How My Mind Healed My Body - Interview with Ben Ahrens

This is an incredible reminder of how powerful our minds our when it comes to healing the body. At age 25, Ben Ahrens, a semi-professional surfer and fitness trainer, became bedridden for over 3 years with Chronic Neurological Lyme Disease. Despite his best efforts and conventional medical treatment, Ben found himself truly stuck – unable to improve. In this episode, Ben joins Paul to talk about how he used the power of the mind to ignite and then accelerate his own physical healing process, and how he is using the lessons he learned during the process, to help others to achieve the same incredible results. KEY TAKEAWAYS Modern medicine has allowed us to dramatically increase the effectiveness of emergency procedures. But it is not always the most effective against complex, long term chronic ailments. When accepted means no longer work, it's worth paying attention to the voice of the body, which can often lead us towards more personalised solutions. There is something fundamental in the human body and nature itself that calls out for harmony and order. On a scientific basis this is known as homeostasis. Health and healing are both non-linear processes and require us to get out of our own way. Often the things that block us are the old neuro-pathways that default to previous positive responses that simply no longer work. BEST MOMENTS 'I was always really interested with how the human body could change' 'It's like water flowing around a rock. You have to keep going somewhere' 'I was feeling utterly stuck - in every sense of the word. It felt like there was nothing I could do' 'It's amazing how things seem to line up and put themselves in your path so that they become tools' VALUABLE RESOURCES Mindset Change Podcast Mindset Coaching and Therapy The Mindset Coach UK Instagram Mindset Change YouTube Re-Origin - https://re-origin.com/about-us/    ABOUT THE HOST Paul Sheppard Paul is well known for his holistic therapy and coaching approach  when working with anxiety, stress, confidence, and motivation, understanding, and treating the root causes and surrounding issues He has a passion for understanding how the mind works and has been trained in many therapies. He is an Integrative Hypnotherapist, Life Coach, NLP Practitioner, IEMT and has also had training in CBT, ACT and Mindfulness His mission is to share with others the strategies, techniques and perspectives that can have the most positive impact on changing anxiety, stress, low confidence, depression, and motivation. Working with your mind to become calmer, focused, motivated, confident, and resilient are skills everyone can develop and Paul offers a realistic, direct, and no-nonsense approach that is about creating the change you want to live the life you deserve CONTACT METHOD Mindset Coaching and Therapy The Mindset Coach UK Instagram Mindset Change YouTube