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Hypnosis. A medical overview
Hypnosis is often portrayed in popular culture as a form of mind control or a mystical phenomenon. However, it is in fact, a recognised...
mlascurain
Nov 9, 20244 min read


The one emotion you must avoid if you have cancer.
I was talking to a cancer sufferer the other day. She was following medical treatment, was active, tried to remain optimistic, and had a...
mlascurain
Oct 25, 20162 min read


How do you start your day?
Do you wake up thinking "oh gosh, another day at work!" or saying "I am sooooo tired!" Well, chances are, your day will not be a very...
mlascurain
Sep 22, 20162 min read


The Illusion of Doing as a Source of Love
“Ever since I had my children, I haven’t achieved anything” she said, as she covered her face with her hands and sobbed uncontrollably....
mlascurain
Aug 23, 20163 min read


Play freely, my child...
My kids have glandular fever. My girls have been home for a week now. Although with necks swollen, tired and dealing with headaches, I...
mlascurain
Jun 2, 20162 min read


The art of un-labeling. Or how I discovered my sister after 38 years.
For the last two decades, us four siblings and our mother have lived in four different continents. The mechanism we have created to...
Morella Lascurain
Apr 27, 20162 min read


Research shows hypnotherapy consistently reduces chronic pain
A review of thirteen studies looking at the use of hypnotherapy in the treatment of chronic pain disorders found it to be consistently...
mlascurain
Dec 3, 20151 min read


When did you last allow yourself to play?
Many of my clients are mothers. Many are stressed, overwhelmingly fatigued, anxious or depressed. Raising children is a rewarding and...
mlascurain
Sep 23, 20151 min read


Say YES!
Years ago, I signed up to American psychologist Rick Hanson's newsletter after listening to him at the Noetic Science Conference in San...
mlascurain
Aug 31, 20151 min read


Painless vaccination or the power of Fairy Cream.
Our clinic nurse asked me yesterday if I could perhaps help her with a little girl she needed to vaccinate. This lovely, smiley, 8 year...
mlascurain
Jun 12, 20152 min read


Five life lessons I have learned from my new puppy...
The idea of caring for another being, no matter what species, is always scary at first. It requires being responsible and committed!...
mlascurain
Apr 21, 20151 min read


My path from Conventional Medicine to Mind Body Integration. What to read?
I have been asked a number of times how I got from being an orthodox medical doctor to caring for my clients' bodies through their mind...
mlascurain
Mar 23, 20153 min read


Sunrise and sunset. Choose to be there for beauty.
Last night I went to see the movie Wild, with Reese Witherspoon. At some point, Cheryl, the main character, a woman who is hiking 1000...
mlascurain
Feb 25, 20151 min read


I would like to try hypnosis but I am scared that someone else will take control of my mind...
This is a comment I hear often, but thankfully, it's an urban myth. Hypnosis is nothing else but a very relaxed state of being, a bit...
mlascurain
Nov 21, 20142 min read


The importance of Pausing
There seems to be a recurrent theme this week in my consultation room. We mothers think that we can do it all, non-stop, one thing after...
mlascurain
Jun 19, 20142 min read
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