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We offer coaching and
training on systemic family coaching,
allergies and
psychosomatic disease, family secrets and relationship intelligence.
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.
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 body over-reacts – your immune system responds to a
normally harmless substance as if it were an invading organism - perhaps
producing symptoms of hay fever.
And sometimes your immune system may be sensitive to some of your own tissues - see
autoimmune disease.
For example, hay fever is
usually caused by an allergy to one or more pollens. Many people with asthma are
allergic 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 cause depression or
aggression in certain people.
Some people suffer stomach upsets due 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.
Almost anything may be an allergen and cause
allergic reactions. You may spontaneously
cease to be allergic to some allergen. During hypnosis, you
could be requested to imagine that an allergen is on your skin – and
then you may produce an "allergic” reaction – to your thoughts. Your
skin may redden and blister and your breathing may become strained.
Reprogramming your Immune System
Some people suffering from
multiple-personality disorder are allergic to a certain allergen in one
personality – and immune to that allergen in another. It seems that an immune
system can rapidly reprogram itself. Sometimes an immune system
response can change dramatically in minutes!
If you have an autoimmune disease,
you become allergic to your own body. An immune response is
mobilized, not against `foreign' matter, such as invading
bacteria, but against your body itself. 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
stress impairs your immune system, auto-immune disease becomes 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 conflicts – a manifestation of an emotional “war” that you
may carry within you. Some 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 be a result of modeling.
For example, a child who is allergic to the same allergen as a parent may be
entangled 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 more in-control. For example,
does an allergy help you to express emotions? Does an allergy
help you to set boundaries?
Soulwork Coaching helps people heal themselves!
We can observe 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.
Emotional
Incest . Relationship 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.
Perhaps seek professional coaching
if 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.
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 (and toxic ways by which many people
try to avoid depression), then private sessions
may provide speedy relief. (Many people
diagnosed with mental illness may suffer from allergies to common
foods such as wheat, potatoes etc).
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I was allergic
to milk and milk products, which had caused mental confusion for years
before my allergy was recognized. During my coaching, I learned to be gentle with
my relatives and myself; my passive aggression and my
allergy disappeared. Fredericton, NB, Canada |
We can help you evaluate the response of your allergy to your
conditions, and help you find safe ways to control allergic symptoms.
We can coach you to explore which lifestyle and relationship changes
are most likely to control your allergy.
Please consult a physician about any allergies
or medical conditions.
Do you want to
benefit from our experience?
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