"Emotional First Aid For Whenever Your Pandemic-Induced Stress Becomes Overwhelming"

"Chronic stress has a significant effect on the immune system that ultimately manifest an illness. It raises catecholamine and suppressor T cells levels, which suppress the immune system. This suppression, in turn, raises the risk of viral infection."

"In a meta-analysis of 293 independent studies reported in peer-reviewed scientific journal between 1960 and 2001 with some 18,941 taking part, it is confirmed that stress alters immunity. Long-term or chronic stress causes too much wear and tear, and the system will break down especially if the individual has little control over events."

"The analyses revealed that the most chronic stressors which change people's identities or social roles, are more beyond their control and seem endless–were associated with the most global expression of immunity; almost all measures of immune function dropped across the board."

"Duration of stress also plays a role. The longer the stress, the more the immune system shifted from potentially adaptive changes (such as those in fight-or-flight response) to potentially detrimental changes, at first in cellular immunity and then in broader immune function. They also found that the immune systems of people who are older or already sick are more prone to stress-related change."

"Several studies have shown that chronic stress exerts a general immunosuppressive effect that suppresses or withholds the body's ability to initiate a prompt, efficient immune reaction. This has been attributed to the abundance of corticosteroids produced during chronic stress, which produces an imbalance in corticosteroid levels and weakens immunocompetence."

"Emotional stress is a major contributing factor to the six leading causes of death in the United States: cancer, coronary heart disease, accidental injuries, respiratory disorders, cirrhosis of the liver and suicide.”"

 "According to statistics from Meridian Stress Management Consultancy in the U.K, almost 180,000 people in the U.K die each year from some form of stress-related illness."

"The Centre for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States estimates that stress accounts for about 75% of all doctors' visits. This involves an extremely wide span of physical complaints including, but not limited to headache, back pain, heart problems, upset stomach, stomach ulcer, sleep problems, tiredness and accidents."

"According to Occupational Health and Safety news and the National Council on compensation of insurance, up to 90% of all visits to primary care physicians are for stress-related complaints."

"Chronic stressors include daily hassles, frustration of traffic jams, work overload, financial difficulties, marital arguments or family problems. There are, of course, many more things that can cause stress, but these are the stressors commonly encountered in daily life. The pent-up anger we hold inside ourselves toward any of these situations, or the guilt and resentment we hold toward others and ourselves, all produce the same effects on the hypothalamus. Instead of discharging this stress, however, we hold it inside where its effects become cumulative."

"Research shows that almost every system in the body can be influenced by chronic stress. When chronic stress goes unreleased, it suppresses the body's immune system and ultimately manifests as illness."

"A large body of research in the past four decades has provided evidence that recent life events contribute to the onset of psychiatric illness. The association between stressful life events and psychiatric illness is stronger than the association with physical or medical illness."

"The relationship of stress with psychiatric illness is strongest in neuroses, which is followed by depression and schizophrenia."

"In a steady stream of recent papers, social psychologists have identified several potentially unhealthy changes in the cardiovascular, immune, and nervous systems of chronically lonely people."

"The findings could help explain why epidemiological studies have often found that socially isolated people have shorter life spans and increased risk of a host of health problems, including infections, heart disease, and depression. The work also adds a new wrinkle, suggesting that it's the subjective experience of loneliness that's harmful, not the actual number of social contacts a person has."

"Social isolation and loneliness are risk factors for poor mental and physical health (Santini, 2020). A study (Steptoe, 2013) highlights isolation as one of the main risk factors that worsen pre-existing conditions, comparable to smoking. Meta-analysis research has found that feeling lonely, being physically isolated or living alone were each associated with a risk of early death (Holt-Lunstad, 2015)."

"Loneliness and social isolation can be the catalyst for many mental health problems, including acute stress disorders, irritability, insomnia, emotional distress, mood disorders, including depressive symptoms, fear and panic, anxiety, frustration and boredom, loneliness, self-harm, suicide, substance abuse (Holmes, 2020; Donovan, 2020; Brooks, 2020; Desclaux, 2017)."

"With the current situation, where people are advised to avoid social activities, non-essential travel, and unnecessary visits to relatives or friends, where employment, housing and personal finances are precarious, there is a risk that health and wellbeing and feelings of connectedness will deteriorate further (Brooke, 2020)."

I welcome scepticism, it is healthy. However, customers regularly remark in the testimonials they send me, the programme is well-organised and easy to understand, while the techniques are simple and easy to use, often saying even a child can learn them (because they taught their children!). 

Many have told me they rely upon the Stress Gone! Method as a daily resource and bedside companion (alongside their bibles).

These techniques are proven effective. Health practitioners worldwide are using them to facilitate hundreds of thousands of people in achieving profound, long-lasting results with relative ease and efficiency. Most often within a remarkably short time frame, sometimes within minutes, instead of months or years of therapy.

Former clients like Joan from Johannesburg suffered from depression and had been on medication for many years. After a single session, she delightfully told me, "I am now no longer on medication!" Lerato, a client from Pretoria, achieved the same result in just one session, saying "My depression is NO more. Off all my meds."

My point being, people often find me after they have exhausted all other options. In many cases, my Stress Gone! Method is their last hope, and more often than not, it works for them when they commit to following the process.

If you still have doubts, but you realise you need help, I recommend you put my programme to the proof; take it for a test drive, then decide.

The programme comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain. Plus, I am available to support and guide you if you struggle as I offer one-one-one consultations online. 

If you choose to trust free sources on the internet for advice on a matter as important as your mental and emotional health, I cannot stop you. But please be careful.

Disparate sources of information often contradict each other which can be confusing. If you do not have a proven, step-by-step process to follow, your progress will be hampered.

On the other hand, my approach is based on nearly 30 years of experience. I healed myself and have assisted hundreds of clients, too.

It took me more than two and a half years to write my Stress Gone! Method guidebook. Why? Because I wanted to present the contents in a user-friendly, structured manner so that anybody can follow my approach and achieve success, easily and quickly.

If you want to use pharmaceuticals for relief, you are welcome. However, please allow me the opportunity to share my hard-won opinion with you.

The majority of pharmaceutical drugs are known to have terrible side effects, some are lethal. Besides drugs only treat symptoms, and not the cause. Metaphysical practitioners, like myself, are invested in finding the root cause/s of your illness and diseases.

So yes, I am opposed to long drawn out, medical practices or expensive therapies which do little to empower or awaken people to their own truth. If anything, these insidious practises enforce an erroneous belief that practitioners or pills hold the keys to one's health and well-being, while keeping people dependent and trapped.

I find this completely wrong and unnecessary, especially since there is a worldwide re-awakening to, and re-emergence of profoundly effective, natural, and ancient energy medicine and energy psychology practises.

The basis of all life-forms is energy and a largely invisible life force exists everywhere, holding everything together. The ancients understood this intimately and called this life force Prana or Chi. Just because we do not see or understand this life force energy, we discard the powerful value of ancient practices. 

Emotions are 'energy in motion' and are as transient as the weather. Emotions are an integral part of a sentient human being, and as such are meant to be felt and experienced. This understanding is vital for our learning and growth as humans.

Emotions are not meant to be ignored, stifled and numbed by swallowing pills every day. Ironically, this insidious practice has created modern-day psychosis which is unnecessary and avoidable.

It is a small wonder people are feeling lost, disconnected, unfulfilled, and at odds with their lot in life. As such, they are not being true to themselves because they do not even know who or what they are anymore.

Today, this is the root of much of the stress, depression, eating disorders, fears, phobias, anxiety, panic, and trauma people suffer from within.

Our emotions actually hold profound and vital clues to health and well-being and are our greatest teachers. If only we would listen, and give credence to our innate wisdom.

The current medical fraternity fails to look at, and treat a person holistically. In many respects, Western medicine and science are completely off-track. Unfortunately, integrative and functional medicinal practices, who treat people holistically, are few and far between, and still in their infancy.

Of course, western-world pharmaceuticals are the 'money tree' of profiteering and greed, hence their perpetuation of an insidious and unhealthy system of pill-popping and drug addictions. This results in a chemical imbalance which can cause or contribute towards many severe illnesses and diseases.

Please do not get me wrong. The medical fraternity has its place, but not as the current status quo of profiteering to the hilt at the expense of humanity.  

Perhaps we should resort to the old Chinese culture's way where you only paid the doctor when you were well. If you got sick you did not pay because the doctor had not done his job, which was to keep you healthy!

You are not alone. Sadly, I have also heard this from many clients too. 

It is also one of the reasons my own healing journey took many years. And, also the reason I studied many alternative and complementary therapies such as Reiki, Reflexology, Meditation, Somatic healing, Psych-K, Jin Shin Yitsu, etc.

It has taken me almost a lifetime to uncover real and effective solutions, which I delve into and willingly share in my Stress Gone! Method programme. 

I view each of those early methods I studied as stepping stones towards my success as a therapist. Each one gave me a greater understanding of the human body. This holistic mind-body connection is what I have developed such a 'nose' for - I understand it intimately, and you are benefiting from that condensed knowledge by participating in my Stress Gone! Method.

Lastly, my work is considered as 'complementary' therapy, rather than 'alternative' therapy.  There is a subtle, but important difference in the terminology.

To me, 'alternative' therapy means either this method or that method, but not both. Whereas 'complementary' therapy means, what I do complements other modalities and visa versa.

In other words, the Stress Gone! Method can easily fit alongside something else, such as meditation, yoga, pilates, jogging, massage, binaural beats, etc. 

Therefore, I am not asking nor suggesting you make a choice of one or the other. Try to apply the Stress Gone! Method alongside what you are currently doing, and you could receive far greater results, and the successful outcome you desire.

If you remain stuck, you can always reach out to me for a one-on-one online consultation.

I have had this conversation with a few people who seem to think life will go back to normal once the lockdown ends. Unfortunately, this is highly unlikely to happen. Here is why:

Economic futurists are already talking about the "new normal", and that being "highly adaptive" will be a great asset in one's life skills toolbox.

The medical fraternity is warning against large scale mental health breakdowns across all sectors of society. Post-lockdown life is most likely to trigger far greater levels of post-traumatic stress disorders (PTSD) than either the First or Second World Wars did.

The effects of pandemic-induced stress are already accumulating in your body, and thus weakening your immune system. 

Best practise is for everyone to develop, and maintain strong, healthy immune systems to withstand all illnesses and diseases—not only to ward off viral infections like COVID-19.

Therefore, I highly recommend taking a small amount of time and effort to learn as much as you can about your stress now. Start applying these stress-relief techniques so they become second nature, and an instinctive self-care response for you in future. You never know when you will need this.

Knowing this information could also benefit your children, family, friends or colleagues at some point in the future. You may prevent someone you care about from burning out, suffering from insomnia, or their stress triggering a myriad of illnesses and diseases such as autoimmune or inflammatory disorders, cancer, heart diseases etc. You could be their life-saver, and would not that be awesome?

By providing an essential service as a Mental Health Therapist, I am contributing towards the upliftment of people during this global pandemic. And, as a means of giving back and paying it forward, and I am slashing prices to make my program easily affordable.  

I am serious when I say, I am on a mission to save as many lives and livelihoods amid this coronavirus crisis by providing help to those in need mentally and emotionally.

The Stress Gone! Method programme is my life's work. And, it is proven successful time and again (refer to my client and customer testimonials). 

And, I have love you to join me in helping others around the world to reduce their stress. Just imagine a world full of happy, loving and kind people everywhere instead of a world full of irritated, angry, stressed bunnies!

Please share this page with your loved ones if you feel they can also benefit from the programme.

I do not consider myself to be someone famous, at all. I am a regular person who had the advantage of growing up on a farm, surrounded by all things natural and healthy.

I have also lived an extraordinary life where I was privileged to travel the globe, and amass a wealth of knowledge and rich life experiences, which I draw upon in my therapy work.

In addition to consulting with individuals one-on-one, I have had the pleasure of working with reputable companies such as Shell, Standard Bank, the Pearson Institute, Swissport, Bavarian Motorcycles, among others.

I have written three books, delivered many public talks, and received lots of media coverage in South Africa.

For example, I have appeared in Forbes Women Africa, FAIRLADY, Sunday Times, Wellness Magazine, Wealth Ladder Magazine, JSE Magazine, SME South Africa, and IOL, among others. I have also been a guest blogger and magazine columnist too. 

Additionally, I have made Radio and TV appearances on 702, Cliff Central, Radio 2000, CNBC Africa, and SAfm, and suchlike.