From what I’ve seen over the past 10 years of helping women relieve vulvodynia, painful sex, and other pelvic pain, there isn’t anything more important to your health, your confidence, your relationships, and your ability to enjoy your life than reclaiming a healthy...
The first step to relieving a mind body pain syndrome, whether it’s vulvodynia, pelvic pain, or another type of chronic pain is to get your focus off your symptoms of pain. In fact, what I see is that the sooner you are able to shift your focus off of your symptoms...
Lifestyle changes that lead to optimum health and wellness and help with chronic pain, require building new healthy habits. And the #1 healthy habit required to help with chronic pain and anxiety is a daily practice of connecting to yourself. I like to call this a...
Anxiety and pain often go hand in hand. Most women with pelvic pain experience anxiety. In fact research has shown that the majority of women who have vulvodynia experienced anxiety prior to vulvar symptoms. Even if you weren’t feeling anxiety before you had pelvic...
Knowing how to practice self-love is an important skill in relieving pain. A few days ago I received an email with a question that I want to take some time to answer because I hear similar questions from many of the women I work with who have vulvodynia or other...
One of the most powerful tools for creating and maintaining health is to focus on health. And yet, almost no one does that. When you’re in pain, or worried about getting sick, it’s natural to focus a lot of your time and energy on getting rid of pain or protecting...
