13/06/2022
Do you know that according to the World Health Organization “in public mental health terms, the main psychological impact to date is elevated rates of stress or anxiety”?
This can further affect the gastrointestinal system as our gut and brain are chemically connected along the gut/brain axis. The gut brain axis’s role is to monitor how the gut is functioning as well as linking the cognitive and emotional parts of our brain with the gut.
An example of this is feeling butterflies in the gut when nervous and or anxious. Our gut and brain talk using different ways to communicate with each other, so what goes on in the gut, where ‘happy hormones’ serotonin and dopamine are made, has an effect on our mind, and vice versa. Stress and anxiety can negatively affect sleep, appetite and food choices, the gut microbes and how the gut physically works.
That is why, gut health is one of Emma Lane's main areas of expertise. She teaches her clients about the importance of this gut-brain connection and gives them various techniques and tools to help them proactively work on reducing stress and anxiety.
She might even have a client keep a diary to see if the person can link symptoms to daily feelings and emotions.
