Harness your mind to heal your gut

A personal experience of how mind-based therapies support gut healing

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About a year ago, as I met my doctor to discuss a treatment plan for gut issues, arthritis, and fatigue, he suggested a strategy no doctor had before: to use my mind as an ally in healing my body.

The approach we agreed on would address both the hardware and software of my body, so to speak. To heal the…