Empowered Relief

Learn science-backed skills to dial down pain and turn awareness into relief

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Rewiring the Pain Response

Pain isn’t just about what’s happening in your body—it’s about how your brain interprets it. Empowered Relief is a one-session, two-hour class that helps you retrain your nervous system’s response to pain using techniques that blend mindfulness, neuroscience, and cognitive tools.

It’s simple, practical, and designed to give you strategies you can use right away. No long-term therapy commitment, no endless appointments.

Why People Choose Empowered Relief

When pain becomes part of daily life, it can feel like it’s running the show. Empowered Relief helps you take back control by offering tools you can actually use day to day. You’ll learn how to:

  • Reduce the intensity and emotional impact of pain

  • Quiet the mental noise that keeps your body on high alert

  • Reconnect with your body in a way that feels safe and grounded

  • Understand how pain works so you can turn down its volume from the inside out

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What You’ll Learn

This isn’t your average pain workshop. You’ll learn how to work with your brain, not against it—discovering the links between emotion, thought, and pain perception. You’ll build a personalized plan that includes calming your nervous system, reframing unhelpful thoughts, and using micro-skills that bring relief in real time.

By the end, you’ll walk away with a set of evidence-based tools designed to help you feel calmer, sleep better, and live with more ease.

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

—Haruki Murakami

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Inside the Empowered Relief Experience

The Empowered Relief class is interactive, supportive, and straightforward. You’ll be guided by a clinician trained in the curriculum, by people who get what you’re going through.

There’s no pressure to share your story or have all the answers, just a chance to learn skills, practice them, and notice what shifts.

Meet Our Empowered Relief Providers

Empowered Relief is facilitated by clinicians trained in pain neuroscience and mindfulness-based care. Each brings warmth, curiosity, and practical expertise to help you learn skills that make a real difference.

Image of Ariel Landrum, LMFT, ATR smiling confidently representing her leadership and expertise in conducting trauma-informed Certificate of Merit assessments with compassion and professionalism

Ariel Landrum, LMFT

CA, KS, NV, FL, CO, OR, UT & ID

FAQs About Empowered Relief

  • Not exactly—it’s a class taught by a therapist. Empowered Relief is educational, skills-based, and designed to stand alone or complement your current treatment.

  • Nope. Whether you’re managing chronic pain, post-surgical pain, or just want to understand your body better, you’re welcome.

  • Yes. Research shows that participants often report meaningful improvements in pain intensity, stress, and sleep after a single session, and those benefits last.

  • Absolutely. Shared learning helps everyone understand the pain experience better.

  • Rates vary by clinician and setup. You’ll see pricing upfront when scheduling, and some clinicians offer sliding scale options.

Start Rewiring for Relief

You don’t have to wait to feel better. Empowered Relief gives you the knowledge and tools to start turning down pain and turning up connection today.

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