by Sarah P. Jose | Feb 7, 2026 | Chronic Pain, Emotions, Stories
Hello Friends! Welcome back to my blog! In the last few months, my blog was getting an overhaul and upgrade! The beauty of this online space is due to the work of Arun, a long time friend and someone who understands pain. My family and I had some South Indian...
by Sarah P. Jose | Aug 24, 2025 | Chronic Pain
In my journey out of chronic pain, I spent a solid year and a half working with the material presented in the SBSM program. They offer lifetime access to all the program material in order to emphasize the fact that coming out of pain and into wellness is a lifelong...
by Sarah P. Jose | Jul 14, 2025 | Chronic Pain, Emotions
In my last post, I started looking at the change of mindset I needed as I began my healing journey. This post gets into the specific skills, which served to change my relationship with my body and my pain. In reality, it took hitting a very low point for me to...
by Sarah P. Jose | Jun 30, 2025 | Chronic Pain, Emotions, Uncategorized
Feeling stuck in a bad place physically or emotionally is one of the worst feelings in the world. In fact, feeling hopelessly stuck traumatizes us. Think of a small animal pinned helplessly in a hunter’s trap, unable to move and scared of the hand reaching out to...
by Sarah P. Jose | May 28, 2025 | Chronic Pain, Emotions
In my last post, I talked about the miracle of becoming compassionately curious about the chronic tension in my body. Instead of blaming myself for not handling stress well or being a tense person, I began to understand chronic tension as a normal outcome from trauma....
by Sarah P. Jose | Apr 27, 2025 | Chronic Pain, Emotions
I spend about 2 hours per day working on my body to maintain my mobility. If I skip my body work, my tension builds up. My walking becomes jerky and tight, I begin to lean to the left because bearing weight on my right leg feels too painful, and my mental state...
