What is pain coaching for chronic pain?
Pain coaching – a science and evidence based way of helping you understand, ease and overcome your chronic pain We start by clarifying what has happened, your needs, concerns, questions, and what you want to address. The focus of our work together is based on the...
What does cause pain?
a common question with a complex answer...yet there is huge hope because... Through the very complexity of life and being human, there are many possibilities and opportunities to ease and overcome chronic pain. Understanding your pain will open your eyes. What does...
Pain Coaching for mental health
Welcome. I created Pain Coaching to meet the needs of people experiencing chronic pain and complex health situations. Perhaps this is you. You want to get better but don't know how and need help, guidance and encouragement. Pain Coaching emerged from my trainings...
Well, this was a lovely surprise…
Welcome. If you are a regular reader you know I love poetry. In particular, I enjoy and am nourished by haikus, which are a form of Japanese poem. Traditionally a haiku is 17 syllables over three lines in a 5-7-5 format. A haiku is a doorway into the present moment....
3 quick ways to change your experience
And one way for sustained positive change Welcome. What are you feeling right now? That is your experience. It is governed by your beliefs, expectations, and where your attention is. Whilst these underpin your experience, you only experience what you experience, not...
Pain Coaching – creating a culture
Pain Coaching: a living culture Pain Coaching is more than a method.It is a way of being. A culture. A community.It began with a seed—my ambition was and is to guide people to transform their pain and realise freedom. And something more:To co-create a culture grounded...
Pain in Menopause ~ webinar review
Pain in Menopause webinar, 10th April Thank You for Joining the Pain in Menopause Webinar 🌟 Our session introduced the latest thinking on pain—especially persistent (chronic) pain—and how it can emerge or change during perimenopause and menopause. It was designed to...
Antibiotics for Chronic Back Pain? What You Need to Know
March 30 A new study suggests that an antibiotic could be a "game-changer" for chronic low back pain. But is this really the breakthrough it seems? This idea isn’t new. Researchers have been exploring the connection between back pain and bacterial infection for over a...
Exercise can improve mental health symptoms
New research highlight February 19, W Sussex Exercise as a transdiagnostic intervention for improving mental health: an umbrella review (Solmi et al., 2025) Abstract Exercise is beneficial for mental health in general, but no review has systematically assessed its...
Personal injury claim ~ 8 Things I would tell a client about their pain asap
Pain and chronic pain are the most common causes of suffering after a personal injury: e.g./ car accident, fall at work. 8 things I would help the client understand are below, but first... Identifying pain early as a significant contributor to suffering, along with...
chronic pain:10 ways a partner can help you
...on your journey to understand, ease and overcome your chronic pain There are many ways your partner can help. Here are some ideas. Ultimately, you decide what kind of help you need. They may also have some suggestions to share with you. This is why communication...
Tinnisoothe is a new device to ease tinnitus
The TinniSoothe Team It's tinnitus week 2025 Jez Lawson, on the left, is an old schoolfriend. He got in touch a few years ago about a new device he was developing with two friends to help tinnitus sufferers. Tinnitus is a major problem for people, causing great...
How Pain Coaching became a way to help people with dystonia
Me and Dr Marie-Helene Marion It was definitely before 2010, but I can't remember exactly, when we met. Dr Marie-Helene Marion, consultant neurologist specialising in movement disorders (now retired), especially dystonia, and I were introduced and we got chatting. It...
Pain Coaching is a partnership
And a caring collaboration Pain Coaching focuses on the person, you. Pain Coaching is a partnership between two people, or between members of a group. You are the expert in you, your life and your pain. It is the collaboration that drives the transformation of your...