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Yet most people who experience them have never heard the term, let alone found a clear path forward.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOf course these days, we know so much more about how the mind and body are inseparable. In this special webinar, Dr Gillian Deakin — GP, researcher, 50-year meditation practitioner, and author of What the Hell is Wrong with Me? — brings these two worlds together in a conversation that could change how you understand health, healing, and your own inner practice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAbout the Book\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn from over 40 years of medical practice and decades of personal meditation, Dr Deakin’s book is the toolkit that patients with unexplained symptoms have long been waiting for. Using the lens of the body’s seven stress response systems, she reframes “unexplained” symptoms not as mysteries but as disruptions in the body’s software — disruptions that, with the right understanding and tools, can be healed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePraised by patients, GPs, and international specialists alike as “clear, warm, and actionable,” the book outlines a six-step recovery path that integrates cutting-edge neuroscience with the ancient wisdom of mind–body practices — including meditation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou might want to dip into her book before the session. What the Hell Is Wrong with Me? is available now through all major booksellers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eWhat You’ll Explore in This Webinar\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOver the course of the webinar, Dr Deakin will guide you through:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat functional symptoms really are — and why they are neither imagined nor faked, but a genuine disturbance in the body’s regulatory systems\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe seven body stress systems — a revolutionary framework for understanding how chronic stress, trauma, and emotion are held in the body\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy meditation is uniquely powerful in restoring these systems — and how your existing practice gives you a head start in recovery\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe nocebo effect and the role of thought — how negative beliefs can deepen symptoms, and how mindful awareness can reverse this cycle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA six-step path to recovery — practical, evidence-based, and accessible whether you are managing your own symptoms or supporting others\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLive Q\u0026amp;A with Dr Deakin — bring your questions, your curiosity, and your own experience\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"margin: 6.0pt 0cm 8.0pt 0cm;\"\u003eAbout Dr Gillian Deakin\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; text-align: justify;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eDr Gillian Deakin is a medical doctor, public health researcher, and lifelong mind–body practitioner. She has studied at the University of Sydney, conducted doctoral research on an Antarctic research station, and spent over four decades in clinical practice. She has practised yoga for 50 years and is an experienced teacher and practitioner of meditation and clinical hypnotherapy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 12.0pt; text-align: justify;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHer book has been endorsed by GPs, neuropsychiatrists, professors of medicine, and — most importantly — by the patients whose stories fill its pages. She brings the same warmth, humour, and rigour to her live events.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eGot a question for Gillian?\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDo send your questions in before the session and Gillian respond to them: \u003ca href=\"mailto:gddeakin@gmail.com%20\"\u003egddeakin@gmail.com \u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"OpenGround","offers":[{"title":"Standard","offer_id":48750235549951,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Supported","offer_id":48750235582719,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0791\/1987\/6351\/files\/Advisory-Council-Gillian-Deakin.jpg?v=1777048764"},{"product_id":"get-back-in-the-saddle-workshop-live-online-date-tbc","title":"\"Get Back in the Saddle\" Workshop - Live-Online - Date TBC","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eHow are you doing since completing the MBSR program? Are you finding it a bit tricky to keep your mindfulness practice alive and kicking? We get it - it can be tough to stay connected to the practices and insights once life gets busy. Habits do come and go. To grow and sustain one, is a life long journey and a natural part of the path.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eGet Back in the Saddle is a workshop built around behavioural coaching techniques - practical, unglamorous, well-tested ways of making a practice stick once willpower and good intentions faded out. We'll look at what actually derails people (hint: it's rarely the meditation itself), and build a version of practice that fits the life you're living now.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePre-Requisites: \u003c\/strong\u003eYou already know the ropes. This workshop can re-inspire you and support you in some pragmatic next steps. This workshop is open to anyone who's completed an MBSR course – with us or elsewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"OpenGround","offers":[{"title":"Standard","offer_id":48933718262015,"sku":"STA-RAT","price":65.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Scholarship","offer_id":48933718294783,"sku":"SCH-RAT","price":35.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0791\/1987\/6351\/files\/information-session-openground-mindfulness.avif?v=1781254685"},{"product_id":"reset-your-nervous-system-workshop-live-online-25-august-2026","title":"\"Reset Your Nervous System\" Workshop - Live-Online - 25 August 2026","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn our always-on world, our nervous systems rarely find true rest. This experiential workshop draws on current understandings of the body, brain and behaviour to help you restore balance and resilience. 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