I am finally at the 300 mg level of the Gabapentin and not experiencing any headaches at this level. Thank goodness too, because I was beginning to get really tired of them and they finally subsided... Read more >>

The primary reason we end up with chronic pelvic pain syndromes is surprisingly simple: our bodies are designed to respond to danger and stress with the fight-or-flight response. Two very important... Read more >>

It’s a new year, and many people have geared up to make life changes. Most of these changes require some kind of effort or hard work, and there’s a focused, determined feel to these life... Read more >>

I’ve written before about pain as a vital messenger, letting us know what needs to be addressed in our mind/body system. Symptoms and pain certainly wake us up to the need to take an internal... Read more >>

I recently coached a client through a hysterectomy; we worked on her fears about the surgery, her worries about anesthesia, and her concerns about her doctors. Health crises bring surges of emotion... Read more >>

Your body wants you to stop panicking. When you push the panic button, you also push the adrenaline button, as well as that of other stress hormones. Your sympathetic nervous system, which is what... Read more >>

Now you know why investigating your emotions can help you heal, and you’ve done some work to find the main culprits. Negative emotions, besides hindering your healing, just aren’t... Read more >>

After years of struggling with physical pain and other uncomfortable sensations such as vulvar burning, rawness, and itching, I felt exhausted. I was so sick of pain I wanted to give up, somehow, or... Read more >>

Chronic Pain is something I never thought about before my accident. It was this group of words clustered together, almost a foreign language. Chronic Pain. Pain all the time. All the... Read more >>

Writers, like everyone else, tend to get lost in their work. Perhaps you are sitting for hours at a time at your computer in a poorly designed chair; then when you do get up, everything is stiff and... Read more >>