People with pain or illness can rest assured knowing that coaching is a safe investment. Not only is coaching effective, but it also builds incomparable life skills. People who are stricken with chronic pain and illness often do not have any money to waste. Often, their capacity to earn is limited and they might have […]

Relaxing through pain is a simple and highly effective coping mechanism that can pay dividends for anyone who has a chronic health issue. However, relaxing when symptomatic flare-ups occur is one of the hardest strategies to employ for most untrained people. It does not matter what type of pain you have or what variety of […]

Fear is a major problem for people with illness and pain. Fear actually negatively impacts life far worse than the symptoms of any oppressive health issue ever could. Worse still, fear is an emotion that is usually automatically suppressed and is often completely repressed, never extending into consciousness at all due to its nightmarish psychoemotional […]

Chronic Pain Coach has been awarded an NGO research grant that has allowed me to reduce the cost of all coaching services by almost 50%. The site now features a completely new pricing structure, bringing expert pain coaching services well within the reach of every deserving client. I am thrilled at the opportunity presented, since […]

Chronic pain and fear are virtually always found closely together, since both conditions are related and tend to feed each other in a vicious cycle of suffering. Among my coaching clients, I tend to see fear as a universal problem that is sometimes more affective on the quality of life than the pain condition itself. […]

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 […]