Reading Time: 3 minutesBy Denise Billen-Mejia, MD (retired), Consulting Hypnotist If you live with chronic pain, you have probably been told — or at least made to feel — that something is wrong with you. That your body has broken down. That your brain is misfiring. That the pain is somehow your fault, or in your head, or something you simply have to manage. I want to suggest a different way of looking at it. Your brain has been working overtime. Here is what I mean by that. Pain is not…
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Your Healing Does Not Need To Look Like Anyone Else’s
Reading Time: 4 minutesIgniting Your Dynamic Self with Wendy Bjork, founder of HeartsofWellness.com. Your Healing Does Not Need to Look Like Anyone Else’s Welcome to Igniting Your Dynamic Self, I am glad you are here. Can I tell you something that took me a long time to learn? Someone else’s healing journey is not your instruction manual. I know that sounds simple. But if you have ever found yourself reading about what worked for someone else and quietly wondering what is wrong with you, you know it is not simple at all. It…
Read MoreWhy Your Body Stays Stuck Despite Doing Everything Right
Reading Time: 4 minutesBy Wendy Bjork, Founder of Hearts of Wellness | HeartsOfWellness.com You are taking the supplements, resting when you can. You are following the advice, attending the appointments, and doing your best to manage a body that keeps sending signals nobody seems to fully understand. And yet something stays stuck. The fatigue does not lift. The pain does not settle, the brain fog rolls in whether you slept well or not. If that is where you are right now, this is the conversation you have been waiting to find. I know…
Read MoreYour Nervous System Isn’t Failing You, It’s Protecting You
Reading Time: 5 minutesYour Nervous System Isn’t Failing You: Why Overwhelm Is Often a Sign of Protection, Not Weakness Welcome to Unlocking Your Greatness. If you’re here after the Rezzimax Conference, thank you for being in the room and continuing the conversation here. If you’re discovering this column for the first time, welcome. I’m Wendy Bjork, and I’m honored you’re here. Whether you heard me speak or you’re reading these words for the first time, something brought you to this page. Maybe you’re tired of pushing through. Maybe you’re wondering why overwhelm…
Read MoreDenise Billen-Mejia’s Commentary Feature on Price of Business Digital Network
Reading Time: 2 minutesDenise has always had a passion for helping others achieve good health. She worked for two decades as a clinician in Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine and now, retired from medicine, she shares the powerful gift of hypnosis with clients, online, all over the world and actively seeks to educate physicians about hypnosis and encourage them to incorporate this in treatment plans. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine’s section on Hypnosis and Psychosomatic Medicine, and a member of the National Guild of Hypnotists. Learn more at www.AAhypnosis.com Contact USABR…
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