Chronic Pain-How do we deal with it...

Acceptance is the first the stage of dealing with something we wish never entered into our lives. A common saying that I live be is that whatever life throws at you it is how YOU deal with it that makes a difference. Remember, your life is a journey and the choices we make are what controls the changes we must have. Let us begin by understanding the name of my Company, and why I have chosen the name.

CoachBrainHeart. We think with our brain but it is still best to make decisions with our heart. The old "gut feeling" deserves a lot more credit than it is sometimes given. It goes back to teachings from our youth, and not feeling the confidence in our abilities.

When we are young, we are little sponges. We learn by trying something and then accepting the result. Not life changing decisions so no big deal, right? Hold on! When we are very young we don't know if they are life changing or not. We just move forward 'cause it sounds like a good thing. Choices. We are only making choices.

Jump forward to adult hood and we have been or influenced by many different people in our lives and maybe the choices we make now are not totally our own? We have chronic pain, we go to the Doctor and ask for a solution. Not our Brain, not our Heart. How has that worked for you? Did they have and answer? Did it work for you? I bet not.

So now we need to back up a step and use their advice, mix it with other information we may have found make our decision on what to "try" to help ourselves. So use the brain to gather the information, then our heart to make a choice. The wonderful thing about this is that we make a choice, know what it is and if need be adjust it and try again. BrainHeart. Our decision maker that is built in. For example, it your Chronic pain is in your arms, you may decide to stretch and exercise in a certain way. Didn't help? Try a different way. Now are in a forward thinking way that will only lead us to feeling like we are in control and that is the best way to deal with Chronic Pain. Keep control and have an open mind and heart to make your choices.

We will deal with how we do this more in next weeks article.

Be strong and open your mind.

Love you and want to help you.

Dan