MAP for Chronic Pain - Client Stories
Flourish with Neural Retraining Podcast, Episode 74 - A Listener's Guide

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In This Episode
- How the brain is involved in pain perception.
- Why the mind becomes hyper-responsive to pain signals.
- How releasing subconscious stress can help.
Show Notes
Join me for episode 74 where I will talk about how and why we can retrain the brain for chronic pain symptoms. This includes back pain, joint pain, muscle aches, headaches, migraines, scar pain or pain from old injuries, and pain from conditions like arthritis and fibromyalgia. I will describe some examples of this with my clients, and my own stories of pain relief as well. I will talk a little bit about the MAP Program for Chronic Pain, and how it can be used alongside live sessions with a practitioner.
In this episode I discuss:
- The role of the subconscious mind in pain perception.
- How the brain can become hyper-responsive to pain impulses.
- The phenomenon of phantom pain, and shock.
- Sarno principles: pain and repressed emotions, the plight of the “perfect” and the “good.”
- How we use the MAP Method to work with the subconscious mind to find root causes of pain patterns.
- How ten minutes of toxic thoughts can lead to 10 hours of pain.
- How unrecognized emotional stress can be expressed as back pain.
- Client stories illustrating how subconscious emotional stress, triggers, beliefs, behaviors and resistance can amplify and prolong pain.
If you enjoyed this episode, you may also enjoy hearing Helen’s story in episode 40: MAP for Chronic Pain where she talks about her autoimmune condition, ankylosing spondylitis, and the pain relief she experienced after a set of MAP sessions. To learn more about the molecules of emotion and their effect on health, listen to episode 60: MAP for Emotional Causes of Illness.
To learn more about the MAP Method, please visit MAPforHealth.us for our free courses and our MAP Programs, including the MAP Introduction Program. To schedule a MAP session please book online at TCNeuralRetraining.com.
Learn more
- Listen to more Flourish with Neural Retraining podcast episodes.
- Learn more about the MAP Method and How it Works.
- Watch the Frequently Asked Questions videos.
- How the MAP Method effectively heals trauma.
- Check out our free course on the MAP Method and how it is used for mind-body healing


Madeleine Lowry, NTP, CMMP
Certfied MAP Method Practitioner
Madeleine specializes in neural retraining for chronic conditions. As a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, she worked with many clients who were interested in eliminating allergies, sensitivities and intolerances. After learning a basic method and seeing its limitations, she trained in an advanced method of retraining the brain and now offers MAP sessions over Zoom and online self-paced programs for Anxiety/Depression, Sensitivities, Chronic Pain, Self-Healing, and COVID Long.