Episode Summary

We've explored how coping strategies, the five senses, blood sugar, and posture influence your stress biology. In this final installment of the Stress Biology Repair Guide series, we examine a powerful — and often hidden — influencer: your health and wellness beliefs. Learn how internal narratives, assumptions about pain, and fear avoidance behaviors can trap you in cycles of suffering, and why reexamining your beliefs may be the key to unlocking real healing.

Key Topics Covered

· How self-talk and belief systems impact physical stress responses

· Why your posture can reflect — and reinforce — internalized self-image

· The trap of fear avoidance behavior and how it fuels pain and deconditioning

· Common limiting beliefs around aging, pain, and diagnosis

· The importance of building a supportive healthcare "village"

· Preview of the next step: the Stress Biology Action Plan for real-world tools and practices

Conversation Starter

When you reflect on your journey with health and pain, what belief about your body have you had to unlearn — or wish you had challenged sooner?

Preview to Next Episode

Next time, we’re moving into action! The upcoming Stress Biology Action Plan will give you tangible, step-by-step tools to start calming your stress biology and reducing pain’s grip on your daily life. You won't want to miss it!

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Keywords

stress biology, health beliefs, pain management, fear avoidance behavior, self-talk and healing, mind-body connection, limiting beliefs pain, aging and pain myths, emotional stress and inflammation, Everyday Pain Guide

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From the book series: The Everyday Pain Guide

• Volume 1: Put Out the Fire

• Volume 2: Fix the Fire Damage