Radio Headspace Mind Over Pain
Aug 2, 2025
Can your mindset change how you experience pain? The speaker shares a personal journey of improving sleep and managing chronic pain through mindfulness. Discover how meditation techniques like body scans can shift your perception of discomfort. Learn to respond to pain with calm and clarity, transforming your approach to healing.
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Eve's Neck Pain Journey
- Eve experienced severe neck pain that sometimes brought her to tears and felt never-ending.
- Her thoughts about the pain worsened the actual sensation and made it feel all-consuming.
Mind Amplifies Pain Experience
- Pain is more than sensory; it includes how the mind perceives and reacts to it.
- Negative judgments and worst-case thinking amplify pain beyond physical signals.
Mind's Role in Healing Pain
- The mind significantly influences healing from pain both physically and mentally.
- Meditation and mindfulness can help manage and respond to pain alongside medical treatments.