The Catapult Effect

In this week’s episode of The Pain Changer, I chat with Roxanne Chaput , the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Roxanne Chaput Limited. She is a Celestial Guide, Celestial+Generational Earth Shaman, Quantum Healer, an Inspirational Speaker+Podcast Host of Soul to Soul with Roxanne in addition to being a Life+Love Mentor.  Roxanne’s purpose is to provide a safe and powerful place for her client...

In this week’s episode of The Pain Changer, I chat with Candace Plattor, an Addictions Therapist in private practice, where she specializes in working with the family and other loved ones of people who are struggling with addiction, in her unique and signature Family Addiction Counseling and Therapy Program. As a former opioid addict with 35 years clean and sober now, Candace has learned that over...

In this week’s episode of The Pain Changer, I chat with Lauren Fonvielle, an Integrative Energy Practitioner, specializing in EFT/ Tapping for stress, anxiety, and trauma. She guides her clients on a journey of self-healing to break through obstacles - physical, mental, or emotional - that are keeping them stuck and holding them back in life or business.  She believes we all have the answers withi...

This week I decided to release a bonus episode around my experience with Covid, in large part because what I learned while I had Covid was directly tied into the action items and follow-up from episode 27. While I had a mild case, Covid also kicked my a$$ because I got stuck with it for 3 weeks. In this episode you will learn: What I mean by getting “stuck” with Covid versus false positive tests H...

Over the last few months of episodes, you have heard from several experts within their fields, all focused on what you can do to help yourself if you are experiencing chronic pain, stress, or any other type of chronic condition. In today’s episode, I share with you what I’ve taken from these past episodes. Then I’m going to walk you through the highlights and help create actionable items you can t...

In this week’s episode of The Pain Changer, I chat with Josie Warren. Josie is a chronic illness expert. She had chronic pain, 8 different autoimmune disorders, and alcoholism in her 20’s. After years of struggling with Western and alternative medicine, she found the missing piece that led her to fully heal from her chronic pain and all her conditions. Josie is passionate about helping others with...

In this week’s episode of The Pain Changer, I chat with Dr. Shane Steadman. Dr. Shane Steadman is the owner of Integrated Health and Integrated Brain Centers in Denver, CO. He is a board-certified chiropractic neurologist and a chiropractic nutritionist. He is a fellow of the American Association of Integrative Medicine. He is certified in chiropractic clinical neurology and is a certified nutriti...

I n this week’s episode of The Pain Changer, I chat with Magic Barclay, Magic is the lead practitioner at holistic Natural Health Australia and host of the podcast “A Magical Life: Health, Wealth, and Weight Loss”. Magic’s life changed when she faced multiple life-threatening conditions. She then decided to find the root cause of her health issues and that set her on a path of life-changing learni...

In this week’s episode of The Pain Changer, I chat with Kathy White, a yoga teacher who has developed a program to help people with joint pain.  Kathy and I chatted about her journey that led her to yoga and how its benefited not only her, but her students as well. In this episode, you will: Learn why and how yoga can help lower physical pain Learn how yoga can help you release the emotions that a...

In this week’s episode of The Pain Changer, I chat with Annie Miller, a psychotherapist and founder of the DC Metro Sleep and Psychotherapy center. Annie and I have a great chat about what really keeps us up at night, and how we can start to shift those things to allow for a full and easy night’s sleep. We also chat about her method for helping to dissolve chronic pain! In this episode, you will:...

In this week’s episode of The Pain Changer, I chat with the genetically optimistic Leann Stickel. Despite a diagnosis of a pretty aggressive form of multiple sclerosis in 2009, Leann continues to stay positive, and she teaches others how to add more positivity to their toolkits. In this episode, you will: Learn what it means to be genetically optimistic and what you can do if that’s not you! Learn...

In this week’s episode of The Pain Changer, I chat with mindset coach and author of The Father, the Son, and the A-Ha Moment , Steve Barton, about his method of helping people make rapid mindset shifts. Steve has created a unique approach he calls The Game of Ten®. In this episode, you will: Learn what the Game of Ten® is and how it can help you Hear Steve and I share an A-ha moment about the free...

Over the last few weeks you have heard from other experts on diet, and some self-care tips too, in order to help you start to change your experience with pain. This week I’m tying that advice in with the episodes around patterns, and patterns that stem from trauma. This week you will learn: How trauma can impact weight and work against you when you want to diet How and where trauma can impact slee...

A few weeks back, Coral Simpson joined me to talk about the importance of a diet that is for you, when you are experiencing chronic pain. This week, we are taking a deeper dive into this arena with Lynne Bowman, the author of Brownies for Breakfast: A Cookbook for Diabetics and Those Who Love Them. In this episode you will learn: How easy and inexpensive it can be to eat healthy Why it is so impor...

This week we are going further into pillars of wellness to help aid in relieving chronic pain. Dr. Rebecca Morrell joins me to chat about her practice as a Naturopath Doctor. Dr. Morrell is a practitioner who really listens to her patients, and provides them tools they can integrate into their own life to improve their physical, mental and emotional health. In this episode you will learn: Why slee...

This week we took a turn from trauma patterns to lighten things up and shift the focus to other areas you have control in which can directly impact your pain. My good friend and fellow Cognomovement practitioner Coral Simpson joined me to chat about the importance of diet, especially if you are navigating a chronic health issue. Within the Physical area…diet is a HUGE part of your wellness and a h...

This week I combined a little of Episode 11, which was an introduction to trauma, with last week’s episode about patterns. What differs, if anything, when a pattern is coming from a trauma? Most patterns link back to trauma, either directly or indirectly. In today’s episode you will learn: A couple of the most common symptoms of trauma Patterns that tend to come from those symptoms The effect of C...

On this podcast, I’ve talked a lot about patterns… but outside of episode 2, I didn’t really give you a deeper explanation about what a pattern is, and what changes when you look at the world through that pattern. Whatever it is you are searching for…you will find it, so it's important to understand the impact of your patterns. So what is a pattern? And why is it important to understand your...

Recently, there is more and more discussion around using psychedelics such as Ayahuasca to help us heal from emotional and/or physical pain. There are many schools of thought around the use of psychedelic or other plant medicine. My guest today is Shannon Hernandez, a former nurse turned spiritual master. If you’ve been curious about trying it out, or you aren’t sure whether a place you’re researc...

In Episode 4, Disease is for Profit, I briefly touched on a functional medicine doctor versus a traditional doctor. I didn’t mention how they differ though, or when you may want to seek out a functional medicine doctor or a traditional doctor. Meet today’s guest, Dr Sean McCloy, a functional medicine doctor and the Medical Director for Integrative Health Center of Maine. On today’s episode, you wi...

Life can be quite traumatic, and a lot of that will be unavoidable. There were so many ways I could take this episode, but I wanted to keep it simple and just introduce the concept for now. In a later episode, we will take a closer look. Thankfully, not every traumatic incident results in PTSD though and there are a lot of steps you can take if you have experienced trauma. Whether your trauma was...

Everything I mentioned today…that’s my journey with chronic pain. There’s so much more to it too, so many more details and nuances both to the areas that helped relieve my pain, as well as areas that worsened my pain. What I hope you take away from this episode is this: You don’t have to wait for your pain to go away before you start to feel alive again, or at all as was the case for me Being able...

Have you been searching for something that can help you experience a change in your chronic condition? Do you feel like you are running out of options? Do you feel hopeless? I’m here to tell you…there is hope. You are not out of options. In this episode, you will experience the following: Learn what Cognomovement is and how it can influence your experience with stress or pain Experience a sample o...

If you think that pain management is boring, you aren’t completely wrong. However, the way Katie does it is anything but boring. One key lesson Katie learned on her way out of chronic pain, is that comedy and laughter can go a long way to countering those dark days with high pain spikes and low hope. In this episode, you will learn the following: What Katie defines as pain…you may be surprised The...

If you live in the US, then you live in a country where disease is for profit. This is not to fault doctors, I do feel doctors are good people who took an honorable oath to help people heal. Regardless of where this started, disease being for profit, there is a lot you can do to help yourself navigate the health care system and potentially explore alternative options. In this episode, you will lea...