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A Way to Manage Chronic Pain
A Way to Manage Chronic Pain
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Length:
44 minutes
Released:
Oct 14, 2019
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Podcast episode
Description
Dr. Rick Hanson and Forrest speak with Vidyamala Burch, co-founder of Breathworks, which offers mindfulness-based approaches to living well with chronic pain, illness or stress. The organization grew out of her own experience with chronic pain as a partial paraplegic, and adapts principles from Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction and Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy.Click here if you'd like to give to the Breathworks Foundation, the charitable wing of Breathworks.If you'd like to start making real, positive changes to your brain and your life, but you don't have a lot of extra time, then you may want to check out Rick Hanson's new program: Just One Minute. Use the code BEINGWELL at checkout for 10% off the purchase price.Connect with the show:Visit us on the webFollow us on InstagramFollow Rick on FacebookFollow Forrest on FacebookSubscribe on iTunesTimestamps:00:58: Vidyamala's story.04:55: The story behind Breathworks' approach.12:08: Basic techniques and practices Breathworks teaches.15:51: Why doesn't mindfulness make pain worse? Why would I want to be mindful of my pain?19:20: The power of fully coming into an experience of self.26:58: General advice for managing chronic pain. 32:45: How to keep going through the bad days. 38:20: Recap
Released:
Oct 14, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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