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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. 

If you're looking for more practice, check out my shop for recorded meditations and practices, or reach out to me to get one-on-one guidance. 

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.

My Talk & Interviews
Books

Book Recommendations

Unlearn Your Pain

by Dr. Howard Schubiner

The Explain Pain Handbook: Protectometer

by Lorimer Moseley

The Gifts of Imperfection

by Brene Brown

Bodyfulness

by Christine Caldwell

The Post Traumatic Growth Guidebook

by Arielle Schwartz

The Wild Edge of Sorrow

by Francis Weller

The Mind Body Prescription

by Dr. John Sarno

The Way Out

by Alan Gordon

Anchored

by Deb Dana

I Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn't)

by Brene Brown

In An Unspoken Voice

by Peter Levine

The Somatic Therapy Workbook

by Livian Shapiro

Healing Back Pain

by Dr. John Sarno

Podcast Episodes

Podcast Episodes

This Book Changed My Relationship to Pain

The Ezra Klein Show

Brene with Chris Germer on the Near and Far Enemies of Fierce Compassion, Part 2 of 2

Unlocking Us with Brene Brown

How to Silence Your Inner Critic (and Why You Should) with Dr. Kristin Neff

Feel Better, Live More with Dr. Rangan Chatterjee

Brene with Chris Germer on the Near and Far Enemies of Self Compassion, Part 1 of 2

Unlocking Us with Brene Brown

Pain Education

Pain Education

Lorimer Moseley "Pain, the brain, and your amazing protectometer"

An especially helpful talk for those who have musculoskeletal or orthopedic diagnoses. 

Tame the Beast

It's time to rethink persistent pain. Educational video by Lorimer Moseley.

TedxAdelaide: Lorimer Moseley- Why Things Hurt

A great short, and even humorous, talk that outlines some of the main important points about pain neuroscience that support mind body healing. 

Educational Videos

Educational Videos

Hope for Healing: How to Create a Safe Healing Space with Charlie Merrill

Watch to learn how to create a safe, healing space with your medical professionals and why treating both the body and mind leads to improved outcomes.

Hope for Healing: John Stracks, MD & Jill Riddell Discuss the Importance of Accepting Twists and Turns in a Healing Journey

Dr. Stracks talks with one of his former patients, Jill Riddell, about her inspiring healing journey from 40 years of migraines.

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.

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Durango, CO
Chicago, IL

Michelle (Grim) Archer PA-C

Somatic Coach

Yoga Therapist

RYT-500

2018

by Michelle Grim. Proudly created with Wix.com

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