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...
Pain & the Brain

Pain & the Brain

Where does pain come from? Imagine for a second that you are running in a field. Maybe you’re a jogger, or maybe you just had a sudden urge to skip and hop because it’s a sunny day and you just felt like it. Then, all of a sudden, your foot lands the wrong way and...