Stop Chasing Pain

What if the secret to improving your health, reducing stress, changing your habits, and living a better life isn't about doing MORE, but doing LESS?
In this solo episode of the Stop Chasing Pain Podcast, Dr. Perry introduces one of his favorite principles for creating meaningful change: The Inversion Principle.
Most people approach change by asking, "What do I need to start doing to get better?" They create long lists of new habits, routines, supplements, exercises, and goals. But what if we've been looking at things backward?
What if a better question is:
"What am I currently doing that's preventing me from getting where I want to go?"
That's inversion. Flip the question. Change your perspective. Discover what's holding you back, and start removing it.
Dr. Perry explores how inversion connects with the Law of Subtraction, the power of consistency, and the nonlinear nature of the human body, where a small change can sometimes create a surprisingly large impact.
Drawing from over 30 years of clinical experience and his own personal journey, he explains why trying to change everything at once often leads to frustration, overwhelm, and eventually giving up.
In this episode, you'll discover:
How to use the Inversion Principle to rethink your health, habits, relationships, and daily choices.

Why removing harmful or unhelpful habits can be more effective than constantly adding new ones.

How small, consistent changes can have a meaningful impact on your nervous system and quality of life.

Why doing too much, too quickly, can sabotage your progress.

How changing your relationship with pain can help you stop defining yourself by your symptoms.

Why building self-trust through consistency may be one of the most important changes you make.

Your 30-Day Inversion Challenge
Grab a pen and paper. Choose one area of your life you'd like to improve.
Instead of asking how to succeed, ask yourself:
"What would I have to do to guarantee I fail?"
Write down the answers. Notice which habits you're already practicing. Pick one or two and begin changing them consistently for the next 30 days.
You don't need to overhaul your entire life overnight.
Sometimes the most powerful change begins with what you stop doing.
Invert. Invert. Invert.
Stop chasing symptoms. Start changing the patterns.
Live your life with MOJO!
Connect With Stop Chasing Pain
Website, courses, and MOJO education:
https://www.stopchasingpain.com/
Additional Resources: The Inversion Principle
James Clear — Inversion: The Crucial Thinking Skill Nobody Ever Taught You
https://jamesclear.com/inversion
An excellent introduction to inversion, including its connections to decision-making, avoiding mistakes, and changing habits.
James Clear — Mental Models
https://jamesclear.com/mental-models
Explore inversion and other thinking tools for making better decisions.
Mental Model Practices — Inversion
https://mmpractices.com/mental_models/inversion/
Practical exercises for applying inversion and subtraction to everyday challenges.
Remember: You don't always have to add something new to change your life. Sometimes you need to remove what's keeping you stuck.

Change Your Mind, Change Your Brain: The Art of Self-Brain Surgery with Dr. Lee Warren
What if the way you think is shaping the way your brain functions, how your body responds, and how you experience the world?
In this episode of the Stop Chasing Pain Podcast, Dr. Perry Nickelston sits down with neurosurgeon and New York Times bestselling author Dr. Lee Warren to explore the fascinating intersection of neuroscience, neuroplasticity, faith, and healing.
Dr. Warren is the author of The Life-Changing Art of Self-Brain Surgery: Connecting Neuroscience and Faith to Radically Transform Your Life. His work explores how we can become more intentional about our thoughts, interrupt destructive mental patterns, develop resilience, and create meaningful changes in our lives.
Topics we explore:
How thoughts and experiences influence the brain through neuroplasticity

What Dr. Warren means by "self-brain surgery"

Why changing your thinking can change how you experience life

The relationship between stress, emotions, thoughts, and healing

Breaking free from limiting beliefs and repetitive mental patterns

How hope, resilience, and personal responsibility influence recovery

The intersection of neuroscience, faith, and human transformation

At Stop Chasing Pain, we often talk about looking beyond symptoms to understand the systems influencing health. This conversation extends that philosophy to the mind and brain.
Healing isn't always about doing more. Sometimes it's about learning to think, respond, and live differently.
Connect with Dr. Lee Warren
Website: https://wleewarrenmd.com
Book — The Life-Changing Art of Self-Brain Surgery: 
https://link.amazon/B0875LkkL
The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast:
https://wleewarrenmd.com/podcast/
Connect with Dr. Perry Nickelston — Stop Chasing Pain
Website: https://www.stopchasingpain.com
Explore more about the lymphatic system, nervous system regulation, movement, and whole-body healing at Stop Chasing Pain.
Think systems, not symptoms. Stop chasing pain.

What if the biggest breakthrough in healing isn't learning something new, but getting back to what you've been overlooking all along?
After 30 years in clinical practice, I have learned something that completely changed how he approaches pain, health, and healing:
The human body isn't nearly as complicated as we make it.
In this solo episode of the Stop Chasing Pain Podcast, Dr. Perry kicks off a new series sharing the lessons he wishes he'd known when he first started practicing three decades ago.
These aren't lessons from textbooks or research papers. They're insights gained from working with real people, making mistakes, changing perspectives, and discovering what matters when conventional approaches aren't getting results.
One of the biggest lessons? When things go wrong, simplify.
We live in a world obsessed with the next supplement, biohack, complicated exercise program, or magic solution. But sometimes the very things you're overlooking are the fundamentals your body needs most.
In This Episode, You'll Discover:
Why 30 years of clinical experience taught Dr. Perry to stop overcomplicating the human body.

Why chronic pain and persistent symptoms may be a signal to return to the basics.

The importance of hydration and its relationship to lymphatic function, circulation, and recovery.

How simple breathing strategies can support better function.

Why walking and fundamental human movement deserve more attention.

How the BIG 6® fits into Dr. Perry's approach to daily self-care.

Why consistency matters more than constantly searching for another technique.

How removing unhealthy habits can sometimes accomplish more than adding new supplements or routines.

Why the overwhelming amount of health information available today can actually make healing feel harder.

The Biggest Takeaway
If you've been struggling with pain, trying everything, and feeling overwhelmed by conflicting advice, consider simplifying your approach.
Start with the fundamentals.
Hydrate. Breathe. Move. Remove unnecessary negatives. Be consistent.
You don't necessarily need another complicated strategy. You may need to start consistently doing the simple things you already know.
And remember one of Dr. Perry's favorite sayings:
"The human body is under no obligation to make sense to you."
Your body is constantly adapting and responding. Sometimes the most powerful thing you can do is stop trying to outsmart it and start supporting its fundamental needs.
Connect With Dr. Perry Nickelston
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What if everything you were told about your heart was missing the bigger picture?
At 34, Dr. Stephen Hussey was doing everything "right." He ate whole foods, exercised, avoided toxins, and kept his type 1 diabetes under tight control. On paper his labs looked great. Then he had a massive "widowmaker" heart attack. In this episode, Stephen shares how the hospital's standard approach left him with more questions than answers, and how he chose a different path. He used infrared sauna, sunlight, grounding and circadian rhythm to bring his heart back to normal function within months. Over the next two years, a 70–99% blockage in his leg cleared to a normal artery.
We get into ideas that challenge conventional cardiology. Stephen explains why he sees the heart less as a pressure pump and more as a vortexing hydraulic ram, and how infrared light and structured water help move blood, lymph and spinal fluid. He also covers why many heart attacks may be driven by nervous system imbalance rather than plaque alone, and why they spike on Monday mornings, holidays and after daylight saving time changes. The thread running through all of it is oscillation. Light and dark, warm and cold, stress and recovery: the body is built to move between them, and modern life keeps us stuck in one state.
This conversation will change the way you think about your heart, your nervous system and your environment. Stephen closes with two simple, no-cost habits you can start tonight. Keep asking better questions, and live with MOJO, because MOJO means magic.
In this episode, you'll learn:
How a health-conscious type 1 diabetic with "perfect" labs still had a 100% widowmaker blockage
The infrared sauna, sunlight, grounding and circadian strategy Stephen used to recover his heart and reverse peripheral artery disease
Why the heart may not be the main pump, with evidence from embryos and stopped-heart studies, plus Dr. Gerald Pollack's research
The three roles of the heart: vortexing the blood, slowing blood flow during exertion, and sensing coherence
What structured water is, and how infrared light builds it while toxins and wireless signals break it down
How nervous system imbalance can trigger heart attacks with no blockages (MINOCA), and the "dog on a leash" analogy for the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems
Why heart attacks cluster on Monday mornings, holidays and daylight saving time changes
The overlooked research of forensic pathologist Dr. Giorgio Baroldi suggesting some blockages may result from a heart attack rather than cause it
Why oscillation and rhythm are the foundation of adaptability and health
Two simple habits to start now: limit blue light after sunset, and stop eating 4–5 hours before bed to support melatonin, deep sleep and nighttime lymphatic flow
Dr. Stephen Hussey — Resource Your Health
Stop Chasing Pain Podcast #193: Dr. Gerald Pollack — The Fourth Phase of Water
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In this Mini Podcast episode of the Stop Chasing Pain Podcast, Dr. Perry explores the surprising connection between your eyes, nervous system, movement, balance, and chronic pain.
Your eyes do far more than help you see. Eye movement communicates constantly with the vestibular system, cerebellum, brainstem, and the muscles that prepare your body for movement. That means problems with eye tracking, coordination, or gaze control may influence how you move, how you balance, and potentially where you experience persistent tension or discomfort.
Dr. Perry breaks down the relationship between eye movement and the cerebellum—the part of the brain heavily involved in accuracy, balance, coordination, and timing—and explains why the principle "where the eyes go, the head goes, and the body goes" can be important when looking at chronic pain and recurring injuries.
You'll also learn how moving the eyes can activate the suboccipital muscles at the base of the skull, creating a potential connection between visual function, neck tension, headaches, and jaw discomfort.
The episode also introduces the cranial nerves involved with vision and eye movement, including the optic, oculomotor, trochlear, and abducens nerves, and why these pathways provide such a powerful window into brainstem and nervous-system function.
Dr. Perry finishes with simple eye-movement exercises you can experiment with and encourages you to notice changes in movement, pain, sleep, and overall nervous-system state.
If you've been chasing the painful area without getting lasting results, it may be time to look somewhere completely different.
Think systems. Not symptoms.
Eye Mojo Class Link: https://education.stopchasingpain.com/courses/eye-mojo-webinar-Oct-2026
Eye Exercise Video Link: https://youtu.be/RdOf-Isk0IU?si=2-LSlpluSTT-_4Zh
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