Tell me your story ~ an EPIc approach
I’ve been thinking about this a lot in the last few weeks. Thinking about it ever since Peter O’Sullivan asked me to tell him my story when I was a patient demo during his Cognitive Functional Therapy...
View ArticleEPIc Women’s Retreat August 2018
Waiver Form Our next EPIc Women’s Retreat to empower women living with pain to live well will be held August 17-19th in the majestic Rocky Mountains of Colorado. We will come together to share our...
View ArticleEPIc Retreat for First Responders October 2018
Cofounder Jo **Our October EPIc Retreat for First Responders is full. Please contact us at info@epicolorado.org to be put on the waitlist or inquire about future retreats and workshops** Our October...
View ArticleAcceptance revisited ~ what has acceptance meant to me?
These days I’m feeling like I’m just a person, not a person with chronic pain, which is an interesting perch to view the past eight years from. I’m trying to piece together how I got here. Granted,...
View ArticleIt’s Words That I Remember ~ Language Matters
I’m writing about language…again! It’s because this year I have had the great honor to speak at a number of conferences, and it’s come up every time. One of the most important talks I’ve ever given was...
View ArticleWhy Patient Stories Matter at Professional Conferences
This has been a year of presenting or participating in meaningful ways in conferences, and I’m so grateful for the opportunities to share what it is like to live with pain, and to recover, out into the...
View ArticleThe challenging patient…
My pain didn’t go away as expected. Not as I expected. Not as any of the dozen plus clinicians who treated me expected. Not as the worker’s compensation claims adjusters expected. I was labeled a...
View ArticleWholeness, stories, service, compassion – initial reflections on SD Pain 2019
Wow. Just wow. Another San Diego Pain Summit is in the books! The fifth SDPain and my fifth (I’m a lifer). I’m still trying to weave together all the beautiful threads present throughout the Summit,...
View ArticleHealing and curing ~ reflecting on the words of Rachel Naomi Remen
This quote from an OnBeing interview with Rachel Naomi Remen captures so beautifully some thoughts I’ve had difficulty putting into words. “We thought we could cure everything, but it turns out that...
View ArticlePast health professional workshops and presentations
We thought we’d share some of what we’ve been up to the last couple years with our health professional workshops and participation in professional conferences. Here is a sampling: San Diego Pain...
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