E11: Overcoming CRPS and positively transforming your life with Rita LaBarbera

Join me in this episode as I speak with the wise Rita LaBarbera. This is the first of two episodes with Rita and in these episodes we discuss healing from the 'suicide disease' CRPS, the emotional roots of MindBody disorders, the wide and diverse manifestations of MindBody disorders, the challenges faced by those with chronic pain in the current medical model, the pitfalls to avoid in the MindBody healing world and so so much more. These episodes are a must for all people experiencing chronic pain! 

Contact Rita here:

[email protected]

DefeatCRPS.com

TMSWiki – MiffyBunny

Instagram – @Putpaininthepast

Rita’s ingredients for readiness – to set yourself up for success

1. Accept the diagnosis and be ‘all in’ – stop doctor shopping, looking for physical fixes and participating in groups that centre around any diagnoses you have given
2. Suspend your disbelief – go into this with an open mind
3. Have an optimistic outlook – recognised that other people have gotten better
4. Have a bit of grit – be willing to take a risk
5. Have a general understanding that this is not a physical journey that you’re about to embark on but an emotional and spiritual one

Other resources mentioned on the show:

• Any book by Dr Sarno – for a list of books see: https://www.tmswiki.org/ppd/John_E._Sarno,_MD
• Unlearn your pain by Dr Howard Schubiner - https://unlearnyourpain.com/unlearn-your-pain-book/
• Breaking the Habbit of Being yourself by Dr Joe Dispenza - https://drjoedispenza.com/products/breaking-the-habit-of-being-yourself-by-dr-joe-dispenza-paperback-book
• TMS wiki - https://www.tmswiki.org/w/index.php?page=The_Tension_Myositis_Syndrome_Wiki
• PPDA Association - https://ppdassociation.org/
• Other Podcasts
  • Eddie - https://audioboom.com/channels/4937410
  • Dan Buglio - https://www.youtube.com/@PainFreeYou
  • Dr Dan Ratner – https://www.youtube.com/@CrushingDoubt
• Alan Gordon’s concept of Outcome Independence
• This might Hurt - https://www.thismighthurtfilm.com/
• All the Rage - https://alltheragedoc.com/