Attitudes For Recovery

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Keep Sitting On That Egg!

Healing with Dialectics Hello fellow retrainers. I am what might be called a “graduate” of the Gupta Program, but although I have recovered full health for going on four years now, I consider health and healing an ongoing process that lasts a lifetime. I have remained a member of the Facebook group because it motivates […]

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Dips Are The Signposts To Success In Chronic Illness Recovery

I hope that you are gently able to put the tools into practice with commitment. Because repetition and perseverance really do work with this Program, especially during any dips that you may have. Helping you recover from this condition is my life’s quest, it is my passion. And it brings me so much joy and

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It Is Ok To Ask For Help During Chronic Illness Recovery

To help ourselves Retrain, can we educate people around us as to our need to have time and space? Can your family and friends reduce the burden on you? Can they give you time to heal? Now I have seen people say, “Oh don’t worry I’m fine, I’m fine!” and yet they look like they

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Have Faith During Recovery

When I was diagnosed with CFS in November 2000, and later with fibromyalgia, my doctor said ’You’ll never get better. You may improve a bit, but you’ll never work again as you won’t ever be well enough.’ So began my search for something that would help me improve my health. In 2010 I found the

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More Haste, Less Speed

One of those sayings which can apply in so many areas of life. Like when I’m in a rush I tend to drop things, trip over something, type even worse than usual, etc. I have often noticed when driving that the vehicles which overtake impatiently (and often dangerously) near a corner or brow of a

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Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

Self-fulfilling prophecy. The above phrase has been popping into my mind lately, so I decided to let it have its day! Ashok has said if we repeatedly think/write/say things like ‘I won’t ever get better’, or ‘It worked for them but won’t for me, because….’ and so on, then our amygdala/mind/body/brain will start to believe

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How Long Does It Take To Recover?

There is often discussion in the forum about how long it takes to improve. It is so easy to become focused on that, rather than cruising along in the ship of Gupta’ing and enjoying the good times as they happen, while allowing the ship to float you through the dippy times. I remember in my

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Human Being/Being Humane

Are you Weak or Strong? Cowardly or Courageous? Cruel or Compassionate? Defeatist or Stoic? Intolerant or Tolerant? Impatient or Patient? Imagine you are writing your CV for something important to you (maybe even to join the Jedi order as a guardian of peace and justice!) What are the qualities you can see in yourself which

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Where is 100%?

How can anyone know what is 100%?   Why are so many people searching for it?   What does it mean anyway?   Is perfection possible?   Is perfection desirable?   Thinking about these questions got me musing again, while sitting waiting for a food delivery. Last first: I don’t think perfection in anything is

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