Diary of a Healing Journey

Diary of a Healing Journey

Diary of a Healing Journey As a Pain Coach, I get to see the most incredible transformations. A few months ago, I worked with a person who had been dealing with pain all over their body for years. They were diagnosed with fibromyalgia. This is one of the more common...
Chronic Pain and Identity

Chronic Pain and Identity

Why disentanglement, and changing our language around pain, are crucial to healing. When you finally receive a diagnosis for your condition it can almost feel like a relief. After months, or years, of pain, of doctors not knowing what is “wrong with you”, because “you...
How Mindset Influences Pain

How Mindset Influences Pain

“My body is betraying me. I can’t trust it anymore”. These are the words spoken by Liuan Huska, author of Hurting Yet Whole, who started experiencing chronic pain symptoms at the young age of 22. For people dealing with chronic pain symptoms these words can sound very...
The Physical Impact of Our Emotions

The Physical Impact of Our Emotions

Why feeling our emotions is important for our mental and physical health While the mind-body connection might be making a comeback for western medicine, in Chinese healing this idea has never left. According to traditional Chinese medicine, and practices that are over...