IBS Lifestyle » pain relief http://ibslifestyle.com Taking the Stress Out of IBS Wed, 22 Mar 2017 19:42:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Letting Go of Normal http://ibslifestyle.com/letting-go-of-normal/ http://ibslifestyle.com/letting-go-of-normal/#comments Thu, 12 Sep 2013 21:14:35 +0000 http://ibslifestyle.com/?p=1674

 

I spent a lot of time in the last two years wishing my life could go back to normal. Some days I longed for normal so badly that it made me cry. It wasn’t that I was just in pain from being injured in an accident; it was the frustration that I could no longer do some of the things that were normal to me.

 

In my career as a mind-body coach I watch people long for normal all the time. Many of my current clients suffer from IBS or digestive disorders. They talk often about wanting a normal life. [...]

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]]> http://ibslifestyle.com/letting-go-of-normal/feed/ 0 The Power of Breathing for IBS Relief http://ibslifestyle.com/the-power-of-breathing-for-ibs-relief/ http://ibslifestyle.com/the-power-of-breathing-for-ibs-relief/#comments Wed, 07 Nov 2012 18:41:41 +0000 http://ibslifestyle.com/?p=1129 ?? Listen, are you breathing just a little and calling it a life? ~Mary Oliver

 

That quote from Mary Oliver really got me thinking. I often talk to my clients about the importance of breathing but I’m not always sure if they fully understand the importance of it.

 

For a long time I didn’t either. I would do a short meditation and take quick deep breaths if I felt stress but I really wasn’t consciously aware of how I was breathing. It was actually through the process of being in pain that I became aware of the lack [...]

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]]> http://ibslifestyle.com/the-power-of-breathing-for-ibs-relief/feed/ 0 How To Live Well With IBS http://ibslifestyle.com/how-to-live-well-with-ibs/ http://ibslifestyle.com/how-to-live-well-with-ibs/#comments Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:42:20 +0000 http://ibslifestyle.com/?p=1072 I am well.

 

I heard this from Wayne Dwyer at 3 am on a night when I had turned on the TV because sleep just wasn’t happening.

 

Three simple words yet so powerful.

 

For people struggling with IBS the words “ I am well” don’t often cross your mind. But they should.

 

You see if you focus on “I am well” you take your attention off what is wrong with you.

 

Simple yet so hard.

 

Why?

 

Because were so used to seeing what’s wrong with our body and trying to fix it.

 

And no matter how hard we try we can’t control our body.

 

But we can control [...]

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]]> http://ibslifestyle.com/how-to-live-well-with-ibs/feed/ 2 4 Easy Ways to End Pressure and Get IBS Relief http://ibslifestyle.com/4-easy-ways-to-end-pressure-/ http://ibslifestyle.com/4-easy-ways-to-end-pressure-/#comments Mon, 04 Jun 2012 15:04:50 +0000 http://ibslifestyle.com/?p=879 How many times have you heard people say they perform best under pressure?  In our society the idea that applying pressure to a situation will reap the best results is very prevalent. It’s such a part of our psyche that we do it subconsciously. For many of us it’s a part of life, basically second nature.

 

For most people with IBS when the pressure increases so does the IBS symptoms. For years I put tons of pressure on myself without noticing how intensely it was affecting my digestive problems.

 

I just thought pressure was a natural part of life.

 

I’m not here [...]

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