148. Let's Change Your Perspective On Chronic Illness with Neuroplasticity Expert, Ashok Gupta

Themes: Chronic Illness, Nervous System Regulation, Mind-Body Connection, Neuroplasticity, Brain Retraining Episode: Do you still have questions about what brain retraining is, and how it can help alleviate your chronic physical symptoms/illness? Lindsay is joined by health practitioner Ashok Gupta to discuss reframing chronic illness, how to realistically approach brain retraining, and how his neurological research led him to the healing science of brain retraining. Show Notes: -Ashok describes his own struggles with chronic symptoms; how he discovered how brain retraining/neuroplasticity can help alleviate pain; setting up his first clinic and publishing a medical hypothesis -Discussing the nervous system's effect on chronic symptoms; "centralized sensation"; communicating a new way of being -How to retrain the brain; communicating to the "generals" in your body that the "fight is over"; the importance of repetition in neuroplasticity -The Gupta program and how it helps clients find relief from chronic symptoms through focusing on brain retraining -Lindsay and Ashok explains the science behind brain retraining -How trauma is stored in the body; brain/body communication -Finding the balance of physical changes for your health (medications, diet changes, etc) and implementing brain retraining in a serious way -Relearning how emotions feel in your body; standing witness to what's going on in the brain -Why healing and brain retraining are lifelong experiences Resources: -Follow Rewire on Instagram here -Follow Ashok on Instagram here -Start the Gupta program with a free trial here -Cait's Instagram: @caitmurphy.co -Click here for Cait's FREE Masterclass -Lindsay's Instagram: @myvitalside -Visit Lindsay's Website *ALL the content talked about in these episodes should not be used as medical advice. These episodes are to be used for informational purposes only.