I am thrilled to offer a brand new coaching program, by popular reader demand. I have created an online-only coaching service that is perfect for clients who prefer email correspondence to speaking with me on the phone or in person. This online program provides 24/7 access to me from anywhere in the world, allowing clients […]

This post is inspired by recent conversations with some of my former clients who have changed vocations after their time spent in coaching and have gone on to work professionally, or in a volunteer capacity, with people who suffer with chronic pain. Three separate former clients have taken up this path, following in my own […]

I have long cautioned readers to avoid the pharmaceutical trap when battling chronic pain and illness. After all, long-term use of medication can be a very slippery slope. Once on pills, it is difficult to get off. Worse yet, the drug effects on mind and body can be dire, often exceeding the toll taken by […]

Embracing change can be a very difficult proposition for chronically ill people to accept. Change conjures the specter of fear and fear is already a huge problem for most people who are in eternal pain. Change is inevitable. In fact, change is the only constant in our lives. Everything in the world is changing around […]

Who said that life is fair? Fairness is a human-created concept and life does not play by our rules. Life is not and never will be fair. Expecting anything but this absolute truth is naive. Likewise, there is no stability, certainty, control or security in life. These are human-created concepts that do not exist in […]

The waiting game of chronic pain is an ordeal that virtually all ill and pained people know too well. Waiting becomes a major obstacle in life for sick people, especially if they are currently in various stages of treatment. However, waiting should never define life. It is vital to live each day for itself, without […]

In this final part of my series detailing constructive pain management, I will extol the virtues of some of the better professionally-applied techniques that are available from doctors, therapists and mental-health professionals. In my coaching program, one of the critical ideas that clients learn is to take charge of their health and wellness, helping them […]

This third part of my series on constructive pain reduction provides a quick overview of some of my favorite self-managed care techniques for pain management that I like to emphasize within my coaching programs. These techniques differ from the lifestyle modifications, since most of these practices are not already part of a client’s life, but […]

In this second part of my series on constructive pain management, I want to detail some of the lifestyle changes for symptom relief first proposed in the introductory section of this 4 part essay. The methods explained below are all alterations that can be easily integrated into any client’s life, in order to help them […]

Chronically ill people do best when they take charge of their own health and treatment. No matter how good your doctor is, it’s your life that is at stake. In this 4 part series on constructive pain management, I discuss the need to diversify the methods which allow clients to live better, despite pain or […]