CoachMike

It all began about 7 years ago when my business began to struggle. I noticed while working on the computer my hands and wrists began to hurt to the point where it was difficult to type. As time went on my hands began to feel weak and tremble. There was a tightness that went from my fingers up to my elbows that I couldn't get to release with any amount of stretching. This eventually grew to tightness/pain throughout my body in all the usual Fibro areas. I became convinced that I must have a neurological disorder or fibromyalgia.

The day I discovered Dr. Sarno and read his book I was brought to tears as I immediately connected with the concepts and the personality traits that lead to TMS. This brought an immediate reduction in symptoms for a very short time, but soon the symptoms were back and so were my doubts about the TMS concepts.

During the darkest of days, I wasn't sure how I was going to ever live a normal life again as my world got smaller and smaller while I managed my symptoms. Finding the material and exercises Alan Gordon provided on this wiki page truly was what eventually reduced or eliminated all of my symptoms. I can't tell you how many times I went through the 21 day program.

Along the way I also became very familiar with the curable app and eventually even did a curable group during a flare up.

This journey was part of my decision to become a certified functional health coach in 2021. While I have begun to coach around every health and wellness topic, there is nothing as impactful as helping clients around TMS issues. I recently completed Alan Gordon's Pain Reprocessing Therapy course which I immediately put into use in my own life and with my current clients.

Anyone interested in a free coaching session around TMS issues can contact me at mikehackettcoaching@gmail.com. I'm still new and looking to get as much experience as possible especially with clients already open to the TMS concept.