Jamie was the...

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Chana Studley

Aug 10
1 min

Nothing on it ....

Have you seen this video? Its one of those adorable animal videos, a baby elephant is having a tantrum, eventually, he gives up and follow...

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Chana Studley

Jul 13
2 min

Feeling our Feelings

This is a phrase we hear a lot in the pain management world, I hear people encouraging others to feel that anger and to feel their sadnes...

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Chana Studley

Apr 19
1 min

"Doing Down Well"

I've been moved by reading many posts and comments from people who are having flare-ups and more pain symptoms in these strange times. My...

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Chana Studley

Apr 14
2 min

Vigilance isn't what I thought it was.

My chronic pain went away when I came across the Three Principles but I have always found it hard to explain exactly how that happened un...

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Chana Studley

Feb 21
1 min

Super Heroes

I have a client with a mild form of autism. He is about 20 years old, a handsome young man in his first year of university. He has terrib...

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Chana Studley

Feb 16
2 min

Shape Shifting Pain

I think I'm becoming a nerd, I just spent yesterday reading brain research but its fascinating! In 2013 Javiera Hashmi from the Universit...

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Chana Studley

Feb 2
1 min

Up and down ....

Have you ever noticed that you can't have happy thinking and be in a low mood? And you can't have low thinking and be in a good mood? Thi...

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Chana Studley

Jan 22
1 min

Unlimited ....

I just saw this incredible picture and it really struck me. Its such a powerful image and shows how we can feel so stuck in our bodies, d...

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Chana Studley

Jan 16
2 min

Psychoarcheology

Spell check didn't like this word so had to add to my dictionary lol! I first heard it in a chat I was having with Steve Ozanich, author ...

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Chana Studley

Nov 17, 2019
1 min

'Thought Box'

I couldn't resist, I was looking for a picture on google images and saw this, it costs $650!! The idea being when you need to think, you...

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Chana Studley

Nov 17, 2019
1 min

But it's Real!!

We all know from physics class that everything is made of atoms right? And that they are whizzing around at great speed. As scientists lo...

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Chana Studley

Oct 22, 2019
1 min

Rollercoaster

Last week I found my self facing a major opportunity about which I had a lot of thinking, my mind got very busy to the point where my dea...

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Chana Studley

Sep 29, 2019
1 min

You are the Author of your Own Reality

I have known for along time that I am not my thoughts, that my reality is created by my thoughts but I'm seeing more and more that though...

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Chana Studley

Sep 20, 2019
1 min

Thingify

( Thing-e-fy ) verb - to make a nothing into a something We do this all the time. Every time we 'what if' or 'should have' we are making ...

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..... but my pain doesn't have to have me!

Chana Studley

Sep 17, 2019
1 min

..... but my pain doesn't have to have me!

Just had one of those insights and had to share! I have shared the story with a few of you recently about how I had a severe asthma attac...

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