S4 E16 - The Brain Science Behind Why We “Flare”

The Cure for Chronic Pain with Nicole Sachs, LCSW

Nicole Sachs, LCSW

Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

When we hear about "flares" in the chronic pain community, they are decidedly viewed as bad. They are feared, judged, dreaded. But what if we redefined flare in the same way we are redefining what it means to be "sick" or "broken" or "hopeless?" What if we challenged the definition of everything that is no longer serving us to make room for a greater perspective? That's what we are doing together today. Join me for a interrogation of the word flare, an explanation of the brain science it inhabits, and the possibility of waking up to new opportunities for healing and growth. As long as we stay curious, there will always be ways to expand our view of a situation, and in turn, the power to transform it. XOXO! n.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Cure for Chronic Pain podcast with me, Nicole Sacks.
0:07.6	You are here.
0:12.5	Hello, everybody.
0:14.5	How are you today?
0:15.6	This is Nicole.
0:16.8	And you have reached my podcast, The Cure for Chronic Pain with me, Nicole Sacks.
0:21.6	I'm still getting used to watching myself on video when I do this podcast.
0:26.0	But it is worth it for me to connect with you guys.
0:30.2	If you are in our break awake member community, you are watching me on video, or at least you can, if you'd like.
0:41.9	So today I am here to do a solo episode about a concept that I hear about maybe 100 times a day in the TMS recovery
0:51.8	community, in the chronic pain community, in the world of mind your body
0:56.1	and my work.
0:57.8	And that word is flare.
1:02.0	And, you know, I always spend a lot of time being thoughtful about words, about language.
1:14.8	When I was young, I remember my mother saying to me often, Nicole, words have power. Words have power. Use them wisely. Use them thoughtfully.
1:25.1	Know that when you speak, if you speak with confidence and knowing that what
1:32.1	you're saying is how you really feel, you will make an impact in this world. She did say that
1:37.7	to me quite a bit. And I took that very seriously. And the reason I named my first book, the Meaning of Truth, is because at the time I was
1:48.5	really deconstructing and being thoughtful about the word truth. You know, what is truth?
1:56.7	Is truth that you're broken? Is truth that if you have a chronic diagnosis, that's it for you?
2:02.9	Is truth that my spondylolisthesis so crazy and extreme on film was the reason for my pain?
2:13.9	Is it truth that the doctor who told me my life would be forever limited believed that?
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