Mindfulness Exercises, with Sean Fargo

The Role of Mindfulness in Chronic Pain Management (and Why It Works)


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In this insightful episode of the Mindfulness Exercises Podcast, Sean Fargo explores how mindfulness can be a powerful tool for alleviating chronic pain. While pain itself is a physical experience, our relationship to it often creates unnecessary suffering. Through mindfulness, we can learn to soften resistance, shift our perception, and cultivate a gentler awareness of the body—offering relief without avoidance.

Whether you experience chronic pain yourself or support others on their healing journey, this episode provides practical tools for using mindfulness to ease suffering and reconnect with the body in a compassionate way.

What You’ll Discover:

  • How mindfulness reduces the perception of pain by shifting our awareness.
  • The difference between pain and the mental resistance that amplifies suffering.
  • Gentle techniques to explore the body with curiosity instead of fear.
  • Why softening judgment and resistance can help ease chronic pain.
  • Practical steps for integrating mindfulness into pain management.

Sean reminds us that healing is a journey and that small, compassionate steps can make a significant difference in how we experience pain—both physically and emotionally.

Timestamps:

[00:01:00] Mindfulness and Chronic Pain – How mindfulness can help alleviate suffering.

[00:05:00] Why We Resist Pain – Understanding the fear and avoidance cycle.

[00:10:00] Softening Resistance – Using mindfulness to change our relationship with pain.

[00:20:00] Practical Techniques – Guided awareness and breath-based strategies.

[00:30:00] Mindfulness for Healing Trauma – How mindfulness supports deep emotional and physical healing.

[00:40:00] A Lifelong Journey – Integrating mindfulness into everyday life for sustainable relief.

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