At least 30 per cent of men and women live with chronic pain. And there is often overlap between pain and mental health issues, such as stress, anxiety and/or depression. There are many misconceptions about the best way to work…
A recent study suggested that by 2040, one in five of us will be living with anxiety, depression, and/or chronic pain. These three problems often overlap. And there are many misconceptions about the best ways to work with them. And…
What have I learned from working with people in pain? Many people in the world live with chronic pain. Pain that does not always have an easy explanation. Pain that can come and go unpredictably. Pain is complicated and the…
How would you feel about saying ‘thank you’ for pain? It seems like a bizarre idea. And yet viewed from the perspective that pain is a protective mechanism – an alarm system designed to help us – not being grateful…
The writer Mark Twain once wrote that: ‘kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see’. It is a behaviour marked by generosity – offering consideration, assistance, and concern for others. Without regard for praise…
The Buddha once said no one should believe things just because he said they were true. He advised his listeners to apply his teachings in their own lives. Take what worked for them, discard what didn’t. Learning to trust yourself…
The word strive means to make great efforts to achieve something. To ‘struggle or fight vigorously’, according to the Oxford English Dictionary. And given how often we hear about the ‘fight against’ in healthcare, whether it’s cancer or drugs, you…
Good things come to those who wait. And if you are dealing with chronic pain, you may well feel you have been waiting rather too long. Chronic pain is defined as pain that has gone on for more than three…
The Buddhist monk Ajahn Chah once said: ‘If you let go a little, you will have a little peace. If you let go a lot, you will have a lot of peace’. It’s easy to get stuck, when you have…