Chapter 1: Forever is the Soul
This video is the first of a series of 23 video blogs that explain the underlying messages in the chapter sub-headers in the novel, Forever is the Soul. The author, Andrew MacWha, shares the philosophy that motivated him to write each chapter. Forever is the Soul: Chapter 1, When Death Comes Each minute of your…
Read MoreHappy to be Back!
For those of you who have known us for a while, you’ll remember that we launched our first book, A Workbook to Relieve Pain, way back in 2010. After almost twenty years of working in the pharmaceutical industry, Andrew and I repeatedly saw the power of the placebo effect. With Andrew’s experience with hypnosis and…
Read MoreWhat is a Stress-Free Mind?
In our modern world it can be a real challenge to determine the meaning of the words quality of life. We are an over stimulated culture, so busy – always going somewhere – driven by so many unseen forces, that we are in a constant state of reaction. The Will to Heal teaches that in…
Read MoreFour Steps to Mind-Body Connection Healing
Mind body connection healing is about directing your thoughts so that you can essentially think yourself healthy. The process involves visualizing parts of your body healing, and the belief is, that as you visualize these things happening, they actually will happen within your body.
Read MoreStress and Pain Management Techniques Using Frontal Cortex Thought
Our greatest cause of stress is often our own thoughts and we know that stress increases pain. When we hold high expectations of ourselves or when we fill our consciousness with worry, we transmit our concerns inward. Your subconscious brain has no way of knowing what is fact or what is fiction. It is only…
Read MoreThinking About Trees
Concentrate for a moment and imagine a tree. Roots reaching deep into the ground, drawing water and nutrients upwards from the soil, leaf-filled branches, a blue sky and sunshine. I see my tree in my mind’s eye and for that moment, my conscious mind is occupied by what my thoughts have created. Close your eyes…
Read MoreEmpower Your Healing With Visualization
Visualization, also known as Mental Imagery, or Visual Mental Rehearsal, is a technique that has been proven to be extraordinarily successful in producing a specific outcome. Whenever we imagine ourselves performing an action in the absence of physical practice, we are said to be using visual imagery.
Read MoreYour Autonomic Nervous System – An important part of your mind-body connection
High levels of stress inhibit your ability to think clearly and force you into perceiving your reality through your limbic system, which is a part of your primitive brain function.
Read MoreFive Ways Mindfulness Courses Will Help You
Mindfulness courses are all about reducing stress and really focusing your energies on the positive. Mindfulness is a therapeutic way to pay extra close attention on something very specific. Mindfulness courses have their root in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, a technique developed by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zin at the University of Massachusetts. The idea was to use mindfulness…
Read MoreProgram Offers Relief From Chronic Pain
Publication: Massage Therapy Canada April 4, Barrie, ON – In spring 2011, pain sufferers will engage in the opportunity to learn how to manage their pain through the highly anticipated self-help visualization book and CDs, The Will to Heal Technique, A Guided Workbook to Relieve Pain. Creators, Andrew MacWha and Elise Walmsley-MacWha, formerly of TrifocalCommunications…
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