The Curiosity Cure - MindBody Wellness

Hello my feelers + healers!  

Today's conversation with Mattia takes us through their journey with chronic pain, feeling better, and the ways they navigate their inner mindbody conversation as someone with AuDHD + PDA. We touch upon themes of neurodivergence, gender transition, resourcing inner + external safety. We chat about using hypnotic techniques to decrease a sense of threat/unsafety that may accompany disorders like ehlers-danlos syndrome and POTS.  

Mattia Maurée is a composer, writer, and host of the AuDHD Flourishing podcast. They help other neurodivergent folks who want to build a sustainable life but struggle with the day-to-day. They have a true obsession with arctic puffins.  

Links:

Main (starter podcast page): https://www.audhdflourishing.com/hello

Like Your Brain (peer support community): https://www.patreon.com/mattia  - so good! I'm in here and love it.

Love Your Brain (course): https://www.audhdflourishing.com/challenge-page/joinlyb

 

Related recovery stories that might be of interest. Most are not my clients but they are working with the mindbody healing techniques, theories and resources that I speak about on this podcast:

S2E29 Petra's Pain Recovery Dream Life - she has EDS and recovered from chronic pain.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s2e29-petras-pain-recovery-dream-life/id1595415545?i=1000661834736

S3 Ep33: The Neuroscience of Chronic Pain: POTS, Interstitial Cystitis, Fibro, CFS and more with Gigi
https://www.yourbreakawake.com/podcasts/the-cure-for-chronic-pain-with-nicole-sachs-lcsw-2/episodes/2148744168

First person experience using these techniques to recover from POTS and Long Covid.
https://www.reddit.com/r/LongHaulersRecovery/comments/18c8e50/100_recovered_potshi/

Ep 41 Intuitive Healing From Chronic Fatigue, POTS, Lyme Disease, Long COVID and More with Rebecca Tolin
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ep-41-intuitive-healing-from-chronic-fatigue-pots-lyme/id1679033028?i=1000664796548

Morgan's TMS Success Story - Long COVID, POTS, Dizziness, Digestion, Nausea, and Food Sensitivities
https://youtu.be/IUavpJfgs50?si=Nzk26wt98r-4yTN6

S3 Ep82: Lifelong IBS, Depression, and Adult ADHD with Alice (at the end she speaks about how ADHD is connected with life long masking + stress)
https://www.yourbreakawake.com/podcasts/the-cure-for-chronic-pain-with-nicole-sachs-lcsw-2/episodes/2148744120

How I cured my Mast Cell Activation syndrome (MCAS) with Helmut 
https://youtu.be/SrG6P5N439g?si=g4Iz8ELFaCTtMQcz

Vanessa shares her shocking recovery from Pots, meniere's disease, pppd, Gastroparesis, cfs, + with Helmut
https://youtu.be/vduQns3cR3k?si=ZXqq_jghIW9j7INX

And here's a scientific article that talks about the psychiatric + nervous system symtoms that are connected with EDS. In our conversation Mattia touches upon the interoception and felt sense of danger that is associate with EDS in our conversation. 
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3365276/?

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This episode I talk about a mindbody healing tool The Magnet Approach and an activity called The Drop Through. Again the goal is to help your brain and nervous system address your threat physiology detection system and working with your brain in creating change on purpose. Gentle neuroplasticity encourage us that how we attend is a part of the neuro-somatic rewiring process. Also I enjoyed the F out of a cold cold river. 

Here's some interesting articles about cold and how it's used to explore pain.

Temperature and the cold pressor test
Laura A Mitchell *, Raymond A.R MacDonald *, Eric E Brodie *
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1526590004007461

Molecular mechanisms of cold pain
Donald Iain MacDonald,⁎,1 John N. Wood, and Edward C. Emery
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7025288/

Oh look Sleep Affects Pain 
Total Sleep Deprivation and Pain Perception during Cold Noxious Stimuli in Humans
Robert A. Larson, MS and Jason R. Carter, PhD
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5111796/


 

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This episode is a peek into what two mindbody practitioners talk about. Hear bits of our own process of this work helping us find and revel in our humanness.  

Anna Holtzman is a colleague, friend and leader in mindbody pain recovery. She  is a licensed psychotherapist and mind-body coach who helps people find relief from chronic pain and other symptoms of a stressed-out nervous system. She came to this work through her own recovery from 10 years of migraine. In a prior career, Anna worked in reality TV as a video editor and she continues to use her love of storytelling through her blog and podcast, both titled From Chronic Pain to Passion. She lives in New York City with her partner, stepdaughter, and three orange cats.

I don't think I could write better than Anna to describe this episode, here's what she said about our conversation:

Deb and I are also part of a cohort of mind-body coaches who get together about twice a month and let it all hang out together, which has been so instrumental for my growth. And as we’ll talk about, it’s not always easy letting yourself be vulnerable, even in the most supportive of spaces. But what I find over and over again is that it’s so worth it, because the healing and growth that comes from allowing ourselves to connect with one another through our vulnerability and honesty is really the only gateway to joy in life, as far as I can tell.

So, here’s me and Deb getting real with each other — and with you — about what it’s like to be a beautifully messy human being who helps other beautifully messy human beings. And I hope this conversation serves as a permission slip to let your own beautiful messiness shine through.

Where you can find Anna...

website: https://www.annaholtzman.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anna_holtzman/

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Today's podcast we're covering the magic that can happen when we stop avoiding getting curious about what we're avoiding?

Have I confused you? Just listen to this and practice peeking in with gentleness about what gets you digging a hole, falling into it and then using all your energy to crawl out of it. Learn how curiosity can lead you to quick results by titrating just the right exposure of what you're avoiding that you can begin to easily neutralize it.

Meet Andrew, a bike guy who recovered from pelvic pain and is sharing his recovery journey with others. So glad he's back on the bike riding and having fun!  https://www.instagram.com/andrewmbcyclist/

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Today's podcast is my exploration into using my mindbody tools and practice to approach an activity desire I have, riding my bike. This has been a tough one and I am noticing some shame and fear arising. But I'm dedicated to exploring curiosity and what an approaching vs. avoidance strategy might look like.  

I can't wait to bring this "problem" with me to Hypnothoughts Live and explore what hypnosis skills I can apply to make this feel easy, fun and successful to acheive.  
 

I hope you follow along and connect with an activity or desire you might have in your life.  
Need help, I got you!

Here's my friend Andrea's website and instagram, please follow her!
https://www.amplemovement.com/
https://www.instagram.com/amplemovement

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Petra Schmider, a former client now colleague of mine tells the story of her recovery from years of chronic pain and disability to living a life of her dreams and helping others do the same.  

Petra's bio - She was a stock broker and later financial planner before kids, now she's am a Pain Recovery Coach, Mind Body Coach, certified Rapid Transformational Therapy® Practitioner and certified Hypnotherapist.

You can find Petra at https://www.painawaycoach.com/
Or via email - [email protected]

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Here's my most recently update about my knee pain and this episode also wanders off into a list of permissions that we can give ourselves for our healing journey and for our life.

What might be different for you in 3 months if you learned how to master these mind body connection skills?

Here's the TLDL (too long, didn't listen) list of permissions:
Permission to be weird
Permission to go at your own pace
Permission to take breaks
Permission to enjoy
Permission to use a mobility aid
Permission to not worry/plan about the future

I'm sure there's even more permissions to be granted out there that are personal to you.
What would help you feel even more better?

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Today's short episode I share with you the getting curious practice I used the other night to help me release the tension of my week + travel day and help me fall asleep. Getting curious, learning how and learning to use as your first response can be a total game changer. It breaks the pain behaviors and habituated responses that perpetuate pain. Let me help you learn how to do something new. It's simple and effective.

Here's a little article about neuroplasticity and curiosity for some encouragement.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/brain-reboot/202311/the-psychology-and-neuroscience-of-curiosity

 

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I had the pleasure of interviewing one of my favorite TMS educators and most kind and HILARIOUS colleagues....  

Here's Dani in her own words, I specialise in the care of the chronic condition/mind-body medicine community, having healed from years of chronic pain and anxiety using mindbody tools myself. My approach to healing harnesses the power of the nervous by training the body-mind into a place of safety and out of survival mode. I teach gentle yoga, meditation and breathwork tailored to the self-healing community and coach in the form of online courses and masterclasses.

Please be sure to check out Dani's work and listen for clues to help you borrow belief that healing is possible for you and that this journey can be full of connection and compassion both with ourselves and with community. 

Dani's website that has everything. 
https://mytmsjourney.com

Instagram 
https://www.instagram.com/mytms_journey

Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/mytmsjourney

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Here's an update about my knee pain recovery journey after my injury or flare in The Galapagos.

When PT was only making my pain feel worse, I uncovered some relational fears and talk you through my current process and how I'm helping my mind and body find safety, create the environment for healing and how I re-found a mantra "Strong Like Simba." 

Here's links for all the awesome resources I describe in the podcast.  

Journal Speak - https://www.thecureforchronicpain.com/journalspeak
More about Journal Speak - https://mytmsjourney.com/resources/journalspeak-by-nicole-sachs-lcsw/

Charlie Merrill, PT - https://www.mperformance.com/beyondpaineducation
His IG is awesome - https://www.instagram.com/charliemerrill/

My article about my Kilimanjaro trip - https://cnocoutdoors.com/blogs/blog/deb-curvy-kili-crew

Indigo's Testimonial - https://www.thecuriositycure.coach/p/client-results

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