Pain Reliever's Charity Blog

So I’m Laurene.
And this is part of my amazing story.
I suppose that’s why I’m writing a book called “Simply amazing”.

I was diagnosed with a serious mental health issue called borderline personality disorder (BPD). I went into a therapeutic community on the National Health Service (NHS) and came out with 100 percent recovery and inner peace.

I was first drawn to using Cacao Chocolate a few years ago after reading many articles on the health benefits of Cacao, this led me on to making my own cold Cacao smoothie using cashew, cacao powder, banana and dates, with a pinch of Cayenne pepper. I have used this recipe before/after Yoga practice and as a pre and post exercise drink.

Reiki healing is a major and important form of energy healing practice, and we recently spoke to a major contributor to the field from the United States, Alice Langholt, Director of the Reiki Awakening Academy School of Intuitive Development, creator of Practical Reiki, and author of several books on Reiki healing and mindfulness. She discussed her efforts, and some of the great opportunities and challenges that Reiki healing may face while integrating with the medical community.

We’ve all heard how stress is bad for your health but some of us don’t even know we are stressed. How stressed you feel can be different to how much your body is able to deal with stress. We’ve created an efficient and technologically advanced society that is packed with plans, ideas, thoughts and experiences, so that resting with nothing to do or think about is almost awkward or feels unnatural.

Work, sports, hobbies, helping people, going out, family or friends? Whatever it is, there’s also a biochemical factor that helps to fuel your life? Whether mental of physical fuel it can start from food.

If we think about the complexities of the body and its interaction with all the different types of nutrients that exist, it becomes too complicated so let’s make it simple: Carbohydrates, proteins and fats.

With the rise of many diseases such as diabetes, cancer and autoimmune diseases, healthcare has reached saturation point where hospitals and those in the medical field are no longer able to cope with the workload ⁽¹⁾.  GP clinics are filled with leaflets and videos encouraging us to take some responsibility for our health to prevent disease and the media is constantly giving news on health but with so much information, it can be difficult to know how to start.  By understanding how our body works, we can have a better idea what we can do.  Here we share some ideas to help you start your journey to empower your health. This is the first of three short articles on diet, lifestyle and health

From 5^th to 9^th March Relief from Pain will be attending the HIMSS18  “Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Conference 2018” in Las Vegas which brings together over 45,000 professionals for “education, innovation and collaboration to help uncover the promise of health information and technology".

Why is Relief from Pain charity attending such a leading event where healthcare meets technology?

A new Healing Centre is opening in Maidenhead, with weekly healing sessions and group activities available to the surrounding community. The Relief from Pain organisation, which was founded in 2011 in Maidenhead, has been leading the charge for alternative health practices in the area. "We are so pleased to expand our reach for providing all those in need with holistic healing," says Relief from Pain founder Ann Boone, " the Centre will be a place of education, understanding, and service to our community."

Parents, family members, caretakers and educators all know the joys and difficulties of raising children with special needs. While child rearing is challenging in and of itself, those raising children born with conditions such as autism must overcome unique challenges they most likely have never faced before. In the instance of special needs, it can be difficult for parents to communicate with their child, or find ways to make their child feel safe, connected and happy. Using healing therapies on children with special needs may actually increase the ability for parents to calm and soothe their children, communicate with them, and use energy to connect on a deeper level.

In the second decade of the 21st century we wittness the deepest and fastest transformation in the history of humanity. This transformation is not without crises and difficulties, the birthpangs of a coming age. To meet the challenges we need new thinking. As Einstein said, we cannot solve the fundamental problems of our time with the same kind of thinking that produced them.