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We offer coaching and training on allergies and psychosomatic disease,
emotional blocks and relationship skills.
Control Allergies without Drugs
The implications of resolving allergies without
drugs may be of special interest to helping professionals, and to members
of allergy counseling and support groups. We offer demonstrations and
training.
Your immune system is a miracle of self-preservation when it
destroys invading organisms. Sometimes, however, your immune system may attack
harmless substances. You are said to have an allergy when your body is especially
sensitive to an otherwise harmless substance (called an allergen).
If your immune system responds to a
harmless substance as if it were an invading organism - perhaps producing a rash,
"hay fever" or triggering emotional reactions. And if your immune system attacks
your own tissues - it is called
autoimmune disease.
For example, hay fever is
usually caused by an allergy to one or more pollens, and asthma is usually an
allergic response to micro-organisms in dust, fur or feathers. Allergies produce
a wide range of effects. Some people experience skin reactions from drugs,
cosmetics or household cleaners. Other allergens may trigger depression or
aggression.
Some people suffer medical upsets if exposed to
food allergens such as nuts or shellfish. Some people suffer mental
imbalance due to allergens in common foods such as milk or wheat. A severe
allergic reaction may cause anaphylactic shock, which can be fatal.
You may spontaneously suffer or cease to suffer an allergic
reaction. During hypnosis, for example, a suggestion that an allergen is on
your skin may result in your skin producing an allergic reaction – to your
thoughts. Your skin may redden and blister and your breathing may become
strained.
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A good friend in Croatia asked for help for
his allergy to ragweed pollen. While writing to him I felt my nose tingling and my
throat became dry and hot. Within a few minutes of completing that
email - my reaction faded away leaving me with a learning experience about allergies
and relationship bonds.
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Reprogramming your Immune System
It seems that an immune system can rapidly reprogram itself.
Some people suffering from multiple-personality disorder are allergic to a
certain allergen in one personality – and immune to that allergen in another. Sometimes
an immune system response can change dramatically in minutes!
Autoimmune diseases are allergic reactions to your
own body. An immune response is mobilized, not against `foreign' matter, such as
invading bacteria, but against your body tissues. Diseases considered to have an
auto-immune origin include myasthenia, rheumatoid arthritis and lupus.
Some cancers may be examples of auto-immune disease.
A healthy immune system destroys cancer cells before the cancer is large
enough to be clinically recognized. If a poor diet or unpleasant relationships
stress your immune system, auto-immune symptoms may become more likely.
During our coaching, we emphasize finding the benefits of problems.
The benefits of allergies can be placed into groups. Allergies seem to
represent emotional conflicts – they manifest emotional “battles” that you
may experience. Other allergies help people deal with the consequences of
emotional incest or
identity loss, such as
an inability to defend oneself.
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After 20 years of hay fever hell
during ragweed flowering season, I attended Martyn's coaching. Now, few
weeks later, although the pollen count is still high, I am without medication
and without symptoms, not even occasional sneezing, outdoors or indoors - even
when I spend the day in country full of flowering ragweed. Thank you Martyn.
Nenad Maljkovic, Croatia 2004 |
Some allergies help people get attention. Some allergies resolve
the problems of abuse or trauma by allowing repressed emotions to be communicated
physically, and some allergies allow a person to “follow” an unhealthy role
model. (Some so-called genetic allergies may have relationship causes.
For example, a child who is allergic to the same allergen as a parent may have
identified with that parent.
Coaching & Allergies
Assume that your allergy once had some benefits.
List these benefits. Write them down! List as many benefits as
possible - including tiny benefits. Imagine what other benefits
that your allergy could have.
As you become aware of the benefits of an
allergy, you will probably feel a bit more in control. For example,
does an allergy help you to express emotions? Does an allergy
help you to set boundaries?
Our coaching helps people heal themselves!
We can observe and respond to non-verbal body language, and help
you recognize and dissolve incongruence and conflicts. We
can help you learn from your emotions, and evaluate your
life. (See
Human Consciousness and Decision Making.)
Only explore your allergy if it
feels safe for you to do so. Please stop, and seek professional help
if you experience strong or unpleasant emotions when considering it.
Emotional Incest & Toxic Relationship Bonds
Complex conflict often reflect emotional bonds.
Limiting identity beliefs (e.g. “I am bad” or “I don’t deserve
anything” may replace the true identity as a basis for life.
Relationship bonds allow a child to bond to important but difficult
people (often a parent). We coach people to replace such bonds.
Benefits of Conflict
Conflict has benefits. People with
complex conflict
can often multi-track many projects, which is an asset for
managers. A person with identity conflict may be bored with only
one or two tasks or projects, and may provoke other
people into conflict, to satisfy an inner need to express conflict.
How do you feel right now? Please continue this only if
it feels right for you. Do you
experience strong emotions as you consider these issues?
After reconciliation, a personality part may be willing
to replace the allergic reaction with something friendlier.
Please be careful when testing an allergy. Do not
deliberately expose yourself to allergens – continue to avoid them, and
simply notice what happens if you are accidentally exposed. If your
allergies were life threatening, please continue to take appropriate
precautions against exposure.
Please consult a physician about any allergies
or medical conditions.
Not ALL in the Mind
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A woman in
mid-thirties was allergic to cigarette smoke since childhood. Being shy,
she would not ask people not to smoke, but she would cough and wheeze
until people around her stopped smoking. The allergy disappeared shortly
after the woman dissolved an emotional bond to her father and
learned to assert herself. (See Daddy's
Princess) |
If an allergy is due in part to relationship, family or
workplace stress, or to depression, then private sessions may provide speedy
relief. (Many people diagnosed with mental illness suffer from allergies to
common foods such as wheat, potatoes etc).
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I was allergic
to milk and milk products, which caused me mental confusion for years
before my allergy was recognized. During my coaching, I learned to be gentle
with my relatives and myself; then both my passive aggression and my
allergy disappeared. Fredericton, Canada |
We can help you explore which lifestyle and relationship changes
may control your allergy.
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