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Emily Forbes's avatar

Very interesting list!! I recently published my first book ‘Too Hard to Swallow’ all about living with chronic illness, and in there I put together a huge list of the different modalities / experiences / treatments I tried too ….. many similar in fact (save the 🍄).

I came to the conclusion that healing is personal, individual and that different things work for different people - but the golden thread that connects us all as humans, is that often, once we stopping striving to find a magic cure, a silver bullet or a guru to rescue and fix us we come to a place where healing happens: not in the moments of doing, but in the space in between. In the integration of learning, of being and of accepting….. and of recognising that there is no final destination!!

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Toni Jones's avatar

Gorgeous. There’s a lot of peace in accepting that we are all forever works in progress. What did have the biggest impact on your physical and/or emotional health do you think? 💛

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Emily Forbes's avatar

1. Physically, it’s got to be nervous system regulation (whether that’s breathing exercises, tai chi, yoga, meditation, vagus nerve stimulation), anything that gets your body into healing mode (parasympathetic).

2. Emotionally, I have found journaling, writing, self reflection and getting things down on paper very therapeutic.

3. Mentally - neuroscience, NLP and rewiring the brain tools to stop any looping negative thoughts

4. Spiritually - really loved getting into manifestation and learning to trust in the universe a bit more!!

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Toni Jones's avatar

What a toolkit. I can’t wait for you to read this book 💛

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