Category: BookReview
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Anxiety and migraines
Not too long ago I flicked through a self-discovery workbook that I found, titled “Wanting What You Have” (1998) by Timothy Miller (Ph.D.). The book had the feeling of a hybrid genre – part Cognitive Behavior Therapy (your thoughts influence your behavior which influences your thoughts) and part Buddhism (promoting…
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“Unleashing my inner power: Dare to dream”
I’ve mentioned before that I spend most of my reading-time in Blog-land, but I do occasionally get out and about on Instagram and LinkedIn. It was over on LinkedIn that I met Amber Horrox from the United Kingdom who “helps migraine warriors find their voice” when she regularly writes for…
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“The Migraine Brain”
“I’d rather die than get another migraine!” – that’s the dramatic start to the introduction of “The Migraine Brain” (2020) by Dr Carolyn Bernstein. It was attention getting, no doubt, but it also got me immediately on edge. I recognized the sentiment, sure, but I also think of that form…
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The Healing Art of Tai Chi
When my neurologist told me that “more medicine does not equal less pain,” he added that what I really needed to do was change my lifestyle and mindset instead. He wrote a list of things to try which included meditation and Yin Yoga. As I’ve written about before, the meditation…
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Healing with colour
I found myself with an hour to spare in the university library recently. On the shelf in the good health section, I came across a book titled “Color Healing Manual” by Pauline Wills (1993). As someone previously trained in design, I quite liked the idea of healing chronic pain with…
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“Migraine and me” & a Zoom meeting invite
Anyone who’s visited my blog for more than a few weeks knows that I absolutely LOVE doing mid-monthly shout-outs for other blogs that I’ve read and enjoyed. I’ll do that again on the 17th of July (my blog-anniversary), but today’s blog post is a bit different; it’s a shout-out to…
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Migraines, by the book
I recently borrowed a book from the library called “Migraines” by Mary E. Williams (2011). It started with a spot-on quote from Andrew Levy’s migraine-memoir, ‘A Brain Wider than the Sky’ (2009): “There is no line between migraine and worrying about migraine…” In the opening section of the book I…
The Mindful Migraine 