The Mind-Body Couple
Tanner Murtagh and Anne Hampson are therapists who treat neuroplastic pain and mind-body symptoms. They are also married! In his 20s, Tanner overcame chronic pain and a fibromyalgia diagnosis by learning his symptoms were occurring due to learned brain pathways and nervous system dysregulation. Post-healing, Tanner and Anne have dedicated their lives to developing effective treatment and education for neuroplastic pain and symptoms. Listen and learn how to assess your own chronic pain and symptoms, gain tools to retrain the brain and nervous system, and make gradual changes in your life and health!
The Mind-Body Couple podcast is owned by Pain Psychotherapy Canada Inc. This podcast is produced by Alex Klassen, who is one of the wonderful therapists at our agency in Calgary, Alberta. https://www.painpsychotherapy.ca/
Tanner, Anne, and Alex also run the MBody Community, which is an in-depth online course that provides step-by-step guidance for assessing, treating, and resolving mind-body pain and symptoms. https://www.mbodycommunity.com
Also check out Tanner's YouTube channel for more free education and practices: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-Fl6WaFHnh4ponuexaMbFQ
And follow us for daily education posts on Instagram: @painpsychotherapy
Disclaimer: The information provided on this podcast is for general informational and educational purposes and is not a substitute for professional advice, psychotherapy, or counselling. If you choose to utilize any of the education, strategies, or techniques in this podcast you are doing so at your own risk.
Episodes
90 episodes
Healing Chronic Pain Is Possible — Here’s How I Did It
What if your most stubborn pain isn’t a broken body, but a brilliant brain trying to protect you? We open up about Tanner’s journey from spreading knee, shoulder, and back pain to a full recovery, and how the real turning point came when he ref...
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Episode 128
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49:23
8 Tips & Tricks for Brain Retraining — Rewiring the Brain Out of Chronic Pain & Illness
Your brain can learn safety, and that changes everything about chronic pain and illness. We’re pulling back the curtain on brain retraining—what it is, what it isn’t, and how to use it day to day without turning healing into a pressure-filled p...
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Episode 127
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28:02
Healing Trauma Caused by Chronic Pain and Illness
The body’s alarm system can get stuck on high when chronic pain and persistent symptoms take over, and we give that pattern a name: sensitization trauma. We unpack how symptoms, scary medical opinions, and hope-disappointment cycles teach the n...
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Episode 126
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32:26
Part 2: How to Go from Bed Bound to Fully Moving
Fear quietly writes rules that shrink a life: no hard chairs, no long walks, no lifting, no plans. In this episode, we share a practical roadmap to go from bedbound and fearful to confident and moving, grounded in the science of neuroplastic pa...
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Episode 125
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31:11
Part 1: How to Go from Bed Bound to Fully Moving
Have you found yourself avoiding more and more activities as your pain or symptoms increase? Do you have an ever-growing list of movements, positions, or situations you need to avoid "or else"? You're not alone, and there's a fascinating explan...
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Episode 124
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30:00
The Morning Routine That Can Rewire Your Brain & Heal Chronic Pain
Could your morning routine be secretly sabotaging your chronic pain and illness recovery? In this illuminating episode, we explore how those critical first moments after waking profoundly impact your nervous system's regulation and pain process...
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Episode 123
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44:46
3 Habits that Keep You in Chronic Pain and Symptoms
Ever wondered why, despite trying countless treatments, your chronic pain and illness persists? The answer might be hiding in your daily habits. Tanner and Anne reveal how our lifestyle patterns can keep us trapped in cycles of pain and symptom...
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Episode 122
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26:38
Take Manual Control of Your Nervous System
Have you ever felt stuck in anxiety, shutdown, or constant stress despite your best efforts to feel better? Your nervous system may need manual intervention—and waiting for automatic regulation might not be enough.In this deeply insight...
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Episode 121
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22:00
Somatic Therapy Explained: Feel Away Your Symptoms
Ever wondered why changing your thoughts isn't enough to heal chronic pain? Somatic therapy might be the missing piece of your healing puzzle.We dive deep into the crucial distinction between top-down approaches (like CBT and traditiona...
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Episode 120
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20:49
Go From T to S: The Brain Retraining Method That Helps Desensitize Chronic Pain & Illness
Ever find yourself trapped in a cycle of obsessing over every twinge, googling symptoms endlessly, or talking about your pain nonstop? That mental fixation isn't just a reaction to your chronic pain and illness—it might actually be the force ke...
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Episode 119
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27:16
How to Overcome Negative Thinking about Your Chronic Pain or Illness (Meditation Included)
Ever notice how your thoughts about pain or symptoms seem to make it worse? You're not imagining things—negative thinking patterns actually trigger and intensify chronic pain and symptoms by dysregulating your nervous system.In this rev...
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Episode 118
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43:44
5 QUICK Ways to Regulate a Sensitized Nervous System
When chronic pain or symptoms grip your life, the real culprit often lurks beneath the surface—a nervous system stuck in a state of perpetual danger. In this illuminating episode, Tanner and Anne share five powerful, scientifically-backed techn...
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Episode 117
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31:58
Let Them: The Chronic Pain & Illness Edition
The struggle for control lies at the heart of many chronic pain conditions—but what if letting go could offer more relief than fighting ever could? When faced with persistent symptoms, our natural instinct pushes us to fight, fix, ...
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Episode 116
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19:23
Breaking the Depression - Chronic Pain Cycle
Depression and chronic pain create a vicious cycle that can feel impossible to break. If you're caught in this loop, you're not alone – and there's hope for healing both simultaneously.Many people experience depression as a natural resp...
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Episode 115
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26:02
Better Mindset, Better Results! A Path to Healing Chronic Pain & Illness
Why do some people recover from chronic pain and illness with seemingly imperfect techniques while others follow every strategy meticulously yet struggle? The answer lies not in what you're doing, but how you're doing it.The foundation ...
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Episode 114
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27:30
The Fight Response: Are You Fighting Against Your Chronic Pain or Illness?
Have you ever wondered if your determination to overcome chronic pain might actually be keeping you stuck? This eye-opening discussion reveals how our natural tendency to fight against uncomfortable symptoms can backfire by triggering more nerv...
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Episode 113
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25:10
The Purge: Releasing Emotions Heals Chronic Pain and Illness
What if the key to healing chronic pain isn't fixing your symptoms, but releasing the emotions trapped in your body? When our nervous systems get stuck in protection mode due to stress, trauma, or childhood experiences, physical symptoms often ...
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Episode 112
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30:24
Leveraging Your Strengths for Pain Recovery with Gemma McFall
Ever notice how your chronic pain worsens during stress but mysteriously disappears when you're deeply engaged in something meaningful? That's exactly what chronic pain recovery coach Gemma McFall discovered during her decade-long battle with d...
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Episode 111
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30:46
How to Talk with Your Hurt Part (Meditation Included)
Your body speaks in sensations, not words, and chronic pain or illness can be its desperate cry for safety. When your nervous system feels threatened—whether from past trauma, prolonged stress, or childhood adversity—it generates protective sym...
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Episode 110
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24:19
Highly Sensitive People and Pain/Symptoms
The moment someone tells you "you're just too sensitive," a little piece of you might shrink inside. That dismissal of your experience happens far too often for the 15-20% of us who identify as highly sensitive people. But what if your sensitiv...
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Episode 109
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32:09
Pathology Culture is Making Us Sick
Your body isn't failing you - your beliefs might be. Throughout history, healers and scientists have observed how powerful beliefs can create real physical symptoms — from the "voodoo deaths" documented in 1942 to modern medical misdiagnoses th...
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Episode 108
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32:04
What's the Next Chapter: Life After Chronic Pain and Illness with Anna Holtzman
What happens after chronic pain subsides? When the symptoms that once consumed your attention finally ease, where does all that pent-up energy go? This powerful conversation with therapist and coach Anna Holtzman explores the rarely discussed "...
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Episode 107
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43:54
How to Desensitize Your Pain and Symptom Alarm System (Brain Retraining Practice Included)
Your body isn't damaged, but you're still feeling pain or symptoms? That's because chronic pain/symptoms often persists long after injuries heal due to a sensitized nervous system. In this illuminating episode, we unravel how your brain can mis...
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Episode 106
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33:51
Healing Chronic Pain and Symptoms can be SLOW... Here's why.
Ever found yourself frustrated that your chronic pain or symptoms aren't resolving as quickly as the success stories you've heard? You're not alone, and more importantly—you're not doing anything wrong. The truth about neuroplastic...
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Episode 105
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27:28
People Pleasing Triggers Chronic Pain/Symptoms. Here's What To Do About it!
Excessive people-pleasing isn't just a social habit—it's a physiological trigger for chronic pain and symptoms. In this revealing episode, we explore how constantly putting others' needs before our own creates a state of nervous system danger t...
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Episode 104
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39:10