Heal with Grace

125. How To Heal Chronic Symptoms: 5 Phases That Actually Work


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If you've been told you need to "regulate your nervous system" and you're still wondering what that actually means, this episode is the one. Today we're walking through how to heal chronic symptoms from the inside out -> the five phases I take every single client through inside the Mind Body Healing Method.

Most of us start this work doing one thing. Maybe a lot of somatic exercises. Maybe a ton of brain training. Maybe just reading book after book about the nervous system. And then we wonder why our symptoms aren't shifting. Here's what I've learned. It's not that any of those tools are wrong. It's that they were never meant to work on their own. Your body can't soften when your brain is still sounding the alarm. And your brain can't update if your body never gets to feel safe. They go together.

I'm walking you through Recognize. Rewire. Regulate. Integrate. Reclaim. Each phase is doing something specific -> changing your relationship to the signal, retraining the thinking brain, expanding what your body can hold, releasing what's been stuck for years, and then building a life you actually want to be in. We talk about why somatic work alone wasn't enough for me, why I waited to add body-based work until after brain training in my program, and why the integration phase is the part most people skip -> the one I think is the secret sauce.

If you've been in this work for a while and you're still stuck, this is the episode that will help you see where the gap actually is.


RESOURCES MENTIONED

- Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT) 

- Liana, in-program therapist + coach 


Resources from Grace:

  • Mind-Body Healing Method Course - Regulate your nervous system now
  • Work with us in private mind-body coaching 
  • Subscribe to my Substack for the deeper how-to's
  • Download the FreeMe app for chronic fatigue
  • FREE Nervous System Tracking Workbook

Connect with Grace

  • Connect on Instagram
  • Check out my website
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