Okay, this is a bold statement but… this is my most favourite This EndoLife episode ever.

You all know I’ve been fascinated with the world of chronic pain science for a long time now. In fact, I did an episode on lowering pain signals through calming the brain and nervous system back in 2019 but I’ve been on a continuously evolving research journey since. And this research has led me to Curable, an app for chronic pain, that works by helping to reprogram the brain and nervous system so we can unlearn pain pathways and reduce chronic pain flare ups. I absolutely love Curable, and use it with my clients to help them to address the ways in which trauma, stress and a heightened nervous system could be contributing to their pain levels. Often I find it’s the missing piece of the puzzle in someone’s endo healing journey.

So I am so excited to introduce you to this week’s guest, social worker and psychotherapist Christie Uipi. Christie is on the Scientific Advisory Team at Curable, and is specialised in chronic pain, depression and anxiety. After enduring years of chronic pain herself, Christie went on to not only cure her chronic pain but also to specialise in treating it!

In today’s episode, we discuss:

• Christie’s personal story with chronic pain.

• How all pain is made in the brain and how that differs from being told endo pain is just “all in our heads”.

• How pain evolves to become chronic and how that changes the brain and nervous system.

• What factors influence chronic pain for better or worse.

• How to identify if pain is from tissue damage vs. an upregulated nervous system.

• How an upregulated nervous system can directly influence endometriosis pain.

• Exercises to begin reprogramming the brain to lower pain signals.

I really hope this episode is useful to you and perhaps it will be the missing link you’ve been looking for in your own healing journey.

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Show Notes

Endo Belly Challenge

Episode 73 (pain signals, etc.)

Curable

Christie’s website

This Might Hurt film