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May 31
1 min

Not ok with ......

I was just chatting with a client when the phrase "being ok with not being ok" came up. Its one of those psychobabble sayings that sounds...

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Chana Studley

Jan 28
2 min

Traffic Lights

I was just chatting with one of the amazing people that I mentor last night and came up with a new analogy ..... You know how when you...

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Chana Studley

Dec 11, 2020
2 min

Act as if?

Many psychobabble phrases have bothered me over the years but I couldn't always put my finger on why. Today I had an insight into the...

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Nov 11, 2020
2 min

Nothing on it .....

Sometimes when I'm working with a client and they are getting better, the thinking is calming down and the pain is fading away they can...

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Chana Studley

Oct 30, 2020
2 min

"All that Nervous Energy......."

Trauma is held in the body is an idea that we often hear in the traditional therapy world but from an understanding that we all have...

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Chana Studley

Oct 7, 2020
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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Sep 26, 2020
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, 2020
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...

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Chana Studley

Aug 12, 2020
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...

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Chana Studley

Aug 12, 2020
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, 2020
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...

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Chana Studley

Jul 13, 2020
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...

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Chana Studley

Apr 19, 2020
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, 2020
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...

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Chana Studley

Feb 21, 2020
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...

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Chana Studley

Feb 16, 2020
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...

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Chana Studley

Feb 2, 2020
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?...

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Chana Studley

Jan 22, 2020
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,...

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Chana Studley

Jan 16, 2020
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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