Mind Your Body

“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 “While the young mind is filled with potential, it also stores the seedlings of chronic pain. Nicole Sachs is on a mission to help us understand the brain’s power to connect emotional experiences with physical responses, so that pain becomes surmountable. Her deep conviction and crystal clarity are life-changing, literally. This is a must read not just for people managing chronic pain but also for the healthcare providers eager to help them.” —Cara Natterson, MD, bestselling author of The Care and Keeping of You and This Is So Awkward“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“A transformative guide for anyone seeking to understand and heal chronic pain. Sachs’ groundbreaking approach, rooted in the mind-body connection, offers not just hope, but a clear path to lasting recovery. This is essential reading for anyone ready to break free from suffering and embrace true wellness.”—Dr. Scott Lyons, Founder of The Embody Lab “Sachs masterfully bridges the gap between emotional healing and physical well-being. With profound insights and clinical expertise, she integrates inner child work with her JournalSpeak practice, providing the tools to foster deep connections within ourselves and process our repressed emotions.” –Dr. Frank Anderson, Harvard-trained Psychiatrist and author of To Be Loved

Nicole J. Sachs, LCSW, is a speaker, writer, psychotherapist, retreat leader, and podcaster who has dedicated her work and her practice to the treatment of chronic pain and conditions. She is the author of the book The Meaning of Truth and the online courses Freedom from Chronic Pain, Freedom From an Anxious Life, and The Sarno x Sachs Solution Practitioner training. Her brands, BreakAwake and The Cure for Chronic Pain, include a podcast, YouTube channel, membership community, and newsletter. Sachs is on faculty at the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies in New York.