Are you navigating the challenges of chronic pain or supporting a loved one who is? The latest episode of the Unleashing Potentials Podcast (Ep. 454) brings a beacon of hope with Elizabeth Kipp, a renowned stress management specialist, historical trauma specialist, addiction recovery coach, and ancestral clearing practitioner. Elizabeth speaks with host Bernadette and shares her incredible journey through 40 years of pain, her holistic healing methods, and empowering tools for self-advocacy. This is wisdom every chronic pain survivor deserves to hear.
Elizabeth Kipp’s Story: From 40 Years of Pain to Healing
Elizabeth’s candid interview with host Bernadette opens with a story of resilience and unwavering hope. Living with chronic pain for four decades, much of it misunderstood and misdiagnosed, Elizabeth faced limited answers from Western medicine. “You can’t heal from chronic pain,” was the refrain from many doctors, but Elizabeth’s science background and intuition told her otherwise.
After years of opioid and benzo prescriptions, including fentanyl and Ativan, she found true healing with Dr. Peter Przekop’s pain management program and ancestral clearing approaches. In just 52 days, Elizabeth’s chronic pain was gone. This transformation inspired her to advocate for others, writing The Way Through Chronic Pain: Tools to Reclaim Your Healing Power and sharing her story worldwide.
What Is Chronic Pain? A New Perspective
One of the episode’s most powerful moments is Elizabeth’s clear definition of chronic pain:
“Chronic pain is any pain felt 15 days out of 30 for three months or more—physical, emotional, mental, psychological, spiritual, or even financial.”
This all-encompassing definition shifts the focus from purely physical symptoms to a holistic understanding. The brain can’t always distinguish between a broken bone and a broken heart; both register as the same signal in the brain, “It hurts.”. This new awareness fosters greater compassion and opens doors to healing beyond medication and surgery.
The Critical Role of Self-Advocacy in Chronic Pain Management
Elizabeth highlights the importance of understanding the “scope of practice” of every healing professional. Whether you consult an orthopedic surgeon, acupuncturist, or holistic practitioner, their answers are shaped by their training and worldview. As a patient, learning to ask the right questions and seeking out practitioners who see the bigger picture is foundational.
Elizabeth’s advice: Know the limitations in each professional’s training and become your own health advocate.
How Chronic Pain Changes the Brain – and How to Heal
Chronic pain, Elizabeth explains, not only affects the body but physically alters the brain, especially when the stress response stays stuck in the “on” position. The result? Memory loss, concentration issues, and heightened negativity. Healing requires targeted practices to rewire the brain:
Meditation & Mindfulness: Proven to restore balance to the stress response and support emotional resilience.
Breathwork: Daily short breath practices (as little as 11 minutes) can retrain the nervous system.
Holistic Modalities: Incorporating yoga, ancestral clearing, and trauma-informed recovery methods helps address the root causes and foster true healing.
Ancestral Healing: Breaking the Cycle
A highlight of this episode is the introduction to Ancestral Clearing. Elizabeth explains that chronic pain and addiction often stem from unresolved trauma, including intergenerational and ancestral wounds. She describes the difference between Western and indigenous approaches to trauma, advocating for an intergenerational perspective that sees healing as interconnected across time and generations.
Elizabeth walks listeners through a moving group clearing prayer, helping release inherited burdens and “that which no longer serves us.” Many, including host Bernadette, report a tangible sense of relief.
Life Beyond Pain: Elizabeth’s Mission
Elizabeth’s mission is simple yet profound: to spread the message that you can heal from chronic pain.
She offers free resources, informative content, and one-on-one support.
Book a session with Elizabeth here.
Key Takeaways
1. Chronic pain is complex and affects more than just the body. Emotional, mental, and ancestral factors play a role.
2. Self-advocacy is essential. Understand your provider’s scope, and don’t be afraid to seek holistic, integrative approaches.
3. Healing is possible. Practices like meditation, breathwork, and ancestral clearing can play a transformative role in recovery.
4. You are not alone. Community, compassionate professionals, and self-awareness can make the journey lighter.
5. The meaning of life? For Elizabeth, it’s “learning to listen and live through the wisdom of the heart.
If you or someone you love lives with chronic pain, tune in to the full episode for actionable tools and heartfelt encouragement.
Listen here.
