If the healing process is about repairing and nurturing one’s relationship with oneself, then we need to drop the ultimatums and pressure that we’re putting on ourselves to “heal faster.”
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This Mind-Body Reaction Blew My Mind
Our bodies need our love and acceptance — especially when they’re freaking out.
Our bodies need our love and acceptance — especially when they’re freaking out.
If You Don’t Set Boundaries, a Symptom Flare-Up Might Step In and Do It For You
If we’re only rewarded by others for saying “yes” and disapproved of for saying “no,” we may become habituated to ignoring our inner voice.
If we’re only rewarded by others for saying “yes” and disapproved of for saying “no,” we may become habituated to ignoring our inner voice.
How to Decode Your Intuition When You Don’t Trust the Message
Do you ever have an urge to do something — or to not do something — but you don’t know whether or not to trust the urge?
Do you ever have an urge to do something — or to not do something — but you don’t know whether or not to trust the urge?
How to Stop Overthinking Chronic Symptom Triggers
There are times when digging for answers just leads to more digging — and it can become its own way of pressuring ourselves and adding more stress load to our nervous system.
There are times when digging for answers just leads to more digging — and it can become its own way of pressuring ourselves and adding more stress load to our nervous system.
The Vulnerable Truth About Being a Chronic Pain Recovery Coach
When my nervous system speaks to me in un-ignorable ways, I have no choice but to listen.
When my nervous system speaks to me in un-ignorable ways, I have no choice but to listen.
This Discovery Completely Changed My Approach to Healing From Chronic Pain
When passion emerges, fear often follows close on its heels.
When passion emerges, fear often follows close on its heels.
Anger: The Missing Ingredient to Chronic Pain Recovery
What are you trying to protect me from?
What are you trying to protect me from?
Can Standing Up for Yourself Help With Chronic Pain?
We need to shift out of believing that self-assertion is bad, wrong or dangerous. And shift into believing that self-assertion is our birthright.
We need to shift out of believing that self-assertion is bad, wrong or dangerous. And shift into believing that self-assertion is our birthright.
Should You Take Pain Killers for Chronic Pain?
Healing from chronic pain is about moving from fear and helplessness to empowerment and choice — and part of that is trusting your own choices about what’s right for you.
Healing from chronic pain is about moving from fear and helplessness to empowerment and choice — and part of that is trusting your own choices about what’s right for you.
How to Use Frustration as a Tool for Healing
Are you feeling frustrated that life isn’t the way it used to be for you?
Are you feeling frustrated that life isn’t the way it used to be for you?
The Gift of Healing From Chronic Pain
If I could reach out to my former self who was crying into her pillow from the pain and relentless of migraine, this is what I would say to her.
If I could reach out to my former self who was crying into her pillow from the pain and relentless of migraine, this is what I would say to her.
Chronic Pain Triggers Are Opportunities for Healing
Pain is a danger signal created by the nervous system when it feels unsafe.
Pain is a danger signal created by the nervous system when it feels unsafe.
How to Choose a Chronic Pain Recovery Coach
The world of chronic pain recovery is going through a Renaissance period.
The world of chronic pain recovery is going through a Renaissance period.
If You Don’t Want Chronic Pain, Focus on What You DO Want
My current life is one that’s fashioned around doing the things that bring me a sense of purpose, meaning and joy.
My current life is one that’s fashioned around doing the things that bring me a sense of purpose, meaning and joy.
Untangling the False Binary of ‘Medical vs. Mind-Body’
This all-one-or-the-other mindset can add to the nervous system stress that is already ramping up symptoms.
This all-one-or-the-other mindset can add to the nervous system stress that is already ramping up symptoms.