Interview with Mindbody Mentor Page KannorInterview with Mindbody Mentor Page Kannor
The Shiftshow with Adriana Bucci
Adriana Bucci interviews Page Kannor about her journey from chronic pain to healing using mind-body techniques, sharing insights on emotional processing and recovery.
29:45•13 May 2020
Breaking Free from Chronic Pain: Page Kannor's Journey
Episode Overview
- Understanding the mind-body connection can lead to significant healing from chronic pain.
- Creating a timeline of stressors can reveal links between emotional and physical symptoms.
- Embracing emotions rather than resisting them can reduce fear and anxiety.
- Viewing experiences through a biopsychosocial lens helps integrate emotional and physical health.
- Becoming a curious observer of one's sensations allows for non-judgmental self-awareness.
“"Our resistance to and repulsion of our own feelings is almost always heavier and more cumbersome than the feelings themselves."”
What drives someone to seek a life free from chronic pain? In this engaging episode of The Shiftshow, Adriana Bucci chats with Mindbody Mentor Page Kannor, who shares her incredible journey from debilitating pain to an active lifestyle in Moab, Utah. After years of suffering from full-body symptoms, Page stumbled upon Sarno's principles, which transformed her life. Now pain-free, she uses her experience to help others break free from the cycle of chronic pain.
Page recounts her struggles with various therapies and how a serendipitous Instagram scroll led her to discover the mind-body connection. She describes the turning point as reading John Sarno's book, 'Healing Back Pain,' and creating a chronological timeline of her stressors, which helped her understand the link between emotional and physical pain. Through this process, Page realised that our experiences are not isolated but interconnected through biological, psychological, and social factors.
Adriana and Page explore the importance of getting curious about one's emotions and the power of acknowledging and naming them. They discuss how fear often amplifies pain and anxiety, and how embracing emotions can be liberating. Page shares practical advice on becoming a 'curious observer' of one's sensations without judgment, allowing for healing and self-compassion. This episode is a testament to the power of understanding the mind-body connection and the potential for healing through self-awareness and emotional work.
If you're curious about how others have turned their lives around after chronic pain, this conversation offers hope and practical insights. What emotional burdens might you be carrying that manifest as physical pain?
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