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A Step Toward Indifference

A Step Toward Indifference Your symptoms are going crazy and totally have you in pain and fear and then you read or hear that you should...

The Difference Between Post Care and Self Care

Let’s talk about another important concept. I like to call this one the difference between Self Care and Post Care. Both are important....

Building Self Compassion Through Stages

We hear it time and again, “Treat yourself with compassion.” or “You’re too hard on yourself; forgive yourself.” But how exactly do we do...

What I learned when I stopped talking about my pain.

Early in the pain recovery process, I read over and over that I should stop talking about the pain. It’s in multiple books and podcasts...

Injury During/Because of Exercise

Have you ever had this experience? You get all motivated to start exercising again, start a new program, or class and whamo...an injury....

The Symptom Imperative

What is it? Why is it? Have you ever fixed one chronic pain condition only to have a new one sprout up? Ever had a knee replacement only...

The Dark Days of Fibromyalgia

Of all the pain that I endured over the past three decades, the crippling, paralyzing back spasms, the pounding headaches, some days...

Divided Emotions

In my quest to uncover my emotions, especially those that are hidden or suppressed, I became aware of all the many times that I have...

Hypervigilance, Catastrophizing, and Avoidance

We’ve discussed in other posts that fear and pain get tangled in a web together, one perpetuating and strengthening the other. For me,...

The Beauty In The Pain

I gotta be honest…it took me a while to see the beauty in my pain. I’ve felt frustrated with the pain- why now? I’m too busy for this!...

Ann Miller (she/her/hers)