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Does Stress Make You Sick? The Stress-Health Connection

I was surprised this week to come across a paper in a medical journal which investigated the possibility that stress causes autoimmune disease. As regular readers and viewers of my film will know, I’ve been banging on about this for years. Thirteen years ago I was diagnosed with lupus, an autoimmune disease that means my … Read full article »

A Letter To Someone Just Diagnosed With A Chronic Disease

I’m writing this letter to you because I know how you feel. You may have just been diagnosed with one or more of the chronic diseases sweeping the world in what has been called an epidemic – heart disease, cancer, diabetes or an autoimmune disease like multiple sclerosis. Maybe you’ve suffered all your life with … Read full article »

Why I Started Eating More Omega 3

Since I released my film in October 2014, I’ve had the privilege of attending countless screenings and speaking to people afterwards. After each screening people inevitably have questions. How has the medical community responded to the film? How do I learn to meditate? When will it all start working for me?   I am also … Read full article »
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