661: Rachel Zoffness | Managing Pain In Your Body and Brain
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.
What We Discuss with Dr. Rachel Zoffness:- 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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