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Should You Stick with Your Regimen or Switch Gears?
Tips from a chronic pain recovery therapist Here’s a scenario that comes up a lot on the path of chronic pain recovery: You hear that a particular technique will help you heal your symptoms. Maybe it’s expressive writing (one of my favorites to recommend), or meditation, or yoga, or somatic tracking, or something else… And […]
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Forgiveness Isn’t the Only Way to Heal
Tips from a chronic pain recovery therapist There’s a ton of talk in wellness communities about the healing powers of forgiveness, including from chronic pain recovery specialists. And I can understand why. Oxford Languages’ definition of forgiveness begins like this: “[To] stop feeling angry or resentful…” Forgiveness is one route — and only one of many routes — […]
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Is Chronic Pain Holding You Back From Pursuing Your Passion?
Tips from a chronic pain recovery therapist Have you ever experienced something like this? You get a great idea! You realize that you’ve got an amazing book inside your brain just bursting to come out… Or you have an innovative new business that you can’t wait to launch… Or maybe you decide to throw a […]
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Feeling “Stuck” Is Part of Healing
Tips from a chronic pain recovery therapist Feeling stuck, frustrated, and “back to square one” is a normal part of the healing and growing process. But the feeling doesn’t actually mean you’re not making progress. As we heal and grow, our nervous system will naturally resist change. It’s not trying to sabotage us. It’s just […]
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Chronic Pain and Codependency Go Together
And healing one can help heal the other. Have you heard people talking about the “psychosocial” approach to chronic pain recovery? It’s a popular phrase in cutting-edge pain science. I would put an extra emphasis on the word “social.” In my work as a chronic pain recovery therapist and coach — and in my recovery […]
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Being Sensitive Doesn’t Mean You’re Broken
Tips from a chronic pain recovery therapist A question that often plagues folks on the path of chronic pain recovery is: “Why me?” To varying degrees, everyone experiences stressors in life. Yet many people seem to be able to tolerate life’s stressors without showing symptoms of stress — symptoms like anxiety, depression, heightened emotions and/or chronic […]
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Did You Know There’s a Connection Between Emotional Invalidation and Chronic Pain?
“All pain is real, and all pain is generated by the brain.” — Dr. Howard Schubiner, author of 𝘜𝘯𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘗𝘢𝘪𝘯“The brain processes emotion, memory, and pain in similar regions.” — @curablehealth We live in a culture that normalizes emotional invalidation. Emotional invalidation is like: If someone slammed your finger in a door and then […]
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Is Your Fear of Anger Holding Back Your Healing?
Tips from a chronic pain recovery therapist A theme I’ve noticed with clients is that they want to start using expressive writing as part of their chronic pain recovery, but they feel so much resistance to the activity that they just can’t get themselves to write. When we peel back the layers of their resistance […]
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Chronic Pain Is Not Your Fault
Tips from a chronic pain recovery therapist You have the power to free yourself from suffering. And… that does NOT mean you are the cause of your own suffering!Most suffering (like chronic pain, anxiety or depression) starts with a wound. And wounds are an unavoidable part of life.Common types of wounds include:🔹injuries (both physical and […]
From Chronic Pain to Passion 