"Nicole Sachs deeply understands the connection between trauma, the body, and chronic illness, and her transformative program can help anyone suffering from chronic pain live a better life." -Arianna Huffington, Founder & CEO, Thrive Global "When faced with chronic symptoms, I personally applied Nicole's insights to unveil my path to healing. This book serves as a transformative roadmap, offering actionable steps that promise liberation and empowerment." -Gabby Bernstein, #1 New York Times bestselling author "The work I did with Nicole has been life-changing for me. When three separate back surgeries didn't resolve my pain, Nicole's work on nervous system regulation and understanding the mind-body connection opened a whole new world for me. I went from chronic and debilitating back pain to complete freedom, on and off the court. I can't thank her enough." -Michael Porter, Jr.
, Center, Denver Nuggets "This fascinating and empowering book offers a deep dive into how our minds can wreak havoc or weave healing in our lives. Nicole Sachs, from her own lived experience and clinical work, reveals an empowering path to well-being. Filled with detailed accounts of how stressful events shape the pain we experience in our bodies and anxiety in our emotional landscapes, we learn how strengthening mental skills of attention, awareness, and self-compassion can transform our suffering, as we shift from merely surviving to thriving in a new life of freedom and choice." - Daniel Siegel, MD, author of the NYT bestseller Aware "Nicole Sachs has been invaluable to me during my darkest days and beyond. Her loving and tireless care helped me heal from my trauma and loss of my beloved partner. The unbearable sciatica I suffered over five years ago has never come back thanks to the tools I learned from Nicole. It is not hyperbole when I say that she gave me my life back." -Ricki Lake, Actor, Talk Show Host, Documentarian "There are so many parallels between women's emotional repression and Nicole's work with chronic illness and symptoms.
When we live with sublimated and unprocessed anger, the result is a society of people so desperate to be heard that their bodies are screaming for them. Nicole unmasks our people-pleasing, conflict avoidance, and "niceness," and shows us precisely how to finally properly listen. and heal." -Elise Loehnen, NYT bestselling author of On Our Best Behavior and host of the podcast Pulling the Thread "Nicole's work helped me to fundamentally change my life, allowing a gentle and brave light onto the wounds I'd buried. This book distills all of her wisdom, with insight and passion, and provides a toolkit to set you free from chronic pain and anxiety. I hope the whole world reads it." -Rachel Platten, Emmy Award Winning, Multi-Platinum Recording Artist "After years working alongside my father, Dr. John Sarno, Nicole Sachs has developed an approach to chronic pain that is the truest and most accessible evolution of TMS treatment.
Her work captures the essential components for healing, and has changed the lives of countless people worldwide." -Christina Sarno Horner, LMHC.