The Cure for Chronic Pain with 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 The Meaning of Truth, and the online course: FREEDOM FROM CHRONIC PAIN. Through her personal journey working directly with Dr. John Sarno as well as counseling hundreds of clients, she's shaped and evolved theories which serve to teach those suffering how to heal themselves, completely, with no medication or surgery. Learn more about Nicole's work at http://www.thecureforchronicpain.com, and check out her YouTube channel The Cure for Chronic Pain with Nicole Sachs, LCSW. (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-tz1Du69PhcBkC3-9_Mgmw?view_as=subscriber)
Episodes
April 26, 2024 • 50 mins
I met Monica when I received the loveliest email about her pain journey. Monica had been suffering with chronic pain and symptoms for quite some time, and through her understanding of MindBody medicine and doing my work, she was thriving. As so often happens, Monica used the jumping off point of her own recovery to change her professional life as well. After training in somatic tracking and pain reprocessing, Monica now helps ...
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April 19, 2024 • 63 mins
This month's Q&A in our Membership Community was SO inspiring and insightful. Each month this fellowship gets together to hang out in an intimate group and ask me anything about their TMS/symptoms/diagnoses/worries/fears and whatever else. This month was so GOOD. Join us for great info on topics such as health anxiety, neck and shoulder pain, vertigo, pelvic pain, classic Sarno back pain, and so much more. There are few th...
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April 12, 2024 • 43 mins
How great to connect with another Sarno OG! Karen, like me, sat across from Dr. Sarno in his iconic office at The Rusk Center for Rehabilitation at NYU/Langone in New York City back in the day when he was still in practice. His confident and unapologetic style was the inspiration for everything I do and teach, and Karen is right there with me. I have been hearing from Karen for years, as although Sarno was her intro to this wo...
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Shit! Sometimes all the best planning is not the best after all. I was traveling for two weeks and made a technical misstep - hence, no pod yesterday. Heartened by the many of you who reached out and asked, "Are you okay?? Where are you?" I recorded a last minute brain dump to offer you a little boost on this lovely Saturday. Much love! -n.
BRAIN SCIENCE DEEP DIVE WITH GIGI COCKELL AND ME! (75% full so act soon!)
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BRAIN SCIENCE DEEP DIVE WITH GIGI COCKELL AND ME! (75% full so act soon!)
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March 29, 2024 • 51 mins
Alice has had a diagnosis of IBS for as long as she can remember. Even as a toddler she was know to have been suffering, and grew up scheduling her whole life with her IBS in mind. As she grew up and dealt with tremendous grief in her 20's, losing both of her parents, Alice was confronted with clinical depression as well. Her understanding of TMS and my work have changed her life. Today, Alice is thriving in work and at home a...
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March 22, 2024 • 42 mins
Bri really went through it. Her myriad TMS symptoms cascaded into panic attacks so severe that she had to put her entire life on hold (including her marriage), take her kids, and move in with her mother to be taken care of. This is not an unusual story. As I always remind you, although TMS is completely curable with my methods, the pain IS NOT in your head. You are not dramatic, overly sensitive, or making it up. Bri was sidel...
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March 15, 2024 • 61 mins
When I first met Gigi Cockell last year, I had no idea how impactful she would be on my life. I thought she would be yet another precious success story that I could highlight here on the pod, but she quickly became much more. Gigi has her Master's in Biology (she did her studies at Oxford and it shows) and is one of the best out there is explaining the brain science behind TMS. Soon Gigi was teaching beside Lisa and me at The ...
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March 8, 2024 • 37 mins
Today in my Membership Community we had a great convo on so many TMS topics. It is the best best to be with this incredible group and get to know them - their struggles and their wins. On our call today we talked a lot about, "What hurts versus what hurts worse." This is a big theme when it comes to all areas of acceptance in recovery from chronic nervous system dysregulation (which causes most chronic illness we see in the wo...
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March 1, 2024 • 21 mins
I get so many questions about how to *actually* find a way into a self-compassion practice, and why it's so important. Today on the pod I give you my best thinking on the topic, how to pause and become aware, and why is essential to have self-compassion at top of mind. Until we disrupt our habitual thinking and consider the way we carry on in life, we are in danger of repeating old patterns again and again with no conscious kn...
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February 23, 2024 • 60 mins
Evie came on the pod originally last year. Her story is one that inspired me deeply, as she recognized and overcame her chronic pain so young. As we open ourselves to the challenge of teaching younger and younger people, it is so important to realize that young and old - we are all the same when we wake up to this life changing knowledge and do the work to rid ourselves of chronic conditions. Sending big love to you as you wal...
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February 16, 2024 • 29 mins
I never miss a chance to use my life and my process to help you. The best teaching tool I have is my own lived experience. Today I share an unexpected and painful symptom imperative I encountered: powerful nerve pain shooting from my inner wrist up my forearm. I paused immediately and began to embody the mindset that I teach you here - reminding myself it was TMS and that I was safe - and then proceeded to do the work with pat...
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February 9, 2024 • 52 mins
Laura first came upon this work when she was in the depths of pelvic pain and desperate for a solution. As she moved through her process and embraced the mindset, JournalSpeak, and self-compassion necessary to reset her nervous system and heal, she had a pretty profound realization: The burning mouth and OCD that had both been completely traumatic and devastating in her past were also TMS! She was just trapped in the loop of t...
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February 2, 2024 • 58 mins
SHARE THIS EPISODE WITH A STRUGGLING TEEN IN YOUR LIFE.
Today we have something long overdue in the sense that we’ve been wanting to talk about it for a couple of years, but we knew we had to get it right when we did. Teenagers have never been our target audience, and it’s not because they don’t need these tools as much, and often more, than adults. I hear so often from concerned adults who badly want to help the youn...
Today we have something long overdue in the sense that we’ve been wanting to talk about it for a couple of years, but we knew we had to get it right when we did. Teenagers have never been our target audience, and it’s not because they don’t need these tools as much, and often more, than adults. I hear so often from concerned adults who badly want to help the youn...
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January 26, 2024 • 32 mins
We love getting Speakpipes from our community! Today we highlight one from Suzie in the UK who asks about what to do when physical symptoms morph into anxiety by way of the Symptom Imperative. Great question! This is such a common and natural occurrence, and it's a great opportunity to discuss exactly what's going on here, and what we can do to "wear it loosely" and manage this process with grace. I am THRILLED that Suzie's Mi...
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January 19, 2024 • 77 mins
WOW. What a great episode. Phil de la Haye is back with his in-depth teaching of Internal Family Systems (IFS). Today we follow up on our previous episode to really deepen your understanding of this amazing transformation work. I am planning to do it myself. Although there are no bad parts (!) there are a lot of really protective aspects of our personalities that contribute greatly to TMS. Join us today as we discuss the many ...
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January 12, 2024 • 64 mins
Today on the pod we feature the second of our series - Membership Q&A Sessions. The participants in this month's Q&A generously allowed me to make our session today available to you. This is SUCH a great call with topics like Pre-grieving, Energetic Boundaries, The Symptom Imperative, Intuition, Whether or Not to Get Surgery and so much more. The group members asked thought-provoking questions and I loved answering th...
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January 5, 2024 • 30 mins
Happy New Year! Today on the pod we focus on a Speakpipe from Kate. Kate has been dealing with bladder urgency and frequency, and notices that her symptoms are far fewer when there is a "real" emergency going on - times of high stress tend to take the place of her physical issues. This is such a common occurrence and so normal. It all comes back to the brain science. Today we talk about it all - why you are sometimes spared y...
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December 29, 2023 • 34 mins
Happy everything! While I'm spending some time with family over the holiday season, here is a great convo I had last year with Scarlett, who is completely symptom free after living with debilitating neuropathy. Sending big love to everyone walking this path! XOOX n.
The first time I saw Scarlett in person she burst into tears - not tears of pain and sadness, but tears of relief and gratitude. How amazing is it when we...
The first time I saw Scarlett in person she burst into tears - not tears of pain and sadness, but tears of relief and gratitude. How amazing is it when we...
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December 22, 2023 • 38 mins
Today on the podcast we are hearing from Erin, a cancer survivor who is curious as to how we can square the need to eat healthily and regulate our gut microbiomes with this mind/body work. Erin's symptoms are stuck and she is not sure where to go, so I am here to weigh in (no pun intended lol). I have found over years of practice, writing, and teaching, that there is no system more powerful and bossy than the brain/nervous sys...
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December 15, 2023 • 59 mins
My loves! Such a treat today. Every month my private membership community does a Q&A hangout with me. It's casual, loving, and fun, and we spend an hour together - they ask about whatever is in their minds and hearts, and I answer! Today they agreed to do a lovely generous thing - to allow our recorded session to be a gift to our global community. The questions are always excellent, and I'm grateful they were willing to sh...
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