ABOUT
I am Cynthia Austin, NBC-HWC — a certified chronic pain coach and National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach.
I built My Pain Coach, LLC and The C.H.A.N.G.E. Lab: Chronic Pain Edition™ to give people living with chronic pain something the standard medical model rarely offers — a structured, science-grounded path to actually changing the pain experience.
Not managing it.
Changing it.
Lived Experience
I lived with debilitating chronic pain for nearly five decades — migraines beginning at age seven, followed by fibromyalgia, vertigo, chronic neck, thoracic, lumbar, and hip pain, sciatica, carpal tunnel syndrome, chronic fatigue, insomnia, brain fog, anxiety, panic attacks, and years of medications, injections, and procedures that addressed symptoms without ever touching the source.
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What changed everything was not a new treatment. It was understanding what chronic pain actually is and where it actually comes from. When I discovered pain neuroscience and the role of the nervous system, I immersed myself in research, studied the work of pioneers in the field, and began applying what I was learning to my own life. What I found worked. And I knew I needed to do something with that.
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In 2019 I returned to formal education with one goal — to make a real difference in the chronic pain community. I earned my National Board Certification in Health and Wellness Coaching, specializing in chronic pain, and built what I could not find anywhere else — a structured, science-grounded chronic pain coaching program tested first in my own life.
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My Pain Coach, The C.H.A.N.G.E. Lab: Chronic Pain Edition™, and The R.A.M.P. Method™ were not created from a curriculum. They were created from necessity. That is the difference you will feel when you work with a chronic pain coach who has lived what you are living.
Mission
My life's work is supporting people who feel frustrated, dismissed, and disheartened by chronic pain — people who have tried the medications, the injections, the procedures, and the specialists, and are still searching for something that actually addresses what is driving their pain experience.
I built this program because I lived this. Today I travel, hike, and move through my life without chronic pain. I know what it takes to rebuild from the inside out. And I know that with the right support, the right science, and the right approach, change is possible.
I help people rebuild. Not just manage. Rebuild.