The first time I spoke to Dani on this podcast (ep #66) she was in the midst of an awakening - for the first time in 3 years (when at times she'd been in a wheelchair to manage her back pain) she had been pain free for a number of weeks, and she was astounded. This did not happen by chance. Dani is a warrior for the work, and she didn't turn her back on the willingness to believe that this could work for her. Nine months later, Dani's whole life has transformed. Not only did she travel to India ...
Feb 02, 2026•1 hr 8 min
Learn how to JournalSpeak ➡️ LEARN HOW: https://tinyurl.com/2ph33u2s In this episode, I talk with Alice, who recovered from lifelong IBS and anxiety, and has been able to see things more clearly since she was diagnosed in adulthood with ADHD. You may remember her from our original interview - Season 3, Ep 82! Today, we further explore neurodiversity in TMS recovery and how a sensitive, neurodivergent nervous system is not a flaw—but often a key part of the healing process. Alice shares...
Jan 30, 2026•1 hr
Trigger Warning: THIS REAL TIME HEAL WILL DISCUSS CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE. Crystal is an incredible, brave, and insightful soul. When she was five, she suffered abuse at the hand of a friend's father and her life was never the same. After living with the remnants of that experience for her teen years, she married young into an abusive relationship. Now, years later and finally in a partnership that is loving and safe, Crystal is experiencing anxiety, OCD, stomach issues and shoulder pain. Her bod...
Jan 26, 2026•1 hr
Learn how to JournalSpeak ➡️ LEARN HOW: https://tinyurl.com/2ph33u2s In this episode, I sit down with James Bloomer after he reached out in response to my call for more male voices in the mindbody/TMS conversation. James is 64 years old and brings an honest, powerful story that spans more than two decades and five distinct TMS episodes—each one convincingly masquerading as a physical problem. Like so many people I work with, James is thoughtful, successful, and driven, with a life that ...
Jan 23, 2026•51 min
When I sat down first thing in the morning (my time) to chat across the pond with Adam Wight in the middle of his day, our tone of voices were just a bit more free than they might be now. It's interesting to think how quickly our days are changing! But we will all make it through, as we continue to actively choose love over fear. In today's episode, Adam and I delve into a lifetime of repressed emotions over his life with his mother, and the obvious and natural connection that has to his anxiety...
Jan 19, 2026•1 hr 1 min
Today we have an incredible follow up story from a RTH that I did about a year ago with Angela. She has been on quite the ride, and has gone through many stages of healing. Her story is one of a badass warrior, walking through crippling anxiety as a symptom imperative, bringing her face to face with the trauma responses that had been shaping her life. What an inspiration to hear her triumph! Listen and enjoy... This episode originally aired on November 5th, 2021. Learn how to JournalSpeak ...
Jan 12, 2026•1 hr
Learn how to JournalSpeak ➡️ LEARN HOW: https://tinyurl.com/2ph33u2s In today’s episode, I’m joined by Lois Heymann, who is in her 70s and living proof that healing has no expiration date. Lois came to my work with terrible neck pain—but what she discovered went far beyond her physical symptoms. As she began to look inward, she realized how deeply she had been limiting herself, quietly resigned to the belief that aging meant shrinking, suffering, and slowly going downhill. That belief...
Jan 09, 2026•54 min
The day I saw Felisha's first post in my Instagram community I was definitely concerned. Her despair was so thick, her hope so low. This is precisely the reason that I have been so inspired by her journey. This was supposed to be a Real Time Heal, but it quickly turned into a success story. Felicia's dire diagnoses, alongside her total unwillingness to stop searching, has led to an amazing transformation in her. This is about more than pain - it's about waking up and living your best life. I kno...
Jan 05, 2026•1 hr 11 min
Learn how to JournalSpeak ➡️ LEARN HOW: https://tinyurl.com/2ph33u2s 1:1 COACHING WITH TRAINED COACHES SUPERVISED DIRECTLY BY NICOLE PLEASE RATE AND REVIEW THE PODCAST HERE TO HELP OTHERS FIND IT! Producer: Lisa Eisenpresser ~~~~~ SUPPORT: 🟠 Struggling with chronic pain? Check out my Freedom From Chronic Pain course ➡️ GET THE FIRST LESSON FREE: https://tinyurl.com/yuxczyba 🟠 Anxiety controlling your life? Try my Freedom From an Anxious Life course ➡️ GET THE FIRST LESSON FRE...
Jan 02, 2026•51 min
Learn how to JournalSpeak ➡️ LEARN HOW: https://tinyurl.com/2ph33u2s In this two-part Ask Me Anything special, I’m joined by my partner, Lisa Eisenpresser, to answer real questions submitted by members of our BreakAwake and Heal with Nicole communities. We dive into many of the most common—and most impactful—questions that come up on the TMS healing journey, including questions around resistance, fear, myriad chronic symptoms, and the familiar concern so many of us share: “Am I doing it r...
Dec 26, 2025•49 min
Learn how to JournalSpeak ➡️ LEARN HOW: https://tinyurl.com/2ph33u2s This episode is a reflection on the past year—not as a reset or reinvention, but as a continuation with more awareness. We can’t change what we aren’t willing to see, and the year behind us holds important information: patterns we repeated, moments we abandoned ourselves, places we showed courage, and pain that was trying to communicate something meaningful. Together, we walk through this reflection slowly and without judg...
Dec 19, 2025•42 min
Learn how to JournalSpeak ➡️ LEARN HOW: https://tinyurl.com/2ph33u2s In today’s episode, I sit down with Deb Malkin to explore what it truly means to reclaim your body, your agency, and your sense of safety from the inside out. Deb’s story of overcoming years of debilitating knee pain isn’t just about symptoms resolving—it’s about a paradigm shift. We talk about what happens when you stop assuming your body is broken, and instead begin listening to it, partnering with it, and seeing it as a ...
Dec 12, 2025•56 min
Learn how to JournalSpeak ➡️ LEARN HOW: https://tinyurl.com/2ph33u2s No matter how you slice it or how much you enjoy them, the holidays have the capacity to increase nervous system dysregulation. In this episode, we look at why symptoms often increase around the holidays and how personal boundaries can reduce that pattern. When you take on more than you can emotionally manage—or stay silent to keep the peace—the nervous system absorbs the strain, which can lead to pain, fatigue, anxiety, an...
Dec 05, 2025•37 min
Learn how to JournalSpeak ➡️ LEARN HOW: https://tinyurl.com/2ph33u2s In this inspiring episode, I sit down with Vanessa — a true bright light whose healing journey embodies hope, courage, and the power of mindbody work. Once struggling with debilitating CFS, POTS, chronic anxiety and depression, and later Long Covid, Vanessa found her way to full recovery through emotional expression, nervous system regulation, and deep self-compassion. Vanessa shares what it was like to live inside these co...
Nov 28, 2025•55 min
Learn how to JournalSpeak ➡️ LEARN HOW: https://tinyurl.com/2ph33u2s In today’s episode, we explore a powerful insight backed by neuroscience: children regulate emotionally not through our advice, but through our presence. Drawing from a recent study, we break down how a simple daily practice — asking a child about their day and responding with calm acknowledgment instead of problem-solving — can significantly strengthen emotional regulation. But this isn’t just about parenting. The same is ...
Nov 21, 2025•40 min
Learn how to JournalSpeak ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/2ph33u2s At 21, Jay was living an extraordinary life — an international freestyle skier and full-time Math and Computer Science student. After winning a national ski competition, he caught Covid — and everything changed. As the virus faded, Jay was left with crushing fatigue that spiraled into ME/CFS and Long Covid. Within months, he became 97% bedbound — unable to walk to the bathroom or care for himself. His parents became his lifeline, research...
Nov 14, 2025•54 min•Season 5Ep. 11
Learn how to JournalSpeak ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/2ph33u2s In this "sister" episode to last week's Prison of Perfect , we unpack the concept of toxic shame —the deep, painful belief that “I am bad,” rather than “I did something bad.” We'll discuss how this core wound often begins in childhood, when emotional needs for safety and connection go unmet. Over time, internalized shame becomes the background music of our lives, fueling perfectionism, people-pleasing, withdrawal, and even rage. These pat...
Nov 07, 2025•37 min•Season 5Ep. 10
Learn how to JournalSpeak ➡️ LEARN HOW: https://tinyurl.com/2ph33u2s In this episode, we take a deep dive into what I call the prison of perfect —the exhausting pattern of trying to get everything right so you can finally feel safe, loved, or in control. Join us as we explore where this need comes from, how it shows up in our bodies as pain and anxiety, and why perfectionism is really just protection in disguise. Through inner inquiry, self-compassion, and staying consistent in our JournalSpeak,...
Oct 31, 2025•32 min
Our REAL TIME HEALS are some of the most powerful episodes to date. Getting into the messy middle with someone and helping them sort through the mindset shifts necessary to thrive in this work is a privilege and a joy. Today I bring you Karen. Karen is a nurse and a mother of twins. For over ten years she has suffered with Plantar Fasciitis in different degrees of intensity, and on a fateful day not long ago she was opened to this work which changed everything. From crawling down the hall to her...
Oct 24, 2025•1 hr
Today I have an incredible interview with Justine Stull. Justine is one of the admins on my Heal with Nicole and Nicole Sachs Support Circle communities. She's been with us for a few years, and she's just so wise. There's nothing like sitting with someone who has really walked through the work herself and now takes other people through with her beautiful guidance and caring comments on our pages. Today, Justine and I are going to be talking about her own chronic pain journey and all of the impac...
Oct 17, 2025•51 min
Lisa Frattini was in severe pain when an MRI showed an abnormality that scared her to death. As I know from experience, seeing a significant problem inside one’s body and hearing about a dark prognosis from a physician can really rock your world. After a childhood of people pleasing and overcaring for those around her, Lisa was overflowing with big feelings and the vestiges of stored trauma. I have had the privilege of being with Lisa for years in community and at our June OMEGA retreats in New ...
Oct 10, 2025•1 hr 5 min
Finally break free of chronic symptoms with JournalSpeak! ➡️ LEARN HOW: https://tinyurl.com/2ph33u2s Danielle wears so many hats in this work - my best most loving friend, my recovery sister, the one who believed in this for others before she knew it was for her too, the one who listened to my "gentle suggestion" to do this work for herself when a symptom was literally stealing her life and her joy, the success story who shined on this podcast three times before, and now... A BREAKAWAKE COACH! D...
Oct 03, 2025•53 min
🟢 Finally break free of chronic symptoms with JournalSpeak ➡️ LEARN HOW: https://tinyurl.com/2ph33u2s ~~~ People can be our biggest tiggers. Opposing views and perspectives on issues that are dear to us feel dangerous. Symptoms flare when we repress our feelings to keep the peace. But the alternative—conflict—feels unsafe too. How do we walk that tightrope, honoring our need for authenticity and belonging? Differing ideas & opinions are everywhere — family, friends, online. We have two defa...
Sep 26, 2025•31 min
🟢 Finally break free of chronic symptoms with JournalSpeak ➡️ LEARN HOW: https://tinyurl.com/2ph33u2s ~~~ Claire was having strange symptoms she didn't understand after a day of swimming and diving. She was dizzy (at times severely), having balance and mobility issue, and experiencing pain in her head and neck. Of course, this was all terrifying and confusing. After many specialists and much despair, Claire found this work and her story is both inspiring and instructive. There is nothing better...
Sep 19, 2025•52 min
🟢 Finally break free of chronic symptoms with JournalSpeak ➡️ LEARN HOW: https://tinyurl.com/2ph33u2s ~~~ It's so easy and human to get lost in the fear that we are "not okay." It's so tempting in the middle of the night to despair about things that may come from a night of no sleep. It's so natural to pre-grieve and obsess about symptoms and fear we don't have the fortitude to endure hard things. Today on the pod I give you a healthy dose of perspective, one that is changing the game for m...
Sep 12, 2025•36 min
🟢 Finally break free of chronic symptoms with JournalSpeak ➡️ LEARN HOW: https://tinyurl.com/2ph33u2s ~~~ Today I sit down with Phil De La Haye for an IFS session on...me! Phil de la Haye is a Certified IFS Therapist, Counsellor, and SIRPA Practitioner. He has a particular interest in the way that stress and trauma impact the nervous system, and how this can affect our physical body as well as our mental health. As a transgender and queer clinician, Phil does a lot of work with queer an...
Sep 05, 2025•1 hr 25 min
I can't overstate how many emails I get about Long Covid and the alarming symptoms associated with it - Brain fog and Chronic Fatigue among many others. No case exemplifies these concerns like Gary's. When this episode first aired, Gary was overwhelmed with gratitude for having TOTALLY recovered from Long Covid which wreaked havoc on his life. Today he is still 100% well. If you haven't heard this one, or even if you simply haven't heard it in a while, tune in for Gary's astonishing story. If th...
Aug 29, 2025•1 hr 8 min
What a great conversation with Mark Groves. Mark is a human Connection Specialist, Speaker, Author, Coach, Podcast Host and founder of Create The Love. Born with an innate curiosity and a hunger for truth, Mark’s journey of self-discovery and personal liberation has led him to spend the last decade coaching and inspiring millions worldwide to create the life and love they desire. Through his candid but compassionate, no-BS guidance, Mark has helped empower countless individuals, teams, and compa...
Aug 22, 2025•54 min
When Jonah Primo, host of the in-app podcast Work in Progress on the WAKING UP app contacted us, Lisa and I were elated. We are long time fans of WAKING UP and its founder, neuroscientist Sam Harris, and we were enthusiastic about sharing space with such a like-minded person. But that was just the beginning. Jonah's own pain story was stunning, and we quickly jumped on the chance to have him on our podcast to tell his tale of complete despair to recovery using the mindset and tools of MindBody m...
Aug 15, 2025•1 hr 11 min
Bri really went through it. Her myriad TMS symptoms cascaded into panic attacks so severe that she had to put her entire life on hold (including her marriage), take her kids, and move in with her mother to be taken care of. This is not an unusual story. As I always remind you, although TMS is completely curable with my methods, the pain IS NOT in your head. You are not dramatic, overly sensitive, or making it up. Bri was sidelined pretty severely before learning about Dr. Sarno, and then me. On ...
Aug 08, 2025•44 min
