Like Mind, Like Body

Many people living with chronic pain share common traits like perfectionism, people-pleasing, and conscientiousness—qualities that can be both strengths and sources of stress. In this episode, Danielle Szasz, LMFT, explores how biotemperament—the way our nervous systems are naturally wired to perceive and respond to the world—can shape these patterns, and shares practical tools to help you shift from threat toward safety.

In this episode of Like Mind, Like Body, Christie sits down with trauma-informed psychotherapist Jeni Quigg to explore how self-attunement, nervous system regulation, and meaningful connection can support recovery from chronic symptoms. Together, they discuss the role loneliness and early life experiences can play in symptom patterns—and share practical ways to cultivate greater self-kindness, safety, and support.

In this episode of Like Mind, Like Body, Lillian Bailey joins Christie to explore the often-overlooked connection between chronic symptoms and our relationship with pleasure, intimacy, and internal safety. Together, they discuss how our ability to trust our own internal "yes" and "no" can shape both sexual well-being and physical symptoms.

In this episode, Raelan Agle shares what she's learned from thousands of hours of interviews with chronic symptom experts and people around the world who have made full recoveries. Together, she and Christie examine why mindbody approaches to healing are so often a last resort — and what needs to change to make them a mainstay of chronic pain care. For anyone still searching for answers, this conversation offers both a clearer map and a reason to keep going.

Uncertainty can be one of the most activating experiences for the nervous system — especially when you’re living with chronic neuroplastic symptoms. In this episode, Christie Uipi, LCSW, and Alyssa Heskin, LCSW, explore why the brain interprets uncertainty as danger, how that drives fear and overthinking, and most importantly, what you can do to stop these unhelpful cycles.