Session Ending Form (Please complete after every session except final session.)

Presentation Slides

Session 8 and handout on 16 Ways to Practice Self-Compassion and handout on Resources for Continuing the Healing Journey

Session 7 and handout on TMS Personality Traits

Session 6 and handout on The Negative Behavior Cycle and Exit of Neuroplastic Symptoms

Session 5 and handout on Fuel for Mindbody Healing: Fun, Play, Vitamin J(oy)

Session 4 and handout on LENS Activators and Video: Extinction Bursts with Neuroplastic Pain (5 minutes) and Video: Grocery Store Candy Bar Extinction Burst (5 minutes)

Session 3

Session 2

Session 1


Homework:

Session 8

Continue using the Process.

Keep writing in your Exceptions Log.

Continue practice of JournalSpeak.

Consider getting a coach or psychotherapist to support you.

Check out books, videos, podcasts on mindbody healing.

REMEMBER YOUR VITAMIN J(OY) BY INTENTIONALLY MAKING TIME FOR FUN, PEACEFULNESS, AND SAVORING PLEASANT EXPERIENCES!

Session 7

Continue using the Process.

Keep writing in your Exceptions Log.

Spent at least 10 minutes with the Handout on TMS Personality Traits, including some written reflection. (Don’t skip this!)

Try 8 minutes of JournalSpeak. (Remember: Always end with at least 1 minute of self-compassion. I suggest the Ears/Eyes/Chest/Belly LENS Activator.)

Two options for JournalSpeak instructions:

READ: Written/Blog-style Overview

OR

LISTEN: Podcast Interview

Session 6

Continue using the Process.

Keep writing in your Exceptions Log.

Watch This Might Hurt (film) once using URL and password provided by Evan. (Note: Evan has paid for a license of one view per participant.)

BONUS: Continue exploring the Curable app at your own pace.

Session 5

Continue using the Process.

Keep writing in your Exceptions Log.

Take 30 minutes of “Vitamin J” by doing something enjoyable you haven’t done in a long time or ever before.

BONUS: Continue exploring the Curable app at your own pace.

Session 4

Finish and start using your Avoidance List.

Start writing in your Exceptions Log.

Continue using LENS Activators and Somatic Tracking on unpleasant, pleasant, and neutral sensations.

BONUS: Continue exploring the Curable app at your own pace.

Session 3

Practice Somatic Tracking daily and add any new insights to your Evidence List.

BONUS: Continue exploring the Curable app at your own pace.

Session 2

Using the FIT Criteria and NSQ, start writing your Evidence List for considering at least one of your symptoms as neuroplastic.

BONUS: Continue listening to the education lessons in Curable app: Perfectionism, People Pleasing, Why Your Thoughts About Pain Matter, and Pessimism

Session 1

Please watch Dr. Howard Schubiner’s YouTube video playlist “What is pain?” (About 40 minutes)

BONUS: Listen to the first five pain education lessons in the Curable app: Basic Neuroscience of Pain, Medical Imaging Mythbusters, Pain is More Than Just Tissue Damage, How Pain Becomes Chronic, What Does the Pain Mean to You? (About 1 hour) (Remember to scan the QR code in the link above for a free 6 week trial.)

See you next Monday!