A Mind-Body Approach to Allergies
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Do you suffer from allergies?
Let’s take a deeper look.
An allergy is, in a sense, like a phobia of the immune system. Your immune system is designed to protect you — it has passive responses for harmless stuff and active responses for real threats like viruses.
But sometimes, something goes wrong.
Your mind-body system can mistakenly interpret something completely safe — like perfume, grass, a cat, or garlic — as if it were a real threat. This misinterpretation triggers an immune response, leading to the classic symptoms of an allergy.
It’s Not the Substance — It’s the Interpretation
What’s important to understand is this:
It’s not the cat or the garlic itself that causes the allergic reaction — it’s your system’s perception of it as dangerous. Your body is doing its best to protect you, based on signals it has learned to associate with threat.
These mistaken associations often form unconsciously, but they can be uncovered — and with the right insight and gentle investigation, they can be changed.
Real-Life Examples: The Shift Happens in the Mind-Body System
Here’s a story from a seminar I gave in Belgium years ago.
A woman had developed a severe allergy to her own cats — pets she deeply loved. Nothing in her environment had changed. As we explored the emotional layers beneath, I asked her, “When you think about your cats, what do you feel?”
She replied, “Unconditional love.”
But when I asked her if it was okay to feel that, she said yes — and then burst into tears. Her lips quivered, and the insight landed: the last time she felt unconditional love was with her husband, who had passed away from cancer.
Her brain had begun to associate the feeling of deep love with danger, pain, and loss — and that emotional association had attached itself to her cats.
Once she saw this clearly, the allergy vanished.
Another Case: Garlic and Gut Symptoms
More recently, in February 2025, I worked with a client who had been unable to eat garlic for 10 years. Even small amounts — like powdered garlic in food — would trigger severe IBS symptoms, including days of diarrhea.
This client used to love garlic. Then, for a decade, she couldn’t tolerate it. And now?
She’s eating it again — with zero symptoms.
The garlic didn’t change.
What changed was her mind-body system’s prediction and interpretation of garlic as a threat. Through insight and gentle exploration, that learned fear was released — and her body no longer responded as if garlic was dangerous.
Rewriting the Mind’s Predictions
If this approach resonates with you it may be time to look at your symptoms from a mind-body perspective.
With insight, investigation, and curiosity, it’s often possible to change the way your mind-body interprets “threat” — and free yourself from allergic responses that no longer serve you.
Does this Resonate?
If this sounds familiar — and you’d like to explore whether we’re a good fit to work together — I invite you to send me an email. We can schedule a brief conversation to see if this path feels right for you.
You can also explore the testimonials and video stories on this website — they speak for themselves.
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Thank you for the last time – it was in January 2008! I was with you in Kongsberg in connection with the fact that I was allergic (over 40 years) against bl.a. grass, pollen, nuts, and cats, and had recently acquired two cats that I (of course) reacted allergic. Each year I had used allergitabletter from early summer to early autumn, to alleviate the allergiutslagene – and it was not always the tablets worked either. After having been with you and had the help of a consultation, plus a kontrollkonsultasjon the same week, I have never taken a single allergitablett. And so delicious it is to be able to draw into the smell of the newly cut grass without having watery eyes and itchy throat, or had to wipe the snot! This is guaranteed one of the best investments I have ever made, and are, therefore, more than 5 and a half years ago – without recurrence! Thanks for the help, and use me as a reference on your web page. Have a continued nice day!
Johnny Blade
I cant get over my amazement.i am still free no matter how deep i poke my nose into their fur. Something unimaginable a bit over 3 years ago. The cat allergy was severe and i needed to swallow pills daily. That stopped when Jørgen Rasmussen came along. It took him around 45 minutes to help me overcome the cat allergy that had plagued me for years. I am forever grateful and cant recommend him highly enough.
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