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The Cure for Chronic Pain with Nicole Sachs, LCSW

The Cure for Chronic Pain with Nicole Sachs, LCSW

Hosted by: Nicole Sachs, LCSW

Nicole J. Sachs, LCSW is a speaker, writer, and psychotherapist who has dedicated her life and her practice to the treatment of chronic pain and conditions.  She is the author of MIND YOUR BODY, and the creator of...

Episodes

S3 Ep49: Transforming Flexibility and Pain on the Yoga Mat with Brooke

Season #3 Episode #49

Brooke has been a yogi for years, and co-owns two incredible yoga studios. Even after practicing yoga up to 6 times a week, Brooke's flexibility and pain on the mat never changed. She resolved herself to the fact that...
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S3 Ep48: Raye Zaragoza is FREE of Tinnitus, Vertigo, and Migraines

Season #3 Episode #48

When I first met Raye in 2019, she was struggling so badly with tinnitus, vertigo, and migraines that her tour manager had to put garbage cans just off stage at every show in case she had to exit the stage to be sick....
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S3 Ep47: How Past Trauma Affects Our Relationships

Season #3 Episode #47

Trauma-informed recovery is key in helping people move past chronic pain and illness. Today on the pod we look at our lives through the lens of relationship and trauma, and the ways in which we might be replaying...
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S3 Ep45: Chronic Lyme, Mold Toxicity, Severe IBS, and more with Suzanne

Season #3 Episode #45

Wow. Wow is all I can say when I think about Suzanne's story and her stunning recovery. I first head Suzanne's voice on a Speakpipe where she was reaching out to express her joy and gratitude for being recovered and...
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S3 Ep46: What To DO When People Don't Like the New, Healthy You - Boundaries and More with Nathalie

Season #3 Episode #46

As Dr. Sarno always said, you do NOT need to change your life to be out of chronic pain. As we also acknowledge here, sometimes when you know yourself more deeply, it's hard to keep showing up as people-pleasing,...
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S3 Ep44: Finding Our Authentic Voice (and humor) When Life is HARD with Caitlin Murray

Season #3 Episode #44

I came across Caitlin's account on Instagram one day and I was like, "OMG this woman is living, breathing JournalSpeak!" Caitlin's oldest son had cancer as a small child, and after living through that, she just had no...
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S3 Ep43: Life With and Without the Baggage of Chronic Stress and Anxiety

Season #3 Episode #43

Anxiety, stress, overwhelm, and worry are natural and normal and many of us have them in spades. But let's consider, today, what it would be like to live each day doing the work necessary to quiet them. This is what I...
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S3 Ep42: Total Recovery From Autoimmune Disease and SO Much More with Mouse

Season #3 Episode #42

Mouse was a private client of mine many moons ago. When we met, she was in a wheelchair. Her doctors had her on a bevy of medications for autoimmune diseases like Lupus and Rheumatoid Arthritis (they weren't sure...
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S3 Ep41: The Kind of Gratitude that Affects Your Nervous System

Season #3 Episode #41

Gratitude is a verb. We need to learn how to live it. The nervous system is desperate for our input of calm, peace, and well being. The kind of gratitude we discuss today on the pod is the kind that brings us there....
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S3 Ep39: REAL TIME HEAL - When Emotions Turn Into Pain: Migraines and Neck Pain with Heather

Season #3 Episode #39

Heather was in a "bad mood" for months, even years. She had taken a job that was way too much pressure, and wasn't practicing self-care. One day on vacation, the occasional migraine that used to be nothing to Heather...
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S3 Ep40: RELATIONSHIPS and the Way They Affect Our Pain

Season #3 Episode #40

The hardest work in life is around relationships. They bring out the best but also the worst in us, as they challenge us to constantly look at ourselves, our roles, and our triggers. Join us today as we revisit this...
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S3 Ep37: Moving from Actual Fight/Flight/Freeze to Chronic Migraines with Kristin

Season #3 Episode #37

Sometimes when we are actually in crisis, we are free of chronic symptoms because the brain and the nervous system are actively engaged in saving our own lives or someone else's. When the crisis is alleviated,...
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