Today, we’re addressing the lack of awareness about chronic pain in the media. We’re looking at a recent Guardian article – and you can follow along: Seven Essential Gadgets to Live with when you have Back Pain, From Grabbers to Lap Desks by Richard Baguley

But, my message to you: don’t buy this sh*t. Learn how to use graded exposure and other mindbody modalities instead. You can heal your pain.

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Find Sean:

Sean’s Website: mindbodymedicineforchronicpain.com

Sean’s Free Email List: Free Mindbody Advice and Reminders – From Me to You, Every Week

Click Here to Ask a Question on the Podcast

Sean’s Instagram: @mindbodymedicineforchronicpain

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…and you’re listening to Mindbody Medicine for Chronic Pain.

Therapist Sean Hershey, LCSW teaches you how to use psychological and emotional modalities to heal from chronic pain. Common conditions treated: Back Pain, Neck Pain, Hip Pain, Shoulder Pain, Knee Pain, Elbow Pain, Pain from Disc Bulges, Pain from Disc Degeneration, Sciatica, Neuropathy, Chronic Headaches, Migraine, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Pelvic Pain, Fibromyalgia, Many Eczema and Skin Conditions, Many Arthritic Presentations, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Long Covid, Depression, and Anxiety.

Inspired by the pioneering work of Dr. John Sarno and all who’ve built upon his theories including: Nicole Sachs, Christina Sarno Horner, Dr. Howard Schubiner, Dr. Dan Ratner, Alan Gordon, the ATNS, and so many others.

Join us as we discuss: TMS, pain as a danger signal, the pain/threat cycle, healing through psychological work, healing through emotional work, healing through patiently attuning to your true self, trauma, healing as a work in progress, maddening frustration, glimmers of hope, elating successes... But most of all, join us because you don’t have to be alone in your pain. You don’t have to be alone in the hard work of healing. And you don’t have to be alone as this starts to work for you, and you begin to get better.

We’re all walking this path together. We’re right here with you.

If you're enjoying the podcast, please follow for future episodes, rate, leave a written review, and share it with someone who needs it. Your endorsement helps more people like you find the profound power of mindbody healing.

You've said it, you've thought it: "it wasn't that bad." Today, we’re helping you change the lens through which you view your traumas.

In this Episode:

🔹 We discuss the difference between enfranchised trauma and disenfranchised trauma.

🔹 Disenfranchised trauma: when the person who experiences a trauma does not have their experience acknowledged as a serious, legitimate problem – and the person is not seen as a serious, legitimate “victim” or “survivor” – and the person is not seen as worthy of attention, help, or resources.

🔹 Many of us who struggle with chronic pain and symptoms have experienced some version of disenfranchised trauma.

And what do you do about that? Join us today to go deeper – and to give yourself some real validation, after everything you’ve been through.

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Recommended Listening:

Tarana Burke on Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky

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Find Sean:

Sean’s Website: mindbodymedicineforchronicpain.com

Sean’s Free Email List: Free Mindbody Advice and Reminders – From Me to You, Every Week

Click Here to Ask a Question on the Podcast

Sean’s Instagram: @mindbodymedicineforchronicpain

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Other Resources Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Dr. Judith Herman | Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence – From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror

Dr. Bessel Van Der Kolk | The Body Keeps the Score

Dr. David Clarke | They Can’t Find Anything Wrong

How To Journalspeak, with Nicole Sachs

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…and you’re listening to Mindbody Medicine for Chronic Pain.

Therapist Sean Hershey, LCSW teaches you how to use psychological and emotional modalities to heal from chronic pain. Common conditions treated: Back Pain, Neck Pain, Hip Pain, Shoulder Pain, Knee Pain, Elbow Pain, Pain from Disc Bulges, Pain from Disc Degeneration, Sciatica, Neuropathy, Chronic Headaches, Migraine, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Pelvic Pain, Fibromyalgia, Many Eczema and Skin Conditions, Many Arthritic Presentations, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Long Covid, Depression, and Anxiety.

Inspired by the pioneering work of Dr. John Sarno and all who’ve built upon his theories including: Nicole Sachs, Christina Sarno Horner, Dr. Howard Schubiner, Dr. Dan Ratner, Alan Gordon, the ATNS, and so many others.

Join us as we discuss: TMS, pain as a danger signal, the pain/threat cycle, healing through psychological work, healing through emotional work, healing through patiently attuning to your true self, trauma, healing as a work in progress, maddening frustration, glimmers of hope, elating successes... But most of all, join us because you don’t have to be alone in your pain. You don’t have to be alone in the hard work of healing. And you don’t have to be alone as this starts to work for you, and you begin to get better.

We’re all walking this path together. We’re right here with you.

If you're enjoying the podcast, please follow for future episodes, rate, leave a written review, and share it with someone who needs it. Your endorsement helps more people like you find the profound power of mindbody healing.

Pain psychologist Dr. Dan Ratner has been named the new ATNS Board Chair. A huge congratulations to Dan. Today, he returns to the show to discuss a whole range of topics – from the direction of the ATNS, spreading the word about neuroplastic symptom recovery therapies, “gray area” neuroplastic symptoms at the edge of our understanding, autoimmune diseases, and more.

In this Episode:

🔹 A brief outline of Dan Ratner’s 3-column-model for healing: Emotions, Doubt, and Power.

🔹 An overview of the Association for the Treatment of Neutroplastic Symptoms (ATNS), an advocacy group that disseminates information about neuroplastic conditions to build awareness among patients and health care providers.

🔹 Getting past the tipping point so that “your average person will just know…this is neuroplastic.”

🔹 Sticking to the science while answering the question, “What’s gonna be the messaging to the average person?”

🔹 “Gray area” neuroplastic symptoms and expanding the edges of our understanding to help more people heal.

This is a good talk, with a true leader in the field. Join us.

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Find Dan:

Dan’s Website: www.crushingdoubt.com

The Book: Crushing Doubt: An Advanced System for Mind-Body Pain and Symptom Relief

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Find Sean:

Sean’s Website: mindbodymedicineforchronicpain.com

Sean’s Free Email List: Free Mindbody Advice and Reminders – From Me to You, Every Week

Click Here to Ask a Question on the Podcast

Sean’s Instagram: @mindbodymedicineforchronicpain

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Other Resources Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

ATNS: www.symptomatic.me

All The Rage Documentary: https://alltheragedoc.com

You Can Heal Your Life by Louise Hay

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…and you’re listening to Mindbody Medicine for Chronic Pain.

Therapist Sean Hershey, LCSW teaches you how to use psychological and emotional modalities to heal from chronic pain. Common conditions treated: Back Pain, Neck Pain, Hip Pain, Shoulder Pain, Knee Pain, Elbow Pain, Pain from Disc Bulges, Pain from Disc Degeneration, Sciatica, Neuropathy, Chronic Headaches, Migraine, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Pelvic Pain, Fibromyalgia, Many Eczema and Skin Conditions, Many Arthritic Presentations, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Long Covid, Depression, and Anxiety.

Inspired by the pioneering work of Dr. John Sarno and all who’ve built upon his theories including: Nicole Sachs, Christina Sarno Horner, Dr. Howard Schubiner, Dr. Dan Ratner, Alan Gordon, the ATNS, and so many others.

Join us as we discuss: TMS, pain as a danger signal, the pain/threat cycle, healing through psychological work, healing through emotional work, healing through patiently attuning to your true self, trauma, healing as a work in progress, maddening frustration, glimmers of hope, elating successes... But most of all, join us because you don’t have to be alone in your pain. You don’t have to be alone in the hard work of healing. And you don’t have to be alone as this starts to work for you, and you begin to get better.

We’re all walking this path together. We’re right here with you.

If you're enjoying the podcast, please follow for future episodes, rate, leave a written review, and share it with someone who needs it. Your endorsement helps more people like you find the profound power of mindbody healing.

In this Episode:

How To Change Your Negative Patterns

🔹 Step 1) Awareness of patterns that aren’t serving you. Become aware of patterns that keep your emotions repressed and keep your true self repressed.

🔹 Step 2) Recognize a new pattern that will serve you better.

🔹 Step 3) Try on the new pattern. Practice the new pattern.

All of these steps are hard. But they are possible for you. And this, of course, connects to healing chronic pain and symptoms. Listen along today, and learn how to bring this into your life.

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Find Sean:

Sean’s Website: mindbodymedicineforchronicpain.com

Sean’s Free Email List: Free Mindbody Advice and Reminders – From Me to You, Every Week

Click Here to Ask a Question on the Podcast

Sean’s Instagram: @mindbodymedicineforchronicpain

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…and you’re listening to Mindbody Medicine for Chronic Pain.

Therapist Sean Hershey, LCSW teaches you how to use psychological and emotional modalities to heal from chronic pain. Common conditions treated: Back Pain, Neck Pain, Hip Pain, Shoulder Pain, Knee Pain, Elbow Pain, Pain from Disc Bulges, Pain from Disc Degeneration, Sciatica, Neuropathy, Chronic Headaches, Migraine, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Pelvic Pain, Fibromyalgia, Many Eczema and Skin Conditions, Many Arthritic Presentations, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Long Covid, Depression, and Anxiety.

Inspired by the pioneering work of Dr. John Sarno and all who’ve built upon his theories including: Nicole Sachs, Christina Sarno Horner, Dr. Howard Schubiner, Dr. Dan Ratner, Alan Gordon, the ATNS, and so many others.

Join us as we discuss: TMS, pain as a danger signal, the pain/threat cycle, healing through psychological work, healing through emotional work, healing through patiently attuning to your true self, trauma, healing as a work in progress, maddening frustration, glimmers of hope, elating successes... But most of all, join us because you don’t have to be alone in your pain. You don’t have to be alone in the hard work of healing. And you don’t have to be alone as this starts to work for you, and you begin to get better.

We’re all walking this path together. We’re right here with you.

If you're enjoying the podcast, please follow for future episodes, rate, leave a written review, and share it with someone who needs it. Your endorsement helps more people like you find the profound power of mindbody healing.

Nida Tansinsin, MPT has been working in rehab for 25 years. She's evolved at the cutting edge of neuroplasticity work, and she’s a physical therapist who can help you. Nida teaches us that, although traditional physical therapy isn’t necessarily helpful for chronic pain, neuroplasticity-informed physical therapy changes the game.

In this Episode:

🔹 Many traditional physical therapists dread seeing chronic pain patients because they don’t know how to resolve our symptoms.

🔹 Nida, however, actually helps people recover from chronic pain.

🔹 She walks us through the paradigm shift that led her to gain these skills.

🔹 She tells us, her main goal as a physical therapist is to help the patient feel less fear of their symptoms and understand that pain doesn’t necessarily equal damage, pain equals your danger alarm signal.

🔹 She gives us the spiel she gives to her patients.

🔹 And she gets into the research studies that back neuroplasticity-based theories.

It’s great to hear a physical therapist's perspective on this stuff. Listen in–because this will help you feel safer in your body. And, as you know, safety heals chronic pain.

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Find Nida:

Email: [email protected]

Instagram: @nidacares

Resilience Healthcare Website: https://resilience-healthcare.com/about/

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Find Sean:

Sean's Website: mindbodymedicineforchronicpain.com

Sean’s Free Email List: Free Mindbody Advice and Reminders – From Me to You, Every Week

Click Here to Ask a Question on the Podcast

Sean’s Instagram: @mindbodymedicineforchronicpain

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Other Resources Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Pain Reframed Podcast

Camille Thoman’s Instagram: @camillethoman

Brijinki Study (showing imaging findings of spine degeneration are present in high proportions of asymptomatic individuals): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25430861/

Explain Pain Book

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…and you’re listening to Mindbody Medicine for Chronic Pain.

Therapist Sean Hershey, LCSW teaches you how to use psychological and emotional modalities to heal from chronic pain. Common conditions treated: Back Pain, Neck Pain, Hip Pain, Shoulder Pain, Knee Pain, Elbow Pain, Pain from Disc Bulges, Pain from Disc Degeneration, Sciatica, Neuropathy, Chronic Headaches, Migraine, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Pelvic Pain, Fibromyalgia, Many Eczema and Skin Conditions, Many Arthritic Presentations, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Long Covid, Depression, and Anxiety.

Inspired by the pioneering work of Dr. John Sarno and all who’ve built upon his theories including: Nicole Sachs, Christina Sarno Horner, Dr. Howard Schubiner, Dr. Dan Ratner, Alan Gordon, the ATNS, and so many others.

Join us as we discuss: TMS, pain as a danger signal, the pain/threat cycle, healing through psychological work, healing through emotional work, healing through patiently attuning to your true self, trauma, healing as a work in progress, maddening frustration, glimmers of hope, elating successes... But most of all, join us because you don’t have to be alone in your pain. You don’t have to be alone in the hard work of healing. And you don’t have to be alone as this starts to work for you, and you begin to get better.

We’re all walking this path together. We’re right here with you.

If you're enjoying the podcast, please follow for future episodes, rate, leave a written review, and share it with someone who needs it. Your endorsement helps more people like you find the profound power of mindbody healing.

Dustin Oliver is a therapist in Brooklyn. He specializes in working with gay and queer men. Dustin joins us today to discuss minority stress, particularly from a queer male perspective. Dustin comes to us with research studies, definitions, clinical experience–you’re gonna learn a lot. And, of course, we connect minority stress to healing chronic pain.

In this Episode:

🔹 What is minority stress? It’s the chronic, excessive stress experienced by stigmatized or marginalized groups.

🔹 We explore Ilan Meyer’s 2003 Minority Stress Model, and Dutsin provides updates added to the model in the intervening years.

🔹 We get into the negative mental and physical impacts of minority stress.

🔹 And, Dustin also takes us into the blessings, the benefits, and the liberties of being queer.

This is an informative, fun, hopeful, uplifting conversation. You’re more than welcome to join in.

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Find Dustin:

Website: www.boymeetstherapy.com

Podcast: boy meets therapy

TikTok

Instagram

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Find Sean:

Website: mindbodymedicineforchronicpain.com

Sean’s Free Email List: Free Mindbody Advice and Reminders – From Me to You, Every Week

Click Here to Ask a Question on the Podcast

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Other Resources Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Ilan Meyer’s Instagram: @ilan9039 (cuz you can follow him too 😋)

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…and you’re listening to Mindbody Medicine for Chronic Pain.

Therapist Sean Hershey, LCSW teaches you how to use psychological and emotional modalities to heal from chronic pain. Common conditions treated: Back Pain, Neck Pain, Hip Pain, Shoulder Pain, Knee Pain, Elbow Pain, Pain from Disc Bulges, Pain from Disc Degeneration, Sciatica, Neuropathy, Chronic Headaches, Migraine, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Pelvic Pain, Fibromyalgia, Many Eczema and Skin Conditions, Many Arthritic Presentations, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Long Covid, Depression, and Anxiety.

Inspired by the pioneering work of Dr. John Sarno and all who’ve built upon his theories including: Nicole Sachs, Christina Sarno Horner, Dr. Howard Schubiner, Dr. Dan Ratner, Alan Gordon, the ATNS, and so many others.

Join us as we discuss: TMS, pain as a danger signal, the pain/threat cycle, healing through psychological work, healing through emotional work, healing through patiently attuning to your true self, trauma, healing as a work in progress, maddening frustration, glimmers of hope, elating successes... But most of all, join us because you don’t have to be alone in your pain. You don’t have to be alone in the hard work of healing. And you don’t have to be alone as this starts to work for you, and you begin to get better.

We’re all walking this path together. We’re right here with you.

If you're enjoying the podcast, please follow for future episodes, rate, leave a written review, and share it with someone who needs it. Your endorsement helps more people like you find the profound power of mindbody healing.

Most people with musculoskeletal pain try physical therapy. If musculoskeletal pain is your TMS symptom imperative, you’ve been there. And, has the physical therapy worked for you? Let’s discuss.

In this Episode:

🔹 Physical therapy hasn’t worked for you because it isn’t addressing the root causes of your pain.

🔹 TMS/Neuroplastic pain is caused by psychological factors, emotional factors, and a lack of attunement with the true self.

🔹 Today, we go into each of these causes through the lens of “why hasn’t physical therapy worked?”

🔹 Important Note: There are physical therapists trained in TMS/Neuroplasticity. These are not your average physical therapists. THEY CAN help you. Below is a link to the ATNS Practitioner Directory, where you can find providers of all disciplines (including physical therapists) who get this stuff and who can help you with TMS: https://www.symptomatic.me/practitioner-directory#!directory/

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Find Sean:

Website: mindbodymedicineforchronicpain.com

Sean’s Free Email List: Free Mindbody Advice and Reminders – From Me to You, Every Week

Click Here to Ask a Question on the Podcast

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…and you’re listening to Mindbody Medicine for Chronic Pain.

Therapist Sean Hershey, LCSW teaches you how to use psychological and emotional modalities to heal from chronic pain. Common conditions treated: Back Pain, Neck Pain, Hip Pain, Shoulder Pain, Knee Pain, Elbow Pain, Pain from Disc Bulges, Pain from Disc Degeneration, Sciatica, Neuropathy, Chronic Headaches, Migraine, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Pelvic Pain, Fibromyalgia, Many Eczema and Skin Conditions, Many Arthritic Presentations, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Long Covid, Depression, and Anxiety.

Inspired by the pioneering work of Dr. John Sarno and all who’ve built upon his theories including: Nicole Sachs, Christina Sarno Horner, Dr. Howard Schubiner, Dr. Dan Ratner, Alan Gordon, the ATNS, and so many others.

Join us as we discuss: TMS, pain as a danger signal, the pain/threat cycle, healing through psychological work, healing through emotional work, healing through patiently attuning to your true self, trauma, healing as a work in progress, maddening frustration, glimmers of hope, elating successes... But most of all, join us because you don’t have to be alone in your pain. You don’t have to be alone in the hard work of healing. And you don’t have to be alone as this starts to work for you, and you begin to get better.

We’re all walking this path together. We’re right here with you.

If you're enjoying the podcast, please follow for future episodes, rate, leave a written review, and share it with someone who needs it. Your endorsement helps more people like you find the profound power of mindbody healing.

TMS/Mindbody coach Emily Larson joins us today to address the most common healing blocks she sees in her practice. Emily offers simple, boiled-down, straightforward advice. This will be incredibly valuable for your healing.

In this Episode:

🔹 The final step that brought Emily to a full recovery: allowing the symptoms.

🔹 Get off the fence and decide that this applies to you.

🔹 Start living as the healed version of you—before the symptoms go.

🔹 Be your own biggest cheerleader.

🔹 Respond to your symptoms as you would respond to your inner child: with allowing, love, reassurance, and compassion.

🔹 Don’t overthink the process. It doesn’t have to be complicated.

This is a very helpful discussion. For folks who feel stuck, this one’s for you.

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Find Emily:

Instagram: @painexplained_tms

Website: www.painexplainedtms.com

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Find Sean:

Website: mindbodymedicineforchronicpain.com

Sean’s Free Email List: Free Mindbody Advice and Reminders – From Me to You, Every Week

Click Here to Ask a Question on the Podcast

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Other Resources Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Think Away Your Pain by Dr. David Schechter

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…and you’re listening to Mindbody Medicine for Chronic Pain.

Therapist Sean Hershey, LCSW teaches you how to use psychological and emotional modalities to heal from chronic pain. Common conditions treated: Back Pain, Neck Pain, Hip Pain, Shoulder Pain, Knee Pain, Elbow Pain, Pain from Disc Bulges, Pain from Disc Degeneration, Sciatica, Neuropathy, Chronic Headaches, Migraine, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Pelvic Pain, Fibromyalgia, Many Eczema and Skin Conditions, Many Arthritic Presentations, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Long Covid, Depression, and Anxiety.

Inspired by the pioneering work of Dr. John Sarno and all who’ve built upon his theories including: Nicole Sachs, Christina Sarno Horner, Dr. Howard Schubiner, Dr. Dan Ratner, Alan Gordon, the ATNS, and so many others.

Join us as we discuss: TMS, pain as a danger signal, the pain/threat cycle, healing through psychological work, healing through emotional work, healing through patiently attuning to your true self, trauma, healing as a work in progress, maddening frustration, glimmers of hope, elating successes... But most of all, join us because you don’t have to be alone in your pain. You don’t have to be alone in the hard work of healing. And you don’t have to be alone as this starts to work for you, and you begin to get better.

We’re all walking this path together. We’re right here with you.

If you're enjoying the podcast, please follow for future episodes, rate, leave a written review, and share it with someone who needs it. Your endorsement helps more people like you find the profound power of mindbody healing.

Dr. Sarno encouraged his patients to journal about three major topics: 1) childhood, 2) current life stressors, and 3) personality traits. For most people, personality traits were the hardest part to understand. In today’s bonus episode, in an attempt to make this clear, we’re going deep into the personality traits.

WARNING: If you’re here for some simple information about chronic pain healing, many episodes of this podcast will satisfy that desire. I must say, this episode will not. This episode is for the people who want to hang out… and slow down… and listen to stories… and have fun… and, in doing so, go deep. If that appeals to you, join us.

In this Episode:

🔹 Perfectionism, “goodism,” people-pleasing, high conscientiousness, stoicism, low self-esteem, and high self-criticism.

🔹 These are all shame-based personality traits.

🔹 In healing, it’s important to understand how to work with your personality traits.

🔹 Today, in this bonus episode: a long, meandering, (and fun) story to illustrate the powerful impact that personality traits exert on EVERYTHING.

You're more than welcome to join us.

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Find Sean:

Website: mindbodymedicineforchronicpain.com

Sean’s Free Email List: Free Mindbody Advice and Reminders – From Me to You, Every Week

Click Here to Ask a Question on the Podcast

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…and you’re listening to Mindbody Medicine for Chronic Pain.

Therapist Sean Hershey, LCSW teaches you how to use psychological and emotional modalities to heal from chronic pain. Common conditions treated: Back Pain, Neck Pain, Hip Pain, Shoulder Pain, Knee Pain, Elbow Pain, Pain from Disc Bulges, Pain from Disc Degeneration, Sciatica, Neuropathy, Chronic Headaches, Migraine, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Pelvic Pain, Fibromyalgia, Many Eczema and Skin Conditions, Many Arthritic Presentations, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Long Covid, Depression, and Anxiety.

Inspired by the pioneering work of Dr. John Sarno and all who’ve built upon his theories including: Nicole Sachs, Christina Sarno Horner, Dr. Howard Schubiner, Dr. Dan Ratner, Alan Gordon, the ATNS, and so many others.

Join us as we discuss: TMS, pain as a danger signal, the pain/threat cycle, healing through psychological work, healing through emotional work, healing through patiently attuning to your true self, trauma, healing as a work in progress, maddening frustration, glimmers of hope, elating successes... But most of all, join us because you don’t have to be alone in your pain. You don’t have to be alone in the hard work of healing. And you don’t have to be alone as this starts to work for you, and you begin to get better.

We’re all walking this path together. We’re right here with you.

If you're enjoying the podcast, please follow for future episodes, rate, leave a written review, and share it with someone who needs it. Your endorsement helps more people like you find the profound power of mindbody healing.

I’ve never really told the full arc of my chronic IBS recovery story here on the podcast. So, it’s the Season 4 Finale, and today’s the day.

Trigger warning: In this irritable bowel syndrome story, we’re talking about bodies and bowels. It's not something we usually discuss openly, but the bowels are part of my body and part of yours. Let's release the shame and just talk about it.

In this Episode:

🔹 If you struggle with IBS, and you’ve tried everything… this story is for you.

🔹 There is hope. Healing is possible.

🔹 You’ll hear all the low points. You’ll probably relate to the feeling.

🔹 You’ll hear all the structural fixes I tried, and none of them solved the problem.

🔹 I tried strange, desperate fixes. And nothing worked until I found mindbody medicine. And, even then, healing took a long time.

🔹 But, spoiler alert, I no longer suffer from chronic IBS. This is a journey of true healing.

Listen along to hear the seemingly-miraculous-but-actually-just-scientifically-sound recovery story.

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Find Sean:

Website: mindbodymedicineforchronicpain.com

Sean’s Free Email List: Free Mindbody Advice and Reminders – From Me to You, Every Week

Click Here to Ask a Question on the Podcast

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…and you’re listening to Mindbody Medicine for Chronic Pain.

Therapist Sean Hershey, LCSW teaches you how to use psychological and emotional modalities to heal from chronic pain. Common conditions treated: Back Pain, Neck Pain, Hip Pain, Shoulder Pain, Knee Pain, Elbow Pain, Pain from Disc Bulges, Pain from Disc Degeneration, Sciatica, Neuropathy, Chronic Headaches, Migraine, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Pelvic Pain, Fibromyalgia, Many Eczema and Skin Conditions, Many Arthritic Presentations, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Long Covid, Depression, and Anxiety.

Inspired by the pioneering work of Dr. John Sarno and all who’ve built upon his theories including: Nicole Sachs, Christina Sarno Horner, Dr. Howard Schubiner, Dr. Dan Ratner, Alan Gordon, the ATNS, and so many others.

Join us as we discuss: TMS, pain as a danger signal, the pain/threat cycle, healing through psychological work, healing through emotional work, healing through patiently attuning to your true self, trauma, healing as a work in progress, maddening frustration, glimmers of hope, elating successes... But most of all, join us because you don’t have to be alone in your pain. You don’t have to be alone in the hard work of healing. And you don’t have to be alone as this starts to work for you, and you begin to get better.

We’re all walking this path together. We’re right here with you.

If you're enjoying the podcast, please follow for future episodes, rate, leave a written review, and share it with someone who needs it. Your endorsement helps more people like you find the profound power of mindbody healing.