Stronger Than Chronic Pain
Online Group Program for Healing Chronic Pain
Heal Your Chronic Pain and Live the Life You Want!
In 6 weeks, we will:
explore and transform your relationship with your body and your pain,
learn how to manage and lessen the effects of your pain,
increase your functionality, and
transform your life!
Unlike acute pain, chronic pain is NOT caused by an injury or abnormality in your body, but by neural pathways that your brain has built.
By learning about the neurology of chronic pain and the role of the stress on the nervous system, and by using a variety of “brain training” techniques, journaling exercises, and guided meditations, we will shift these neural pathways that are causing your chronic pain, and build NEW PAIN-FREE pathways.
If you commit to doing the work of this program, you will experience a huge reduction in your pain and expansion in your life. You will no longer have to avoid your pain triggers, and you will be able to start doing so many things you’ve avoided doing for so long.
I GUARANTEE you will start to get your life back! If you spend the time to do the exercises and complete the program, but do not experience a significant shift in your chronic pain, I will give you a FULL refund. Read guarantee terms here.
Is Stronger Than Chronic Pain a fit for you?
You are suffering from chronic pain, neck pain, shoulder pain, headaches, lower back pain, hip pain, IBS, TMJ, fibromyalgia, medically-unexplained chronic pain, or medically-unexplained chronic fatigue. You can see a complete list of the kinds of conditions and symptoms this kind of program can heal here.
You have seen various doctors and other medical professionals, but they can’t find anything wrong that could be causing the pain.
You’ve tried physical therapy, massages, and acupuncture. Maybe they helped a little at first, but the pain still persists.
You have a long list of triggers that you spend your life avoiding.
You find yourself fantasizing about all of the things you would do if you didn’t have chronic pain.
You’re so tired of people suggesting whatever quick fix worked for their mom’s coworker’s cousin.
You feel that your body is “weak,” “damaged,” or somehow flawed, and it is keeping you from living the life you want to live.
You’re desperate to deal with your pain and are ready to try something different.
My name is Taija Ventrella, I'm a professional fitness trainer, and I have healed my chronic pain.
I suffered from chronic neck and shoulder pain as well as headaches and migraines ever since I was 12 years old. They were absolutely debilitating - sometimes they were so painful that I couldn’t do anything but lie down and wait for them to pass, other times the pain in my neck and shoulders just nagged at me for days - limiting my mobility and my ability to fully focus on anything. It was rare that I lived a single day without being affected by my pain. As the years passed I got more and more sensitized to my triggers, until there was a long list of things that I couldn’t do.
I felt like my life was getting smaller and smaller, and I often daydreamed about what life would be like if I had a “normal” pain-free body.
I spent those 18 years seeing doctors, migraine specialists, physical therapists, massage therapists, and acupuncturists. I experimented with a variety of diets, fitness programs, and other “miracle” cures, like daith piercings. I acquired an impressive collection of massagers and ice packs. Some things would help a little bit at first, but the results never lasted - I always found myself back in pain, curled up in a little ball in a dark room, with ice packs covering my head.
In 2021 I had had enough, and I told my partner that if I couldn't figure out how to live without pain soon, that I didn’t want to live anymore. I was ready to try something that sounded somehow both extreme and very silly, based on the work of Dr. John Sarno, and you know what? It worked!
Two weeks in, I felt a lot better than I had in years. Four weeks in, I felt that my chronic pain was cured. Now, I can do all kinds of things that I never thought I’d be able to do without pain - and my life is radically transformed. Now, I'm excited
I’m so excited to share with you what has worked so well for me in my program, Stronger than Chronic Pain. Let’s get you living the life you want to live, unencumbered by chronic pain.
Get Started on Your Healing Journey
1. Get signed up
The first step to healing your pain is making a commitment to doing the work.
2. Go through the program with me and cohort
Meet once a week (or watch the recording) and follow the homework prompts. It’s about 40 minutes of work per day. Some people feel like this is too much time to spend, but think about how much time you’ve already spent in pain, and how much time you will continue to spend in pain if you don’t take effective action. If you stick to this program for 6 weeks, you will have spent about 28 hours, and you will transform your life!
3. Heal your chronic pain and start living your best life!
What have you always wanted to do if you didn’t live with pain? If you commit to this program, you will be able to start doing it in just a few weeks!
The Stronger Than Chronic Pain Program
There are 4 modules to this program:
Education - to understand how acute pain and trauma or stress can develop into chronic pain, and the factors that keep you in pain.
Brain Training - to think and talk differently about your body, your brain, and your pain.
Writing Exercises - to address the root causes of your pain, and the factors that are perpetuating your pain.
Meditation - to shift your nervous system from a place of mostly stress and activation to a place of mostly calm and healing.
Before I successfully healed my pain, I would try one or two of these modalities at a time. I could see their value, but none of them alone led to any real shift in my chronic pain. All of these modules work together and must be included for the program to be effective.
Time Commitment:
We will meet once a week for an hour (or you can watch the recording), six Tuesdays in a row at 7pm EST, starting on September 17th.
Week 1: You will have about 90 minutes of assigned readings, several short exercises that you can do throughout each day, and about an hour of homework making lists for the upcoming four weeks of exercises. You will also receive a resource list of optional podcasts, documentaries, and books to check out.
Weeks 2-6: You will need to set aside 40 minutes to an hour per day to complete the assignments. I will suggest a lot of different exercises. I recommend you try each one once or twice, but then continue doing the ones that feel the most productive to you.
The effectiveness of the program is fully dependent on you doing the work at least 6 days per week. You have spent months to years in pain, so it will take a concerted effort to heal. But if you set aside the time and do the work, I know you will experience significant reduction in your pain, more function, and in many cases, complete recovery.
I believe in this program so much, that I’m willing to guarantee it—if your pain doesn’t improve, I’ll give your money back. You can read the term of the money-back guarantee here.
Sign up and begin the journey to a life free of chronic pain!
Stronger Than Chronic Pain starts September 17th.
Enrollment open NOW!
I believe in this program so much, I’m offering my GUARANTEE that you will get results - or I’ll give you your money back. Terms apply.
How much would it be worth to cure your chronic pain? Priceless, right?
Currently offered at introductory rates as this is my first cohort to go through the program. After this first round, the price will go up!
Equity-rate, for those at an economic disadvantage: $80*
Full-rate: $200*
Supporter-rate, allows me to offer equity rate: $260*
*By signing up at these rates, you agree to a brief exit interview over Zoom to give feedback on the program.