Don't miss next week's call-in!

Ladies (you can listen too, men), you don't want to miss out on the call-in's with Nicole Sachs, LCSW. The call with her last night was fabulous and I trotted right over to Amazon and downloaded her book onto my Kindle. (Dang, just remembered I didn't use the Amazon Smile…be sure to use that so this site can benefit from your purchases.)

Her book is hard to put down. Having her perspective as a psychotherapist, mom and former Dr. Sarno patient makes for some really rich stuff.

A personal tale. She mentioned how when emotions are getting close to the surface, there can be a flare up. How she framed it provided me with an encouraging "AHA!"

So last night, I woke up with excruciating mid calf leg pain. A favorite TMS target for the past 10 years but the intensity of this was breathtaking. Would-someone-please-chop-my-leg-off intense. I tossed and turned and was crying in my dreams because of the pain. The emotional basis to my pain was made quite clear.

I thought about limping to the kitchen to down some ibuprofen but I told myself it was TMS. My leg was fine within about 20 minutes of the self talk.

More than anything, I was encouraged that such a flare up tells me I'm near another break through. I don't relish the dark places rearing their head but I am SO. FREAKIN. READY. to be pain free!

This morning, I have been tearing into her book and I hope you do too! (Be sure to use the Smile link when you do order!)

 

Hi, North Star. I, too, love the Nicole Sachs call-ins. How you handled your pain flare-up is great.

Good thing you don't keep ibuprofen and a glass of water near your bed or you might not have
practiced TMS knowledge to stop the leg pain.

 

Walt, I actually HAVE had ibu by my bedside. Complete with the glass of water and a few cashews as I never take it on an empty stomach. Those days are over though.

 

So are we planning to discuss the first two chapters of Nicole's book next week?