Thank you so much for listening to this weeks episode with Dr Sula Windgassen!
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In this episode we spoke about:
💫 How physical health conditions present mental symptoms
💫 The placebo and the nocebo effect
💫 How our perceptions have a physiological response
💫 What actually is IBS?
💫 Biopsychosocial factors in IBS
💫 The digestive system
💫 How under fuelling affects the digestive health
💫 How anxiety & stress around food impacts bowel function ft gluten
💫 Symptom focusing
💫 How to identify deep concerns about symptoms & Sula’s starting tips to explore these
💫 Stress-management tools & mindfulness
💫 Why self-kindness is important for helping suffering
More from Sula
Instagram @the_health_psychologist_
Sula’s writing on Medium
More from Isa Robinson
Instagram @isarobinson_nutrition
Looking for 1:1 nutrition counselling? Enquire here
Studies mentioned
IBS RCT as part of Sula’s PhD
Perceived sugar intake vs actual intake study plus a full breakdown in this blog
Predictive factors for IBS 2013 study
Resources and extra reading
Marci Evans EDs & GI symptoms summary
How to start meditation & mindfulness, Mindful
Coping tools for physical response to stress
Box breathing (YouTube)
Progressive muscle relaxation (YouTube)
