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The Cure for Chronic Pain with Nicole Sachs, LCSW

The Cure for Chronic Pain with Nicole Sachs, LCSW

What If Part of You Is Afraid to Heal? The Hidden Reason Chronic Symptoms Persist

Oct 9, 2026 · 1h 10m

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Learn how to JournalSpeak⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.yourbreakawake.com/journalspeak What if the thing standing between you and healing isn’t your symptom, but what your symptom has been protecting? In this episode, I’m sharing our July Bootcamp, where Lisa and I went deep into one of the most challenging parts of this work: the unconscious fears and protective patterns that can keep us stuck even when we’re doing everything “right.” We talk about the fear of getting better, the urgency to heal, identity and symptoms, the false safety of managing and controlling the body, JournalSpeak, self-compassion, and what happens when being unwell has quietly become a way to get…