Pain Reframed

Let me say something that might feel uncomfortable at first. The elimination diet you’ve been following so carefully — the one where you interrogate every ingredient, avoid entire food groups, and feel a wave of anxiety every time you eat something “off the list” — might actually be making your chronic pain worse. Not because […]

That glass of wine isn’t actually helping your chronic pain the way you hope it is. It’s quietly making things harder on your body. I know that’s a tough thing to hear, especially if that glass (or two, or three) feels like the only thing that gives you a moment of relief. It turns the […]

Here’s something I wish someone had told you sooner: sometimes your body can be doing okay on paper, but your nervous system is still acting like the danger is happening now. And I get it. If you’ve heard “mind-body” before, it may have sounded like woo-woo or like someone was minimizing what you’re going through. […]