5 key takeaways from our episode on The Liz Earle Wellbeing Show

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Sarah Warley on the Liz Earle Wellbeing Show

Understanding learning and behavioural difficulties

“The work at The Key Clinic is so life-changing for so many. They get amazing results, I wish more people were aware of this!” – Liz Earle MBE

If you’re a fan of Liz Earle’s podcast The Liz Earle Wellbeing Show, then you may have noticed that this week’s episode features…us!

The Key Clinic's founder, Sarah, features on The Liz Earle Wellbeing Show

The Key Clinic’s founder, Sarah Warley, chatted to Liz about our approach to conditions such as ADHD, anxiety, dyslexia, depression and more. The episode, titled ‘Understanding Learning and Behavioural Difficulties’, delves into a number of fascinating topics including:

· How our approaches benefit behavioural issues

· What we mean by retained primitive reflexes

· What these retained reflexes can mean for spectrum disorders

· The role of nutrients in managing symptoms

· Signs for parents to look out for

Read on to find out our top five key takeaways from the episode.

1. There appear to be five different types of depression

The current psychiatric model is very much ‘prescribe and see’, but these different types of depression require a different approach to addressing. Walsh Nutrient Therapy, which we specialise in at The Key Clinic, is much more targeted and precise. It is not against antidepressant medications per se, but that it is essential to first TEST in order to identify the type of depression you are working with. We always advise consulting your doctor if you are thinking about reducing or coming off your antidepressants or any other medication.

2. Our emotional, learning or behavioural challenges could stem from baby reflexes that shouldn’t still be active.

Primitive reflexes are those that we see in the first year of a baby’s life. As the brain rapidly develops, these reflexes appear, become stimulated and then inhibit. They should have completed their job by a baby’s first birthday but sometimes they hang around past their sell-by date and well into childhood or even adulthood! These retained primitive reflexes can cause all sorts of problems (interfering with balance, eye tracking, emotional responses and more). The Key Clinic’s approach turns back the clock and gives the body and brain a chance to re-develop. We do this through targeted neurodevelopmental exercises.

3. According to the Walsh Institute, Post-natal depression is caused by having too much copper in your system.

When pregnant, the body’s level of copper increases by 200%. Most people excrete that from their system after birth. However, if someone is born genetically unable to excrete copper well, the copper stays and can cause extreme anxiety, even psychosis in some cases. Our biomedical therapies slowly and gradually provide the nutrients required (metallothionien promotors) to help the body excrete the copper in a controlled way.

4. We have muscles in our ears that we can retrain

Some behavioural issues can be rooted in auditory problems. A standard hearing test only tests for hearing loss, they don’t test HOW we hear. Anomalies in hearing (such as hypersensitivity and processing issues) can impact the brain and lead to conditions such as dyslexia. Our auditory therapy gets individuals to listen to carefully produced, specialist soundtracks on headphones and helps to rebalance the inner workings of the ears.

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If you have any questions about the topics mentioned, our team is happy to help. You can contact us here.