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ATNS 2026 was an amazing experience!

I challenged myself to present in front of a crowd of 300, learned so much about various topics in the neuroplastic pain world, and met lots of new people in this growing field👏🏻

I’m feeling inspired leaving Dallas!

Oh and I found out line dancing is NOT for me😂

#atns #neuroplasticpain #neuroplasticity #chronicpain #bladderpain

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Day 3, the final day of the conference was incredible. I have so many new approaches and take aways that I can use for upcoming sessions with MyCrew. I met past guests in- person and was able to connect with them on a much deeper level. To thank them personally for their kindness to help our community. Really it was all about connections—even though the science is showing more and more that people can get out of #chronicpain #longcovid #mecfs #chronicmigraines #IBS #tinnitus I am living proof of a full recovery from diagnosis’ of #pots #mcas #migraines #ibs #smallfiberneuropathy #mecfs #tinnitus #mitochondrialdysfunction #endothelialdamage #insomnia #postexertionalmalaise

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“What REWIRING means to me…” 🧠

We asked attendees at the ATNS conference, and their answers were so full of one thing…joy!

#atns #neuroplasticity #rewiringproject

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ATNS Conference 2026 is underway in Dallas!

A few snapshots from the first day, filled with learning and time spent together with the ATNS community. We’re so glad to be here and are looking forward to an amazing weekend!

#neuroplasticity #neuroplasticsymptoms #chronicsymptoms #painrecovery

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You did the hardest thing. You left. And somewhere in you, you thought — okay, I’m safe now.

Then the pain showed up anyway. The stomach that won’t settle. The sleep that won’t come.

Here’s what I want you to hear: none of that means you’re broken, and none of it means it’s “all in your head.” It means your nervous system got really good at protecting you — so good that it hasn’t caught up to the fact that the danger is over.

Safety isn’t something you decide with your mind. It’s something you teach your body, slowly, over time.

This week’s episode with Nora Rodden of Nervana goes deep into why this happens and what it actually looks like to build that trust back with your body. Link in bio to listen. 🤍

#nervoussystemhealing #toxicrelationshiprecovery #somatichealing #loveyourlifeagain #startingover

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Being in a helping profession right now is challenging to put it lightly.

Trying to give patients recommendations when everyday an event occurs that immediately elevates our nervous system and I can collectively feel our pelvic floors clench in unison. (This is basically a spidey sense all pelvic floor therapists have. Just trust me. It’s science)

If you are feeling any symptoms related to bowel, bladder or seggual function and/or pelvic pain, you are not alone. Stress is a huge trigger for pelvic floor dysfunction. Luckily, providers such as myself, are here to help!

For all my fellow clinicians, hang in there 🫂

#pelvichealth #pelvicfloorphysicaltherapy #pelvicfloorpt

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Nora’s back pain went away. Then she wondered — could this apply to my insomnia too?

Turns out it did. Because it was never three separate problems. It was one nervous system, still bracing.

That’s the same thing that happens after you leave a toxic relationship. You’re safe now — but your body may still be responding to years of walking on eggshells, waiting for what’s next.

New episode is live now. 🎧

#nervoussystemhealing #toxicrelationshiprecovery #loveyourlifeagain

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New episode drops tomorrow. 🎧

Two Ivy League degrees. A Harvard MBA. A great relationship. A life that looked incredible on paper.

And underneath it, my guest Nora Rodden, founder & CEO of Nervana was having the worst mental health of her life — because your nervous system doesn’t care what your resume says.

We talk about what it really means to feel safe in your body, not just on paper.

Subscribe so you don’t miss it.
#loveyourlifeagain #nervoussystemhealing #newepisode

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💭 What if chronic pain isn't always about damaged tissue?

That question changed things for Nora Rodden, founder of Nervana.

She was hit by a car her senior year at Cornell. The pain that followed didn't fade the way it was supposed to.

One symptom became six. Digestive issues. Insomnia. Years of specialists, without much to show for it.

Then, during a clinical study at Harvard, she learned something unexpected:

Stress, fear, and learned patterns can keep your nervous system on high alert.

Even after the body has healed.
Even when scans come back clear.

That doesn't mean the pain isn't real.
It means there may be more going on underneath it.

Within weeks of understanding this, her symptoms started to shift. She built Nervana so more people could access what helped her.

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What if the thing that finally helped you heal became the thing you built for other people? 🧠

That’s Nora Rodden’s story from @trynervana

At 21, she was hit by a car. What came next: years of chronic pain, GI symptoms nobody could explain, and insomnia so bad she was afraid to close her eyes.

She tried everything. Injections. Nerve ablations. Antibiotics. Restrictive diets. Specialist after specialist. Years of searching, mostly alone, mostly behind closed doors.

📲Then a meditation app. A clinical trial poster on a wall at Harvard. A structured mind-body program that finally connected the dots nobody had connected for her before.

And instead of just moving on once she healed — she built Nervana. An app making that same structured mind-body approach accessible to anyone still searching for their missing piece.

🎧 This week on @letstalkbrainhealthpodcast from the @virtualbrainhealthcenter, Nora shared all of it with me.

→ What it actually felt like to search for years with no answers → The moment the mind-body connection finally clicked → Why she turned her healing into a company → The message she’d give her younger self

That message: 💟“It was never my fault.”

If that resonates — sit with it. If you know someone still searching, 💌send them this.

The brain care journey doesn’t end at recovery. It continues. For Nora. For you. For all of us. 🧠

🎧 New episode live now — link in bio.

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Sometimes the hardest part is not only the symptom..It is feeling like no one can see what it is costing you. 👇

Nora talks about living a double life: having beautiful things happening on the outside, while privately struggling with chronic pain, GI symptoms, insomnia, fear, and constant searching.

That middle place can feel so lonely.

Not fully stopped by symptoms.
But not free either.

Still functioning.
Still performing.
Still trying.
Still suffering.

If you know that place, this conversation is for you.

Comment Nora and I’ll send you the full episode.

🧠 Try Nervana — an AI coach for chronic symptoms using neuroplasticity science 👉 https://www.trynervana.com
Use code TOVAH50 for $50 off the annual plan.

#chronicpain #mindbodyhealing #neuroplasticsymptoms #tmsrecovery #nervoussystemhealing #chronicillnessrecovery #insomniarecovery #gutsymptoms #painreprocessing #healingjourney

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If you feel exhausted not only by your symptoms, but by trying to recover from them, this is for you.

Nora speaks so beautifully here about the paradox of healing:

learn the work,
stay open,
keep going...
but do not let recovery become another obsession.

That balance can feel so confusing.
And if you are in that place, you are not alone.

There is so much power in hearing other people’s stories and being reminded that this middle part of recovery is deeply human.

Healing is not always trying harder.
Sometimes it is learning how to hold recovery and acceptance at the same time.

Comment NORA for the full episode.

#chronicpain #autoimmune #mindbodyhealing #neuroplasticsymptoms #nervoussystemhealing #tmsrecovery #healingjourney #chronicillnessrecovery #painreprocessing

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