Bianca Smeekes & Vulvodynia, Fibromyalgia, Central Sensitization Syndrome & NLP

Hi! Welcome to That’s So Chronic. Today I am chatting with Bianca Smeekes from Neurospark. On the 22 of February 2011, Bianca was in the city during the horrific Christchurch Earthquake. Following this she was diagnosed with vulvodynia, fibromyalgia, and central sensitization syndrome - all very generalised diagnoses.

In this episode Bianca shares her health journey, breaks down what those diagnoses mean, how she took control of her pain, and then she helps me understand what on earth Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) and the Lightning Process is all about, as well as the work she does with Neurospark.

I mention this in the episode, but I would not have been able to have this conversation even 18 months ago. It’s only now after interviewing so many incredible people for That’s The Chronic that I have a bit more of an open mind and am willing to talk about neurological pain in the way Bianca explains. 

Find out more about Bianca and Neurospark at @neuro.spark on instagram, or at neurospark.co.nz

I’m curious… Have you ever tried NLP or Lightning Process? Or perhaps you just have something to say? Feel free to message me on instagram @thatssochronic I would love to hear from you!

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