Unpredictable Grace: My Adventure Recovering from Chronic Pain through Neuroscience and Quantum Mechanics

by Joi Sharp

In December of 2021, I awoke in the middle of the night screaming with intense pain. The pain felt completely different, like nothing I had ever known. I couldn’t walk without assistance, and this became terrifying. I went to doctors, physical therapists, massage therapists, chiropractors, and acupuncturists, but the pain only worsened. I entered into a downward spiral of confusion and despair. I was dizzy, shaky, afraid of being seen, and highly hyper-vigilant. I lost all touch with my familiar sense of self within a short time. None of my abiding spiritual awareness came close to calming this state down. Surrender only exacerbated the downward spiral. And so I prayed for help, and when support came, it opened up a whole new world- Neuroscience. As I explored this new world, there came a new understanding of how powerful we are and how we can change, heal and evolve through our brain’s neuroplasticity. As I dove into my brain’s learned neural circuits to heal my pain, I began recognizing the implications we all share as humans. I began to see that we all have the potential to go beyond our pain and suffering if we learn to harness the neuroplasticity of our brains. Through this process that I share, the pain faded away, and a new self began to emerge; a self that was free of the learned programs of the past.

106 pages, Paperback

Published August 4, 2023