Thought by Thought Healing (Jennifer Johnson )

In this episode I discuss how important it is to understand the following four things.

1.pain is produced by the brain.

2. pain is a protector that the brain sends as a warning of danger to us.

3 The brain can produce pain when warning us of not only physical harm, but also of emotional harm.

4. The brain can become hyper-vigilant to feeling unsafe.

The good news is that you can retrain this alarm and turn off the pain.

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Hi there, In this second video of my Thought by Thought series, I explain the mind body connection including what systems are activated when we are emotionally triggered and how that becomes chronic pain. I share a couple of my strategies for turning off the pain alarm and starting to live pain free.

Here is a list of some chronic symptoms and pain that can be healed through the mind-body connection.

Fibromyalgia, SIBO, plantar fasciitis, abdominal pain, IBS, Insomnia, stomach pain, foot, arm, leg, back, neck pain, vulvodynia, anxiety, depression, vertigo, dizziness, chronic tendonitis, crps, restless leg syndrome, food sensitivities, interstitial cystitis, TMJ, Repetitive strain injury, pelvic floor dysfunction, old injury with persistent pain, chronic fatigue, mold sensitivity, disc bulge, slipped disc, degenerative scoliosis, degenerative disc disease, weather sensitivities, chemical sensitivities, chronic lyme disease, and more.

In this episode, I discuss the following:

1. What the mind-body connection is.

2.How it causes pain.

3.How the fear of structural damage causes the pain itself.

4. How this becomes cyclical.

5. Why there is hope for healing.

Our brain’s use past experiences to predict how it will experience future sensations. This is called Predictive Coding.

But we can interrupt this cycle, in part, by avoiding Howard Schubiner’s 6 F’s:

Fear

Focusing on it

Frustrated by it

Figuring it out

Fighting it

Fixing it

In this episode I describe somatic tracking and I also lead you through a guided somatic tracking exercise.

We are not perfect, in fact, and we are perfectly safe being flawed.

When we operate out of the fact that we have to earn acceptance, love and safety by being perfect, it causes the nervous system to be hyper-vigilant and in a constant state of earning safety.

The brain will constantly be looking for rejection and disapproval. This causes hyper-vigilance and pain.

The truth is, we are made perfect through the cross and we can stop striving. HIs blood makes us perfect, and therefore we can be safe in our imperfection.

In healing, we start to peel back the layers of our pain to discover what is dysregulating our nervous system.

When we people- please we get a hit of chemicals that make us feel good and acceptance.

But the cost of this is high. Often times in order to keep others happy and pleased with us, we are suppressing our thoughts, opinions, beliefs and emotions.

It causes our brains to be on high alert - looking for ways to avoid rejection.

This hyper-vigilance causes the brain to be hyper-vigilant. When it perceives we may not be in the good graces of someone it sends a warning signal of pain.

Shame is a fear response that isn’t based in truth. We know who we are in Christ. But when feel shame take over as our identity, it causes us to not be able to hear God’s voice clearly and causes us to ask the question “what if?”

This causes us to live in perpetual fear that makes our brains on edge looking out for ways we are “wrong”. Our brains perceive this as danger and send a warning to our body that we are not safe. BOOM. Chronic Pain.

Interrupting the cyclical “fight or flight” pain response in the body includes naming it and feeling it. It’s not easy, it’s like breaking any habit.

Name it: Calm, peace, confident, Joy.

Feel it: What would that feel like in your body? Relaxed eyes? relaxed muscles, calm breathing, etc.

Do it: Practice peace in your body by intentionally relaxing your muscles, breathing deep, etc.

Deep Breathing can help us to give our brain’s a break from worrying about the past and future.

Listening to your pain is a very important part of healing. God uses many ways to speak to us. Our pain is no different.

Why is it there? What is the underlying emotion? What is reacting to? Shame, disappointment, anger, fear, another distressing emotion?

When we choose how we think and how we react to things, we slowly re-wire our brains.

We get to choose patience, kindness self-control. This is incredibly empowering. When you realize you can control how your brain responds, this is ultimate freedom. One of the gifts God gives us is a sound-mind, but we have to choose it.

We also get to choose our boundaries, and how much we allow others to effect our nervous systems.

Since our nervous systems are responding as if we are in chronic danger, we also get to step back and look at our lives and decide how much of our lives are actually dangerous vs how much our brains are perceiving life as dangerous.

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Today I focus on your relationship with your body. It can feel like your body is against you, and you can end up hating it. Before you know it, you are divided. Your mind and your thoughts seemingly in opposition with your body.

It is important to realize that you and your body are physically one, and come alongside your body to support it, encourage it, and love it.

In this video I talk about how the brain is 95% hardwired by the time we are in our adult years, including our pain! But don't give up hope! Through neuroplasticity we can change how it's wired. If we don't choose to interrupt our own thoughts, emotions, behaviors and perceptions, we end up living a pre-programmed life that is based on our past experiences. In order to rewire our brain, we have to teach ourselves a new way of thinking by thinking beyond how we feel. We do not have to be controlled by our past emotions. Joe Dispenza talks about how our personality traits are built off of an event that led to a thought, that lead to an emotion, that led to a mood, to a temperament, and finally to a personality trait. When those personality traits were learned from a fearful moment, our brains become programmed to fear and nervous system dysregulation. Taking the truth that Christ gives us we can challenge our thoughts, think deeper than we feel and diligently and with perseverance we can teach our brain to wire differently. The bible is full of examples of him asking us to think in ways that are contrary to our flesh and what comes naturally to us. Neuroplasticity is all over in the bible. By allowing God to heal our hurt from the past, and then embracing and noticing the blessings in the "today," we can rewire our brains with truth, freedom and love from God.

Tim is a physical therapist who believes, as Howard Schubiner does, that 85% of pain is caused by neural-circuit pain. Tim works in Pennsylvania as physical therapists helping others to understand how to heal from pain that is caused by the brain even though it feels like it's originating in the body. I wanted my listeners to start hearing the perspective of others in the medical field who have discovered the power of the brain and the types of symptoms it can control.

The Fawn Response is when we try to please the very people you fear.

Instead of fighting or fleeing or freezing we adapt who we are to keep everyone happy or "comfortable". This is very costly to our nervous system because we have to ignore our emotions, needs and boundaries in order to keep others happy. As children, sometimes we don't have a choice. The only way to find safety is to placate our parents or caregivers. As adults we first need to ask if we are still in danger or if our body is reacting as if we are in danger. Then we need to stop and give much needed attention to our emotions, boundaries and needs. Emotions draw us near to God which allow us to create boundaries based on His character that cause us to flourish - both MIND AND BODY.

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Indecision can throw a wrench in our nervous system. When we second-guess, fear, or doubt our ability to make good decisions it is often based in a fear that needs truth. The answer is not to push through and just start making decisions. In my discovery, it can be a tool. Pay attention to what decisions you struggle to make and use it as a guide/a map/ a compass to discover what areas of your life need freedom. You never know how God will heal you if you stop to analyze your indecisions.

If your pain is caused by nervous system dysregulation (neural circuit pain/ tms/ mind body syndrome/ or neural circuit pain) the western medical system won’t be able to resolve your pain because it is set up for those with structural issues.

When your pain is not resolved by traditional doctors and specialists, it is best to work with someone who understands the mind body connection and how that results in pain or other symptoms.

Listen to this podcast for more details.

Changing your inner dialogue and how you talk to and treat yourself. There were three areas that were really important for me to change my language towards myself.

1. How I treated and talked to my pain. Talk to your pain and listen to it. (frustrated with it, angry with it, try to get rid of it)

2. How I talk to and about myself as a person. The things I believed about myself needed to change. Value, intelligence, capability. Start treating yourself with the truth about what God says about us, and to see ourselves in that light. Own and claim the identity that God has given you.

3. How I treated my journey of healing. It is not helpful to put yourself on a timeline for healing. Instead choosing to be kind and patient with yourself in the healing process.

Instead of tracking what could possibly be causing our pain, we want to pay attention to all the ways we are making incremental change towards creating safety for the brain. It is good to track the ways we are growing mentally, emotionally and spiritually. This wires growth into our brain instead of pain.

check out my website for chronic pain coaching: thoughtbythoughthealing.com

Check out the article here: Can Virtual Reality Help Ease Chronic Pain? - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

It's true, using the bottom-up approach of breathing activities has an important role in creating change in the brain. As a Christian, originally, I disregarded these activities; not understanding the science and why it is such an important part of healing. In this video I talk about the two areas that belly breathing targets. First, it activates the Vagus nerve which runs down from our brain into our stomach area. It is the 10th cranial nerve and is housed in the parasympathetic nervous system. In chronic pain, this resting part of our nervous system needs help, and breathing is a fantastic way to do this. Secondly it helps to give our brains a break from thinking about the past and planning for this future. (worrying) Our brains default into these specific parts of our brains, but it can be exhausting. Breathing practices help us to be present and to pay attention to what is happening in the here and now.

I'm super excited for you all to hear Jennifer's healing story. She started my course "Conquering Chronic Pain through Science and the Gospel" in February and it's been wonderful to see all the ways God has healed her emotionally, spiritually and also physically. This stuff really works you guys. Give this a listen!

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In this video I talk about how legalism and fear of sinning can be a big contributing fact to pain. I go through Galatians 3 and how we are not meant to live in legalistic "human effort" but in the Spirit which is free gift. I also describe what a hypervigilant brain is & how it is in a "perceived fear state" that comes to play in our relationship with God, too. I share what I believe to be the 4 main ways the brain can operate in hyper-vigilance including our relationship with God. I spend the majority of this video talking about how fear is the root of legalism, earning your salvation, & the fear of sinning. This hyper-vigilance will cause the brain to send the pain signal. thoughtbythoughthealing.com #christian #legalism #tms #mindbodyconnection #mindbodysyndrome #sarno #schubiner #unlearnyourpain #neuralcircuitpain #learnedpain #youcanheal #unlearnyourpain #curable #jesus #hypervigilance #brainpain #chronicpain #chronicillness #painfreeyou #fightorflight #nervoussystemregulation

Today I answer the commonly asked question, "Do I have to change my life, reduce my stress or make big changes in order to heal"? No. You don't have to get rid of stress in order to heal from chronic pain, you just get to learn how to show up differently. When we show up with confidence, and grounded in who we are deep down inside, then we can rise to the challenge of our lives without all the distress and therefore our bodies and brains have no need to warn us of danger. Instead, our brains can activate the rest and digest part of our nervous system and we can live in the Power, love and sound mind that God has promised us. #tms #sarno #schubiner #unlearnyourpain #mindbodyconnection #mindbodysyndrome #mbs #christian #jesus #powerlovesoundmind #reversingpain #brainpain #painfreeyou #danbuglio #thewayout #curable #chronicpain #fibromyalgia #footpain #ibs #stomachpain #stressdisease

Often times we are operating in a way that submits to the way our brains are wired, which often means we are submitting to the fears of our past. Our brains are wired by the past, but the bible shows us that we get to change the way we think, choose our thoughts and emotions and choose to have a spirit of love, power, and sound mind.

This means we don’t have to be victim to how our brains.

Our brains become wired to habitually produce pain, to cause a cascade of physical responses and ultimately control our bodies, but we can take back our authority and teach our brains a new way. Listen to this episode to understand how…

Get ready for healing, friends.

We talk about a million things in this episode - from stress hormones in your system, to how hard it is to bring this stuff up with family and friends. We also discuss his story of healing, the diagnosis he had and being a father and a husband while in Chronic pain.

Give it a listen. There are some really good nuggets in here.

The healing power in forgiveness: In this video I talk about the dangers in forgiving before you acknowledge the wounds that need God's healing. But, once we are willing to feel the feelings, we can experience them with God, let go and forgive in a deep way that relieves and rebalances the nervous system, thus reversing pain. Check out my website: thoughtbythoughthealing.com #christian #jesus #chronicpain #tms #forgiveness #themindbodyconnection #mindbodysyndrome #sarno #thoughtbythoughthealing #rewireyourbrain #neuroplasticpain #neuroplasticity #curable #thewayout

Today I had the honor of having David Hanscom, MD with me. He was a spinal surgeon for 32 years and now helps people recocer from chornic back pain through non- surgical means and by understanding the body and mind are one unit. Through understanding threat physiologicy and the inflammation the brain causes, we can reverse chronic pain and stop diseases. In today's talk, he discusses practicing joy, the threat physiology response of anger and anxiety, why he quit spine surgery and answers some of the questions my watchers had asked in advance. He also discusses degenerative disc disease, bulged discs, herniations and how there is no data showing they cause pain. Check out his info below:

In this episode I talk about the neuroscience of why its important to have a vision for your painfree life. What kind of life do you want to have? Who do you want to be? What kind of personality do you want to have? What do you want your body to feel like? What are your passions, interests, and goals? How do you want to approach stress in your future life? Having a vision is essential for recovering from chronic pain.

Listen here to find out why.

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If you are looking for chronic pain coaching, shoot me an email at thoughtbythoughthealing@gmail.com

In this episode I have the honor of interviewing Dr. David Schechter, (who is taking new patients). If you are looking for a MBS diagnosis you should check out his website at Pain Relief:TMS:Dr Schechter,Culver City:Sarno: MindBody (mindbodymedicine.com)

In this convo we discuss how injuries become chornic which is called chronification. We also discuss personality traits that lend themselves to chronic pain, IBS, food sensitivities, how the brain can cause or amplify pain and much more.

I truly enjoyed this conversation.

Thank you David for joining our show.

Dr. Dave has been kind enough to give a discount to any of my watchers that want to take his online course found here.

Online course. MB Healing Journey | mindbodymedicine2

His book: Think Away Your Pain: Your Brain is the Solution to Your Pain - Kindle edition by Schechter, David L. . Health, Fitness & Dieting Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

And his workbook can be found here:

Amazon.com: The MindBody Workbook: A Thirty Day Program of Insight and Awareness for People with Back Pain and Other Disorders: 9781929997053: David Schechter M.D.: Books

Subconscious, inner child work, nervous system, psychosomatic, etc.

As a Christian, do you ever wonder if some of these terms used in Mind Body Medicine align with your beliefs? Or maybe you’re simply not sure you understand what specific concepts mean? If you’re anything like us, you have lots of questions.

In this episode, Jen Loeffler and I decided it would be fun to talk about words, concepts and language that was used on the regular in our healing journey.

For more info on the healing journey and working with me, check out my website at thoughtbythoughthealing.com

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In this episode

Meditations, breathing exercises, neuroplasticity, habits of pain, safety, and mental health.

As a Christian, do you ever wonder if some of these terms used in Mind Body Medicine align with your beliefs? Or maybe you’re simply not sure you understand what specific concepts mean? If you’re anything like us, you have lots of questions.

In this episode, Jen Loeffler and I decided it would be fun to talk about words, concepts and language that was used on the regular in our healing journey.

For more info on the healing journey and working with me, check out my website at thoughtbythoughthealing.com

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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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For more info on working with me: check out my website at thoughtbythoughthealing.com

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In this episode I discuss the idea of self-love that is ever so popular in our day and age.

The two questions I ask and answer are:

1. What does self love have to do with chronic pain? Does it really help?

2. As Christians, can I participate in this? And what concepts beneath it DO matter for reversing chronic symptoms.

After answering these questions, I discuss how we can reflect and protect the identity God has given us and why that matters in recovering from pain.

Check out my website at thoughtbythoughthealing.com

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Winning the war is about fighting the battles with joy and hope. Winning is not about reducing pain, it’s about showing up with hope. This is what rewires the brain.

If you consider winning to be “no pain”, you will dread the healing process and your brain will rewire healing as dreadful.

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*See my mantra below. These types of claim help teach the truth to the bodybrain.

In this episode I talk about the first step of healing, which is understanding that your brain is in fear that there is something structurally wrong with you,. When you claim the truth that there is nothing wrong with you, the pain reduces because it no longer needs to fear.

Side note: The truth ALWAYS sets you free.

I also talk about the fact that regardless of Mindbody pain or true structural issues, the way that you react will either amplify or reduce the symptoms.

We have a lot of power over our bodies by not living in fear.

I am not afraid.

I am not afraid of my symptoms.

I do not have to bow down to them anymore.

I can live my life fully.

there is nothing wrong with my body.

I am safe.

I am healthy.

I am okay.

I am loved.

I am empowered.

I am valuable.

I am not afraid.

There is nothing wrong with me.

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In this episode I talked about the buzz word safety. What is it? Especially as a Christian, I think we need to analyze what your brain is wanting in order to feel safe and then using scriptures to dump truth all over that. Let His truth, his goodness, into all the crevices of your fears.

Are you willing to take this truth and begin to interrupt the fear cycle. The fear cycle won’t interrupt itself.

Once you know what your brain is wanting in order to feel safe, there are others ways you can move your body into safety.

We want to begin to view our sensations, emotions, and future with a lens of safety.

In this video, I talk about how to do that through somatic tracking, writing, visualization and more.

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In this video we talk about Jen Loeffler's recent flare up and how she handled it. It only lasted 4 days which is amazing! You can learn from her. A few notes from this convo: Plan for them: Flare ups can be scary, but if we plan for them, we can prepare our brain's to not freak out. Stay calm: Ultimately, we want to be sure to not freak out, remember that our bodies have healed from this before & they can again. Befriend your body: Remember that God created us in this way and we can thank God for all the great work out bodies have been doing. Investigate: We also talk about spending some time looking at what has been happening in our life around the time of the flare up. At that point, taking that situation, including the thoughts and emotions, to our God who loves us. Jen brings up the helpful analogy of our brain/body only being able to handle a certain amount of emotions - kind of like a bucket. When we don't empty that bucket, it spills over. There are several ways to empty the bucket, but our favorite way is to use expressive writing. If you are curious about coaching, check out my website at thoughtbythoughthealing.com #tms #mindbodyspirit #jesus #christian #chronicpain #chronicillness #fibromyalgia #footpain #neckpain #youcanheal #thoughtbythoughthealing#mindbodyconnection #neuroplasticpain #drsarno #alltherage #sarno #neuroplasticity #rewireyourbrain #youcanheal #fightorflight #flareup #relapse

In this episode I talk about the PCS - the pain catastrophizing scale and how the way we think about pain effects the outcome.

The good news is that this shows that we have a lot more control over our thoughts, emotions and therefore pain than we ever thought.

I talk about graded exposure and how to do it and why it’s important.

For chronic pain coaching, check out my website at

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In this episode I have Nicholas Koustos with me from Australia. He recently recovered from many many years of a million and one symptoms. His story is super inspiring, and I hope it will be for you too!

Nick and I share a common healing story along with our faith in God.

We spend most of this interview talking about the tools he found most powerful in his healing journey - self-compassion, being present & somatic tracking. We spent some time discussing self-compassion from a Christian perspective, which was really enjoyable for me!

If you are interested in chronic pain coaching, check out my website:

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For chornic pain coaching, go to my website: Thoughtbythoughthealing.com In this episode I ask these questions? What caused your pain? What is the story you believe about the people around you? What about the places you go? As humans, we tell stories. They help us make sense of life. But sometimes we believe a story that is incorrect, this causes problems.

1. It sets our brain into danger mode.

2. It causes us to use the wrong tools for healing.

In this video I talk about the Blame Frame, the Truth Frame (which I designed) and the Outcome Frame:

The blame frame focuses on the answers to these questions: 1. What do I want? 2. How would I be able to get it? 3. When and where do I want it? 4. How will I know that I have it? 5. What other resources do I have to help me get this? 6. What am I going to begin doing now to get what I want?

The Truth Frame (which I created): 1. What was my brain/mind carrying? 2. What was happening in my life? 3. What emotion was I juggling? 4. What emotion did I not move towards? 5. If I was a character in a movie, what emotions would I be displaying? 6. What personality traits were present? People pleasing, perfectionism, criticalness, etc?

The Outcome Frame: 1. What do I want? 2. How would I be able to get it? 3. When and where do I want it? 4. How will I know that I have it? 5. What other resources do I have to help me get this? 6. What am I going to begin doing now to get what I want?

In this episode I have the honor of being a guest on “Our Power Is Within.” Chazmith runs a podcast similiar to mine so if you haven’t checked out her pod, you should subscribe.

She is easy to talk to and has so much wisdom to share about healing from chronic symptoms.

If you are interested in mind body syndrome from a christian perspective, then you should check out my website: thoughtbythoughthealing.com

Or you can email me at thoughtbythoughthealing@gmail.com

In this episode I have the honor of talking with Neuroscientist & Psychologist Melissa Farmer. Make sure and read her bio below.

To participate in their research study and want to acces the program for free, use this link: https://aivohealth.com/campaign/research-study

Here is the link to her app if you don’t wish to participate in their research study. Aivo - Life without chronic pain is possible (aivohealth.com)

We talk about Core Beliefs and how they can amplify our pain, emotional memories, memory reconsolidation, rewriting memories and so much more!

We also discuss how your body will bring up just enough of what you can process, no more, which is super helpful when we feel resistance to dealing with our emotions!

Here is her bio: Melissa is one of 5 people in the US who is both a pain psychologist and neuroscientist. With 16 years of experience working with people who live with hard-to-treat chronic pain. Dr. Farmer was trained at one of the few multidisciplinary pain clinics in North America, at McGill University, where she treated patients with a combination of cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness-based stress reduction, and meditation techniques for pain relief. Dr. Farmer excels in empathic conversations that incorporate the patient perspective AND in layperson-friendly discussions of the neuroscience of chronic pain. She worked alongside Dr. Apkarian for 8 years and can deftly discuss the same body of work. Together they have founded Aivo Health based in Chicago and Helsinki Finland.

If you are interested in mind body syndrome from a Christian perspective, then you should check out my website: thoughtbythoughthealing.com

Or you can email me at thoughtbythoughthealing@gmail.com

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When I was healing, there was no Christian resources out there, but there were some really powerful tools that helped me understand what the enmeshed emotion was within my pain.

“Doing the work” means getting to the subconscious emotion and then renewing your mind. Here is one (of many tools) to help you get there.

I have created a prayer meditation for you to listen to the Holy Spirit as He guides you into understanding what is the soil or the root of your pain.

I hope you enjoy :)

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If you are a Christian, you aren’t going to want to miss this one! I had the opportunity to have a conversation with Whitney Wood, a fellow podcast host. Her podcast is called Wisdom & Wellness with Whit & you should definitely subscribe.

She is on a journey similiar to mine and in this conversation we rejoice in all the ways we have discovered God’s goodness along this journey of healing. Give it a listen!

Her podcast is geared towards talking about health and healing from a spiritual/emotional/mental and physical standpoint.

If you are curious about starting your own journey towards healing, check out my website: Thoughtbythoughthealing.com

Email me:

Thoughtbythoughthealing@gmail.com

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If you've ever felt confused by the process of healing from neuroplastic pain or mind body syndrome, then you're not alone. There are lots of different perspectives out there, and it can be overwhelming. In this video, I talk about what I think is important to incorporate in your healing journey - especially if you are doing this on your own! #tms #mindbodyconnection #mindbodysoul #mindbodyspirit #fightorflight #nervoussystem #youcanheal #thoughtbythoughthealing #sarno #unlearnyourpain #chronicpain #fibromyalgia #footpain #centralsensitization #sibo #ibs #carpaltunnel #chronicillness #chronicfatigue #insomnia #thewayout #somatictracking #somatictherapy #painfreeyou #neuroplasticpain #neuralcircuitpain #ppda #perceiveddangerpain #backpain

Jen and I both consider ourselves healed from chronic pain which means we need to stay out of old patterns that can cause us pain. During holidays there is many different opportunities to fall into old habits and so we are using our tools to avoid that and stay grounded in God's "energy" that Paul talks about in Colossians. We talk about what we are preparing for and what tools we are using.

Enjoy, and have a Merry Christmas! If you are looking to reverse your chronic pain or symptoms, reach out for a free consult.

Website: thoughtbythoughthealing.com

Email: thoughtbythoughthealing@gmail.com

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Merry Christmas everyone! In this episode I talk about the following things:

What are boundaries?

Why are they important for our relationship with God?

Why do unhealthy boundaries contribute to chronic pain?

What things do boundaries protect/ not protect?

What is the difference between inner and external boundaries?

Enjoy, and have a Merry Christmas! If you are looking to reverse your chronic pain or symptoms, reach out for a free consult.

Website: thoughtbythoughthealing.com

Email: thoughtbythoughthealing@gmail.com

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This week I talk about how arguing with our symptoms is foolishness and it’s important to respond with confidence to our symptoms. Sometimes our emotions, thoughts and symptoms are folly.

I also talk about how our symptoms are crumbs that lead us to healing. They are a big fat golden arrow that leads us to healing and the sooner we can be thankful for them, the sooner we will see the pathway to healing.

Website: thoughtbythoughthealing.com

Email: thoughtbythoughthealing@gmail.com

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Today I had the honor of interviewing Dan Buglio from Pain Free You. See his social media links below.

We are both mind body coaches and it was really fun to see the different ways that we approach this work.

We talk about whether or not we need to dig into our repressed emotions, indifference, catastrophizing, mind set, personality traits, feeling your feelings and having fun.

I hope you enjoy!

Pain Free You - YouTube

Pain Free You - Chronic Pain Self Assessment

Pain Free You - Group Coaching and Video Course

If you want to do a free 15-30 minute consult, shoot me an email or check out my website that is below.

Website: thoughtbythoughthealing.com

Email: thoughtbythoughthealing@gmail.com

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Well friends, I absolutely loved this interview, and I mean it. I interview lots of people on this podcast and I really felt like Dr. Dan Ratner and I really see eye to eye on a lot of this.

We talk about so many powerful things that you aren't going to want to miss.  

*The word trauma and what it means to have it "stuck" in your body. 

*Column Work - dividing symptom underlying causes into three columns. Doubt. Emotions & Power. We also define what Core Narrative means. 

*Finding your CORE narrative and why that is important.

*Finding your true identity. 

*Coming off of Benzo's & Insomnia. 

Here is his info:

Crushing Doubt – Crushing Doubt

Crushing Doubt - YouTube

Crushing Doubt with Dr. Dan Ratner on Apple Podcasts

Dr. Dan Ratner (@crushingdoubt) • Instagram photos and videos

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In this episode I talk about my personal “healed” life. I am going through a rough week with a lot of emotions that in the past would have caused me to have a flare up.

This is a practical episode where I made an effort to notice and jot down what types of tools I was/ am using that I believe are what can create healing.

You might want to take notes :)

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In this episode I was able to interview Tamara Gurin & Rita LaBarbera who have both recovered from CRPS through doing emotional work and targeting the brain.

CRPS is different than many other manifestations of TMS because it has visible representation in the body and yet it is still caused and curable by the brain.

We also discuss Dystonia and other forms of Mind Body Syndrome. There is so much hope! We talk about the role of doubt, confusion, whether a diagnosis is helpful or not, and whether additional therapies are helpful to recovery. This conversation was very inspiring for me, and I'm sure it will be for you too.

Here is their Website: https://defeatcrps.com/

Tamara's book: Defying the Verdict https://www.amazon.com/Defying-Verdict-Defeated-Chronic-Pain-ebook/dp/B0834Q46SM?ref_=ast_author_mpb

For information on coaching with Rita LaBarbera email her at: ritalabarbera@yahoo.com

If you want a free consult to see if your symptom is caused by Mind Body Syndrome then reach out to me at thoughtbythoughthealing.com

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Thoughts can be incredibly controlling, but they don't have to be. 

In the same way that we can learn to respond in a helpful way to our symptoms we can also respond to our thoughts in a way that disempowers them. 

I talk about the 4 ways I found the most powerful:

1. Say No.

2. Say Yes.

3. Don't itch it.

4. Name it. 

I also talk about religious OCD, (scrupulosity). If you would like an article by Michael Emlet sent to you, shoot me an email! thoughtbythoughthealing@gmail.com

If you want to read my story of recovery or work with me to reduce your symptoms, check out my website:

thoughtbythoughthealing.com

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In this episode, Jen & I talk about the role of God's Redemption in the process of healing from chronic pain. We started working together 1 year ago and so we thought it would be cool to have her share what healing looked like for her and how the healing process (God) has changed her how she sees herself and God.

If you want to read my story of recovery or work with me to reduce your symptoms, check out my website:

thoughtbythoughthealing.com

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I have had a few people request more meditations and somatic practices. So, here you go! This one is on trusting your body and the way it was created. Fear interferes with how the systems in our body work and when we can get out of the way and stop trying to fix them or worry about them, it actually helps them to function at their best.

If you want to read my story of recovery or work with me to reduce your symptoms, check out my website:

thoughtbythoughthealing.com

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God created our brains with neuroplasticity and the power to change. Since most chronic symptoms are caused by neural circuits in the brain, this means we can heal ourselves. So, yes, because of Him, we have the power within to heal our own symptoms. But ultimately, it's through Him. He has given us a Spirit of Power, Love and Sound mind. This video addresses what it means to have the power within and what we DON'T turn to in order to heal. I also discuss what we DO turn to and how we use that power to heal ourselves. If you are interested in working with me, reach out for a free consult. Website: thoughtbythoughthealing.com Email: thoughtbythoughthealing@gmail.com #mindbodyconnection #mindbodysoul #mindbodyspirit #fightorflight #nervoussystem #youcanheal #thoughtbythoughthealing #sarno #unlearnyourpain #chronicpain #fibromyalgia #footpain #thepowerwithin #centralsensitization #sibo #ibs #carpaltunnel #chronicillness #healyourself #chronicfatigue #insomnia #thewayout #somatictracking #painfreeyou #neuroplasticpain #neuralcircuitpain #ppda

God created our brains with neuroplasticity and the power to change. Since most chronic symptoms are caused by neural circuits in the brain, this means we can heal ourselves. So, yes, because of Him, we have the power within to heal our own symptoms. But ultimately, it's through Him. He has given us a Spirit of Power, Love and Sound mind. This video addresses what it means to have the power within and what we DON'T turn to in order to heal. I also discuss what we DO turn to and how we use that power to heal ourselves. If you are interested in working with me, reach out for a free consult. Website: thoughtbythoughthealing.com Email: thoughtbythoughthealing@gmail.com #mindbodyconnection #mindbodysoul #mindbodyspirit #fightorflight #nervoussystem #youcanheal #thoughtbythoughthealing #sarno #unlearnyourpain #chronicpain #fibromyalgia #footpain #thepowerwithin #centralsensitization #sibo #ibs #carpaltunnel #chronicillness #healyourself #chronicfatigue #insomnia #thewayout #somatictracking #painfreeyou #neuroplasticpain #neuralcircuitpain #ppda

Mackenzie Kennedy is a massage therapist who combines her practice with mind body syndrome - slowly planting seeds for those in pain to start understanding the role the brain has in symptoms. In this interview we talk about her journey out of chronic pain and how she sees it as "the journey of being human." Her and I both trained, as practitioners, with Dr. Howard Schubiner and have remained friends ever since, although we have never (not yet) met in person. Here is her information if you want to check it out: http://Mkennedymassage.com Mac_got_your_back Instagram If you are interested in working with me to reverse your symptoms, reach out for a complimentary consultation to see if we are a good fit. Website: thoughtbythoughthealing.com Email: thoughtbythoughthealing@gmail.com #tms #mindbodyconnection #mindbodysoul #mindbodyspirit #fightorflight #nervoussystem #massagetherapy #youcanheal #thoughtbythoughthealing #sarno #unlearnyourpain #chronicpain #fibromyalgia #footpain #centralsensitization #sibo #ibs #carpaltunnel #chronicillness #chronicfatigue #insomnia #thewayout #somatictracking #somatictherapy #painfreeyou #neuroplasticpain #neuralcircuitpain #ppda

It's so encouraging to hear a good healing story - especially one that takes someone from excruciating pain for 15 years to pain-free.

Dan Hindsley was diagnosed with Degenerative Disc Disease, Sciatica and Bulging discs. He went from barely able to walk to doing a Triathlon. He did this by journaling, visualizing, somatic tracking and more.

Here is his blog and the amazing articles he has written. I love how he keeps it simple and breaks it down practically for all of us to understand.

https://medium.com/@daniel.hindsley If you are looking to reverse your chronic pain or symptoms, reach out for a free consult.

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I hope you enjoy this episode! We talk about a whole variety of concepts like “what is pain” to “how do you heal?”. We also talk about imaging that shows that even people with normal abnormalities don’t have pain and therefore pain doesn’t have a correlation with tissue damage.

Enjoy!

Whether you are a practitioner looking for extra training in MBS or a patient in chronic pain, you will want to check our her resources found below.

Here is a little bit about her.

Georgie Oldfield MCSP is a leading physiotherapist and chronic pain specialist, promoting a pioneering approach to resolving chronic pain through her online SIRPA Recovery Programme. Georgie is the founder of SIRPATM, an organisation dedicated to promoting the concept that chronic pain is part of an unconscious protective response caused by learned nerve pathways, rather than any physical ‘abnormality’ found, hence full recovery is possible. 

As well as her clinical work, Georgie gives talks and writes widely about the concept, publishing a book, ‘Chronic Pain: Your Key to Recovery’ in 2014 and giving a TEDx talk in Manchester, UK in 2019. In 2010, through SIRPATM, she developed the first training programme worldwide enabling health professionals and coaches to learn how to integrate this approach and the concept on which it is based within their own work. Georgie has also organised and hosted three conferences in this field which were held at the home of the Royal Society of Medicine in London in 2015, 2017 & 2022

I hope you enjoy!

Here are all her resources. https://www.georgieoldfield.com
https://www.sirpa.org/

Her TedTalk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxsBJgMKHrw

Her book: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Georgie-Oldfield/author/B00TR45IR0?ref=ap_rdr&store_ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true

If you are looking to reverse your chronic pain or symptoms, reach out for a free consult to see if we are a good fit.

Website: thoughtbythoughthealing.com Email: thoughtbythoughthealing@gmail.com

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When we feel the need to meet certain needs, we will put tons of pressure on ourselves to meet those needs.

But are they really needs God wants us to meet?

Today I am talking about page 28 of Dr. John Sarno's book "The Mind Body Prescription." In this section of the book he talks about how these unmet needs can lead to rage (or other deep emotions). Often, these beliefs, needs, thoughts and emotions are undiscovered. We are often living under these feelings that are still unconscious to us. As usual, I talk about how discovering these subconscious beliefs can draw is near to God for truth and freedom. If you are looking to reverse your chronic pain or symptoms, reach out for a free consult. Website: thoughtbythoughthealing.com Email: thoughtbythoughthealing@gmail.com #tms #mindbodyconnection #mindbodysoul #mindbodyspirit #fightorflight #nervoussystem #unconsciousmind #sarno #unlearnyourpain #chronicpain #fibromyalgia #footpain #centralsensitization #sibo #ibs #carpaltunnel #chronicillness #chronicfatigue #insomnia #thewayout #somatictracking #somatictherapy #painfreeyou #neuroplasticpain #neuralcircuitpain #subconsciousbeliefs

In this week's episode, I come back to the idea of flareups.

My clients often say, "...but I'm ALWAYs in pain..how can I have a flare-up?" In this video I explain what I mean by flare-up and how you can use a flare up as a blessing.

I talk about conditioned pain vs currently being triggered by something emotional. This goes back to Pavlov's dogs (classical conditioning) and understanding how the brain can end up in a habit of producing pain.

I'm sick during this episode, so you will have to excuse my nasally voice ;)

If you are looking to reverse your chronic pain or symptoms, reach out for a free consult. Website: thoughtbythoughthealing.com Email: thoughtbythoughthealing@gmail.com #tms #mindbodyconnection #mindbodyspirit #pavlov #conditionedpain #fightorflight #nervoussystem #youcanheal #thoughtbythoughthealing #sarno #chronicpain #fibromyalgia #footpain #centralsensitization #sibo #ibs #carpaltunnel #chronicfatigue #insomnia #thewayout #somatictherapy #neuroplasticpain #neuralcircuitpain #classicalconditioning #ppda

Fiona Symington has a beautiful story of healing from ME / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome AND pain.

Most Mind body syndrome tools use language that targets chronic pain, but chronic fatigue or ME is reversed in the same way. We talk about her story of healing, how she used those tools to reverse her fatigue, which of the tools were her favorite, and how she is able to live a full life now. Here are her other interviews.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ol2vCYXPRAY&t=3s

https://www.curablehealth.com/podcast/fiona-recovery-story-chronic-fatigue-syndrome?gclid=Cj0KCQjw8e-gBhD0ARIsAJiDsaU7xm63wGzMRDbGdc_5WOli4aI3Vcggucdc-RLmW_4xynj1Q_JdZzgaAk6JEALw_wcB&fbclid=IwAR28OQeLyOD64myO5Asz6Eo_XIGILDIgX-NqNTj3ipSpRO9fhzzakpNPiss

I hope you enjoy!

If you are looking to reverse your chronic pain or symptoms, reach out for a free consult.

Website: thoughtbythoughthealing.com Email: thoughtbythoughthealing@gmail.com

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After 20 years of chronic migraine's Marci Arneson has found freedom. In this episode she talks about the role the Bible had in helping her walk fearlessly while also reversing her pain. She brings up how in our childhood we are often taught "to be careful" but sometimes that "be careful" can become a default fear state for our brain's and our bodies. In this episode she talks about how God says "fear not," he doesn't say "push through your fear." She began praying "God, Only let me fear what I need to fear." If you are looking to reverse your chronic pain or symptoms, reach out for a free consult. Website: thoughtbythoughthealing.com Email: thoughtbythoughthealing@gmail.com #chronicmigraines #fearnot #fearless #wheniamweak #tms #mindbodyconnection #mindbodysoul #mindbodyspirit #fightorflight #nervoussystem #youcanheal #unlearnyourpain #chronicpain #fibromyalgia #footpain #centralsensitization #sibo #ibs #carpaltunnel #chronicillness #chronicfatigue #insomnia #thewayout #somatictracking #somatictherapy #painfreeyou #neuroplasticpain #neuralcircuitpain #rawnresponse

As a Christian, it can be confusing to hear all of the evolutionary explanations of why our bodies are dysregulted or how to reverse chronic pain through using the vagus nerve, meditation, breathing, etc.

I have had quite a few emails asking me to unpack my beliefs on this. So here it is. In this video, I keep it simple. I believe God created us with a Vagus nerve, Emotions, AND the ability to think Logically. They are all a gift from God and IT is good to use them as tools to heal.

Understanding WHY the vagus nerve is helpful to be a great tool in healing. I used cold water, deep breathing, humming, singing and more in my own healing process. It is important that you honor your own conscience with these tools.

I also talk about the ACE's study and how Adverse Childhood Experiences can be what causes dysregulation, hypervigilance and chronic pain in the first place.

I discuss the term “Trauma” and how it can often be mistaken as a diagnosis that is unhealable. This is not true, nor biblical!

I hope you enjoy!

If you are looking to reverse your chronic pain or symptoms, reach out for a free consult.

Website: thoughtbythoughthealing.com Email: thoughtbythoughthealing@gmail.com

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This is not going to be your typical list of 1. breathe 2. relax your muscles, 3. yoga, 4. cold water type of list to calm your nervous system.

This is a more comprehensive, big picture goals of creating lasting, real change in your brain & body to bring about peace that passes understanding.

Teaching your nervous system that you are safe is not an easy job because your brain is wired (from life experiences) to bypass the reasoning part of our brain. Therefore, recovering from chronic symptoms is a journey. It's important to be patient with yourself.

The journey includes small changes and big changes.

After you listen to my video, I would love if you would add your comments below. What changes have helped you to teach your nervous system that you are okay?

This week I answer the question that someone sent me via email. "What practical things can I do/ think to make my nervous system feel safe and turn down pain?"

I also briefly answer the question someone else emailed me "Is this spiritual attack?"

For me, teaching my nervous system that I was safe included a combination of superficial changes in how I was using my body but also in how I approached life at a deep level. This included battling fear with the armor of the Lord.

If you are looking to reverse your chronic pain or symptoms reach out to see if we are a good fit to work together. Website: thoughtbythoughthealing.com Email: thoughtbythoughthealing@gmail.com #tms #mindbodyconnection #mindbodysoul #fightorflight #armorofgod #dysregulatednervoussystem #nervoussystem #youcanheal #sarno #unlearnyourpain #chronicpain #fibromyalgia #footpain #centralsensitization #sibo #ibs #carpaltunnel #chronicillness #chronicfatigue #insomnia #thewayout #somatictracking #somatictherapy #painfreeyou #neuroplasticpain #neuralcircuitpain #fearpaincycle

It’s one thing to understand the neursocience of pain, it’s another thing to have the tools to fight it.

If you’ve ever wondered how & why prayer is an excellent way to interrupt the pain/ fear cycle, then this is a great podcast for you.

“Prayer Flows from our trust and FORMS up our trust.” Pastor Luke Davis

Pastor Luke Davis and I talk through Psalms 54 about how David is such a great example of praying through trauma, and interrupting fear by building up his faith & trust!

Luke unpacks how David is really craving these three things - safety, control & certainty. Sound familiar? It did to me too.

Here is a link to the original sermon I heard from Pastor David - you might be interested in checking out the whole series.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/downtown-cornerstone-church/id424165663?i=1000607056617

If you are interested in working with me to recover from chronic symptoms, check out my website and schedule a consultation to see if we are a good fit.

Website: thoughtbythoughthealing.com E

mail: thoughtbythoughthealing@gmail.com

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In this episode I review Dr. John Sarno's 12 Daily reminders for those with TMS/ Mind Body Syndrome.

As usual, I add my own take on the power of God to redeem our emotions and therefore our pain.

1.The pain is due to TMS, not to a structural abnormality.

2.The direct reason for the pain is mild oxygen deprivation.

3.TMS is a harmless condition caused by my repressed emotions.

4.The principal emotion is my repressed ANGER. 5.TMS exists only to distract my attentions from the emotions

6.Since my back (replace with whatever pain you’ve got) is basically normal there is nothing to fear.

7.Therefore, physical activity is not dangerous

8.And I MUST resume all normal physical activity

9.I will not be concerned or intimidated by the pain

10.I will shift my attention from pain to the emotional issues

11.I intend to be in control-NOT my subconscious mind

12.I must think Psychological at all times, NOT physical.

If you are looking to reverse your chronic pain or symptoms, and are wondering if we would be a good fit, reach out for a free consult. Website: thoughtbythoughthealing.com Email: thoughtbythoughthealing@gmail.com #tms #mindbodyconnection #mindbodysoul #mindbodyspirit #fightorflight #nervoussystem #youcanheal #healyourself #sarno #unlearnyourpain #chronicpain #fibromyalgia #footpain #centralsensitization #sibo #ibs #carpaltunnel #chronicillness #chronicfatigue #insomnia #thewayout #somatictracking #neuroplasticpain #neuralcircuitpain #christianpaincoach

In this episode, I have the honor of talking with Dr. John Stracks and his wife Lisa Stracks. (See links below)

It's always insightful to talk with Mind Body Medicine professionals about how emotions cause physical sympoms, but it's another thing to talk to a couple willing to share how that plays out in their marriage.

A big thanks to both of them for their vulnerability and sharing their thoughts on marriage, new relationships, and parenting for those in Mind Body Syndrome/ TMS recovery.

Here are a few of the topics we cover.

1.Seeing Doctor Stracks as your physician.

2.Lisa's role at Cormendi Health

3.Anger - Life is lifey and we will always be presented with emotions that, left ignored, play out in chronic symptoms.

4.Marriage: What does it mean to feel the emotions in a healthy way in marriage or intimate relationships?

5.Relationships: What should those entering relationships with TMS/ Mind Body Syndrome be looking for in a partner?

6.Parenting: How do you teach your children about the mindbodyconnection so they recognize physical symptoms as emotional presenting in the body. They also discuss how to help children to begin the process of identifying their emotions.

For scheduling:

cormendihealth.com/contact

(home page is cormendihealth.com)

For Cormendi Academy (our live, online program):

https://cormendihealth.com/cormendiacademy

Books Dr. Stracks mentioned:

Feeling Good Together, Dr. David Burns

The Language of Emotions: What Your Feelings Are Trying to Tell You, Karla McLaren

Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, Carol Dweck

IF you are curious about my, Jen Johnson’s, healing journey or coaching with me, check out my website at ThoughtByThoughtHealing.com

#tms #mindbodysyndrome #cormendihealth #anger #alltherage #growthmindset #repressedemotions #suppressemotions #subconsciousemotions #youcanheal #curable #unlearnyourpain #healthyanger #relationshipadvice #catastrophizing #fightorflight

In this episode I talk about thought patterns, mood indicators and examples of a growth AND a fixed mindset. One leads to revising chronic pain and one keeps us victim to the current state of our brain.

A growth mindset is dependent on the science of neuroplasticity - the ability to change, grow & learn. Any time we do those 3 things, our brain changes shape. This is called neural retraining.

The ability to re-organize the structure of your brain is the principle behind unlearning chronic pain. If your beliefs limit you to your current mindset , then you will be trapped by your past and you will remain victim to your struggles, challenges & even your neuroplastic pain.

But a growth mindset does the exact opposite. It allows for neuroplasticity which allows us to unlearn our pain. The bible is full of invitations to grow & change & learn because He empowers us to be freed, shaped & changed. He tells us to be overcomers and courageous. So, this means that having a growth mindset is, in fact, basic groundwork for healing from chronic physical & emotional pain.

Are you ready to start your journey to healing? Website: thoughtbythoughthealing.com Email: thoughtbythoughthealing@gmail.com #tms #mindbodyconnection #growthmindset #fightorflight #nervoussystem #youcanheal #thoughtbythoughthealing #sarno #unlearnyourpain #chronicpain #fibromyalgia #mindset #centralsensitization #sibo #ibs #carpaltunnel #chronicillness #chronicfatigue #insomnia #thewayout #limitingbeliefs #somatictherapy #painfreeyou #neuroplasticpain #neuralcircuitpain #neuralretraining

Earlier this year Emilia Cameron, age 10, was in a wheelchair with CRPS, but by April she was bouncing around on a trampoline & playing soccer.

In this interview/ video Emilia, age 10, talks about her journey of CRPS to understanding how the brain can cause physical symptoms, to healing herself through these tools. She talks about how she didn't like talking about her feelings and how she used painting & arts & crafts - to express those feelings. Then she also shares, in her own words, with us which MindBody tools she used to recover.

In addition, Neil talks about what it was/is like to walk with his daughter in the journey of switching from medically focused healing to targeting the brain. He says that Emilia was "trusting and a willing patient" and he sees that as one of the tools that helped her heal. "She trusted completely." In her words she learned to say "I'm brave. I'm strong. I'm okay."

The power of our brain is not to be overlooked, especially when it comes to symptoms in our body.

Everything in this video was released by written permission by Emilia's father, Neil Cameron. Emilia was also given the choice as to which video's of her were & were not shown.

If you are looking to reverse your chronic pain or symptoms, reach out for a free consultation to see if we are a good fit. Website: thoughtbythoughthealing.com Email: thoughtbythoughthealing@gmail.com #tms #mindbodyconnection #mindbodysoul #mindbodyspirit #fightorflight #nervoussystem #youcanheal #thoughtbythoughthealing #sarno #unlearnyourpain #chronicpain #fibromyalgia #footpain #crps #centralsensitization #sibo #ibs #carpaltunnel #chronicillness #chronicfatigue #insomnia #thewayout #somatictracking #somatictherapy #painfreeyou #neuroplasticpain #neuralcircuitpain

I'm starting a new season with TBTH and I'm excited about it.

I have thought back on my own journey and all the questions I had. It was overwhelming to do it all myself, so send me your questions, and I'll answer.

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Christie Uipi (she/her) is a psychotherapist specializing in the treatment of chronic pain, anxiety, and depression and the founder of The Better Mind Center. Christie has been a key collaborator on the development and research of the Pain Reprocessing Therapy treatment modality. (See the rest of her bio below)

Christie has a way of describing and unpacking the mind body connection and how to reverse our symptoms that is simple and is sure to help anyone in the healing journey - regardless of if you have just started or are on the recovered end of your path! Enjoy!

Time Stamps:

1:31 - Christie's Story

10:13 - stress making pain worse vs. causal

16:00 - The role of self pressure on the nervous system/ pain. Doing, Performing, Completing.

22:35 - My body won't abandon me.

28:45 - Pain Reprocessing Therapy / Boulder Back Pain Study

34:20 - Doctor's descriptive language that scares us into pain

40:00 - Threat is the input, pain is the output. 41:00 - The difference between traditional therapy and Mind Body based psychotherapy

49:00 - Top 3 tips to keep us pain free

59:00 - fear of fear

1:06:00 - Our body wants to be in line with our emotions.

She lectures nationally on psychotherapeutic interventions to treat chronic pain and is committed to cross-disciplinary collaboration between mental health and physical medicine. Christie is also a recovered chronic pain patient herself. The healing process was so profoundly transformational for the quality of her life that she has dedicated her career to supporting others through their recoveries. you are looking to reverse your chronic pain or symptoms, reach out for a free consult. Website: thoughtbythoughthealing.com Email: thoughtbythoughthealing@gmail.com #tms #mindbodyconnection #mindbodysoul #mindbodyspirit #fightorflight #nervoussystem #youcanheal #thoughtbythoughthealing #sarno #unlearnyourpain #chronicpain #fibromyalgia #centralsensitization #boulderbackpainstudy #ibs #carpaltunnel #chronicillness #thewayout #somatictracking #somatictherapy #painfreeyou #neuroplasticpain #neuralcircuitpain #selfrecovery #painreprocessingtherapy #somatictracking #brainbased

Ashley has a beautiful story of healing from all sorts of symptoms including burning back pain and food sensitivities.

Her and I worked together last year to overcome these symptoms, but her primary source of healing comes from the Lord continuing to redeem her identity.

Her story is a beautiful story of redemption and her tools for recovering are inspirational.

Check it out!

If you are looking to reverse your chronic pain or symptoms, reach out for a free consult.

Website: thoughtbythoughthealing.com Email: thoughtbythoughthealing@gmail.com #tms #mindbodyconnection #foodsensitivities #mindbodyspirit #fightorflight #nervoussystem #youcanheal #thoughtbythoughthealing #sarno #unlearnyourpain #chronicpain #fibromyalgia #footpain #identitywork #centralsensitization #sibo #ibs #carpaltunnel #chronicillness #chronicfatigue #insomnia #thewayout #backpain #somatictherapy #neuroplasticpain #neuralcircuitpain #ppda

How did you overcome your food sensitivities?

Is it possible for pain to be partially TMS and partially physical/structural?

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I hope you enjoy!

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I had the honor of being on Sam Kalawart's Podcast "Healing with Hope" last week. I can't wait to have her on my show. It's so good to bond with other believers on how powerful God is in the healing process.

Here is how she describes the podcast:

Begin deepening your understanding on the root cause of chronic pain, and the mind+body connection in this discussion with Chronic Pain Coach Jen Johnson. I

f you or someone you know struggles with chronic pain or mystery symptoms this is a must listen! In this episode we cover:

Jennifer's healing journey from chronic pain to now being pain free

Understanding the mind+body connection through the lens of neuroscience Techniques that work best to heal chronic pain Mind+Body healing through a Christian perspective

Lessons learned from years of chronic pain

Get in touch with Jen Johnson!

If you are looking to reverse your chronic pain or symptoms, reach out for a free consultation.

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mail: thoughtbythoughthealing@gmail.com

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"You Ask, I Answer." This is my new series where I meet you where you're at in your journey of healing from Chronic Pain.

Today's questions are: 1. "What is TMS?"

2. "What type of symptoms can TMS cause?"

3. I also talk about the 4 things that Dr. John Sarno thought were your ticket out of chronic pain.

If you are looking to reverse your chronic pain or symptoms, reach out for a free consultation to see if we are a good fit. Website: thoughtbythoughthealing.com Email: thoughtbythoughthealing@gmail.com #tms #drjohnsarn #alltherage #mindbodyconnection #mindbodysoul #mindbodyspirit #fightorflight #nervoussystem #youcanheal #thoughtbythoughthealing #sarno #distractionpainsyndrome #unlearnyourpain #chronicpain #fibromyalgia #footpain #centralsensitization #carpaltunnel #chronicillness #chronicfatigue #insomnia #painfreeyou #neuroplasticpain #neuralcircuitpain

Enjoy!

00:00:00 My Introduction and her bio

00:03:28 A little bit about herself and how she got into mind body medicine.

00:08:06 How did you get interested in Long-Covid? 00:09:36 How are we evaluating Long Covid, as physicians?

00:12:15 What kind of testing are we seeing with long covid? Diagnosis of Exclusion.

00:17:40 Top 6 symptoms of Long Covid and how the brain can generate them.

00:18:54 The new science of pain related to Long Covid.

00:20:54 How to heal from Long Covid.

Success Stories: https://www.longcovidcured.com/

Mike Doninno's Pilot Study: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.11...

Her Website: resilience-healthcare.com Introductory Course to Covid and TMS:    • Chronic Symptoms and the Nervous System      • Long COVID class 1 Introduction  

Here is her Bio: I am a family medicine physician with a lifelong interest in the mind body connection. I initially went into medicine because of my fascination with the body’s ability to heal itself. After two decades of treating patients with the typical medicines and procedures, I have finally found what I was looking for with this new model to treat chronic symptoms and help people heal themselves. I grew up in Ann Arbor Michigan and attended Vassar college. I graduated from the University of Michigan medical school in 1999 and moved to Portland Oregon for residency in family medicine at OHSU (Oregon Health and Science University). After years of seeing patients with many chronic symptoms we couldn’t effectively help, it didn’t make sense to me that we couldn’t do more. I developed an intense curiosity to see what other information was out there. I searched for years, constantly learning about new science and different approaches. Fortunately I learned of Howard Schubiner MD and David Clark MD and the new model I had been searching for. I learned everything I could about this approach and have been successfully using it with patients at Kaiser Permanente and will open my own practice in the fall with this model as the sole focus of my practice.

If you are looking to reverse your chronic pain or symptoms, reach out for a free consult.

Website: thoughtbythoughthealing.com

Email: thoughtbythoughthealing@gmail.com

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If you’re in chronic pain, you have struggled with the question of medication.

And if you’re on the journey to reversing chronic pain through understanding the mind body connection, then you are probably wondering what your relationship with drugs and medication should look like.

Here are some of our answers. I hope it meets you where you are at.

Here is Dr. Rebecca Kennedy’s Future Website: resilience-healthcare.com

Introductory Course to Covid and TMS:    • Chronic Symptoms and the Nervous System      • Long COVID class 1 Introduction  

Here is her Bio: I am a family medicine physician with a lifelong interest in the mind body connection. I initially went into medicine because of my fascination with the body’s ability to heal itself. After two decades of treating patients with the typical medicines and procedures, I have finally found what I was looking for with this new model to treat chronic symptoms and help people heal themselves. I grew up in Ann Arbor Michigan and attended Vassar college. I graduated from the University of Michigan medical school in 1999 and moved to Portland Oregon for residency in family medicine at OHSU (Oregon Health and Science University). After years of seeing patients with many chronic symptoms we couldn’t effectively help, it didn’t make sense to me that we couldn’t do more. I developed an intense curiosity to see what other information was out there. I searched for years, constantly learning about new science and different approaches. Fortunately I learned of Howard Schubiner MD and David Clark MD and the new model I had been searching for. I learned everything I could about this approach and have been successfully using it with patients at Kaiser Permanente and will open my own practice in the fall with this model as the sole focus of my practice.

If you are looking to reverse your chronic pain or symptoms, reach out for a free consult.

Website: thoughtbythoughthealing.com

Email: thoughtbythoughthealing@gmail.com

#tms #mindbodyconnection #mindbodysoul #mindbodyspirit #fightorflight #nervoussystem #youcanheal #thoughtbythoughthealing #sarno #unlearnyourpain #chronicpain #fibromyalgia #footpain #longcovid #covid #ibs #pain neuroscience #painscience #chronicillness #chronicfatigue #insomnia #thewayout #somatictracking #somatictherapy #covidsymptoms #neuroplasticpain #neuralcircuitpain #ppda

As part of my "You Ask: I Answer" series, the listener questions for today are:

How did you know you were finished with the past?

Did you notice acceleration in your healing after you finished working with the past?

Where did your healing journey go from there?

What if emotional work causes a flare up in chronic pain/symptoms?

If you are looking to reverse your chronic pain or symptoms, reach out for a free 15 minute consultation to see if we are a good fit. Website: thoughtbythoughthealing.com Email: thoughtbythoughthealing@gmail.com #tms #pasttrauma #traumainformed #mindbodyconnection #mindbodysoul #mindbodyspirit #fightorflight #dysregulation #emotionalwork #youcanheal #thoughtbythoughthealing #sarno #unlearnyourpain #chronicpain #fibromyalgia #footpain #centralsensitization #sibo #ibs #chronicillness #chronicfatigue #insomnia #somatictracking #somatictherapy #painfreeyou #neuroplasticpain #neuralcircuitpain #howtoheal

"What is the difference between Self-Pressure Vs. Living Sacrificially?"

Since Self-pressure is one of the most powerful sources for Chronic Pain, Fatigue or any symptom, it is really important to look at this.

This is especially important as believers because God does call us to love. The driver behind your actions matters, and your body never lies. If fear is your driver, then your body will respond with symptoms.

For a brief list of what might be considered self-pressure, read below.

For my website and coaching opportunities, read even further below :)

I feel the responsibility to: _____ Say the right thing _____ Be perfect _____ Keep everyone happy _____ Never be judged _____ Look put together all the time _____ Be in good shape/ look pretty. _____ Never be wrong. _____ Produce a perfect product on the first try. _____ Keep everyone comfortable. _____ Always make the right decision. _____ Get everything on my list done – NOW _____ Do everything efficiently & effectively. _____ Say “yes” to everything & everybody. _____ Never need God’s grace. _____ Always be liked. _____ Should do what other people want. _____ Always agree with people. Not rock the boat _____ I should hide my opinion/ or my preference. _____ Never make anyone feel uncomfortable. _____ Never inconvenience anyone. _____ Etc.

Website: thoughtbythoughthealing.com

Email: thoughtbythoughthealing@gmail.com

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Our fears give us a false and temporary sense of safety, but in reality keep us in a state of tension. True emotional & mental safety comes from somewhere else. This meditation can help identify the source of your fear, the function (what emotional experience it's protecting you from) and what beliefs are at the root of it. In this meditation, we listen. Let me say that again, we listen. Some people call this parts work. There is a part of you carrying this burden or this fear, but it is not all of you. And it is probably not how God wants you live. In this practice, we are going to get in touch with that part of you that is carrying this fear and ask if there is anything you can do while Grouded In Christ, to help it cast off this fear/ burden. 1. Identify Discomfort in Body 2. Identify Fear/ distress underneath the sensation. 3. Feel for the original source (story) behind this pain. 4. Listen to the part of you carrying this burden. 5. Ask what mindset, beliefs need changing for true relief. 6. Turn to the Lord to affirm this and ask for additional truth. 7. Speak this truth to the part of you carrying this fear. Are looking to reverse your chronic pain or symptoms, reach out for a free consultation to see if we are good fit. Website: thoughtbythoughthealing.com Email: thoughtbythoughthealing@gmail.com #tms #mindbodyconnection #mindbodysoul #mindbodyspirit #fightorflight #nervoussystem #youcanheal #thoughtbythoughthealing #sarno #unlearnyourpain #chronicpain #fibromyalgia #footpain #somaticmeditation #christianmeditation #ibs #carpaltunnel #chronicillness #chronicfatigue #insomnia #thewayout #somatictracking #somatictherapy #painfreeyou #neuroplasticpain #neuralcircuitpain #partswork #ifs

Emotional Resilience can help in the journey of recovering from chronic symptoms.

If you're anything like I was when I was in chronic pain, it takes very little to knock you out. Out of no where you find yourself consumed by your bodily symptoms and you're out for the count.

Today were going to talk about 4 tools to build this "Emotional Resilience."

If you are looking to reverse your chronic pain or symptoms, reach out for a free consultation to see if we are a good fit.

Website: thoughtbythoughthealing.com Email: thoughtbythoughthealing@gmail.com

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In this interview, Robert shares his story of recovering from chronic symptoms that were so bad he could barely eat anything and even used a wheel chair at times. In the last half we discuss how he sees TMS through the lens of the fear being a deceiver. He also wrote a couple books and has created a website. (see below) Enjoy! Here is his bio. I was never officially diagnosed, but several doctors and healthcare professionals thought I had Crohn’s disease or Ankylosing Spondylitis. I was ill to some extent for about 9 years, of which 15 months were extremely acute. One functional medicine doctor told me I was ‘the worst autoimmune patient’ he had ever seen. I needed a wheelchair to travel more than 200 feet. I had terrible back pain and reacted so badly to all food and drink except mushrooms, cucumbers, cabbage juice and almond milk that for 4 months I only consumed 900-1100 calories per day. I tried every alternative medicine remedy I could think of (including various herbs and supplements), but nothing worked. In the end, I decided I had to recover. I prayed to Christ to be shown the way to heal. Then I had a dream. I had recently bought a book by Dr John Sarno called Healing Back Pain, but it was left unread on my nightstand because I couldn’t accept that my pain was solely psychogenic. In the dream I was on a podcast, holding up Sarno’s book and saying, ‘diet is ok, but this is better.’ After that dream, I read Sarno and other TMS books. I started journaling and began to slowly recover. Every week I walked a little farther and ate a little more. After 15 months, I had fully recovered. I could eat and drink anything humanly edible, do 60 consecutive pushups and run a 10k in 40 minutes. Books: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CFZ9DGGF/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0? _encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= https://www.amazon.com/Son-Christ-Secret-Apostle-Grecian-ebook/dp/B0CJRY2JTX/ref=sr_1_11?qid=1696009376&refinements=p_27%3ARobert+Ensor&s=books&sr=1-11&text=Robert@UCQN-SrOEElnLLF8GMOGiSLg Here is his website: https://www.robertensor.com/ Here is the randomized trial he spoke of: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10208146/ And here is the success story: https://www.tmswiki.org/forum/threads/freedom-after-all-these-years-of-pain.27313/ If you are looking to reverse your chronic pain or symptoms, reach out for a free consult. Website: thoughtbythoughthealing.com Email: thoughtbythoughthealing@gmail.com #tms #mindbodyconnection #mindbodysoul #mindbodyspirit #fightorflight #nervoussystem #youcanheal #thoughtbythoughthealing #sarno #unlearnyourpain #chronicpain #fibromyalgia #footpain #centralsensitization #sibo #ibs #carpaltunnel

Dr Barker and I talk about a few of the pitfalls that are common in those trying to heal from TMS, and then we discuss how to introduce flexibility in the journey of healing that meets *your* personal needs in order to heal.

I loved this conversation - Since Dr. Barker is both a TMS recoverer AND a psychologist, even the way he tell his healing story is bound to help you in your journey.

Here is his bio: Dr. Justin Barker is a clinical psychologist in Los Angeles that specializes in the treatment of TMS as well as anxiety and OCD. Dr. Barker became passionate about TMS after healing from four years of chronic back pain using a TMS approach. In addition to providing individual psychotherapy, Dr. Barker has collaborated with Dr. David Schechter and is the co-author of The MindBody Workbook Volume Two as well as the co-creator of the MindBody Healing Journey Video Course with Dr. Schechter. Dr. Barker also co-leads a TMS Healing Group with Dr. Schechter which provides a group format to learn about and heal from TMS.

Here is his website: https://www.drjustinbarker.com/

If you are looking to reverse your chronic pain or symptoms, reach out for a free consultation to see if we are a good fit for my program called "Conquering Chronic Pain through Science & the Gospel."

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If you suspicion that your symptoms are mind body, reach out for a free consultation to see if we’re a good fit to work together to take your life back.

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In this meditation, I guide you to take a few minutes to slow down and check in with your body to release all the tension you might be carrying. That physical tension represents emotional burdens, pressures and obligations that are not your to carry with fear.

This can help you release those as an exploratory route of discovering what may be at the root of your symptoms.

On the outside, self-protection feels wise, but in reality it is often motivated by fear.

In this episode, Jen & I talk about the ways that self protection backfires and how we can allow God to redeem the ways that trait shows up in your body as pain & tension. Self-protection from pain, people, uncertainty, myself & God.

If you are interested in working with me and recovering from mind body pain from a Christian perspective, then reach out for a free consultation to see if we are a good fit.

Website: thoughtbythoughthealing.com Email: thoughtbythoughthealing@gmail.com #tms #mindbodyconnection #mindbodysoul #mindbodyspirit #fightorflight #nervoussystem #youcanheal #thoughtbythoughthealing #sarno #unlearnyourpain #chronicpain #fibromyalgia #footpain #centralsensitization #sibo #ibs #carpaltunnel #chronicillness #chronicfatigue #insomnia #thewayout #somatictracking #somatictherapy #painfreeyou #neuroplasticpain #neuralcircuitpain #ppda

Medical Imaging can be really misleading. What if the normal abnormality you see on your MRI isn’t actually the cause of your pain.

**This information is not a substitute for medical advice; always consult with a healthcare professional for personalized guidance related to your health.

More and more research is showing that we all have normal abnormalities such as:

disk signal loss (ie, desiccated disk),

disk height loss,

disk bulge,

disk protrusion,

annular fissures,

facet degeneration,

and spondylolisthesis,

and even abnormalities in the knees, hips and pelvic area don’t have to cause pain.

The studies I quote today are cited below:

Systematic Literature Review of Imaging Features of Spinal Degeneration in Asymptomatic Populations:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4464797/#:~:text=Age%2DSpecific%20Prevalence%20Rates%20among%20Asymptomatic%20Individuals&text=Disk%20degeneration%20prevalence%20ranged%20from,the%20prevalence%20through%2050%20years.

Incidental Findings: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4955074/pdf/0620541.pdf

Back Pain https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejm19940714331020

Osteoarthritis Study: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22932918/

VOMIT Poster:

https://www.helixperformance.ca/blog-content/2019/10/10/understanding-imaging-results

Hockey Players (asymptomatic) with Hip/Pelvic Imaging 

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21233405/

Are you interested in healing from chronic pain?

Check out my website:

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If you have stomach or IBS issues, you’re not going to want to miss this one.

In this talk, Jennifer Franklin & myself, Jennifer Johnson, discuss IBS symptoms and how to recover from them by understanding how we are not in control or our digestive process, the concept of going to war with you body, focusing on feeling good and the role relationships within healing.

Enjoy! Her website and programs are found here:

Don'thateyourguts.com

If you are curious about working with me, from a Christian approach, check out my website below. Website: thoughtbythoughthealing.com Email: thoughtbythoughthealing@gmail.com #tms #mindbodyconnection #mindbodysoul #mindbodyspirit #fightorflight #nervoussystem #youcanheal #thoughtbythoughthealing #sarno #unlearnyourpain #chronicpain #fibromyalgia #footpain #centralsensitization #sibo #ibs #carpaltunnel #chronicillness #chronicfatigue #insomnia #thewayout #ibs #somatictherapy #donthateyourguts #neuroplasticpain #neuralcircuitpain #ppda

In this conversation Charlie Merrill (Physical Therapist) and I talk about going from avoidance to movement and why it's so important for overcoming conditioned responses.

That being said, it's scary to reintroduce movement when it's so painful, so we address this fear & with some tips to overcome it.

I also ask him if the following diagnosis or labels are the cause of pain or not?

Muscle Weakness,

Ehlor Danlos,

Inflammation,

Plantar Fasciitis,

High Arches,

Does aging cause pain? and more.

Here are the links to Charlie's resources. Enjoy! Email: charlie@mperformance.com https://www.mperformance.com/ https://www.mperformance.com/product-page/beyond-pain-education https://linktr.ee/CharlieMerrill https://instagram.com/charliemerrill?igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA%3D%3D&utm_source=qr https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCinoyk46RyzA1v6PqbUl8_w https://www.instagram.com/charliemerrill/?hl=en https://www.lin.health/ https://bettermindcenter.com/ https://vimeo.com/820312657/afacf3022a

If you are interested in working with me, Jen Johnson, from a Christian perspective, reach out for a free consultation to see if we are a good fit.

My website: thoughtbythoughthealing.com

My email: thoughtbythoughthealing@gmail.com

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If you have a child with chronic symptoms of any sort, you will want to listen to this one. There is so much hope - your child can reverse their symptoms by understanding the mind body connection. And you can be their support.

Dr. Kinderman and Dr. Yanek work with children & teens with chronic pain by using playful, interesting ways of teaching them about the brain's role in their symptoms.

In this interview we talk about their personal pain healing stories, the benefits & challenges of working with kids (opposed to adults) & also advice for the parents to be able to support their child in the journey of healing.

Kinderman and Yanek recently did a TED talk on their therapy model. Here is the link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_way1hFaV80

And, here is their website. https://dualtherapistmodel.com/

If you are interested in working with me, from a Christian perspective, reach out for a free consultation to see if we are a good fit for coaching. Website: thoughtbythoughthealing.com Email: thoughtbythoughthealing@gmail.com #tms #mindbodyconnection #mindbodysoul #mindbodyspirit #fightorflight #nervoussystem #youcanheal #thoughtbythoughthealing #sarno #unlearnyourpain #chronicpain #fibromyalgia #footpain #dualtherapistmodel #pots #ibs #carpaltunnel #chronicillness #chronicfatigue #insomnia #thewayout #somatictracking #somatictherapy #painfreeyou #neuroplasticpain #neuralcircuitpain #ppda #kidsinpain

If you have ever wondered for who and under what conditions people heal (or don't) from mind body syndrome/ psychophysiologic disorders, then this podcast is for you!

For me, the fascinating part of this conversation is discuss why people *don't heal.

Douglas Guiffrida has done qualitative research around this very subject. After he did the study, he discovered the following to be of importance: belief of mind body connection, willingness to experience & express emotions, and do the homework. He also discovered the importance of secondary gains.

Books Referenced: Unlearn Your Pain by Howard Schubiner Websites Referenced: https://ppdassociation.org/ https://www.warner.rochester.edu/directory/doug-guiffrida https://www.douglasguiffrida.com/

Research: https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Fint0000318

Douglas Guiffrida, Ph.D. is a Professor at the University of Rochester’s Warner Graduate School of Education and Human Development, where he also Directs both the Counseling Program and the Advanced Certificate Program in Mind/Body Healing and Wellness. He is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and a Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC). A former chronic pain patient, he now focuses his counseling practice, teaching, and research on mind/body approaches to healing chronic pain.

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The holidays are a time that many people experience symptom flare-ups - chronic pain, stomach issues, anxiety, insomnia and more.

These tips will help you to do the work up front to reduce symptoms during this time.

1. Know your emotional triggers.

2. Reduce the stakes

3. Ask what you need at a soul level.

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By using the senses that God gave us, we can orient our attention towards our surroundings and even enjoy them.

This activity can be used when you are feeling a sense of panic, urgent energy, spiraling thoughts and especially when you are having a symptom flare up. It’s foundational principles come from Peter Levine.

It is a simple way of actively re-training your subconscious brain to notice the simple ways in which you are safe.

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If you are anything like me, you experience unhelpful, dysregulating thoughts that seem to just stick around. They almost feel attacking.

These thoughts are often the culprit for fear/ stress symptoms in our bodies, and so taking the time to stop, look at them and simply notice them, can help create the separation you need from these thoughts.

You are not your thoughts. You are a child of God.

Enjoy!

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It doesn't matter if it's doubt about the color you picked for your wall, if God is good, or if you have MindBodySyndrome, doubt will cause dividedness within your brain & body.

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Trust in God and Trust in self have something in common - less anxiety. But, when our relationship with God is full of uncertainty, it can be part of the fear pain cycle.

Enjoy!

Here is the research referenced in today’s podcast. Enjoy!

https://neurosciencenews.com/neurotheology-mental-health-19873/amp/

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Bobby Geevarughese is a physical therapist specializing in TMS and MindBody Syndrome. Thank God, we need more of these!

In this episode we talk about many things including how grief and parenting responsibility can cause pain. For him, the pain came in the form of chronic hip pain that was healed as he worked through those stressors.

We also discussed the importance of movement and how important that is. For some of you on the fence, and still afraid to move, it can be helpful to get the green light from a PT, such as him!

And we also discuss a few biblical misconceptions that can be important to work through in your healing.

Check out his website - found here. https://www.painrehabpt.com/

Enjoy!

If you are interested in working with me, Jen Johnson, from a Christian perspective - reach out for a free consultation to see if we are a good fit.

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