Substack Live Re-Air: The Emotional Journey to a Pain Free Life | Nicole Sachs
4/25/202655 min
This week we are re-releasing a Substack Live from our Breaker community! Mayim and Jonathan are joined by Nicole Sachs, LCSW, a renowned psychotherapist, author, and speaker who has become an internationally recognized pioneer in the field of mind-body medicine. As the architect of the “JournalSpeak” method and host of The Cure for Chronic Pain podcast, Sachs has dedicated her career to treating patients suffering from chronic pain, autoimmune conditions, and fatigue by addressing the underlying emotional components of physical symptoms. Nicole explains that our brains often use physical pain as a “protective” distraction to keep us from feeling overwhelming emotions like rage, shame, or grief. Think of it like an emotional reservoir—when it gets too full, the pressure has to go somewhere, and often, it manifests as a backache, a migraine, or digestive issues. Nicole’s story is as relatable as it is miraculous. After a year of being so locked up in pain that she couldn’t even put her toddlers in their car seats, she had a spiritual and psychological breakthrough. By getting brutally honest with herself through a specific type of journaling, her chronic back pain was 80% gone by the next morning. Nicole breaks down her healing method into three simple parts that anyone can start today:
- Knowledge: Understanding that your brain and body are constantly communicating.
- The Work (Journal Speak): A specific, 20-minute daily practice of “unbridled rants” to get the hidden stress out of your system.
- Self-Compassion: Learning to change the way you talk to yourself to help your nervous system feel safe. This approach has helped people struggling with fibromyalgia, IBS, migraines, anxiety, PTSD and addiction. As Nicole puts it, pain isn’t a “broken” part of you—it’s information. Once you learn how to listen to what your body is trying to say, the possibilities for your life are endless. Learn more about Nicole Sachs and her coaching: www.nicolesachs.com Nicole Sachs’ Book, Mind Your Body: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/book Nicole Sachs’ Podcast, The Cure for Chronic Pain: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/podcasts/the-cure-for-chronic-pain-with-nicole-sachs-lcsw-2 Nicole Sachs’ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicolesachslcsw/ Follow us on Substack for Exclusive Bonus Content: https://bialikbreakdown.substack.com/ BialikBreakdown.com YouTube.com/mayimbialik Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Mayim Bialik· Host0:49
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Jonathan Cohen· Host0:50
And I'm Jonathan Cohen.
Mayim Bialik· Host0:51
And welcome to our breakdown. Today, we are sharing a special episode that was previously only available to our Breaker community over on our Substack page. It was a conversation that Jonathan and I had with leading mind-body expert Nicole Sachs about the emotional journey to a pain-free life. Now, Nicole Sachs is a licensed clinical social worker who started her work with the very famous Dr. John Sarno, who revolutionized the way we look at mind-body pain. She worked directly with Dr. Sarno, and she's the architect of the JournalSpeak