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The other day, a client came in to see me with complaints of shoulder and low back pain. Instead of performing manual therapy to relieve her pain, I took another approach that I am going to call BodyMind Mapping. I asked her to write a list of five ‘negative’ thought statements she most often has. Then, I asked her to: 1) Repeat each thought aloud, 2) Notice what emotion was connected to that thought, 3) Notice where she felt that emotion in her body, and 4) Write each statem

I am often asked, “What helped you to get better, to overcome pain?” There are many things from a healthy diet, yoga, stretching and exercising, to certain medical treatments like prolotherapy. Those helped me physically. What helped me emotionally cope with chronic pain, and still does, all started many years ago at an event that taught me about the power of our perceptions. I almost did not attend because I knew that one hour of laying on the floor instead of my

The other day I saw a client who was feeling #anxious and complaining of shoulder and low back #pain. Instead of performing manual therapy to relieve her pain, I took another approach that I am going to call Emotional Body Mapping.  I asked her to write a list of all the ‘negative’ thoughts she most often has. Then, I asked her to repeat each statement aloud one-by-one and notice what emotion was connected to that statement and where she felt it in her body. She felt three of