

Free Resources
Resources to support independent learning and exploration.
There's so much support out there, and sometimes that comes in the form of a resource that speaks right to your experience and to your heart and fuels your continued efforts. Below are the resources I love.
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My Talks & Interviews
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Curable Live: How Embodying Boundaries Helps You to Heal
When you embody a boundary, it creates a container that supports essential aspects of healing, including self care, nervous system regulation, emotional awareness, and reconnecting with your sense of aliveness. In this experiential talk, Michelle Archer, PA-C, will explore what it means to embody boundaries and share practical ways to connect with them in your body.
Hope for Healing: Body Awareness for Beginners
Michelle Grim PA-C, Yoga Therapist and John Stracks, MD, discuss the role of Body Awareness Techniques in mindbody healing. Watch this FREE session to: • Learn how to tell whether your nervous system is in a heightened state • Learn what to do when your nervous system is in a heightened state • Participate in a short guided exercise: “Attending to Your State Shifts"
Curable Live: How to Use the Mindbody Approach with an Orthopedic Diagnosis
When you’ve been told your pain has a structural cause, it can be hard to know how a mind body approach fits in. In this session, Michelle Archer, PA-C, explains how the brain and bod work together in healing, what traditional advice may overlook, and how a mind body lens can help you return to movement and recovery with confidence.
Hope for Healing Interview with Dr. John Stracks
Chronic pain expert John Stracks, MD, is joined by Michelle Grim, PA-C and yoga therapist, to discuss the amazing power of the mindbody connection. They discuss Michelle's inspiring story of recovery, the different ways you can approach mindbody healing, and how they can complement each other. Plus Michelle leads a guided meditation.
Book Recommendations
Podcast Episodes
Pain Education
Educational Videos
Hope for Healing: Journaling to Heal Pain with John Stracks, MD & Nicole Sachs, LCSW
Join John Stracks, MD, and renowned psychotherapist Nicole Sachs, LCSW as they discuss the role of writing in mindbody healing. Watch to: • Learn the science behind how journaling can help reduce physical pain • Learn the difference between standard journaling and healing-focused journaling • Get an exclusive writing exercise to do at home,
Hope for Healing: Chronic Pain Recovery & Guided Meditation with John Stracks, MD, and Jessica Dixon
John Stracks, MD is joined by mindfulness meditation expert Jessica Dixon to discuss Jessica's recovery journey from chronic migraine, the role of self compassion in chronic pain recovery, and lead a guided mediation.
Hope for Healing: John Stracks, MD & Evelyn Hecht, PT, ATC Discuss Healing Pelvic Pain
Dr. John Stracks is joined by Evelyn Hecht, a Master Clinician of Pelvic Physical Therapy and a Certified Biopsychosocial Chronic Pain Rehabilitation Practitioner. They have an open, honest discussion of pelvic pain, including the ways in which pelvic floor health reflects our emotional state of mind and how to take a mindbody approach to healing pelvic pain.



