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Move With Deb the Podcast

by Deb Malkin

Deb Malkin, certified life coach, bodyworker and Pain Recovery Coach shares tips for rewiring persistent pain and emotional overwhelm. After experiencing her own overnight transformation of her chronic knee pain while 50, fat and with an x-ray showing degenerative osteoarthritis, she realized that pain wasn't only what her bodywork education or doctors were teaching. Using tools inspired by the work of Dr. Sarno, physician and author of Healing Back Pain and Mindbody Prescription she has added a blend of mindbody awareness, polyvagal theory, life coaching magic and a lot of health at every size rebelliousness to develop her own special process that takes into consideration the affects of marginalization and stigma on our perception and experience of safety.Deb is a long time bodyworker, movement enthusiast, former plus size clothing store owner and aging fat queer human with an irreverent sense of humor. She believes all bodies are born with inherent worth and value. Trained b

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Episodes

  1. Move With Deb, Episode 68, Some Rambling + Some Client Wins

    I'm deep in dreaming about the future.... I'm migrating my online pain science program to a new platform. I'm going to be filling my brain wiht incredible hypnosis training this month embodying change work on topics like shame, trauma, nervous system repair, self concept and psychedelic states…

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  2. Move With Deb, Episode 67, My Mindbody Strategy While Recovering from Covid

    I share with you my recent experience of having Covid and the mindbody medicine informed methods I used to help me decrease fear and recover without lingering symptoms. I share other recovery stories and first person information about people who have recovered from lingering symptoms colloquially...

  3. Move With Deb, Episode 66, The Power Of A Single Thought

    This episode I lead you through the work of PRT, Pain Reprocessing Therapy and how it ties into Intentional Thought Creation and the mindbody process, changing our physiological and emotional experiences. I share a story about the power of an audacious thought I practiced on my way to a party and...

  4. Move With Deb, Episode 65, Antidote to Anxiety + Stress Symptoms, Floating

    In this episode I share how my clients' evocative metaphor work included imagery around floating and water which led me to remember the work of Dr. Claire Weekes and her book, Hope and Help for Your Nerves Hardcover – January 1, 1969. When we are using a mindbody approach to healing it can feel...

  5. Move With Deb, Episode 64, Proceed With Extreme Kindness

    This podcast discussed the process of training our attention system on purpose, teaching ourselves how to use our past experiences in service for our future selves. Proceeding into our today and tomorrow self benefits from wearing gentle goggles when we look in the rear view mirror. I discuss…

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  6. Move With Deb, Episode 63, Catch + Release Shame

    Today's podcast I'm reflecting on conversations I've had with clients and myself about noticing shame and finding our way to the other side. I'm calling this a practice of Catch + Release Shame. Learning how to lean into what we usually avoid is the beginning of changing everything. When I asked…

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  7. Move With Deb, Episode 62, The Heart of Graded Exposure

    Oh the irony, I realized that in describing this idea WE didn't practice it. But I think that's not the easiest thing to do on a podcast because it needs empty air time. Soooooooooooo this is to put the ideas in your head what you can practice in the non-podcast time. Here's some relevant links…

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  8. Move With Deb, Episode 61, Chronification

    This is a peek inside my mind after I've read an article that really lights me up or brings me useful insights to help me help you (and myself). I share my somatic practices that help explore the beliefs around chronification supported by the Scandinavian Journal Of Pain....

  9. Move With Deb, Episode 60, What Is The Most Loving Thing You Can Believe...

    This episode I share with you a triad of mindbody experiences that are inspired by the question - What is the most loving thing you can think about .....? I share experiences around giving feedback as an employee, how to work through a fight/flight response to be able to "see" one's loved one…

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  10. Move With Deb, Episode 59, The Human Envelope

    This is my riff off of new research about Misophonia and how it's not about sounds but it's about the perceived violation of our bodily autonomy in some people, our bodies are mirroring the motor patterns. If we extend this metaphor, can we explore all other sensory inputs as well as the inputs…

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  11. Move With Deb, Episode 58, Two Different Days At The Gym

    In this episode, I share 3 short clips, 2 post gym videos I made one week to the next that I meant to but never posted on IG- https://www.instagram.com/movewithdeb/ and a short fun clip with my trainer Melissa - https://www.instagram.com/lamaliciabkln/ It's sometimes hard to be Jewish,...

  12. Move With Deb, Episode 57, Paula + Pelvic Floor Pain

    In this podcast, you get to listen in on my conversation with Paula about what it was like to work on pain recovery after getting cleared from her Doctor and having spent a long time in PT. We have a foundation of using Thought Work and The Model which comes from The Life Coach School, and we are...

  13. Move With Deb, Episode 56, Holiday Stress + Feeling Feelings on Purpose

    Happy Holidays dear ones! Sending you some holiday cheer. If you're feeling some holiday stress, I've recorded a short EFT Practice, and some thoughts about how to create feelings on purpose using Thought Work and Hypnosis. Here's a link to the book Incognito by David Eagleman...

  14. Holiday Trigger SOS Hypnocoaching Sessions

    I've opened some holiday hypnosis sessions for you! Let's help make your holiday more enjoyable and less stressful. https://calendly.com/paincoachdeb/holiday-hypnocoaching-sos?back=1&month=2022-12 https://www.instagram.com/p/CmcYdBsvVcv/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

  15. Move With Deb, Episode 55, My Tips On Working With Pain Behaviors

    Examining our pain behaviors is an unavoidable important step for pain recovery, mind body healing and change work. Listen in and then apply this to yourself. Here's two articles about pain behaviors. The abstract from a chapter on Pain Behaviors with citations....

  16. Move With Deb, Episode 54, MindBody Reflection From A Cancelled Flight

    This episode I am riffing more on the "change is weird" theme I started last week. This week I had an experience with a flight being cancelled and I noticed how unusually calm I was. I wasn't trying to be calm, I just was. And that embodied change was created through the mindbody practices I have...

  17. Move With Deb, Episode 53, Embracing the Weird with Change

    This episode I share a story with you about a friend and I changing her morning panic in a New York City diner and how we can embrace the process of change as something we are capable of doing because of how our brain works. I get a little into how I want to change my relationship to making this...

  18. Move With Deb, HypNovember 2022

    I've just graduated from Melissa Tiers' Integrative Hypnosis Training and I'm dedicating the month of November to playing and practicing skills and YOU'RE INVITED. This podcast goes over some of the connections between hypnosis and mindbody work. Also I give you the details about why we'll be…

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  19. Move With Deb, Episode 52, State Change Physiology + Shame

    In this podcast I talk about some of the physiological ways our body processes stress, yawning, crying, spontaneous inhalation. (I don't get sciencey) You can find more information about this from the book Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle, coauthors (and twin sisters) Emily and...

  20. Move With Deb, Episode 51, Chronic Shame, Chronic Pain

    Hello again, I've been gone, kind of hiding a bit because I've been dealing with some pain and that's been causing me to feel some fear and shame and creating difficulty in wanting to show up in this podcasting space. Here's a little story, as I like to tell about my endlessly fascinating...

  21. Somatic Tracking Basic Audio - Bonus

    Here's a super short, super basic quickie somatic tracking overview.

  22. Move With Deb, Episode 50, Fridge Feelings + Vacuum Vibes

    In this podcast I discuss how giving myself permission to enjoy a task created a powerful corrective experience about feeling joy and positive feelings. I talk about how that led to being able to finally finish a to do list I've been procrastinating on as well as feeling free to hop on a bike for...

  23. Move With Deb, Episode 49, How To Decide That You're OK

    This episode I share with you my process of decreasing my DOMS post workout through mindbody work and noticing where I'm feeling afraid of increasing my physical activity and how I took myself through a process of Deciding that I'm ok. I hope that it's helpful for you on your journey of moving…

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  24. Move With Deb, Episode 48, Hello Again, Working With Demand Avoidance

    Hello again! I am back after an unplanned break where my nervous system decided to show me an opportunity for some healing by giving me a big old NOPE in regards to taking action in my work life. I discuss why and share some of my mindbody experiences with demand avoidance, how I'm creating self...

  25. Move With Deb - Episode 47, Making Room for Uncomfortable Emotions

    We are in our 2 year anniversary of Covid shut downs and we are experiencing a war. Nothing is "back to normal", and there's a lot of nuance to be said about what that even means. But what I'm noticing is I am being asked to make room for uncomfortable emotions in my life while I'm also moving...

  26. Move With Deb - Episode 46, Curiosity is the CURE-ALL ;)

    Hello! I'm sharing some thoughts about not only my favorite concept but one that has been THE most powerful tools in the mindbody arsenal for healing. CURIOSITY! It's not as sexy as a fancy treatment with a lot of sibyls, but it's effective! And you can start today. No prescription needed. Here's...

  27. Move With Deb - Episode 45, How To Process An Emotion

    This episode is a guided journey through processing an emotion. I recommend listening to it first before trying it, to acclimate your brain to the work that will be happening. While you are listening, pay attention to any judging or fear thoughts. Any thoughts that sound like, this won't work for...

  28. Move With Deb - Episode 44, A Story Of Fear + Anger

    This episode is a bit of a journey through my experience of getting an email that triggered some strong emotions for me. One of the most powerful ways for me to learn is through Narrative. In episode 41, I speak about powerful ways we learn embodied concepts. Just as we can learn pain, fear and...

  29. Move With Deb - Episode 43, FEAR is the #1 Symptom to Explore

    Dr. Howard Schubiner, author of Unlearn Your Pain (I said it wrong in the pod, oooops sorry!) and leading mindbody physician dropped a nugget in my colleague's head which then got whispered into my ear and dropped into my auditory cortex to be processed..... I was like ooooooooh yes, FEAR is the...

  30. Move With Deb - Episode 42, How To Use Recovery Stories

    In this episode I share with you 10 steps that I use when I listen to other people's TMS/MindBody Healing Stories. It's so easy to get discouraged, frustrated or confused in this process. That's legit 100% normal and I want to encourage you to USE the insights from that experience to guide your...

  31. Move With Deb - Episode 41, Embodied AHA, Tacit Knowledge and You in 2022

    Episode 41, I discuss how I've integrated new mindbody experiences into my life at different times and what that Embodied AHA looks and feels like. I share a concept called Tacit Knowledge which is about how we can use something someone else has learned and apply that as a skill in our own life,...

  32. Move With Deb - Episode 40, I Notice - A Short Practice

    Heya fam! I did not mean to take a 3 week break. But that's what happened. So happy holidays! Here's a short review of my "I Notice" practice to get you to start thinking about the thoughts in your head and the sensations in your body in a new way. New Year, new relationship to the stuff inside...

  33. Move With Deb - Episode 39, Sensitive vs Sensitized

    Today I'm sharing with you some of my thoughts on central sensitization syndrome and the distinction between being sensitive and sensitized and the process of desensitization for pain and unpleasant sensations for healing. I discuss working with clients on misophonia and abdominal distress from...

  34. Move With Deb - Episode 38, The Stress Response

    This week I share with you two experiences of mine around a stress response called a Dorsal Freeze. It's been my belief and experience that when we understand our nervous system and the relationship to our physiology, healing can occur. We have one mind, one body and one nervous system -- we are...

  35. Move With Deb - Episode 37, Mindbody Time Traveling

    Episode 37 of Move With Deb, the Podcast is all about my inadvertent discovery of my own cognitive-somatic neuro-rewiring. Or as I sometimes lovingly think about it as training my dog of a mindbody. Or even simpler, I am untriggering myself. Language can be so imprecise in these moments and can…

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  36. Move With Deb - Episode 36, Somatic Smile

    Ok y'all. I know you love to listen to me talk about my mindbody practice but like I could just be doing it and keeping it to myself. This podcast is for you to begin to make connections and learn to practice and apply these skills in your life. So I created a short snack sized skills podcast...

  37. Move With Deb - Episode 35, Somatics & Systems of Harm

    Welcome to Episode 35. I wanted to continue the conversation I started last week about Fear language in Trauma healing. But also what if there is danger? What if the systems we need to engage in for our lives to be operating with ease are rife with racism, sexism, fat phobia, trans phobia and so...

  38. Move With Deb - Episode 34, Trauma Talk

    Please feel free to reach out to me via instagram @movewithdeb or book a curiosity call at https://calendly.com/paincoachdeb My website is www.debmalkin.com

  39. Move With Deb - Episode 33, Dopamine + Disco Balls

    Please feel free to reach out to me via instagram @movewithdeb or book a curiosity call at https://calendly.com/paincoachdeb My website is www.debmalkin.com Dr. Huberman's dopamine lecture - https://hubermanlab.com/controlling-your-dopamine-for-motivation-focus-and-satisfaction/ Article on…

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  40. Move With Deb - Episode 32, Somatic Tracking + Somatic Smile

    Please feel free to reach out to me via instagram @movewithdeb or book a curiosity call at https://calendly.com/paincoachdeb My website is www.debmalkin.com

  41. Move With Deb - Episode 31, 4 Quick Tips on Fear Brain

    https://www.guelphtherapist.ca/blog/cognitive-fusion-defusion/ Please feel free to reach out to me via instagram @movewithdeb or book a curiosity call at https://calendly.com/paincoachdeb My website is www.debmalkin.com

  42. Move With Deb - Episode 30, Your Pain Is Real

    This episode has a funny blooper in it. Can you find it? Besides that, I want you to know that I believe your pain is real. And just because we are discovering new ways to reprocess your pain, it doesn't mean it's your fault for having it in the first place. Your body does what it does. Pain is a...

  43. Move With Deb - Episode 29, Stress Is A Pain In The Neck

    Hello to my lovely super somaticizers of stress. I love you. I am you. So this episode I talk about my getting a rule out for throat cancer, because I've been dealing with this annoying, scary neck pain for over a year. It comes and goes. It's definitely linked to stress. And there was always a...

  44. Move With Deb - Episode 28, Tell Yourself The Truth

    Dr. Sarno taught that unprocessed emotions, particularly anger and rage were responsible for chronic pain, back pain. Now with Trauma informed care and Polyvagal Theory the conversation has shifted to safety and fear. Underlying it all is this concept of Emotional Awareness. And more important…

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  45. Move With Deb - Episode 27, Procrastination & Overwhelm

    This podcast is very very late, because my perfectionist brain hijacked my body. The best news was although it was still happening, I knew WHAT was happening and so I had no feear. It was an invitation, as always, to feel. I invite you to slow down. To start to make room for the subconscious...

  46. Move With Deb - Episode 26, Star Trek Viewscreen

    I'm back at the gym lifting weights and discussing how talking to our brains are like or unlike the Star Trek spaceship viewscreens. I discuss Frequency illusion, also known as the Baader–Meinhof phenomenon, which is a cognitive bias in which, after noticing something for the first time, there is…

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  47. Move With Deb - Episode 25, Perfectionism and Pain

    This week's episode I explore the sensations in my body when I feel the perfectionist urge arise. I'm getting really good at decoding my body talk. I used to think I needed to do everything perfectly. I was raised by a perfectionist, who not so fun for me really did excel at so many things. Me,...

  48. Move With Deb - Episode 24, From Comparison to Curiosity

    I've been traveling and seeing some old friends and I've been having some very interesting somatic experiences being present in my body, leaning into connection and feeling the absence of an old friend, comparison. :) I chat about the role of feelings, self judgement and how emotional allowance…

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  49. Move With Deb - Episode 23, Hot Flair City

    My body is in a pain flair and wow is it not fun. But it sure is full of insights and learning. I am on the mend and excited to share my ongoing insights with you. The one thing I'm not, is afraid that that is a giant blessing. Please feel free to reach out to me via instagram @movewithdeb or…

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  50. Move With Deb - Episode 22, My Meta Moment

    This week I am chatting about a spin I lovingly pulled myself out of and how it relates my client's fear/anxiety brain this week. We chatted about the fact that some thoughts are like cartoon snowballs. You know that they're like one of those if it's leading you to completely ignore all the true...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Deb Malkin, certified life coach, bodyworker and Pain Recovery Coach shares tips for rewiring persistent pain and emotional overwhelm. After experiencing her own overnight transformation of her chronic knee pain while 50, fat and with an x-ray showing degenerative osteoarthritis, she realized that pain wasn't only what her bodywork education or doctors were teaching. Using tools inspired by the work of Dr. Sarno, physician and author of Healing Back Pain and Mindbody Prescription she has added a blend of mindbody awareness, polyvagal theory, life coaching magic and a lot of health at every size rebelliousness to develop her own special process that takes into consideration the affects of marginalization and stigma on our perception and experience of safety.Deb is a long time bodyworker, movement enthusiast, former plus size clothing store owner and aging fat queer human with an irreverent sense of humor. She believes all bodies are born with inherent worth and value. Trained b

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