MAP for Serious Illness - Alia’s Story

Join me for episode 67 where we talk with my client, Dr. Alia Paquette, about her experience with the MAP Method and how MAP supported her through a harrowing 1 ½ year journey with pancreatic cancer, from diagnosis to surgery, ensuing complications, and painful recovery. Hear how she incorporates MAP sessions as a part of her self-care routine, along with acupuncture, and why she calls it “EMDR on steroids.”. In this episode we discuss: - Dr. Alia’s interest, as a primary care physician, and in helping her patients find the resources that will work for them. - How Western medicine’s mental health support options, which include antidepressants, talk therapy, and EMDR, are often not enough. - How she heard about the MAP Method and immediately signed up her partner for sessions, based on his significant trauma history. - The impact of his first session and why she decided to try MAP herself., even though she did not have a trauma history. - The sequence of traumas that befell her in the next 2-3 years, including the pandemic, wildfires, house fire, loss of pets, and a serious and prolonged health crisis, and how MAP has helped her cope. - How she regards MAP sessions as ongoing self-care, similar to acupuncture or physical therapy. - Why we have as a culture separated mind from body and why that has to change. - Why she understands the brain to be “the foundation of health.” - How painful emotional experiences of any kind, even if they seem minor, can register in the brain as trauma. - How she utilized MAP sessions to cope with every step of her pancreatic cancer journey, from the traumatic experiences around diagnosis, pre and post surgery, hospital experiences, life-threatening complications, extreme weight loss, additional procedures, and chronic gut and pain symptoms. - Why she uses MAP sessions instead of talk therapy due to its efficiency and why she says MAP is so dramatically effective, so quickly. - How loving yourself and prioritizing yourself is the way that you support your body and your health. If you enjoy this episode, don’t miss Episode 35: MAP for Optimal Health and Fertility to hear Kristen’s story about MAP for hormonal imbalances, relationship stress, and sensitivities and her understanding of how MAP works. To learn more about the MAP Method, please visit MAPforHealth.us for our free courses. To schedule an Introductory MAP session please book online at MindReMAPforHealth.com