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An Insight from the depths of Pneumonia!
After several tests and a chest Xray, I was diagnosed with pneumonia yesterday. I had been coughing for two weeks and now had a fever....
Chana Studley
Nov 4, 20222 min read


"Never broken, nothing lacking"
I have repeated this statement made by my teacher, mentor, and friend Dr. Bill Pettit many times to clients with total confidence for...
Chana Studley
Oct 1, 20222 min read


Feel like you have tried everything?
Many of my clients come to me saying they have tried everything. I used to say this too but really it just felt like I had tried...
Chana Studley
Aug 23, 20223 min read


Returning to work after Long Covid .....
How many of you have felt better and gone back to work only to find that you had a relapse? I have seen and read this a few times now and...
Chana Studley
Apr 5, 20222 min read


Why do some get Long Covid and others don't?
Whilst reading research done by medical professionals dealing with Covid patients I noticed something very interesting. There doesn't...
Chana Studley
Apr 3, 20222 min read


Mazal Tov!
Last night I danced at a friends wedding and halfway through the evening I twisted my knee - Ouch, it hurt! The phrase 'Motion is Lotion'...
Chana Studley
Jan 26, 20221 min read


Distraction?
There is a theory in the Pain Management world that pain is a distraction or protection from fear produced by the brain. Now, I'm not the...
Chana Studley
Jan 25, 20222 min read


SORE BUT SAFE
I've always loved this saying by Dr. Lorimer Moseley, "Sore but Safe" but thanks to chatting with a client just now I got a new insight...
Chana Studley
Jan 25, 20221 min read


Insight!! ( I love it when that happens )
I just had an insight!! ( I love it when that happens ) I am honored to be collaborating with Dr. Bill Pettit on some projects and this...
Chana Studley
Jan 25, 20222 min read


Extinction Bursts!
There is a phenomenon in the pain world called Extinction Bursts. It means that often just when the pain is going away and we seem to be...
Chana Studley
Oct 3, 20212 min read


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...
Chana Studley
May 31, 20211 min read


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...
Chana Studley
Jan 28, 20212 min read


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...
Chana Studley
Dec 11, 20202 min read


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...
Chana Studley
Nov 11, 20202 min read


"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...
Chana Studley
Oct 30, 20202 min read


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...
Chana Studley
Oct 7, 20202 min read


"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...
Chana Studley
Sep 26, 20202 min read


'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...
Chana Studley
Sep 3, 20202 min read


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...
Chana Studley
Aug 12, 20201 min read


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...
Chana Studley
Aug 12, 20201 min read
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