018 Multiple Sclerosis - Anna Parker-Naples - Mindset - overcome the wheelchair

After being told she might never walk again Anna sought help … he provoked some questions after just one session … “what if that doctor was wrong?” “what happens if you are the person who can recover from this?” “and what happens if you can’t recover but you could still be an incredible person regardless?”

Award-winning business coach, podcast host and number 1 best-selling author, Anna Parker-Naples shares with Bron some inner strengths and tips that are highly relevant to listeners of the MS show.

You can find more information about Anna at:

https://annaparkernaples.co.uk/

Anna talks about how before she made the mindset shift, she came to realise that when you repeatedly tell yourself the same thing over and over again, that’s what her brain was seeing as a normal thought pattern. She felt bitter and angry, but managed to maintain her humour when talking about her negative thoughts.

She came to realise there is another way to think; that the groove in her mind (neural pathway) could change.

… “the only way I was going to recover was to stop this ridiculous challenger that was constantly in my brain”

Anna brought her friends and family on board as part of the healing strategy. She switched “I’m in agony” to “I’m having a healing day today”. She realised that, after a period of time,  this created thinking space. 

She realised the possibilities would never have been open to her had she not faced that challenging situation.

...“No matter how dark it is you do have choice about how you think and feel about it.”  

Bron asks how to find an NLP Practitioner that is right for you … and Anna provides details of a training company.

“There might be things in your body that cannot change, but you can shift how you think about it and what it means to you … you can change the meaning of a diagnosis … “

We talk about the emotional process of putting something into words … “it’s okay to look backwards if you know that it’s to make you move forwards”. You’re not always ready to shift from how you’re feeling … sometimes it's okay to sit in how you’re feeling. The first step is to recognise that’s how you’re feeling.