The Cure for Chronic Pain with Nicole Sachs, LCSW
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Nicole J. Sachs, LCSW is a speaker, writer, and psychotherapist who has dedicated her life and her practice to the treatment of chronic pain and conditions. She is the author of MIND YOUR BODY, and the creator of the online course: FREEDOM FROM CHRONIC PAIN. Through her personal journey working directly with Dr. John Sarno as well as counseling hundreds of clients, she's shaped and evolved theories which serve to teach those suffering how to heal themselves, completely, with no medication or surgery. Learn more about Nicole's work at: YourBreakAwake.com
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When Chronic Pain Gets Better but Anxiety Takes Over: Karliene’s Sciatica Recovery
Learn how to JournalSpeak: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/journalspeak Karliene found herself on the floor with sciatic pain so sharp she couldn't function. This, after a lifetime (looking back) of many …
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Karliene found herself on the floor with sciatic pain so sharp she couldn't function. This, after a lifetime (looking back) of many different chronic pain symptoms and conditions. Considering surgery, she took to the internet, and found Dr. Sarno. She "got it," but needed to figure out how to get herself well. That's when she stumbled upon my work. Join us as Karliene tells her beautiful tale of recovery. All this is available to you, too!
Listen to my conversation with the Bossticks on their podcast
Producer: Lisa Eisenpresser
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SUPPORT:
🟠 Struggling with chronic pain? Check out my Freedom From Chronic Pain course GET THE FIRST LESSON FREE: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/painfree
🟠 Anxiety controlling your life? Try my Freedom From an Anxious Life course GET THE FIRST LESSON FREE: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/anxietyfree
🧠 Learn more about the brain science and clinical experiences in my book MIND YOUR BODY: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/book
💛 Receive support, guidance, connection, and direct access to Nicole with MEMBERSHIP: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/membership
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THE CURE FOR CHRONIC PAIN
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Podcast music by the beautiful and talented Danielle Furst: @musicfurst
This episode originally aired on March 22, 2019.
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JournalSpeak for Chronic Symptoms: A No-Bullsh*t Deep Dive
Learn how to JournalSpeak HERE If you already believe in JournalSpeak but find yourself avoiding it, overthinking it, or worrying that you’re doing it wrong, I'm here to help. After teaching at NYU Tisch’s …
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If you already believe in JournalSpeak but find yourself avoiding it, overthinking it, or worrying that you’re doing it wrong, I'm here to help. After teaching at NYU Tisch’s Dance Department and Brown Medical School, I wanted to bring you a practical guide that puts the why, the how, and the places we get stuck all in one conversation.
Today, I explain more of the science of chronic symptoms through the brain, the nervous system, and the emotional reservoir, and walk you through what makes JournalSpeak different from keeping a journal. We explore a barrier that so many people encounter: the fear that writing something angry, resentful, or ugly means it defines who you are. Those feelings belong to a part of you that needs to be heard. You can love someone deeply and still need a private place to say how hard it is.
I also share a spoken JournalSpeak example and walk you through the practice: 20 minutes of honest, uncensored expression, destroying what you’ve written, and 10 minutes of self-compassion afterward. We talk about skepticism, perfectionism, the pressure to feel better immediately, and my 28-day challenge to help you notice changes you might otherwise dismiss. Whether you’re brand new or returning to this work, there is room to begin exactly where you are.
Find the free JournalSpeak guide and my book, Mind Your Body, at nicolesachs.com. For live community calls, Q&As, and monthly bootcamps with me and Lisa, explore Heal with Nicole.
More support:
Producer: Lisa Eisenpresser
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🟠 Struggling with chronic pain? Check out my Freedom From Chronic Pain course GET THE FIRST LESSON FREE: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/painfree
🟠 Anxiety controlling your life? Try my Freedom From an Anxious Life course GET THE FIRST LESSON FREE: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/anxietyfree
🟠 Learn more about the brain science and clinical experiences in my book MIND YOUR BODY: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/book
🟠 Receive support, guidance, connection, and direct access to Nicole with MEMBERSHIP: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/membership
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Podcast music by the beautiful and talented Danielle Furst: @musicfurst
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CRPS Recovery: From Bedridden to Dancing Again with JournalSpeak
Learn how to JournalSpeak https://www.yourbreakawake.com/journalspeak After almost a year of being housebound and unable to walk, dancer Iida was prepared to take her own life at the age of 25. She stumbled …
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After almost a year of being housebound and unable to walk, dancer Iida was prepared to take her own life at the age of 25. She stumbled upon my YouTube Channel with no direction other than desperation, and everything changed for her. Join us for a profound and moving conversation about the depths to which pain can take us, and the miraculous possibilities that can arise from a shift in perspective.
Listen to my conversation with the Bossticks on their podcast
1:1 COACHING WITH TRAINED COACHES SUPERVISED DIRECTLY BY NICOLE
Producer: Lisa Eisenpresser
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SUPPORT:
🟠 Struggling with chronic pain? Check out my Freedom From Chronic Pain course GET THE FIRST LESSON FREE: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/painfree
🟠 Anxiety controlling your life? Try my Freedom From an Anxious Life course GET THE FIRST LESSON FREE: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/anxietyfree
🟠Take the quiz to see if you're suffering from TMS: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/quiz
🧠 Learn more about the brain science and clinical experiences in my book MIND YOUR BODY: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/book
💛 Receive support, guidance, connection, and direct access to Nicole with MEMBERSHIP: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/membership
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THE CURE FOR CHRONIC PAIN
JOIN THE CONVERSATION ON INSTAGRAM 👉 https://www.instagram.com/nicolesachslcsw
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LEARN ABOUT ANNUAL OMEGA RETREAT 👉 https://www.yourbreakawake.com/work-with-nicole
OMEGA COACHING PANEL REPLAY👉 https://nicolesachs.com/coachchat
Podcast music by the beautiful and talented Danielle Furst: @musicfurst
This episode originally aired on December 28, 2018.
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Severe Chronic Migraine and Facial Pain: Natalie’s Remarkable Recovery After Nothing Worked
Learn how to JournalSpeak: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/journalspeak Natalie's story made its debut in my book and my blog under the pseudonym, "Olivia." Many of you have read about her. When I met Natalie …
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Natalie's story made its debut in my book and my blog under the pseudonym, "Olivia." Many of you have read about her. When I met Natalie, she was on the tail end of a year of hospitalizations and the most invasive, excruciating tests and procedures known to modern medicine. Her head and facial pain (labeled Severe Chronic Migraine, New Daily Persistent Headache and many others) was so acute that she was fully disabled and suicidal by the age of 23. She had even traveled abroad for experimental surgery, which scarred her forever and did not touch the pain. There is no story which has touched my practice that is more breathtaking, both in its terror and its triumph. I am humbled and proud to share her story with you here on the Pod.
Listen to my conversation with the Bossticks on their podcast
Producer: Lisa Eisenpresser
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SUPPORT:
🟠 Struggling with chronic pain? Check out my Freedom From Chronic Pain course GET THE FIRST LESSON FREE: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/painfree
🟠 Anxiety controlling your life? Try my Freedom From an Anxious Life course GET THE FIRST LESSON FREE: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/anxietyfree
🧠 Learn more about the brain science and clinical experiences in my book MIND YOUR BODY: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/book
💛 Receive support, guidance, connection, and direct access to Nicole with MEMBERSHIP: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/membership
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THE CURE FOR CHRONIC PAIN
JOIN THE CONVERSATION ON INSTAGRAM 👉 https://www.instagram.com/nicolesachslcsw
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LEARN ABOUT ANNUAL OMEGA RETREAT 👉 https://www.yourbreakawake.com/work-with-nicole
OMEGA COACHING PANEL REPLAY👉 https://nicolesachs.com/coachchat
Podcast music by the beautiful and talented Danielle Furst: @musicfurst
This episode originally aired on January 11, 2019.
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How the F*ck Can Journaling Heal Chronic Pain? The Neuroscience Behind JournalSpeak
Learn how to JournalSpeak HERE How in the world could writing down your feelings actually relieve chronic pain? I know, it sounds ridiculous. I thought so too when I first walked into Dr. John Sarno’s office …
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How in the world could writing down your feelings actually relieve chronic pain? I know, it sounds ridiculous. I thought so too when I first walked into Dr. John Sarno’s office, barely able to function because my back pain was so severe, and he started talking to me about repressed emotions. I was skeptical, insulted, and desperate. And yet, here I am, more than 25 years later, having lived the truth of this work and watched countless others transform their lives through it.
This week, I'm bringing together a few things that have been on my mind since my recent conversation with Lauryn and Michael Bosstick on The Bossticks podcast, a fantastic Instagram video from Elizabeth Endres of The Wellness Process, and my latest Substack article, How the Fck Is Journaling Going to Heal My Chronic Pain?*
Because I get it. When you're suffering from debilitating pain, migraines, IBS, anxiety, or any number of chronic symptoms, the suggestion that emotional expression could change your physical experience can feel almost offensive. Especially when you've been sick for years, have a diagnosis, or have been told your condition runs in your family. But there is real neuroscience behind the mind-body connection, and understanding it can change everything.
In today's episode, I want to help you bridge the gap between skepticism and possibility. We'll talk about why your brain and nervous system can produce very real physical symptoms in response to emotional stress, what I mean by the emotional reservoir, and why JournalSpeak is so much more than simply writing in a journal. I'll also explain the three legs of the stool that form the foundation of my work: Believe, Do the Work, and Patience & Kindness.
You'll hear Elizabeth's powerful perspective on the privilege of being able to dismiss someone else's healing, along with my own reading of this week's Substack article, which I've made completely free because I want everyone to have access to this conversation.
Your pain is real. You are not imagining it, and you are not doing anything wrong. But there may be an entirely different way to understand what's happening in your body, and I want you to have the opportunity to explore it.
Come with an open mind, even if you're scared and skeptical. Especially if you're skeptical! You have so much more power than you realize.
I send you big love. ❤️ xo, n.
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
- Read or listen to my free Substack article, How the F*ck Is Journaling Going to Heal My Chronic Pain?* — nicolesachs.substack.com
- Listen to my conversation with Lauryn and Michael Bosstick on The Bossticks podcast.
- Find my programs, membership, coaching, and more at NicoleSachs.com.
More support:
Producer: Lisa Eisenpresser
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🟠 Struggling with chronic pain? Check out my Freedom From Chronic Pain course GET THE FIRST LESSON FREE: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/painfree
🟠 Anxiety controlling your life? Try my Freedom From an Anxious Life course GET THE FIRST LESSON FREE: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/anxietyfree
🟠 Learn more about the brain science and clinical experiences in my book MIND YOUR BODY: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/book
🟠 Receive support, guidance, connection, and direct access to Nicole with MEMBERSHIP: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/membership
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LEARN ABOUT ANNUAL OMEGA RETREAT 👉 https://www.yourbreakawake.com/work-with-nicole
Podcast music by the beautiful and talented Danielle Furst: @musicfurst
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Tinnitus, Vertigo, and Vestibular Migraine: A New Perspective on Recovery with Dr. Yo
Learn how to JournalSpeak https://www.yourbreakawake.com/journalspeak Dr. Yonit Arthur is an audiologist who is helping people climb out of their chronic tinnitus …
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Dr. Yonit Arthur is an audiologist who is helping people climb out of their chronic tinnitus, vestibular migraine, vertigo, and other related conditions by sharing a message that you have come to know well: NOTHING IS STRUCTURALLY WRONG WITH YOU. This is not to say that she isn't totally empathic and kind in her communication. It is just to say that, like me, she is frustrated with the medical model and the way patients are not getting better. We share a similar passion for carrying this hope of recovery. If you or anyone you love has ever been diagnosed with any of these conditions or related concerns, please give this episode a listen. It could be the first step in profoundly changing a life. Sending big love from us both! XOOX n.
Find Dr. Yo: https://www.youtube.com/@TheSteadyCoach
Producer: Lisa Eisenpresser
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SUPPORT:
🟠 Struggling with chronic pain? Check out my Freedom From Chronic Pain course GET THE FIRST LESSON FREE: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/painfree
🟠 Anxiety controlling your life? Try my Freedom From an Anxious Life course GET THE FIRST LESSON FREE: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/anxietyfree
🧠 Learn more about the brain science and clinical experiences in my book MIND YOUR BODY: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/book
💛 Receive support, guidance, connection, and direct access to Nicole with MEMBERSHIP: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/membership
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THE CURE FOR CHRONIC PAIN
JOIN THE CONVERSATION ON INSTAGRAM 👉 https://www.instagram.com/nicolesachslcsw
SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST 👉 https://podfollow.com/the-cure-for-chronic-pain-with-nicole-sachs-lcsw
LEARN ABOUT ANNUAL OMEGA RETREAT 👉 https://www.yourbreakawake.com/work-with-nicole
OMEGA COACHING PANEL REPLAY👉 https://nicolesachs.com/coachchat
Podcast music by the beautiful and talented Danielle Furst: @musicfurst
This episode originally aired on July 18, 2025.
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Can You Heal After Decades of Chronic Pain? Mickey's Recovery Story
Learn how to JournalSpeak https://www.yourbreakawake.com/journalspeak Mickey is a beautiful example of someone who suffered for over 40 years with chronic pains and …
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Mickey is a beautiful example of someone who suffered for over 40 years with chronic pains and conditions AND had spinal surgery, and is still healed from working the JournalSpeak program and practicing Dr. Sarno's principles. Join us for a life-changing conversation of transformation, hope and healing. Mickey's story will inspire you to open yourself to the possibilities of taking back your power, and living your life to the absolute fullest in a healthy body that is your partner, not your adversary.
Producer: Lisa Eisenpresser
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SUPPORT:
🟠 Struggling with chronic pain? Check out my Freedom From Chronic Pain course GET THE FIRST LESSON FREE: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/painfree
🟠 Anxiety controlling your life? Try my Freedom From an Anxious Life course GET THE FIRST LESSON FREE: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/anxietyfree
🧠 Learn more about the brain science and clinical experiences in my book MIND YOUR BODY: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/book
💛 Receive support, guidance, connection, and direct access to Nicole with MEMBERSHIP: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/membership
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THE CURE FOR CHRONIC PAIN
JOIN THE CONVERSATION ON INSTAGRAM 👉 https://www.instagram.com/nicolesachslcsw
SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST 👉 https://podfollow.com/the-cure-for-chronic-pain-with-nicole-sachs-lcsw
LEARN ABOUT ANNUAL OMEGA RETREAT 👉 https://www.yourbreakawake.com/work-with-nicole
OMEGA COACHING PANEL REPLAY👉 https://nicolesachs.com/coachchat
Podcast music by the beautiful and talented Danielle Furst: @musicfurst
This episode originally aired on December 7, 2018.
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What If Part of You Is Afraid to Heal? The Hidden Reason Chronic Symptoms Persist
Learn how to JournalSpeak https://www.yourbreakawake.com/journalspeak What if the thing standing between you and healing isn’t your symptom, but what your symptom has been …
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What if the thing standing between you and healing isn’t your symptom, but what your symptom has been protecting? In this episode, I’m sharing our July Bootcamp, where Lisa and I went deep into one of the most challenging parts of this work: the unconscious fears and protective patterns that can keep us stuck even when we’re doing everything “right.” We talk about the fear of getting better, the urgency to heal, identity and symptoms, the false safety of managing and controlling the body, JournalSpeak, self-compassion, and what happens when being unwell has quietly become a way to get our needs met, avoid difficult decisions, or protect us from being fully seen.
This Bootcamp was originally created for our BreakAwake and Heal with Nicole members, who submitted the thoughtful questions Lisa and I answer throughout the episode. If you want to be part of future Bootcamps, submit your own questions, and go deeper into this work with us, come join the community. And if you’re looking for a higher level of support where you can interact with me directly, Heal with Nicole is the place to do that. Go to NicoleSachs.com/membership and join us before the next Bootcamp drops! XOOX n.
More support:
1:1 COACHING WITH TRAINED COACHES SUPERVISED DIRECTLY BY NICOLE
Producer: Lisa Eisenpresser
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🟠 Struggling with chronic pain? Check out my Freedom From Chronic Pain course GET THE FIRST LESSON FREE: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/painfree
🟠 Anxiety controlling your life? Try my Freedom From an Anxious Life course GET THE FIRST LESSON FREE: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/anxietyfree
🧠 Learn more about the brain science and clinical experiences in my book MIND YOUR BODY: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/book
💛 Receive support, guidance, connection, and direct access to Nicole with MEMBERSHIP: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/membership
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JOIN THE CONVERSATION ON INSTAGRAM 👉 https://www.instagram.com/nicolesachslcsw
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LEARN ABOUT ANNUAL OMEGA RETREAT 👉 https://www.yourbreakawake.com/work-with-nicole
Podcast music by the beautiful and talented Danielle Furst: @musicfurst
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From the Vault: Michael Porter, Jr. is FREE of Chronic Back Pain and Playing the Best Basketball of his Life
Learn how to JournalSpeak https://www.yourbreakawake.com/journalspeak I met NBA Denver Nugget's Forward Michael Porter, Jr., at a rather low point in his life. He had been …
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I met NBA Denver Nugget's Forward Michael Porter, Jr., at a rather low point in his life. He had been diagnosed with degenerative disc disease while still in his teens, and by the time we crossed paths he'd had three back surgeries that didn't cure his pain. In fact, in the summer of 2023 when we came together, he was in a flare so bad he was struggling to walk up the stairs. Thankfully for Mike, he is blessed with an open mind and a curious nature. He knew after surgery #3 that he had to find another way to look at his pain, or risk losing his career. After discovering Dr. Sarno's work, he quickly came across mine. Michael's life has never been the same. He dove into JournalSpeak, boldly and bravely looking at the places he was holding anger, grief, and shame. He examined his childhood, and made profound connections about things like achieving in basketball and his perception of being loved. Paired with the essentials of a TMS mindset and an understanding of the brain science, unearthing these core emotions and truths set him free. Today, Michael is (pun intended) at the top of his game. He has no chronic back pain whatsoever, and when he gets even a hint of a sensation, he need only employ the principles of MindBody medicine to send it on its way. I could go on forever about his uncommon wisdom for a 25-year-old, but I'd rather you hear it from Michael yourself. Enjoy this interview with a true inspiration - a young man who has taken back his life and his power, and has found himself unstoppable. Enjoy! XO n.
Producer: Lisa Eisenpresser
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SUPPORT:
🟠 Struggling with chronic pain? Check out my Freedom From Chronic Pain course GET THE FIRST LESSON FREE: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/painfree
🟠 Anxiety controlling your life? Try my Freedom From an Anxious Life course GET THE FIRST LESSON FREE: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/anxietyfree
🧠 Learn more about the brain science and clinical experiences in my book MIND YOUR BODY: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/book
💛 Receive support, guidance, connection, and direct access to Nicole with MEMBERSHIP: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/membership
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THE CURE FOR CHRONIC PAIN
JOIN THE CONVERSATION ON INSTAGRAM 👉 https://www.instagram.com/nicolesachslcsw
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LEARN ABOUT ANNUAL OMEGA RETREAT 👉 https://www.yourbreakawake.com/work-with-nicole
Podcast music by the beautiful and talented Danielle Furst: @musicfurst
This episode originally aired on May 3, 2024.
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From the Vault: Special Guest Star - The amazing and talented RICKI LAKE!
Learn how to JournalSpeak https://www.yourbreakawake.com/journalspeak Ricki is an amazing Talk Show Host, Actor, and Filmmaker, but one of the greatest challenges of her life …
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Ricki is an amazing Talk Show Host, Actor, and Filmmaker, but one of the greatest challenges of her life was overcoming her excruciating bout with chronic pain, with Nicole's help. Nicole and Ricki talk about her journey, and how she went from fear and panic and pain to freedom. Join us! Open yourself to the beautiful truth that an emotional exercise can cure a physical condition. XO
1:1 COACHING WITH TRAINED COACHES SUPERVISED DIRECTLY BY NICOLE
Producer: Lisa Eisenpresser
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SUPPORT:
🟠 Struggling with chronic pain? Check out my Freedom From Chronic Pain course GET THE FIRST LESSON FREE: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/painfree
🟠 Anxiety controlling your life? Try my Freedom From an Anxious Life course GET THE FIRST LESSON FREE: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/anxietyfree
🧠 Learn more about the brain science and clinical experiences in my book MIND YOUR BODY: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/book
💛 Receive support, guidance, connection, and direct access to Nicole with MEMBERSHIP: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/membership
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THE CURE FOR CHRONIC PAIN
JOIN THE CONVERSATION ON INSTAGRAM 👉 https://www.instagram.com/nicolesachslcsw
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LEARN ABOUT ANNUAL OMEGA RETREAT 👉 https://www.yourbreakawake.com/work-with-nicole
Podcast music by the beautiful and talented Danielle Furst: @musicfurst
This episode originally aired on November 23, 2018.
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Jonathan's JournalSpeak Recovery from ME/CFS and Long COVID
Learn how to JournalSpeak https://www.yourbreakawake.com/journalspeak When Jonathan developed long COVID and chronic fatigue, his life became smaller and smaller. He went from …
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When Jonathan developed long COVID and chronic fatigue, his life became smaller and smaller. He went from playing tennis, snowboarding, and mountain biking to barely being able to leave the house, and for more than three years he tried nearly everything he could find to get better. By the beginning of 2026, he had mostly accepted that this was his life now. Then he found recovery stories from people who understood the mind-body connection, discovered my work, began JournalSpeak, and allowed himself to believe that healing might actually be possible. Within four to six weeks, his chronic fatigue symptoms were gone. Today, he’s playing tennis with his daughter, mountain biking with his son, and living his life again.
In this conversation, Jonathan and I talk honestly about what it takes to move through the messiest middle of recovery, when your body is still producing symptoms and every instinct tells you to retreat, manage, pace, and search for the next person who might fix you. We talk about perfectionism, pre-grief, fear of failure, symptom imperatives, and why belief is the gas in the tank—but also why urgency can keep the nervous system convinced that something is still terribly wrong. I share more about my own recovery from lifelong migraines, and we explore how JournalSpeak gives the parts of us operating under the cover of darkness a safe place to finally be acknowledged. Jonathan’s story is a powerful reminder that even after years of illness, the body is not broken, the nervous system can change, and it is never too late to find your way back to yourself. Join us! XOOX n.
1:1 COACHING WITH TRAINED COACHES SUPERVISED DIRECTLY BY NICOLE
Producer: Lisa Eisenpresser
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SUPPORT:
🟠 Struggling with chronic pain? Check out my Freedom From Chronic Pain course GET THE FIRST LESSON FREE: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/painfree
🟠 Anxiety controlling your life? Try my Freedom From an Anxious Life course GET THE FIRST LESSON FREE: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/anxietyfree
🧠 Learn more about the brain science and clinical experiences in my book MIND YOUR BODY: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/book
💛 Receive support, guidance, connection, and direct access to Nicole with MEMBERSHIP: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/membership
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THE CURE FOR CHRONIC PAIN
JOIN THE CONVERSATION ON INSTAGRAM 👉 https://www.instagram.com/nicolesachslcsw
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LEARN ABOUT ANNUAL OMEGA RETREAT 👉 https://www.yourbreakawake.com/work-with-nicole
Podcast music by the beautiful and talented Danielle Furst: @musicfurst
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From the Vault: Anxiety, Chronic Fatigue, POTS and much more with Vanessa
Learn how to JournalSpeak https://www.yourbreakawake.com/journalspeak In this inspiring episode, I sit down with Vanessa — a true bright light whose healing journey embodies …
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In this inspiring episode, I sit down with Vanessa — a true bright light whose healing journey embodies hope, courage, and the power of mindbody work. Once struggling with debilitating CFS, POTS, chronic anxiety and depression, and later Long Covid, Vanessa found her way to full recovery through emotional expression, nervous system regulation, and deep self-compassion.
Vanessa shares what it was like to live inside these conditions, how she applied my work, the mindset shifts that changed everything, and the practical steps she took to reclaim her life. Her story is a powerful reminder that healing is possible, even when it feels out of reach. Join us!
1:1 COACHING WITH TRAINED COACHES SUPERVISED DIRECTLY BY NICOLE
Producer: Lisa Eisenpresser
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SUPPORT:
🟠 Struggling with chronic pain? Check out my Freedom From Chronic Pain course GET THE FIRST LESSON FREE: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/painfree
🟠 Anxiety controlling your life? Try my Freedom From an Anxious Life course GET THE FIRST LESSON FREE: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/anxietyfree
🧠 Learn more about the brain science and clinical experiences in my book MIND YOUR BODY: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/book
💛 Receive support, guidance, connection, and direct access to Nicole with MEMBERSHIP: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/membership
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THE CURE FOR CHRONIC PAIN
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This episode originally aired on November 28, 2025.
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From the Vault: Helping a Child to Save Herself - Meet My Sweet Charlotte
Learn how to JournalSpeak https://www.yourbreakawake.com/journalspeak I can't tell you how many questions I receive requesting guidance on helping kids with TMS. I …
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I can't tell you how many questions I receive requesting guidance on helping kids with TMS. I figured...how better to explain than to interview my own child? I raise my 5 kids with the knowledge that we live in a mind/body system. Sometimes we feel things in our hearts, and sometimes we feel things in our bodies. When it came to a scary diagnosis like Charlotte received last summer, we initially took the medical route to get some answers. When I realized that western medicine had taken us as far as we could go (that would be effective in helping her), we went full-on TMS recovery model, and it changed Charlotte's life. Join us as my beautiful, articulate 11-year-old daughter shares with you her wisdom and her healing. Sending love!
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🟠 Struggling with chronic pain? Check out my Freedom From Chronic Pain course GET THE FIRST LESSON FREE: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/painfree
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🧠 Learn more about the brain science and clinical experiences in my book MIND YOUR BODY: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/book
💛 Receive support, guidance, connection, and direct access to Nicole with MEMBERSHIP: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/membership
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THE CURE FOR CHRONIC PAIN
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Podcast music by the beautiful and talented Danielle Furst: @musicfurst
This episode originally aired on February 15, 2019.
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Autoimmune Disease and the Decision to Reclaim Your Power with Dr. Tovah Goldfine
Learn how to JournalSpeak https://www.yourbreakawake.com/journalspeak In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Tovah Goldfine—Doc Tovah—to talk about her personal journey through …
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In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Tovah Goldfine—Doc Tovah—to talk about her personal journey through trauma, chronic symptoms, environmental sensitivities, and the mind-body work that ultimately changed her relationship with all of it. Together, we explore why the past matters insofar as it continues to shape the present, how old wounds become today’s triggers, and why forgiveness is never about excusing what happened. It’s about asking whether the anger, fear, or resentment we are carrying still serves us now.
We also have an honest and nuanced conversation about autoimmune disease, mold toxicity, chronic Lyme, and other diagnoses that can leave people feeling powerless. Neither of us is suggesting that symptoms aren’t real or that people should reject appropriate medical care. What we are saying is that a diagnosis does not tell the whole story, and our relationship with that diagnosis can profoundly affect how we live. We have so much more power than we realize to influence our physical and emotional health, and sometimes healing begins with the willingness to pause, consider another possibility, make a decision, and reclaim that power. Join us! XOOX n.
Learn more about Doc Tovah's work: https://www.youtube.com/@tmsroundtable/playlists
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SUPPORT:
🟠 Struggling with chronic pain? Check out my Freedom From Chronic Pain course GET THE FIRST LESSON FREE: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/painfree
🟠 Anxiety controlling your life? Try my Freedom From an Anxious Life course GET THE FIRST LESSON FREE: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/anxietyfree
🧠 Learn more about the brain science and clinical experiences in my book MIND YOUR BODY: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/book
💛 Receive support, guidance, connection, and direct access to Nicole with MEMBERSHIP: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/membership
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THE CURE FOR CHRONIC PAIN
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From the Vault: REAL TIME HEAL - TMJ, Migraines, Self-Care, and Boundaries with Katie
Learn how to JournalSpeak https://www.yourbreakawake.com/journalspeak When Katie first joined our Membership Community last fall, she has already been through the gamut of TMS …
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Learn how to JournalSpeak https://www.yourbreakawake.com/journalspeak When Katie first joined our Membership Community last fall, she has already been through the gamut of TMS symptoms since childhood. Raised in a family affected by alcoholism, Katie as the oldest child was parentified from a young age. Although she was stricken with pretty serious TMS growing up, Katie always showed up with a brave face. At home, nothing was discussed. At school, she shined. This, of course, can't last forever - no human can take it. Join us today for a profound and impactful RTH where Katie shares her story thus far, and then we delve together into the places that might be keeping her stuck. I love these opportunities to move the needle on healing, and I feel confident that Katie will continue to ascend up her own mountains. Enjoy! XOOX n.
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SUPPORT:
🟠 Struggling with chronic pain? Check out my Freedom From Chronic Pain course GET THE FIRST LESSON FREE: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/painfree
🟠 Anxiety controlling your life? Try my Freedom From an Anxious Life course GET THE FIRST LESSON FREE: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/anxietyfree
🧠 Learn more about the brain science and clinical experiences in my book MIND YOUR BODY: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/book
💛 Receive support, guidance, connection, and direct access to Nicole with MEMBERSHIP: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/membership
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THE CURE FOR CHRONIC PAIN
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Podcast music by the beautiful and talented Danielle Furst: @musicfurst
This episode originally aired on September 23, 2023.
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When Motherhood Overwhelms the Nervous System with Danielle Shugg
Learn how to JournalSpeak https://www.yourbreakawake.com/journalspeak The heart of this episode is much bigger than chronic symptoms: it’s about the invisible pressure mothers …
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The heart of this episode is much bigger than chronic symptoms: it’s about the invisible pressure mothers carry, the ways the nervous system tries to protect us, and how reclaiming ourselves changes both our health and the way we parent. In this candid conversation, I’m joined by my partner, Lisa Eisenpresser, and Danielle Shugg, founder of The Mindful Blonde, to explore how perfectionism, people-pleasing, over-responsibility, and the relentless demand to get motherhood “right” can keep us in a state of perceived danger. Danielle shares how JournalSpeak helped her understand not only her chronic physical symptoms, but also the chronic anxiety, anger, guilt, and overwhelm she was experiencing as a mother, and how that understanding fundamentally changed the way she parents.
I also answer questions from mothers navigating postpartum pain, chronic fatigue, autoimmune flares, medical anxiety in their children, difficult relationships, resistance to doing the work, and the fear that something will fall through the cracks if they stop worrying. This episode is a compassionate reminder that tending to ourselves does not mean abandoning our responsibilities; it allows us to meet them from a more grounded, confident, and emotionally available place. When we learn to recognize what is within our power, release what is not, and offer ourselves the compassion we so instinctively give our children, we don’t just change our own lives - we give our children a profoundly different model for living theirs. XOOX n.
Come spend the weekend with us at MIRAVAL AUSTIN! Sept. 25-27th. ALMOST SOLD OUT!
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SUPPORT:
🟠 Struggling with chronic pain? Check out my Freedom From Chronic Pain course GET THE FIRST LESSON FREE: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/painfree
🟠 Anxiety controlling your life? Try my Freedom From an Anxious Life course GET THE FIRST LESSON FREE: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/anxietyfree
🧠 Learn more about the brain science and clinical experiences in my book MIND YOUR BODY: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/book
💛 Receive support, guidance, connection, and direct access to Nicole with MEMBERSHIP: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/membership
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THE CURE FOR CHRONIC PAIN
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From the Vault: REAL TIME HEAL - Male Pelvic Pain, Stomach (IBS) and Back Issues with Eric Hissom
Learn how to JournalSpeak https://www.yourbreakawake.com/journalspeak Every time I do a real time heal it blows me away. The insights which arise from every conversation feel …
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Every time I do a real time heal it blows me away. The insights which arise from every conversation feel life changing - for both of us. Today, Eric Hissom boldly and bravely addresses his battle with pelvic pain (yes! men get it too, and I hear from them all the time) and shares with us how his pain can move and morph to many areas of his body. Although his TMS work has eliminated the back pain, the pelvic pain lingers and we get down to why. Join us for an enlightening and inspiring (per usual) real time heal!
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SUPPORT:
🟠 Struggling with chronic pain? Check out my Freedom From Chronic Pain course GET THE FIRST LESSON FREE: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/painfree
🟠 Anxiety controlling your life? Try my Freedom From an Anxious Life course GET THE FIRST LESSON FREE: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/anxietyfree
🧠 Learn more about the brain science and clinical experiences in my book MIND YOUR BODY: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/book
💛 Receive support, guidance, connection, and direct access to Nicole with MEMBERSHIP: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/membership
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THE CURE FOR CHRONIC PAIN
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This episode originally aired on February 14, 2020.
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From the Vault: Recovery From Debilitating Back Pain with Evie
Learn how to JournalSpeak https://www.yourbreakawake.com/journalspeak Evie's life was planned before she was old enough to have a real opinion. A child prodigy, she began boarding …
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Evie's life was planned before she was old enough to have a real opinion. A child prodigy, she began boarding school for professional violin when she was 9. Although she loved playing her instrument, by the time she was 15 she was debilitated in back pain with no idea why. At first (as so many of us do) she thought the origin of her pain was poor posture or muscle weakness. After years of failed treatments and exercises, she was forced to leave conservatory, and her journey of self-discovery began. At the young age of 20, Evie is so wise. She has done the work to heal herself completely and lives a limitless life, but she is quick to say that this work is about so much more than getting out of pain. Evie's message is one every one of us needs to hear. Join us for an inspiring and insightful conversation. XO
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SUPPORT:
🟠 Struggling with chronic pain? Check out my Freedom From Chronic Pain course GET THE FIRST LESSON FREE: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/painfree
🟠 Anxiety controlling your life? Try my Freedom From an Anxious Life course GET THE FIRST LESSON FREE: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/anxietyfree
🧠 Learn more about the brain science and clinical experiences in my book MIND YOUR BODY: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/book
💛 Receive support, guidance, connection, and direct access to Nicole with MEMBERSHIP: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/membership
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THE CURE FOR CHRONIC PAIN
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This episode originally aired on March 31, 2023.
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Trigeminal Neuralgia, MindBody Science, and Radical Acceptance with Patti
Learn how to JournalSpeak https://www.yourbreakawake.com/journalspeak Patti came to this work after years of living with trigeminal neuralgia, often called one of the most painful …
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Patti came to this work after years of living with trigeminal neuralgia, often called one of the most painful conditions a person can experience. She had tried everything she could find to make the pain stop—specialists, restrictive diets, supplements, holistic treatments, and an exhausting amount of vigilance around what might trigger the next attack. Then something shifted. Patti reached a place of radical acceptance and, almost immediately afterward, stumbled across the story of someone who had recovered using my work. What began as an attempt to get rid of excruciating facial pain became an entirely different journey into JournalSpeak, childhood trauma, people-pleasing, fear, and the ways her nervous system had been trying to protect her for decades.
This conversation goes far beyond a traditional recovery story. Patti and I talk about why rushing to heal can actually communicate more danger to the nervous system, why pain can unconsciously create permission to receive care when you’ve spent your life being “the strong one,” and how self-sacrifice can masquerade as love while keeping old childhood patterns alive. We also get into scarcity, radical acceptance, the complicated truth about loving imperfect parents, and why healing eventually becomes about so much more than symptoms. Patti’s pain brought her to this work, but what she found on the other side was a completely different relationship with herself, her husband, her children, and the life she gets to live. XOOX n.
Come spend the weekend with us at MIRAVAL AUSTIN! Sept. 25-27th. ALMOST SOLD OUT!
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Producer: Lisa Eisenpresser
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SUPPORT:
🟠 Struggling with chronic pain? Check out my Freedom From Chronic Pain course GET THE FIRST LESSON FREE: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/painfree
🟠 Anxiety controlling your life? Try my Freedom From an Anxious Life course GET THE FIRST LESSON FREE: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/anxietyfree
🧠 Learn more about the brain science and clinical experiences in my book MIND YOUR BODY: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/book
💛 Receive support, guidance, connection, and direct access to Nicole with MEMBERSHIP: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/membership
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THE CURE FOR CHRONIC PAIN
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From the Vault: Back Pain, Relapse, and Living in the "Messy Middle" with Jacqueline
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When you speak to us, we hear you. People have been asking for more content that isn't simply a success story - they want to hear about the "messy middle" as I like to call it. The dark corners of recovery when things feel really hard and hopeless even though you've seen light before.
When I first met Jacqueline, she was down for the count with back pain. After learning about the brain science and doing a consistent JournalSpeak practice, she became pain free and even came on the pod to tell her story. As time went by, however, Jacqueline fell into a trap to which we are all susceptible: the "I got this!" fallacy that can sometimes lead to living in fear. She found herself back in terrible pain, and landed in our membership community. As we surrounded Jacqueline with love and support, she began to get better and better. But her journey was hard and full of many tears. Today, we talk about it all. There is nothing like the inspiration of another human's brave story. Sending love to you, wherever you find yourself on this path. xoxo n.
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SUPPORT:
🟠 Struggling with chronic pain? Check out my Freedom From Chronic Pain course GET THE FIRST LESSON FREE: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/painfree
🟠 Anxiety controlling your life? Try my Freedom From an Anxious Life course GET THE FIRST LESSON FREE: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/anxietyfree
🧠 Learn more about the brain science and clinical experiences in my book MIND YOUR BODY: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/book
💛 Receive support, guidance, connection, and direct access to Nicole with MEMBERSHIP: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/membership
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THE CURE FOR CHRONIC PAIN
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This episode originally aired on December 6, 2024.
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From the Vault: Sarno, Back Pain, Pelvic Pain - Skepticism and Science with Dr. Rachel Gofman
Learn how to JournalSpeak https://www.yourbreakawake.com/journalspeak When Rachel Gofman was in college, she had terrible back pain - just like me! After going down the Western …
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When Rachel Gofman was in college, she had terrible back pain - just like me! After going down the Western Medical rabbit hole to no avail, she discovered Dr. Sarno and her back pain subsided completely. But years later, when Rachel was in her Doctorate program for Physical Therapy, acute and widespread pelvic pain struck. Similar to me as well, this time she forgot all about Dr. Sarno and went full steam into traditional medicine in the hope of helping herself. When the best specialists told her there was, "nothing else they could do for her," thankfully she considered Sarno again, and this time found my work. Rachel had to confront her scientific training around the human body, and realized that there is a huge hole in so much that is taught to PTs and all medical professionals. Embracing MindBody medicine, Rachel was able to TOTALLY recover from debilitating pelvic pain, and now is a MindBody PT! Enjoy this thoughtful conversation about all things TMS and the ways in which an open mind can save your life. XO n.
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SUPPORT:
🟠 Struggling with chronic pain? Check out my Freedom From Chronic Pain course GET THE FIRST LESSON FREE: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/painfree
🟠 Anxiety controlling your life? Try my Freedom From an Anxious Life course GET THE FIRST LESSON FREE: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/anxietyfree
🧠 Learn more about the brain science and clinical experiences in my book MIND YOUR BODY: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/book
💛 Receive support, guidance, connection, and direct access to Nicole with MEMBERSHIP: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/membership
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THE CURE FOR CHRONIC PAIN
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This episode originally aired on November 15, 2024.
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The Messy Middle: You Know the Answer - So Why Aren’t You Better Yet?
LEARN HOW TO JOURNALSPEAK What happens when you finally understand that your chronic symptoms are rooted in the mind-body connection, but you’re not yet experiencing the freedom you know is possible? The …
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What happens when you finally understand that your chronic symptoms are rooted in the mind-body connection, but you’re not yet experiencing the freedom you know is possible? The door behind you has closed: you’re no longer endlessly searching for a physical cure to what you now understand is a nervous system problem. But the path ahead still feels uncertain. This uncomfortable, disorienting space is what we call the messy middle.
In this episode, I’m sharing a powerful bootcamp Lisa and I led for our BreakAwake community about how to navigate this stage of healing. We explore why the messy middle isn’t evidence that the work isn’t working, but a necessary passage between understanding the solution and learning to live inside it. If you feel like you know too much to go backward but aren’t yet free enough to trust what’s ahead, this conversation is for you. Join us! XOOX n.
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🟠 Struggling with chronic pain? Check out my Freedom From Chronic Pain course GET THE FIRST LESSON FREE: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/painfree
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🧠 Learn more about the brain science and clinical experiences in my book MIND YOUR BODY: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/book
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From the Vault: Anxiety, Vertigo, Migraine, Long Covid, and WAKING UP with Jonah Primo
Learn how to JournalSpeak https://www.yourbreakawake.com/journalspeak When Jonah Primo, host of the in-app podcast Work in Progress on the WAKING UP app contacted us, Lisa and I were …
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When Jonah Primo, host of the in-app podcast Work in Progress on the WAKING UP app contacted us, Lisa and I were elated. We are long time fans of WAKING UP and its founder, neuroscientist Sam Harris, and we were enthusiastic about sharing space with such a like-minded person. But that was just the beginning. Jonah's own pain story was stunning, and we quickly jumped on the chance to have him on our podcast to tell his tale of complete despair to recovery using the mindset and tools of MindBody medicine. After being a totally healthy and athletic 27-year-old, Jonah found himself so swallowed by a laundry list of symptoms that he quite literally struggled to walk. As he became skeptical of the medical model to cure his pain, he turned in our direction, and the rest is history. Join us for a striking tale of recovery from some of the most common (yet most terrifying) symptoms we hear about - vertigo, migraines, anxiety, and the dreaded Long Covid. I know you will get so much out of what we discuss. Much love! xoxo n.
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SUPPORT:
🟠 Struggling with chronic pain? Check out my Freedom From Chronic Pain course GET THE FIRST LESSON FREE: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/painfree
🟠 Anxiety controlling your life? Try my Freedom From an Anxious Life course GET THE FIRST LESSON FREE: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/anxietyfree
🧠 Learn more about the brain science and clinical experiences in my book MIND YOUR BODY: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/book
💛 Receive support, guidance, connection, and direct access to Nicole with MEMBERSHIP: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/membership
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THE CURE FOR CHRONIC PAIN
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This episode originally aired on July 19, 2024.
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From the Vault: Rachel Platten’s Crazy Inspirational Recovery from Back Pain, Panic, Anxiety, and More
Learn how to JournalSpeak https://www.yourbreakawake.com/journalspeak This interview is one for the history books. Not only is Rachel's story CRAZY inspirational, the magic that …
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This interview is one for the history books. Not only is Rachel's story CRAZY inspirational, the magic that accompanies our knowing one another and the synergy of how it unfolded is uncommon and moving. I can't wait to share this one with you! Note: we had some unforeseen technical issues in the last 5 minutes of our talk, so please forgive the audio glitch. It doesn't take away 1% from the power of this tale of recovery. Special thanks to Oliver Sachs for coming through with a genius audio edit. Gotta love having a son at NYU studying music technology.
Through postpartum depression, panic attacks, back and hip pain, Rachel fought her way through and out as only our sweet "Fight Song" warrior could, and her description of the lowest lows and the revelation of recovery will motivate you to carry forth through your own. So much love from both of us to all of you. xoxo n.
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Producer: Lisa Eisenpresser
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SUPPORT:
🟠 Struggling with chronic pain? Check out my Freedom From Chronic Pain course GET THE FIRST LESSON FREE: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/painfree
🟠 Anxiety controlling your life? Try my Freedom From an Anxious Life course GET THE FIRST LESSON FREE: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/anxietyfree
🧠 Learn more about the brain science and clinical experiences in my book MIND YOUR BODY: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/book
💛 Receive support, guidance, connection, and direct access to Nicole with MEMBERSHIP: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/membership
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THE CURE FOR CHRONIC PAIN
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This episode originally aired on August 30, 2024.
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When Your Dream Job Becomes the Trigger: Long COVID, Vestibular Migraines, and a Real-Time Heal with Christian
LEARN HOW TO JOURNALSPEAK When Christian developed chronic dizziness, vestibular migraines, fatigue, and post-exertional crashes after COVID, his life quickly became organized around fear. As a sports …
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When Christian developed chronic dizziness, vestibular migraines, fatigue, and post-exertional crashes after COVID, his life quickly became organized around fear. As a sports broadcaster, his symptoms were especially intense at work—the very place where his identity, ambition, and ability to provide for his growing family felt most vulnerable. After normal medical testing and months of searching for answers, Christian found Mind Your Body, began JournalSpeak, and started to recognize that his nervous system was capable of change. But when his symptoms didn’t disappear as quickly as he hoped, a new fear took over: What if he couldn’t heal unless he quit his job? What if he hadn’t reached rock bottom yet? In this hybrid success story and Real-Time Heal, I help Christian understand why his symptoms attached themselves to work, achievement, and self-worth—and why recovery doesn’t require abandoning his life or waiting for his body to collapse. With his first son on the way, Christian begins to see this experience not as the end of the life he planned, but as an opportunity to build the emotional strength he’ll carry into fatherhood. We talk about predictive coding, symptom monitoring, fear of crashes, and the importance of meeting symptoms with safety rather than panic. Christian believes his story will have a happy ending. My answer is simple: It already does. XO n.
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SUPPORT:
🟠 Struggling with chronic pain? Check out my Freedom From Chronic Pain course GET THE FIRST LESSON FREE: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/painfree
🟠 Anxiety controlling your life? Try my Freedom From an Anxious Life course GET THE FIRST LESSON FREE: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/anxietyfree
🧠 Learn more about the brain science and clinical experiences in my book MIND YOUR BODY: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/book
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From the Vault: Life Beyond Fibromyalgia - Pregnancy and Other Miracles with Claire
Learn how to JournalSpeak https://www.yourbreakawake.com/journalspeak When I got Claire's email, I was so filled with gratitude that I knew our interview had to be our Thanksgiving …
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When I got Claire's email, I was so filled with gratitude that I knew our interview had to be our Thanksgiving episode. Claire spent a lifetime (and I mean a lifetime) battling TMS in myriad forms, never knowing that there was a solution that connected all of her symptoms. Plantar fasciitis, fibromyalgia, and finally larynx and voice disorders that brought her to her knees - Claire became ready to look outside of the medical model for answers. When she landed on this podcast, she knew she was at the precipice of something that was going to change her life. And now... Claire is pregnant! Not only is her pain COMPLETELY GONE, but she is poised to be such a wonderful mother now that she won't be parenting through the lens of her own issues. It's such a gift, one that I've lived personally. Enjoy this inspiring conversation full of so much helpful guidance. Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate! XOOX n.
1:1 COACHING WITH TRAINED COACHES SUPERVISED DIRECTLY BY NICOLE
Producer: Lisa Eisenpresser
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SUPPORT:
🟠 Struggling with chronic pain? Check out my Freedom From Chronic Pain course GET THE FIRST LESSON FREE: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/painfree
🟠 Anxiety controlling your life? Try my Freedom From an Anxious Life course GET THE FIRST LESSON FREE: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/anxietyfree
🧠 Learn more about the brain science and clinical experiences in my book MIND YOUR BODY: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/book
💛 Receive support, guidance, connection, and direct access to Nicole with MEMBERSHIP: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/membership
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THE CURE FOR CHRONIC PAIN
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Podcast music by the beautiful and talented Danielle Furst: @musicfurst
This episode originally aired on November 25, 2022.
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From the Vault: REAL TIME HEAL: An Alcoholic Home, Fibromyalgia, and Social Anxiety with Angela
Learn how to JournalSpeak https://www.yourbreakawake.com/journalspeak Growing up with a severely abusive alcoholic father and battered mother has left its emotional scars on Angela …
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Growing up with a severely abusive alcoholic father and battered mother has left its emotional scars on Angela. She hit a wall in her 30s and her body simply shut down. She was wracked with all over body pain diagnosed as fibromyalgia, as well as many other symptoms. After doing her JournalSpeak work like a total warrior, Angela has been able to free herself from all of her chronic physical symptoms - a true feat. She comes to this session today with what's left over: the deep emotional wounds that are keeping her stuck with social anxiety. I think everyone will get something out of this beautiful, vulnerable conversation. Join us! xoxo n.
1:1 COACHING WITH TRAINED COACHES SUPERVISED DIRECTLY BY NICOLE
Producer: Lisa Eisenpresser
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SUPPORT:
🟠 Struggling with chronic pain? Check out my Freedom From Chronic Pain course GET THE FIRST LESSON FREE: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/painfree
🟠 Anxiety controlling your life? Try my Freedom From an Anxious Life course GET THE FIRST LESSON FREE: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/anxietyfree
🧠 Learn more about the brain science and clinical experiences in my book MIND YOUR BODY: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/book
💛 Receive support, guidance, connection, and direct access to Nicole with MEMBERSHIP: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/membership
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THE CURE FOR CHRONIC PAIN
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Podcast music by the beautiful and talented Danielle Furst: @musicfurst
This episode originally aired on December 18, 2020.
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Parenting as a Mirror: What Your Triggers Are Trying to Tell You
LEARN HOW TO JOURNALSPEAK There are moments in parenting that do not feel the way you thought they would. A reaction that comes on too fast. An intensity that does not quite match what is happening. A wave …
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There are moments in parenting that do not feel the way you thought they would. A reaction that comes on too fast. An intensity that does not quite match what is happening. A wave of anger, fear, resentment, guilt, or panic that seems to rise out of nowhere and suddenly you are not responding from the grounded adult part of you anymore. You are in it.
Most of us are taught to override these moments. We tell ourselves to calm down, be grateful, be a good parent, stop overreacting, let it go. But the nervous system does not respond to what you think you should feel. It responds to what is actually there. And often, what is actually there has very little to do with the child in front of you and everything to do with the younger parts of you that are being activated in real time.
In this episode, which comes from one of our BreakAwake Bootcamps, we explore parenting as one of the most powerful mirrors we will ever encounter. Not because our children are doing anything wrong, and not because we are bad parents for being triggered, but because parenting has a way of bringing our unconscious material straight to the surface. The impatience, the fear, the urgency, the need to control, the heartbreak, the overwhelm, the feeling that we are failing or being rejected or losing ourselves — all of it is information.
When we can slow these moments down enough to understand what is really happening inside, something begins to shift. The trigger becomes less of a verdict and more of a doorway. Instead of using shame to force ourselves into being calmer, we can begin to meet the part of us that is scared, overextended, unseen, or still waiting for something it never got.
This is exactly the kind of work we do inside BreakAwake. Every month, we poll our private community about what they most want to explore, what they are struggling with, and what questions are alive for them right now. Then we build these monthly Bootcamps around those themes, answering questions, teaching the work, and bringing these ideas into real life where they actually matter. If this kind of conversation interests you, the best way to be involved is to join the BreakAwake membership, where you can be part of the private community, help shape future Bootcamp topics, and receive ongoing support as you deepen this work.
MEMBERSHIP: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/membership
Parenting will always bring us to our edges, but those edges do not have to mean we are doing it wrong. Sometimes they are simply showing us where the next layer of healing is ready to begin. Join us! XOOX n.
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Lisa and I will be teaching at Miraval Austin from September 25–27 for a relaxing, immersive retreat experience rooted in this work. You can learn more by visiting www.NicoleSachs.com and clicking the Retreats tab.
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Want your questions answered directly by me? 💛
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Producer: Lisa Eisenpresser
~~~~~
SUPPORT:
🟠 Struggling with chronic pain? Check out my Freedom From Chronic Pain course GET THE FIRST LESSON FREE: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/painfree
🟠 Anxiety controlling your life? Try my Freedom From an Anxious Life course GET THE FIRST LESSON FREE: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/anxietyfree
🧠 Learn more about the brain science and clinical experiences in my book MIND YOUR BODY: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/book
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From the Vault: Overcoming Intense Fibromyalgia and Nerve Pain with Catherine Oxenberg
Learn how to JournalSpeak https://www.yourbreakawake.com/journalspeak When HBO's The Vow revealed that a horrible cult leader was abusing women, I was riveted to every episode. But the …
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When HBO's The Vow revealed that a horrible cult leader was abusing women, I was riveted to every episode. But the most captivating thing about this documentary series for me was the strength and fortitude of a mother desperately seeking to rescue her beloved daughter. Catherine and India Oxenberg's story was one that gripped me the entire time, and I was rooting for them vehemently - mother to mother - energetically. Cut to several months later: I get a DM on Instagram from Catherine. The moment India was safe, Catherine fell horribly ill with excruciating nerve pain. This is so typical of TMS! She received many diagnoses, and no medication was touching the symptoms. She found mindbody work, mercifully, and began her healing journey. We've kept in touch over the years, and Catherine has emerged from this harrowing journey totally chronic pain free! I am thrilled to share her story here with you today.
xoxo n.
1:1 COACHING WITH TRAINED COACHES SUPERVISED DIRECTLY BY NICOLE
Producer: Lisa Eisenpresser
~~~~~
SUPPORT:
🟠 Struggling with chronic pain? Check out my Freedom From Chronic Pain course GET THE FIRST LESSON FREE: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/painfree
🟠 Anxiety controlling your life? Try my Freedom From an Anxious Life course GET THE FIRST LESSON FREE: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/anxietyfree
🧠 Learn more about the brain science and clinical experiences in my book MIND YOUR BODY: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/book
💛 Receive support, guidance, connection, and direct access to Nicole with MEMBERSHIP: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/membership
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THE CURE FOR CHRONIC PAIN
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Podcast music by the beautiful and talented Danielle Furst: @musicfurst
This episode originally aired on August 23, 2023.
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How People Pleasing, Codependency, and Perfectionism Keep the Nervous System Stuck with Béa Albina
LEARN HOW TO JOURNALSPEAK In this episode, I’m joined by Béa Albina, nurse practitioner, somatic practitioner, and the author and creator of Emotional Outsourcing, for a conversation that gets right to the …
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In this episode, I’m joined by Béa Albina, nurse practitioner, somatic practitioner, and the author and creator of Emotional Outsourcing, for a conversation that gets right to the heart of why so many of us abandon ourselves in the name of being good, helpful, agreeable, easy, impressive, or needed. Béa defines emotional outsourcing as the chronic habit of sourcing our safety, belonging, and worth from everyone and everything outside of ourselves, instead of from within, and we unpack how deeply this pattern can become wired into the nervous system. For so many of us, especially women raised inside cultural expectations to be pleasant, useful, low-maintenance, and not “too much,” people pleasing and codependency were not personality flaws. They were survival strategies.
This conversation is such an important bridge between the emotional life and the body. We talk about the way chronic self-abandonment, resentment, perfectionism, hypervigilance, and the constant scanning of other people’s moods can create a fertile environment for symptoms, anxiety, and nervous system dysregulation. Béa and I explore why awareness is the first doorway into healing, how somatic practices help us come back into relationship with ourselves, and why the smallest “newborn kitten steps” can be the beginning of profound change. We also talk about boundaries, self-compassion, the power of intentional language, and what it really means to stop outsourcing your sense of worth and begin building safety inside your own body.
In this episode, we discuss emotional outsourcing as a new way to understand codependency, perfectionism, and people pleasing; why women are so often conditioned to disconnect from their needs in order to stay loved and accepted; how the nervous system learns to prioritize everyone else’s comfort over internal stability; the connection between self-silencing, resentment, chronic symptoms, and emotional repression; why somatic awareness and JournalSpeak are so aligned; how to begin asking the body what it needs; why boundaries are not about controlling other people but about deciding how we will take care of ourselves; and how self-compassion becomes the foundation for real healing instead of just another thing we try to perform perfectly.
Béa’s work is compassionate, practical, funny, deeply intelligent, and beautifully aligned with the core message of this podcast: you are not broken, your body is not betraying you, and the patterns that once protected you can be understood, softened, and changed. This is a conversation about coming home to yourself, not in a cheesy way, but in the most biologically necessary way. Because when we stop living as if everyone else gets to decide whether we are safe, lovable, and worthy, the nervous system finally has a chance to exhale.
Where to find Béa: Listen to her podcast, Feminist Wellness, read her book, End Emotional Outsourcing: How to Overcome Your Codependent, Perfectionist and People-Pleasing Habits, and find her on social media under her full name, Beatriz Victoria Albina NP.
Lisa and I will be teaching at Miraval Austin from September 25–27 for a relaxing, immersive retreat experience rooted in this work. You can learn more by visiting www.NicoleSachs.com and clicking the Retreats tab.
Find me at www.NicoleSachs.com, on Instagram @nicolesachslcsw, and inside my Heal with Nicole community.
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Want your questions answered directly by me? 💛
Receive support, guidance, connection, and direct access to me in our HEAL WITH NICOLE MEMBERSHIP: https://tinyurl.com/y7wadt8d
Producer: Lisa Eisenpresser
~~~~~
SUPPORT:
🟠 Struggling with chronic pain? Check out my Freedom From Chronic Pain course GET THE FIRST LESSON FREE: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/painfree
🟠 Anxiety controlling your life? Try my Freedom From an Anxious Life course GET THE FIRST LESSON FREE: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/anxietyfree
🧠 Learn more about the brain science and clinical experiences in my book MIND YOUR BODY: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/book
💛 Receive support, guidance, connection, and direct access to Nicole with MEMBERSHIP: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/membership
~~~~
THE CURE FOR CHRONIC PAIN
JOIN THE CONVERSATION ON INSTAGRAM 👉 https://www.instagram.com/nicolesachslcsw
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LEARN ABOUT ANNUAL OMEGA RETREAT 👉 https://www.yourbreakawake.com/work-with-nicole
Podcast music by the beautiful and talented Danielle Furst: @musicfurst
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