by Dr. Jennifer Franklin | May 16, 2018 | Anxiety, The Nervous System
Anxiety is a common psychological problem among patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). My aim is to help you to understand the nature of anxiety and how to work with it so that you can better regulate your nervous system and body, thereby decreasing your...
by Dr. Jennifer Franklin | May 9, 2018 | Anxiety, Healing, The Nervous System
Among patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) anxiety is one of the two most prevalent psychological disorders.—Depression is the other.—That is why this next blog series is focused on anxiety. (Also prevalent among people with IBS are panic symptoms or panic...
by Dr. Jennifer Franklin | May 1, 2018 | Healing, The Nervous System
If you suffer from anxiety, panic (attacks), depression, a functional medical problem like chronic pain, chronic back pain, migraines, or POTS (just to name a few), or a functional gastrointestinal problem like Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), then you should care...
by Dr. Jennifer Franklin | Apr 20, 2018 | Healing, The Nervous System
The vagus nerve is heavily involved in Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) regulation, and the regulation of your ANS is key to your healing. If you suffer from anxiety, panic symptoms (or attacks), depression, a functional medical problem like chronic (back) pain, or...
by Dr. Jennifer Franklin | Sep 28, 2017 | Healing, The Nervous System, Yoga
The Main Benefits to the Nervous System In his book The Science of Yoga: The Risks and the Rewards William J. Broad summarizes the research findings to date on the benefits of yoga on the nervous system. In this blog post, I’m going to talk about the two main benefits...
by Dr. Jennifer Franklin | Sep 21, 2017 | Healing, The Nervous System, Yoga
As I mentioned in the last two blog posts, I’ve just finished reading a wonderful book reviewing the research to-date on yoga called The Science of Yoga: The Risks and the Rewards by William J. Broad. In the next blog post, I’m going to present an overview on...
by Dr. Jennifer Franklin | Sep 14, 2017 | Healing, Yoga
As I mentioned in the last blog post, I’ve just finished reading a wonderful book reviewing the research to-date on yoga called The Science of Yoga: The Risks and the Rewards by William J. Broad. A regular practitioner of yoga for almost two decades, I discovered this...
by Dr. Jennifer Franklin | Sep 7, 2017 | Healing, Yoga
This may surprise you, but I began my yoga practice by happenstance and somewhat by force. Yoga was a required course at the graduate institution where I studied psychology. We were given a choice during our second year of the doctoral program: Continue with another...
by Dr. Jennifer Franklin | Aug 31, 2017 | Healing, Relationships
As I was gearing up to write the last blog post on the importance of connecting with others as an essential element of healing, an article came through my Facebook feed. The blurb caught my attention. It said that researchers have discovered that happiness is not...
by Dr. Jennifer Franklin | Aug 2, 2017 | Healing, Relationships
Let’s come back to the Three Essential Elements of Healing: Self-awareness, Mindfulness, and Connection with Others. We could boil these down further into really two essential elements: 1) Connecting with yourself. 2) Connecting with others. Up until now my blog posts...