204. You Need to Feel to Heal: The Surprising Science of Emotions and Chronic Pain | Jane Hogan
Release Date: 05/14/2025
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In this solo episode, I explore the powerful connection between emotions and chronic pain. Discover how unprocessed feelings can keep you stuck in discomfort, and how safe, gentle expression can unlock your body’s natural ability to heal. You’ll walk away with practical tools and a renewed sense of compassion for your emotional self. Because you really do need to feel to heal.
In this episode you’ll learn:
⏰ 02:09 - Why expressing emotions matters.
⏰ 08:30 - The difference between emotions and feelings
⏰ 11:02 - The cost of suppressing emotions
⏰ 15:47 - Freedom through feeling
⏰ 19:55 - Simple somatic tools to release emotions
⏰ 26:52 - The ONE thing you can do to activate self-healing
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Hi there! I am Jane Hogan, the Wellness Engineer, and the host of Wellness By Design. I spent 30 years designing foundations for buildings until the pain and inflammation of rheumatoid arthritis led me to hang up my hard hat and follow my heart. Now I blend my backgrounds in science and spirituality to teach people how to tap into the power of their mind, body and soul. I help them release pain naturally so they can become the best version of themselves.
Wellness By Design is a show dedicated to helping people achieve wellness not by reacting to the world around them but by intentionally designing a life based on what their own body needs. In this show we explore practices, methods and science that contribute to releasing pain and inflammation naturally.
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