Pain can be modified by your mind
Today’s Brain Booster is: Calm your fear, and pain will disappear. Last week I did a deep dive into pain, and the key points were that there are two types of pain, classified by their cause: [...]
Retrain your brain to release chronic pain
Today’s Brain Booster is: Retrain your brain to release chronic pain. Since starting my podcast I’ve received a lot of questions about how to manage chronic pain, including back, neck and [...]
Can the shingles vaccine lower the risk of dementia?
Today’s Brain Booster was prompted by a whether question from Maya: My doctor said that the shingles vaccine can reduce the risk of dementia. I’d like to know whether this is true, and if so, [...]
Your mind can mend your maladies
I took this photo on top of Whistler Mountain in British Columbia, Canada. Known as the ‘walls of ice’, these towering corridors of snow are carved out each spring, as crews clear the alpine [...]
