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Cambridge Progressive Medicine
by Dr William Bostock
Progressive medicine is all about focusing on health rather than disease. If we want to be healthy why not focus on what makes us well, rather than what makes us ill?It is also about change. Feeling better than we do now means feeling differently from now. But to feel differently we have to think differently.But nobody likes to be told to think differently, that's why change is so hard. This podcast doesn't aim to tell you what to do, that is rarely helpful. It aims to suggest an alternative way of thinking to guide you on your own personal journey.www.cambridgeprogressivemedicine.com
Episodes
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24: Pain (part 3) - Addressing pain
In this final episode dedicated to understanding pain we draw on what we have learnt so far to understand how a deeper understanding of the processes that contribute to chronic pain can help us to discover new strategies for dealing with pain. If pain is produced by neural networks in the brain...
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23: Pain (part 2) - Chronic pain
In this second episode about pain, we pick up where we left off in part 1 to further explore the neuroscience and philosophy behind pain production, and introduce the concept of neural networks and neuroplasticity, which may provide us with new ways of addressing chronic pain. Although all pain…
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22: Pain (part 1) - Understanding pain
It is some time ago that I promised we would be doing some work on pain and so I figured it's about time we got started on the advanced class. This is the first of three episodes all about pain. Pain is complex and incredibly difficult to manage, and many of the medications we use to treat pain…
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21: Fit Notes: Taking time for yourself.
There is a perception in society that people are prone to malingering. But in my experience, we are far more likely to commit the error of continuing to battle through at work, when we really need to be focusing on looking after ourselves. There comes a point where the right thing to do is to…
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20: Functional Vs Progressive medicine.
Within the health space there are a lot of different terms floating about. Western medicine, holistic medicine, alternative medicine, functional medicine, and now I have added progressive medicine into the mix. What’s more these words may mean different things to different people. This can be...
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19: Movement.
There are many scientific studies demonstrating the multiple benefits of exercise on our health. But these are not why I recommend regular exercise to my patients. Humans are designed to move, and if we don’t, our bodies and minds don’t run as well as if we do. If you can find some time in your…
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18: Moralising.
If you’ve listened to this series from the beginning, you will have frequently heard me saying that this or that “isn’t a moral issue.” What do I mean by this, and how do we know what is or isn’t a moral issue? Moralising is a risky thing to do, and puts your own happiness, as well as that of...
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17: Sleep.
Poor sleep is a sure sign, a common early warning, that we have lost balance in our lives. It is also a key area that can be responsible for lack of balance. It is a vicious circle. If we don’t sleep well, we will feel anxious and bad, but feeling anxious and bad can stop us from sleeping. Even…
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16: Advice and guidance.
The key to improving our health lies in making sustained small changes across multiple aspects of our day to day lives. Whilst this always starts with our thoughts, with managing our minds, we must translate this into action if we are to regain our balance. www.cambridgeprogressivemedicine.com
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15: Antidepressants.
In 2017 there were 67 million prescriptions for antidepressant medication in England. Despite the widespread availability of a medication which has been clinically proven to treat depression, there still seems to be a lot of depression and anxiety about. If antidepressants were the whole story,...
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14: Understanding depression and anxiety.
We talk about depression and anxiety a lot in our society, but many people, including doctors, nurses and probably even some psychiatrists are not that clear in their own minds what we are actually talking about. Even if we think we are clear in our own minds, we are certainly not always in...
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Merry Christmas!
The world can be a beautiful place if we can learn to open our eyes and see it. As it is Christmas I want to share something beautiful with you. I get tears in my eyes every time I hear it. It is especially beautiful to me because it is about family, but I hope that you enjoy it too. Merry...
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13: The body and the mind: Responsibility and Blame.
The body and mind are not two separate entities, they are intricately and absolutely related to each other. Trying to separate the body and mind, thinking of some conditions as “mental health” conditions and others as “Physical health” conditions makes no sense. More to the point it is an…
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12: Becoming an adult.
Many of our problems are the result of a failure to realize that we are not children anymore. Many of us fail to understand the power that we gain as adults, or at least are unable or unwilling to exercise this power. There is no such thing as personality. There are just patterns of thinking that...
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11: Managing your mind 101: The thought ladder.
Probably the best way to convince yourself that you have control over your own mind is to start doing it. In this episode I am going to present a simple practical tool to help you to start managing your mind today. I often warn that there are no "quick fixes" but by practicing the thought ladder...
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A special note on pain.
Pain is an incredibly common symptom that I see. It can be extremely debilitating and difficult to treat. The good news is that I believe that Progressive Medicine does have something to offer to people who suffer with chronic pain, and it isn’t by simply choosing not to be in pain, and it isn’t...
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10: Thought Work.
Learning the origin of our thoughts does not in itself make us feel better. Understanding the root cause of my insecurities does not help me if I continue to feel insecure. If I continue to think bad thoughts about myself, I will continue to feel bad. If we want to feel better, we must think…
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9: Psychotherapy.
Almost everyone stands to benefit from therapy, and there are a variety of talking therapies freely available on the NHS. This episode explores what it is all about, and how you can get involved. www.cambridgeprogressivemedicine.com
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8: The truth hurts.
Meditation works because it turns off our thoughts, many of which are negative and harmful to us. It helps us to see that the world can be a peaceful place when we stop projecting our anxieties on to it. But what if instead of simply turning off unwanted or unhelpful thoughts, we could actively...
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7: Let's get Cracking.
So far in this series I have explored why despite the wonders of western medicine many of us still feel unwell, and why we might struggle to believe that there might be another solution. There is another way, and seeing is believing. In this episode I’m going to explain why positive change must...
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6: A new concept of health.
In this episode I am going to explore what it means to be healthy, and how it might be possible to be healthy despite having a serious disease, and even in the face of imminent death. Despite how it feels when we experience ill health, stressful situations, or physical discomfort; our mental and...
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5: Tired all the time.
A very common symptom I encounter in my day to day practice is feeling tired all the time. It is so common we have an acronym for it. TATT or Tat. To explore this with my patients I ask them to tell me about their lives. One of the great privileges I have as a GP is that I get to hear people’s...
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4: What is Progressive medicine? Why lifestyle is the key to good health.
Humans are meant to be running around naked in the woods. We are designed to run, just for the joy of running. No wonder we feel unwell, no wonder our bodies and minds are out of balance, out of kilter, when we are leading such frantic, stressful, unnatural lives. Progressive medicine is a bit…
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3: Time for change?
As a GP patients come to see me and they feel like something is just not quite right. When I see patients who are feeling really washed out, the most common reason is lack of wellbeing. There are some problems that western medicine is just not very good at treating. Our excessive faith in western...
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2: Why your doctor hasn't fixed you yet.
In episode 1 I suggested that if we want to feel better than we currently do, we need to take a fresh look at our whole concept of health. If we want to start doing something differently, we first need to recognize and understand what we are currently doing. We need to understand why what we are...
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1: Choose health.
Are you fed up of feeling tired all the time? Do you struggle with poor sleep, anxiety and low mood; or physical symptoms such as headaches, abdominal pain or nausea? Have you waited weeks to see your GP, only to find that they don't seem to know whats wrong? Then this podcast is for you. At...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Progressive medicine is all about focusing on health rather than disease. If we want to be healthy why not focus on what makes us well, rather than what makes us ill?It is also about change. Feeling better than we do now means feeling differently from now. But to feel differently we have to think differently.But nobody likes to be told to think differently, that's why change is so hard. This podcast doesn't aim to tell you what to do, that is rarely helpful. It aims to suggest an alternative way of thinking to guide you on your own personal journey.www.cambridgeprogressivemedicine.com
HOSTED BY
Dr William Bostock
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Progressive medicine is all about focusing on health rather than disease. If we want to be healthy why not focus on what makes us well, rather than what makes us ill?It is also about change. Feeling better than we do now means feeling differently from now. But to feel differently we have to think...
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