Books

Unlearn Your Pain by leading Mind-Body practitioner & researcher Dr. Howard Schubiner. A comprehensive workbook which explains the brain science responsible for chronic pain and medically unexplained symptoms, Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT), and journaling for emotional awareness & expression processing of symptoms. The first 2 chapters are FREE on the website. Buy the workbook in English or Spanish for about $25-$30 from the website or from an online retailer. You will have access to the online pain & symptom reprocessing meditations after purchase. See also Unlearn Your Anxiety & Depression.

The Way Out by Alan Gordon, LCSW & Alon Ziv. This is a humorous and easy read by Gordon, a pain psychologist who recovered from his own chronic back pain, and Ziv, a neuroscientist. You’ll understand the science behind chronic pain and how to get started on your own with Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT). Paperback from online retailer is about $20 + shipping.

In They Can't Find Anything Wrong: 7 Keys to Understanding, Treating, and Healing Stress Illness, David Clark, MD (president of the Association for the Treatment of Neuroplastic Symptoms), shares a life-changing approach to stress Illness that is based on detailed interviews with and successful treatment of over 7000 patients. Dr. Clarke goes beyond the typical lifestyle/stress management guides with his perceptions about finding and removing hidden impediments to lasting and meaningful change. Throughout the book, Dr. Clarke uses numerous case histories of patients he has treated.

In Think Away Your Pain: Your Brain is the Solution to Your Pain, Dr. David Schechter shows you how to use the immense power of your thoughts and beliefs to literally change the neural circuitry of your brain. Dr. Schechter combines scientific evidence with 25 years of directly related clinical experience and psychological insight to teach a systematic method to control and eliminate pain with the mind.

Mind Your Body, by psychotherapist Nicole Sachs, is a comprehensive resource for understanding and applying the mind-body connection to healing. It distills 20 years of best practices into a single, accessible guide, giving you the tools to transform your health and reclaim your life. Includes JournalSpeak exercises to uncover and release repressed emotions. Download worksheets to support and guide your healing journey.

Chronic Pain: Your Key to Recovery, by English physiotherapist Georgie Oldfield. The self-empowering approach is backed up by research that supports the body’s response to stress as the root of many common complaints, including; back pain, sciatica, migraines, fibromyalgia, repetitive strain injuries, digestive disorders and other medically unexplained symptoms.

The Brain’s Way of Healing: Remarkable Discoveries and Recoveries from the Frontiers of Neuroplasticity by Norman Doidge, MD. This New York Times bestseller explains how the amazing process of neuroplastic healing works.

The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture by Gabor Maté, MD with his son Daniel Maté. This book untangles common myths about what makes us sick, connects the dots between the maladies of individuals and the declining soundness of society—and offers a compassionate guide for health and healing.

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk. Drawing on more than 30 years at the forefront of research and clinical practice, Bessel van der Kolk shows that trauma literally reshapes both brain and body.

Mind Over Medicine - Revised Edition: Scientific Proof That You Can Heal Yourself by Lissa Rankin, MD. New York Times bestseller. Through the process of restoring her own health, Dr. Lissa Rankin discovered that the conventional health care she had been taught to practice was missing an appreciation for how we can control self-healing mechanisms with the power of our own consciousness.

In Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself: How to Lose Your Mind and Create a New One, Dr. Joe Dispenza bridges the gap between the sciences of quantum physics, neuroscience, brain chemistry, biology, and genetics to show you what is truly possible. Not only will you be given the necessary knowledge to change any aspect of yourself, but you will be taught the step-by-step tools to apply what you learn to make measurable changes in any area of your life. 

The Biology of Belief, by cell biologist Bruce H. Lipton, PhD, explains how all the cells of your body are affected by your thoughts. Using simple language, illustrations, humor, and everyday examples, he demonstrates how the new science of epigenetics is revolutionizing our understanding of the link between mind and matter, and the profound effects it has on our personal lives and the collective life of our species.