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Beyond Journaling: The Role of Emotional Metabolism
If journaling hasn’t shifted your chronic pain, fatigue, or symptoms, you’re not alone. Awareness can build safety—but insight alone isn’t always integration. This article introduces the metaphor of emotional metabolism: moving from “staring at the plate” to digesting lived experience through the body. Learn the stages of ingestion, digestion, absorption, assimilation, and elimination—and three questions that help you keep the wisdom while releasing survival strategies that n
Simone Holderbach
Jan 194 min read


The MindBody Approach to Treating Chronic Pain: A New Frontier in Medicine
Chronic pain affects millions of people worldwide, yet traditional medical treatments often fall short in providing lasting relief. Enter...
Simone Holderbach
Nov 26, 20242 min read


How to Survive the Holidays when you're suffering from chronic pain or other persistent symptoms?
The Holidays can be particularly taxing on people with chronic pain. Try these strategies to get through the most wonderful time of the year
Simone Holderbach
Nov 8, 20246 min read


Client Recovery Story: That feeling when you can leave your house for the first time in forever
To some, going for a short walk might not sound like much, but for my client who had been housebound for over a year, it was HUGE...
Simone Holderbach
Oct 10, 20242 min read


How can mindbody therapies or pain coaching possibly help you recover from pain?
How could a coaching approach possibly help overcome debilitating pain, you may ask? Pain coaching is a relatively new category. Our...
Simone Holderbach
Nov 5, 20232 min read
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