Welcome to Living Well with MS, where we are pleased to welcome Rachel Burn as our guest! Rachel is a Psychotherapeutic Counsellor and follows the Overcoming MS Program. In this episode, Rachel talks to Geoff about who should work with a therapist, how to choose a therapist, how to unpack our emotions and how to know if you’re a highly sensitive person.
Watch this episode on YouTube here. Keep reading for the key episode takeaways.
Topics and Timestamps: 01:46 Rachel’s background and her MS and Overcoming MS journey.
08:14 Who should work with a therapist?
09:49 How you should choose a therapist and style of therapy.
12:27 How to unpack your emotions scientifically as waves of chemicals.
16:06 Unhelpful tactics of clinging to emotions or suppressing them.
19:29 The connection with highly sensitive people (HSPs) and autoimmunity.
21:43 How to know if you’re highly sensitive.
26:05 The power of the Overcoming MS community for the newly diagnosed.
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More info and links: - Connect with Rachel on the Live Well Hub
- Follow Rachel on TikTok @born_a_bodymind
- Listen to Craig Hassed’s episode on meditation tips
Find out more about the books that Rachel mentions:
- Gabor Mate’s book When the Body Says No
- Elaine Aron’s book The Highly Sensitive Person
- Bessel van Der Kolk’s book The Body Keeps The Score
- Susan Gehrig’s book Why Love Matters
- Lisa Feldman Barrett’s book: How Emotions Are Made
- 'Key to Successful Therapy'
- Read about the 90-second life of an emotion
- New to Overcoming MS? Visit our introductory page
- Connect with others following Overcoming MS on the Live Well Hub
- Visit the Overcoming MS website
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