"My purpose is to allow people to move closer to actually being creatures of free choice, to genuinely reflect individual
creativity and emotion, freeing the body of habitual tensions and wired-patterns of behavior
so that it may respond without inhibition to do what the person wants."
"What you truly learn best will appear to you later as your own discovery."
Mindbody symptoms, felt as chronic pain or discomfort in the body, are caused by learned neural pathways in the brain. These neural pathways are associated with stress, trauma, and repressed emotions. The painful or distressing symptoms can be relieved when the neural pathways are “unlearned.”
chronic pain is often learned mindbody pain
“When diagnostic tests are normal, illnesses can be baffling until proper treatment is provided.
Psychophysiologic Disorders Association. (2019). Patient/General Public [online] Available at: www.ppdassociation.org/patient [Accessed 15 Feb. 2019].
- Headache, back pain, muscle or joint pain, and abdominal or pelvic pain
- IBS, interstitial cystitis, and dermatological conditions, such as eczema or acne
- Fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, tinnitus, and Hypersensitivity syndromes
Psychophysiologic Disorders Association. (2019). Patient/General Public [online] Available at: www.ppdassociation.org/patient [Accessed 15 Feb. 2019].
Liminality
Integration
- Transformation has a "gooey" phase
- Expansion requires contraction; flexion is the partner of extension
Integration
- First differentiate, then integrate
- Development is interdependent
Curiosity
Presence
- Relish Superlatives!
- Open-hearted attention leads to compassion.
Presence
- This. Moment.
- Deep listening creates change
I understand, and I want to help you
UNLEARN YOUR MINDBODY PAIN.
If you're like me, you know your emotional feelings affect your physical feelings. You may have already heard about *TMS, **PPD, neural pathway pain, stress-induced illness, or some other name for mindbody pain. Most importantly, you sense there’s a way to “unlearn” your pain. You just don’t know how to go about it, or what it takes to succeed!
Maybe you’ve been made to feel like your pain is “all in your head.”
It’s not!
I know from experience. The pain is real.
But while it's not imagined, it IS in your BRAIN. Because that's where pain is "made."
I can show you how your brain – like mine – learned to make pain, real pain, as a way to protect you.
And if you learned pain, you can unlearn it.
Simple enough! But not always easy...
You need someone who can understand your frustration, renew your hope, believe in your ability to retrain your brain, and give you tools to empower yourself.
Maybe you’ve been made to feel like your pain is “all in your head.”
It’s not!
I know from experience. The pain is real.
But while it's not imagined, it IS in your BRAIN. Because that's where pain is "made."
I can show you how your brain – like mine – learned to make pain, real pain, as a way to protect you.
And if you learned pain, you can unlearn it.
Simple enough! But not always easy...
You need someone who can understand your frustration, renew your hope, believe in your ability to retrain your brain, and give you tools to empower yourself.
Susann Suprenant is a Level 2 IFS Practitioner, Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner, and Mindbody Coach trained in Dr. Howard Schubiner's “Unlearn Your Pain” approach with a Ph.D. in Theatre Arts. Susann’s mindbody focus helps clients with their chronic pain recovery through somatic education, mindfulness practices, emotional fluency, creative expression, and enhancing mental and physical well being.
Susann strives to create a unique mindbody coaching experience to enhance individuals’ abilities to increase their mental and emotional flexibility, enrich their quality of life, and to realize their full creative potential.
Her mindbody coaching incorporates a blend of pain science education (TMS/PPD) with Presence-Based Coaching and is informed by theories and practices from mindfulness, parts work, expressive arts, and embodiment approaches.
Susann strives to create a unique mindbody coaching experience to enhance individuals’ abilities to increase their mental and emotional flexibility, enrich their quality of life, and to realize their full creative potential.
Her mindbody coaching incorporates a blend of pain science education (TMS/PPD) with Presence-Based Coaching and is informed by theories and practices from mindfulness, parts work, expressive arts, and embodiment approaches.
tidbits
Past life: University Professor, College administrator. I still direct plays.
Loves: 3 adult children and 3 grandkids
Dog: a senior Shiba Inu who thinks he’s still a pup
Play: Moving/Dancing/Creating w/ other theatre and movement artists
Yummy: marionberry pie, anything eaten with family and friends
Tarot decks: Wild Unknown and the Spolia Tarot
Types: Gemini; Enneagram, 5; Birth Path, 7; ENTP
Strengthsfinder: Ideation, Learner, Intellection, Input, Activator
Loves: 3 adult children and 3 grandkids
Dog: a senior Shiba Inu who thinks he’s still a pup
Play: Moving/Dancing/Creating w/ other theatre and movement artists
Yummy: marionberry pie, anything eaten with family and friends
Tarot decks: Wild Unknown and the Spolia Tarot
Types: Gemini; Enneagram, 5; Birth Path, 7; ENTP
Strengthsfinder: Ideation, Learner, Intellection, Input, Activator
