Ingela Thuné-Boyle, PhD
International Health Coach 
Online Practice

In this video, I explore why very real physical symptoms can sometimes persist even when medical tests show little or no ongoing tissue damage or disease. While many people assume that symptoms are simply direct signals from the body, modern neuroscience suggests that the brain and nervous system play a much more active role. Rather than simply detecting damage, the brain is constantly interpreting information and deciding whether a protective response is needed. I discuss ho

I recently found myself reflecting on a chapter in Dr. Howard Schubiner's book Unlearn Your Pain, in which he places hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS) within a neuroplastic category of conditions. This raised some important questions for me, both as a psychologist who works with chronic illness and chronic pain, and as someone with lived experience of hEDS. Before going any further, I want to acknowledge that I have great respect for Dr. Schubiner's contributions to t