You Don't Have to Spend the Rest of Your Life in Pain.
Cynthia Austin, NBC-HWC is a National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach and certified pain coach who lived with debilitating chronic pain for nearly five decades. She changed her own pain experience and founded My Pain Coach to help others do the same.
She now specializes in chronic pain coaching for people living with fibromyalgia, nerve pain, back pain, chronic illness, and conditions that haven't responded to traditional treatment.
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My Pain Coach offers a neuroscience-based approach to changing the pain experience through chronic pain coaching and pain management coaching — online, one-on-one, available across the United States and internationally.
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Is This You?
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You have seen the specialists, tried the medications, and followed every recommendation.
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You are still in pain.
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You have been told nothing is wrong, or that you simply need to learn to manage it.
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You know that is not the whole answer.​
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You are looking for a pain coach who understands what is actually happening and can help you do something meaningful about it.
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You are ready to stop surviving and start rebuilding.
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If any of this resonates, you are in the right place.
I am Cynthia Austin, NBC-HWC —
a certified pain coach and National Board Certified Health Coach specializing in chronic pain coaching and chronic illness coaching.
I built My Pain Coach and The C.H.A.N.G.E. Lab: Chronic Pain Edition™ because I needed them and nothing like them existed.
I lived with debilitating chronic pain for nearly five decades. And I know what it takes to change the pain experience — not manage it, change it.
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My approach to coaching is grounded in pain neuroscience, nervous system science, and evidence-informed behavior change.
Every tool I use with clients, I have lived myself.
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Board-Certified Expertise
Cynthia Austin is a certified pain coach holding the National Board Certification in Health and Wellness Coaching (NBC-HWC), with specialized training in pain neuroscience, nervous system regulation, and behavior change.
Nearly Five Decades of Lived Experience
This coaching program was not built from a textbook alone. It was built from necessity — from decades of lived experience with chronic pain, medical system failures, and the long process of finding what actually works.
A Proprietary Framework Built for This
The C.H.A.N.G.E. Lab: Chronic Pain Edition™ is a structured, neuroplasticity-based coaching for pain program designed specifically for people living with chronic pain and chronic illness. Not a generic wellness program. Not pain management. A method for changing the pain experience from the inside out.
Free Resource
Why "Just Breathe" Doesn't Work:
A free guide for people living with chronic pain
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You've been told to breathe through it. Relax. Calm down.
And you've tried. It doesn't work — not in the moments when you need it most.
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This isn't a willpower problem. It's a biology problem. When pain or stress activates your nervous system, the part of your brain that processes the instruction to breathe is temporarily offline.
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This free guide explains what's actually happening — and walks you through a simple, research-informed sequence that opens the door before you try to breathe. No meditation required. No quiet room. Just a way in that works with your biology, not against it.
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No email required. Just click and read.​
The C.H.A.N.G.E. Lab: Chronic Pain Edition™
The C.H.A.N.G.E. Lab: Chronic Pain Edition™ is a hybrid chronic pain coaching program that combines evidence-informed course modules with weekly live coaching sessions. It is grounded in the neuroscience of chronic pain and built around one central premise: your nervous system learned to protect you through the pain experience, and with the right conditions and the right support, it can learn something different.
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This is not about pushing through. It is about rebuilding — one micro-step at a time.
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Learn more about The C.H.A.N.G.E. Lab: Chronic Pain Edition™