In this interview, I talk with Gastroenterologist Doctor David Clarke who is also the author of “They can’t find anything wrong”.

I gear my questions towards understanding what exactly we do AFTER we discover we have MindBody pain.

*We discuss the following:

*The ACE’s study & how it shows the devastating effects of childhood trauma, but how we can recover and reverse symptoms.

*The 5 different categories of stress that cause pain/symptoms.

*What self care looks like, and how we often need to learn to have fun and enjoy life without guilt.

*How to overcome the guilt of selfcare.

*The different tools for recovering from childhood stress including writing and visualizing.

*Overcoming hidden resistances

*How to parent in a way that sets your child up for physical health.

Here is his bio!

David D. Clarke, MD is President of the Psychophysiologic Disorders Association. He is also Assistant Director at the Center for Ethics and Clinical Assistant Professor of Gastroenterology Emeritus both at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon, USA. He is board-certified in Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine and practiced Gastroenterology in Portland from 1984 to 2009. During that time, he successfully treated over 7000 patients whose pain or other symptoms were not explained by diagnostic tests. The ideas are described in his book They Can’t Find Anything Wrong!, which was praised by a president of the American Psychosomatic Society as “truly remarkable” and named by Brit & Co to be one of the five best mind-body books ever written. He is also the lead editor for the professional textbook Psychophysiologic Disorders. He lectures about Psychophysiologic Disorders to health care professionals and the public across North America and in Europe and has appeared on over 100 television and radio broadcasts. The PPD Association website is EndChronicPain.org.

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