Blog posts –Articles by Lars Andersson
Pain and mindfulness
The February 2013 issue of the Integrating Awareness Newsletter explores chronic pain and mindfulness practice for managing chronic pain, with two new articles that you may want to read; Meeting pain with mindfulness – what’s the point of that?!; Mindfulness…
Meeting pain with mindfulness
Pain. You have experienced it many times. We all have. Sometimes it may be intense and short-lived. Other times it may linger for an extended time. And occasionally it can become chronic, i.e. continue for months or years or forever.…
Mindfulness and Chronic Pain; research findings
Acute pain relating to tissue injury (caused by trauma, or by surgery) is one of the most frequent reasons why patients are seeking medical care, and pain is the most common complaint in primary care overall. While most patients who…
Relax the mind to sleep
This is the December 2012 issue of the Integrating Awareness Newsletter. The focus for this issue is Relax the Mind to Sleep, with articles about: Insomnia; what it is, what causes it, how it affects you, and treatments; Good Sleep…
Good sleep tips
Sleep deprivation can be detrimental to both your mental-emotional and your physical health & wellbeing. If sleep deprivation becomes a chronic problem, you most likely need to consider Relax-the-Mind Sleep Therapy to come to terms with your sleep problem. However,…
Insomnia
Contrary to what a lot of people believe, the term “insomnia” doesn’t only refer to when people can’t sleep at all. It also refers to the common kind of sleep problem; struggles to fall asleep at night, or waking up…
Life coaching fundamentals
This is the October 2012 issue of the Integrating Awareness Newsletter. The theme for this issue is Life Coaching, with articles about: What is a Life Coach?, and what can a Life Coach help with; GROW-SMART; a commonly used model…
What is a Life Coach?
Over the last couple of decades the term ‘Life Coaching’ has become part of the common vocabulary in most parts of the Western culture. While the usefulness of a coach in the pursuit of optimal sports performance has been obvious…
The GROW-SMART Life Coaching model
The GROW-SMART model is a process for goal setting and problem solving, which is commonly used in Life Coaching. It provides an effective, structured methodology that is easy to understand and straightforward to apply. It can be used to successfully…
Life Coaching and Counselling
In many respects Life Coaching and Counselling are similar; they are both aiming at making your life more rewarding and fulfilling. But they tend to start from different positions. Counselling typically starts from the recognition that there is something wrong,…
