For Grace's September Story of the Month once again explores trauma as a springboard for chronic pain! Writer Sasanna Yee suffered from a traumatic childhood car accident that left her suffering for a decade with body shame, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue. Many times she envisioned ending her life until she discovered yoga which "re-aligned her mind-body-spirit." After that, Sasanna finally stopped managing her pain, but instead let her pain lead her to a place of better wellness, including fulfilling a dream of traversing six Asian countries in six months.

For Grace's virtual 11th Annual Women In Pain Conference is once again in the most capable web-cast hands! TVP Live, helmed by Emmy award-winning webcaster Rich Tamayo, will broadcast our November 17th event to a worldwide audience using his customary cutting-edge technology.  Rich has broadcast nearly all of For Grace's conferences,  legislative hearings/briefings, even a commercial for our founders run for office. It gifts For Grace leaders extraordinary peace-of-mind to  know that TVP Live will always provide a seamless, professional event, not only for the day-of, but archived  for years to come .  We're grateful for Rich's ongoing commitment to excellence.

Science continues to back trauma as the root of many of our physical ills, including  high-impact chronic pain. University of Michigan researcher Dr. Jennifer Pierce will take a deep dive into the why's and wherefore's of this emerging pain management dynamic at For Grace's 11th Annual Women In Pain Conference that will highlight trauma, the methods to release it and the personal growth that can come from recovery. Join us on November 17th as Dr. Pierce, along with other nationally noted experts, peel back the many layers of trauma's impact on health and wellness.

An excellent LA Times article that goes into depth about the devastation of high-impact chronic pain along with coping mechanisms for its accompanying loss, cited a groundbreaking survey by For Grace.  Conducted in 2014 in partnership with the National Pain Report, the survey asked 2,400 women about their pain experience, in particular the quality of their encounters with healthcare systems and practitioners.  To this day, it remains the only survey of its kind, providing critical insight into the unique challenges women face in obtaining quality pain care.