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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
3 min read


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
3 min read


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
4 min read


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
4 min read


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


What Happens During Self-Hypnosis? A Beginner’s Guide
You’ve probably heard that hypnosis can help relieve anxiety , manage chronic pain , or even improve sleep. But what actually happens ...

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,...

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


Trauma Responses Disguised as Personality Traits (and How to Shift Them)
Are you really just shy, or did you grow up in an environment where it didn’t feel safe to speak your mind? So many of the personality...

Katie Potratz
6 min read


7 Somatic Exercises for Immediate Anxiety Relief
Anxiety has a way of hijacking your body, sending your heart racing, tightening your chest, and making it hard to think clearly. But what...

Katie Potratz
4 min read


3 Steps to Heal the Effects of Childhood Trauma
It’s that T word nobody wants to talk about. It’s the elephant in the room. Most people would rather run from it for a lifetime than turn...

Katie Potratz
4 min read
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