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Mar 2024
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#340 Brain Retraining with Ashok Gupta

Christa Biegler
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This week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I am excited to be joined by Ashok Gupta who is the mind behind The Gupta Program and a leading expert in the field of neuroimmune conditioned syndromes (NICS). In this episode, Ashok tells us about how he became interested in brain retraining, what it is, and how he was able to heal himself using it. We also talk about the limbic system, neuroplasticity, how the brain reacts to trauma and stress, epigenetic effects and more! Ashok has several published medical papers that you can check out on his website under the research tab.

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

  • What is the limbic system?
  • What is brain retraining?
  • How would you describe some of the things that happen in brain retraining?
  • What is parts work?
  • How to bring awareness to unrealized stress
  • Awareness is key!
  • Can our genetic makeup change?
  • What if I can't meditate?
  • Why should you introduce screens to children as late in life as possible?
  • Why comparison is so toxic

ABOUT GUEST:
Ashok Gupta is an internationally renowned Speaker, Filmmaker & Health Practitioner who has dedicated his life to supporting people through chronic illness, and achieving their potential. Ashok suffered from ME, or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, around 25 years ago when he was studying at Cambridge University. Through neurological research that he conducted, he managed to get himself 100% better. He then set up a clinic to treat others, and then published the well-known neuroplasticity “limbic retraining” recovery program and app known as the Gupta Program in 2007. He has published several medical papers, including randomized controlled trials on Long Covid, ME/CFS, and fibromyalgia, showing that the treatment is effective, and he is continually researching these conditions.

WHERE TO FIND:
Website:
https://guptaprogram.com/
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/guptaprogram/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/guptaprogram/

WHERE TO FIND CHRISTA:
Website:
https://www.christabiegler.com/
Instagram: @anti.inflammatory.nutritionist
Podcast Instagram: @lessstressedlife
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@lessstressedlife
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