Chronic Pain Healing Summit

Yes. Your free ticket gives you access to every session during the live event window, with a 48-hour viewing window for each day — no credit card required.

The summit is designed for anyone living with persistent pain that hasn't been fully explained by tests, scans, or a diagnosis — or that hasn't responded to treatment — who wants to understand what the latest science says about what could actually be driving it, and how it can be reversed. No prior knowledge of this topic is needed.

The content will also be helpful for:

• Caregivers supporting someone living with chronic pain
• Those already familiar with this approach and looking for deeper understanding or guidance on next steps
• Healthcare and mental healthcare providers, allied health practitioners, and coaches wanting to hear directly from leading experts in pain recovery to better support their patients and clients

You'll get a confirmation email within 15 minutes, with a few free resources to explore while you wait. The week of November 9th, you'll receive full access details for the event. All sessions are pre-recorded, so you can watch when you're feeling able — and take breaks without worrying about missing anything.

• Day 1 (Friday, November 13): At 8:00 AM PST / 11:00 AM EST / 4:00 PM GMT / 5:00 PM CET, you'll get an email with the access link — watch anytime within the following 48 hours.
• Day 2 (Saturday, November 14): Same time, new email, new link — access through Monday.

The event is entirely online, watch from anywhere. You will receive an access link by email in the days leading up to the event. All you need is an internet connection — watch from any device including your computer, tablet, or phone.

In Mindbody Medicine, chronic pain refers to pain that persists or recurs over time and continues beyond the body’s normal tissue healing period (typically around three months).¹ It may be constant, or it may come and go.

This differs from how the word chronic is sometimes defined in conventional (biomedical) medicine, where it often refers to pain lasting more than 3 or 6 months, or meeting specific diagnostic criteria. For example, the International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD-3) defines chronic migraine as 15 or more headache days per month for at least three months, with at least 8 of those days having migraine features.

¹Krafts, 2010; Gonzalez et al., 2016.

Neuroplastic pain (also known as chronic primary or nociplastic pain, mindbody symptom, or TMS (coined by Dr. John Sarno) is 100% real physical pain that is not caused by structural damage, or disease affecting the body’s tissues or organs. Instead, it results from physical changes in the brain’s neural circuits and the way the nervous system  - and ultimately the brain - processes and responds to perceived threat.

This type of pain is generated by a nervous system that has learned to stay in a heightened, protective state — often shaped by stress in its many forms: adversity in childhood, difficult life experiences, unexpressed or unresolved emotional conflict (both internally with self and externally with others), and/or deeply ingrained learned coping patterns that add pressure to oneself like perfectionism, people-pleasing, and putting other's needs ahead of our own. This largely happens outside of conscious awareness.

Because the brain produces all pain sensations, neuroplastic pain can feel identical to pain caused by injury or illness. The pain can be intense and may persist for months, years, or even decades, often without clear findings on medical tests or without improving as expected with conventional treatments.

Research in neuroscience has shown that these learned pain pathways can change (a process known as neuroplasticity). With the right approaches—including pain neuroscience education, nervous system regulation, and a deeper understanding of past and present life challenges that may contribute to underlying stress,—many people are able to significantly reduce or even eliminate their pain.

No — all sessions are pre-recorded so you can watch at whatever time of day works best for you. The summit was deliberately designed this way, knowing that energy and capacity can vary when living with chronic pain.

Each day's sessions are available for 48 hours, giving you the flexibility to watch in a way that works for you.

Want extended access beyond the 48-hour window? An All Access Pass will be released soon — register now to be the first to know.

Yes — this summit was designed specifically for people who are new to this. Every speaker presents in plain language. There is no medical or scientific background required. Rather than spending months piecing this information together yourself, it's all curated and laid out for you, step by step, in one place.

Completely understandable — it's normal to be skeptical of anything new or claiming to have all the answers, and we don't claim that either. What we do have is a collection of leading experts who've collectively supported tens of thousands of people in recovering from pain and other chronic symptoms. They'll share what the research — and their real-world experience — has shown, and you can decide for yourself what resonates.

Yes. The summit covers the latest science on persistent pain and is relevant to anyone wanting to better understand what drives it — and what can actually help reverse it.

Yes. Whether you're just discovering this science or have already been exploring it, the summit brings together leading researchers and clinicians sharing their latest thinking and practical guidance in one place. Sometimes hearing the same concept explained by a different voice is all it takes to unlock a new understanding.

Even though it’s estimated that around 40% of patients seen by their primary care physician have neuroplastic symptoms¹, this approach remains relatively unknown to many medical providers.

This field is still emerging and rapidly evolving. While physicians are dedicated to helping their patients and genuinely care about their well-being, many have had limited exposure to the latest neuroscience and growing body of research in this area.

Advances in our understanding of neuroplasticity and the brain’s role in chronic symptoms have accelerated in recent years, and it can take time for new approaches to become widely integrated into medical training and everyday practice.

¹Source: Haller et al., Deutsches Ärzteblatt (2015)

No worries! An "All Access Pass" will be available if you are unavailable on these dates, or simply want longer access to go at your own pace. Details and pricing coming soon — register now so you won't miss it and be the first to know.