About this episode

Nora Rodden shares her journey of overcoming chronic symptoms through retraining her nervous system.

Nora shares her journey from years of back pain, gut troubles, and crushing insomnia to a calm, steady baseline by retraining a sensitised nervous system. Her story blends science, practical tools, and honest moments of fear, relapse, and quiet wins. • linking pain, GI symptoms and insomnia through fear-based conditioning • what "psychophysiologic symptom relief therapy" taught her • outcome independence and reducing sleep pressure • practical insomnia steps using soothing phrases and data •...

People in this episode

Host: Jackie Baxter

Guest: Nora Rodden

Topics covered

• chronic pain
• insomnia
• nervous system
• psychophysiologic symptom relief therapy
• fear-based conditioning
• mental health

Keywords

• back pain
• gut troubles
• insomnia
• symptom relief
• sleep pressure
• practical tools
• fear
• relapse
• mental health

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