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Beginners Tips for Healing Chronic Pain and Disease Naturally
You can eat healthy, take supplements, and exercise — and still struggle with chronic pain, symptoms, or anxiety. The missing piece may not be your lifestyle but your nervous system. Healing can only occur when your body feels safe. In this post, I'm going to break down the most important part of healing chronic pain and disease naturally, as well as explore the science of safety, the window of tolerance, and how practices like guided imagery, mindfulness, and relaxation supp

Katie Potratz
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Brain Training for Natural Autoimmune Remission
Living with an autoimmune disease can feel like a never-ending cycle of flares, fatigue, and frustration. For many, the path to relief...

Katie Potratz
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7 Vagus Nerve Exercises to Support Healing and Nervous System Regulation
Have you ever wished your body had a reset button? Something you could press when stress takes over, when your mind won’t stop racing, or when your symptoms flare? The truth is — you do have one. It’s called your vagus nerve, and learning how to stimulate the vagus nerve may be one of the most powerful things you can do for your health. This incredible nerve connects your brain to your body and plays a huge role in how safe, calm, and balanced you feel. When your vagus nerve

Katie Potratz
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How Brain Fog is Caused by Nervous System Dysregulation and How to Clear It Naturally
Feeling like you’re thinking through molasses? You walk into a room and forget why. You read the same sentence three times before it makes sense. You feel like you’re moving through your day on autopilot, mentally half-asleep. That’s brain fog—and while it’s not a medical diagnosis, it’s a very real symptom of nervous system dysregulations that can affect focus, memory, and clarity. The good news? Brain fog isn’t permanent. Once you understand that brain fog is caused by ne

Katie Potratz
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Why You're Still In Pain After Treatment (And How to Treat Neuroplastic Pain)
You’ve tried physical therapy, medications, maybe even surgery—yet the pain lingers. You’re told there’s “nothing structurally wrong,”...

Katie Potratz
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Is Your Nervous System Stuck in Survival Mode? Here’s How to Reset It
Do you feel like you’re always on high alert? Maybe you wake up already feeling tense. Your heart races over small things. Your body...

Katie Potratz
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5 Deep Breathing Techniques to Activate Your Parasympathetic Nervous System
Ever feel like your body is stuck in go-go-go mode, even when you’re exhausted? Maybe your heart races for no reason, your thoughts...

Katie Potratz
5 min read


How Interoception (Body Awareness) Can Improve Chronic Illness Healing
Have you ever felt like your body is speaking a language you just can’t quite understand? One day you’re fine, the next you’re hit with...

Katie Potratz
4 min read


4 Brain Training Tools to Rewire the Stress Response and Support Chronic Illness Recovery
When your body is stuck in fight, flight, or freeze, healing becomes incredibly difficult. This stress response — designed to protect you...

Katie Potratz
4 min read


4 Mindset Shifts for When Symptoms Flare (That Support Your Recovery)
Let’s be honest—when anxiety spikes, when pain flares up, when your emotions feel like too much, what’s the first thing your brain wants...

Katie Potratz
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Your Beliefs Create Your Biology: A Deep Dive into Psychoneuroimmunology
Can your thoughts really impact your physical health? It may sound like something out of a self-help book, but science increasingly says:...

Katie Potratz
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How Nervous System Regulation Can Alleviate Chronic Anxiety
Chronic anxiety isn’t just a mindset—it’s a full-body experience. If you constantly feel on edge, struggle to relax, or feel like your...

Katie Potratz
4 min read


6 Powerful Neuroplasticity Exercises to Rewire Your Brain and Heal Chronic Symptoms
If you’ve been told your symptoms are “just something you have to live with,” you’re not alone. Many people struggling with chronic pain, fatigue, anxiety, or illness have been left searching for answers that go beyond symptom management—and they’re beginning to find those answers in the brain . What if healing isn’t just physical... but neurological? What if your brain can unlearn pain, fatigue, and fear—and relearn safety, vitality, and health? That’s the power of neuropl

Katie Potratz
4 min read


How to Shift from Passive Patient to Empowered Healer: Rewire Your Brain and Body for Natural Healing
If you've been living with chronic pain, illness, or ongoing symptoms, it's easy to fall into the mindset of waiting —waiting for the...

Katie Potratz
3 min read


What is Pain Reprocessing Therapy? A Beginner’s Guide to Healing Chronic Pain Naturally
A New Approach to Chronic Pain If you’ve been told that you’ll just have to manage your chronic pain, you're not alone—and you're not out...

Katie Potratz
4 min read


What Your Chronic Pain Is Really Trying to Tell You: Discover the Emotional Root
Have you ever wondered if there’s something more to your chronic pain? Maybe you've seen countless doctors, tried every treatment, and...

Katie Potratz
5 min read


What to Do During a Flare-Up: Mind-Body Coping Tools That Work
Living with a chronic illness means becoming intimately familiar with the ups and downs of your body—and flare-ups are often the hardest...

Katie Potratz
4 min read


Can Hypnotherapy Help Tame Autoimmune Flare-Ups? (Yes!)
Living with an autoimmune condition can feel like a never-ending rollercoaster. One day, you’re feeling okay, and the next, a flare-up...

Katie Potratz
4 min read


How One Woman Reversed Her Lupus Symptoms with Hypnotherapy and Nervous System Regulation
Is it possible to put Lupus into remission naturally? Can you reverse Lupus symptoms without medication? If you’ve been diagnosed with...

Katie Potratz
5 min read


Can Your Mind Trick You into Healing? the Power of the Placebo Effect for Healing
What if I told you that your mind has the power to heal your body—without drugs, surgeries, or complicated treatments? Sounds wild,...

Katie Potratz
3 min read
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