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Rewiring Resilience: An Inspiring Story of Holistic Healing w/ Ben Ahrens
Description
Ben Ahrens is a chronic illness recovery expert, TEDx Speaker, Neuroplasticity coach, and CEO of re-origin: A science-based brain retraining program & community for anxiety, depression & chronic illness recovery. In this inspiring episode, Ben shares his own story of being diagnosed with chronic lyme disease in his mid-twenties and spending 3 years bedbound, taking 60 pills a day. But he made a full recovery and now shares his learnings through the practical lens of neuroplasticity (brain-retraining).
Even if you have not faced chronic illness, there are so many words of wisdom & practical tips on how to retrain your brain for greater calm and cultivate a resilient mindset to overcome any challenge you are facing in life!
Time stamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:31 Surfing Accident
05:28 Spending 3.5 years in bed
07:01 Lyme disease
08:24 The INVALIDATION of "It's all in your head"
14:40 Chronic conditions
16:29 The mind-body connection
18:04 Ben's holistic healing journey
34:16 'Spontaneous healing' is not so spontaneous...
38:45 You can start over ANYTIME!
41:38 Resistance vs acceptance
45:13 3 steps to letting go
49:58 How to retrain your brain
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Music by: Flood (Instrumental) by RYYZN https://soundcloud.com/ryyzn
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