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A study has revealed that women with breast cancer are able to extend cancer survival by learning to relax. The study conducted in the U.S. examined the survival rates of women who had their cancer return after their initial treatment. The group of women volunteers worked with psychologists to come up with ways to reduce stress; stress being one of the main causes of cancer complications.

Reducing stress levels enabled the immune system to remain strong and resulted in Improvements in the quality of the women’s lives. The women who were part of the support group that helped them deal with stress lived on average 6 months longer than those that did not.

From Ohio State University, Columbus psychology professor Barbara Andersen said, “If you have someone who can provide effective, research-supported ways to reduce your stress, not only will that affect your mental health. It will likely affect your symptoms and your recovery.”

The 227 women who volunteered for the study were newly diagnosed with Stage II or III breast cancer. Some of the women received therapy to enable them to understand their stress, cope with it, stick to the cancer treatment prescribed to them and develop an over all better emotional state. The other women received a psychological assessment.

What was unusual about the results was that the therapy enhanced the women’s survival rates which had not been known before in other studies.

Andersen further explained the details of the study, saying: “It was far more than the popular notion of support groups of patients in a room talking about their troubles,” adding that “Certain patients talked about things that were stressful to them, but they also learned really effective ways to cope with that stress.”

Previous parts of the study showed that 45% of women who had attended the support group had less likelihood of their breast cancer returning after 11 years of follow ups.
The enhanced survival rates revealed in this last phase of the study were above and beyond any drug treatment improvements.

From Washington University in St. Louis, Sarah Gehlert stated that “An intervention that increased survival would be incredibly valuable. It represents a new tool for improving the lives of women with breast cancer.” She had no connection with the study.

Stress is recognised as the biggest killer in modern society.
It can be argues that stress is what allows your body to be susceptible to diseases such as cancer and arthritis, immune system problems and many physical disorders.
It will also effect you mentally and cause you problems in how you conduct your life with respect to relationships and general decisions and choices that you have to make.

It can make you tired, irritable, depressed, nervous, hyper, hungry, overweight, underweight, lethargic, controlling, indecisive, tearful, have bad skin, bad hair, bad nails, ……

It can make you snappy and cause you to hurt those that you love and care for.

Stress can ruin your life.

People suffer stress for a multitude of reasons, life is stressful, there is no way around that, but you can help minimise your stress levels and learn to minimise the detrimental effects that stress has on you, your body and your family.

I can help you do this. I work as problem solver and stress management consultant. I can help you identify the reasons that you feel stressed, work out how to stop them, or work with you to help you control the effect that it has on your life.

I work as a nutritionist, personal trainer and sports massage therapist so can physically help to to counteract the bad effects that stress my have had on you such as comfort eating, nutrition deficiencies, over or under your optimum weight or fitness level or muscular tensions.

APLOMBA is an advanced hypnosis method specifically designed to promote natural success and well-being by developing congruence – the feeling of being in the zone which top sports people and performers experience when at the top of their game.

APLOMBA aims to teach this feeling of relaxed success and confidence in a simple and effective way. This feeling of congruence is a practical skill and can be developed and maintained through waking hypnosis meaning that you can tap into the feeling for top performance whenever you wish. So if there is a particular circumstance or situation that you find stressful, I can help you by either getting you into that relaxed state before you have to deal with the situation, or ultimately training you to get there yourself.

This technique uses the principle of hypnotherapy in a realistic manner, there is no trance, no hidden nasties, no mumbo jumbo, just relaxation that you can use to help you deal with stress, nerves, excitement and such states.

All APLOMBA therapists undergo an intensive period of apprenticeship and are tested by independent practical examination before they are allowed to practice as APLOMBA therapists. All our therapists are expected to maintain high ethical and professional standards.

Nutrition, physical appearence, mental and bodily wellbeing are all part of you and I can identify and work on specific areas to determine what is going wrong and where, then we can work out how to chance whatever it is that is causing you to deal with situations badly or making you feel depressed. There is always a reason for why you act and feel the way that you do, my job is to find it and deal with it.