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How Pain Actually Travels – A Nurse’s Practical Guide to the Nervous System
Living with a chronic pain condition myself, and having spent 27+ years in healthcare — nearly 20 of them as a licensed RN — I’ve explained pain to a lot of patients over the years. But I’ve noticed something: most people have never actually been told how pain works. They know it hurts. They don’t know why it keeps hurting, or why it doesn’t always match the injury. So this week, let’s walk through it — no medical degree required. Pain starts as a signal, not a feeling Pain isn’t something that happens in the injured tissue itself. It starts… Learn More
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Electroanalgesia — The Deep Tech of Pain Relief
In this video, I break down electroanalgesia — one of the two technologies behind Neurofunctional Pain Management. I explain how high-frequency electrical stimulation interrupts pain signals at the nerve level, why it’s not just “a fancy TENS machine,” and what a session actually feels like. Learn More
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I’ve Been on Both Sides of the Exam Table — Here’s What I’ve Learned
In this video, I get more reflective than usual about what it means to have worn the white coat and the paper gown in the same healthcare system. I share what I understood about chronic pain clinically, what I didn’t truly understand until I was living with rheumatoid arthritis myself, and how being a patient has made me better as a clinician. Learn More
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What I Actually Do for My Own RA Pain
In this video, I step out of the nurse role and speak as a fellow chronic pain patient. I share exactly what I do for my own rheumatoid arthritis — what my doctors recommended, why I chose a different path, and how I use the same drug-free technologies on myself that I use with my patients. Learn More
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What is Neurofunctional Pain Management — and Why Haven’t You Heard of It?
In this video, I break down Neurofunctional Pain Management (NFPM) — the drug-free approach at the center of everything I do. I explain the two technologies behind it, electroanalgesia and neuromodulation, and why so few people, including physicians, have ever heard of it. Learn More
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I’m a Nurse with Rheumatoid Arthritis — and I Stopped Taking The Meds
In this video, I share the story I wish someone had told me sooner: what it felt like to be a nurse and a patient at the same time, why I stopped taking my RA medications, and what I found that most doctors have never heard of. Learn More
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What is Chronic Pain — And Why It’s Getting Worse
In this week’s video, I break down what chronic pain actually is, why it’s increasing, and what that means for people who are trying to find real answers. Learn More
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5 Things People Get Wrong About Chronic Pain
September is Pain Awareness Month, and if there’s one thing I’ve learned in 27+ years in healthcare — nearly 20 of them as a licensed RN — it’s that most people living with chronic pain have been given a lot of bad information along the way. Not because anyone meant to mislead them, but because pain is complicated, and a lot of the common wisdom around it just hasn’t caught up. I’ve heard these myths from patients. I’ve believed a few of them myself, at different points. So this month, I want to clear up five of the ones I… Learn More
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