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What if many chronic symptoms - pain, IBS, migraines, fatigue, insomnia - aren’t caused by damage in the body, but by patterns in the brain?

In this episode of Being Human, Richard Atherton speaks with Nora Rodden, CEO and co-founder of the health app Nervana. After being hit by a car during university, Nora developed chronic back pain that persisted for five years despite countless treatments and no obvious lasting damage in her body. Later, severe digestive issues and insomnia followed.

Everything changed when she joined a clinical trial exploring neuroplastic pain, the idea that the brain can learn and sustain physical symptoms long after an injury has healed.

Through mind-body techniques including journaling, somatic awareness and visualisation, Nora eliminated her pain and restored her sleep.

Her experience led her to build Nervana, an AI-guided program designed to help people retrain their brain-body response and recover from chronic symptoms.

We discuss:

Facing the triple whammy of chronic pain, GI symptoms and insomnia
The "medical" trial that changed her life
The drug-free approach that cured her symptoms in 3 months
Her ground-breaking providing relief from pain
Should Advil carry a warning?

Links:
Nervana App