10/13/2026
This is a real moment from a coaching session with one of my clients.
Her pain would spike just from thinking about a walk, even sitting still in a chair. That's not her body failing her. It's her brain predicting a threat before it happens, based on old information it hasn't updated yet.
So we started smaller. Hand on the heart. Imagine the walk. When the symptoms rise, pause, breathe, and repeat: "At this moment, the threat has passed." Then come back. Reimagine. Come back again.
It's a mini-exposure, teaching the nervous system, one small rep at a time, that it doesn't have to brace for what hasn't happened yet.
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