Exploring Pain: Insights and Perspectives on Pain Management

Dr. Rachel Zoffness (@DrZoffness) is a pain psychologist, international speaker, medical consultant, educator, and author of The Pain Management Workbook: Powerful CBT and Mindfulness Skills to Take Control of Pain and Reclaim Your Life.

• Pain lives in the brain, not the body (which is why amputees often report sensing it in limbs they no longer have).
• The overlap between physical and emotional pain, and why they co-occur 100% of the time.
• How the "pain dial" in your brain works: what turns it up, and what turns it down.
• The ways in which trauma, anxiety, and depression amplify pain.
• Why pain medicine is broken and how we can fix it.
• And much more...

Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/661

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