Episode #89- Teaching Your Brain it’s Safe- Interview with Dan Buglio

In this episode, I interview Dan Buglio from “Pain Free You”. He has been doing daily YouTube videos about becoming pain free for almost 3 years, and has over a million views! He explains chronic pain as “Perceived Danger" pain. The danger isn't real, but the brain PERCEIVES it is, and amplifies or produces pain. Chronic pain is not a sign or true danger, but an issue of misinformation/ bad data. "If danger is what is feeding this, safety is the solution." We talk all about what this means and how to do it! Here are some highlights from our discussion: 8:49- Your Brain’s primary job is safety and survival 11:33- What if you don’t yet 100% believe? 13:05- How to teach your brain you are really OK 16:08- Symptom imperatives like anxiety, insomnia 20:26- Principles to reduce pain- Knowledge, Acceptance, Teach Brain it’s Safe 27:22- Don’t believe your thoughts 32:19- Do you push through the pain? 41:38- Insomnia 43:49 Coughing up the phlegm analogy 45:50 Survival states and calming You can check Dan out on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/c/PainFreeYou Pain Free You Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PainFreeYouNow/ Thank you Dan! For fresh content on healing chronic pain or disease, follow Betsy on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bodyandmindlifecoach/ Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvXZSYYGL2cfJl-oEOzqspA Website https://bodyandmindlifecoach.com *Free Nervous System Modules- 4 free videos explaining the nervous system, how it affects your health, and how to regulate it https://view.flodesk.com/pages/620ffa96e0eda1a0d870b5a6 *Curable App- 6 Weeks Free with this code http://www.curable.com/betsyjensen If you like this podcast, please give it a five star rating and review on Itunes https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-unstoppable-body-and-minds-podcast/id1493360543