Dr. Rachel Zoffness

Leading pain expert Dr. Rachel Zoffness joins us to discuss her new book, Tell Me Where It Hurts, which sets out to bridge the gap between medicine and psychology to get to the heart of understanding—and treating—pain.

About the Book

“This book is a must read for anyone struggling with chronic pain.”―Anna Lembke, MD, New York Times bestselling author of Dopamine Nation

We’ve been told that pain is purely physical, something to do just with bones and body parts. And if there’s a mental component to pain, it’s that it’s “all in our heads.” In Tell Me Where It Hurts, leading expert and UCSF professor Dr. Rachel Zoffness explodes these outdated models of pain, and shows us what’s really happening—and offers practical advice for treatment.

The truth is that pain is constructed by the brain, influenced not just by injuries, but also by emotions, expectations, and environment. This means you have infinitely more control over pain than you ever imagined: because if the brain can change, pain can change. Rooted in cutting-edge neuroscience and patient stories, Zoffness completely upends the myths we’ve been sold, finally reconnecting physical and emotional pain, and providing a roadmap for healing.

Brimming with insight and compassion, Tell Me Where It Hurts is a groundbreaking, revolutionary book that finally offers access to the world’s most powerful painkiller: YOU.

About the Speaker

Dr. Rachel Zoffness MS, PhD is a leading global pain expert, pain psychologist, speaker, author, disruptor and thought-leader in pain medicine. She’s faculty at the UCSF School of Medicine, lectures about pain science at Stanford, and is a winner of the prestigious Mayday Fellowship. Tell Me Where It Hurts is her third book and will be translated into more than twenty-five languages.

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