The New Pain Conversation Everyone's Having—And What It Misses

Episode summary: Dr. Ya-Ling responds to a mind-body pain conversation making the rounds this week, arguing that naming your emotions and understanding what your body is doing in space are two different, equally necessary layers of pain coping. She also marks the book birthday of Fix the Fire Damage, now an award-winning title, and shares more on Pain-Proof Your Home™. In this episode: - A response to Nicole Sachs' appearance on Mayim Bialik's Breakdown, and what the emotional-pain conversation leaves out - Why a body adapts to a bad position long before it registers as pain, and why that makes it hard to catch on your own - This week's reframe: what you're feeling and what your body is doing are two different questions, and you need both - A callback to Monday's Substack on three decades of clinical listening - A personal note: today marks one year since the Celebration of Wellness party that launched Fix the Fire Damage—free yoga, chair massages, and a lot of gratitude for how much good the book has done since - The book birthday for Fix the Fire Damage, now an award-winning title (Next Gen Indie Book Awards, first place, Health & Wellness) - An update on Pain-Proof Your Home™, now open for founding applications Resources mentioned: - Nicole Sachs on Mayim Bialik's Breakdown — https://bialikbreakdown.substack.com/p/the-emotional-journey-to-a-pain-free - This week's Better Pain Coping on Substack, "What Over Three Decades of Deep Listening Taught Me About Pain" — https://dryalingliou.substack.com/p/what-over-three-decades-of-deep-listening?r=ziu5g  - Pain-Proof Your Home™ now taking applications — ya-ling.com/painproofhome - Fix the Fire Damage (Vol 2, The Everyday Pain Guide) — over 100 images, drawings, photos and diagrams — https://amzn.to/4pw7omY  - Find more about Dr. Ya-Ling and the many resources mentioned at ya-ling.com Connect: Find Dr. Ya-Ling at ya-ling.com. Subscribe, share, or leave a review — it helps more people find the show.