Being Your Own Advocate: A Conversation with Dr. Lara Birk and Dr. John Stracks

Healing from chronic pain and other chronic symptoms is sometimes a complex combination of structural and neuroplastic issues. This interview is the second in a series of interviews between Dr. John Stracks and his clients regarding how to respond when there are both mind-body and physical issues involved in healing.
In December 2021, Dr. Lara Birk talked with Dr. Stracks to tell her story of healing using mind-body healing methods ( • 12/01/2021 Hope for He... ). She joined him again this month to tell the rest of her story, using her deep knowledge of mind-body medicine as well as one last surgery to find complete healing. Her story includes:
• How to tap into the healing power of the mind when there are structural issues as well
• How to know when to intervene physically
• How we create a healing community around us to support us as we go through the healing process.
To learn more about working with Dr. Stracks, please visit our website at www.cormendihealth.com.
To learn more about Dr. Birk, please visit www.thesagepractice.com/about.

[@yytrehalf]

Very thoughtful. Lots of wisdom there.

[@christinajohnson7907]

This video was hugely helpful for me today! I love how God and divine timing places things in your life when you need them, and I definitely needed to hear this video today. I feel I have slipped back into my pain cycle of fear and the fear of being stuck in the pain. Thank you so much. This helped to reframe and rephrase my mindset😅

[@hew195050]

Lovely woman and great story. Her voice is so gravely I couldn’t understand what she was saying so I had to use closed captions. But thats me. Not her.