There is hope, there is a way of healing and there is a pain-free life to be enjoyed and celebrated.

In the summer of 2005 Elizabeth Reilly sustained an injury from a seemingly trivial accident, after which she had chronic pain for the next fourteen years. Treatments of one sort or another – both mainstream and complementary – gave only temporary relief. Exercises, as prescribed by physiotherapists, made little difference. Hours spent trawling the internet gave no satisfactory answers, nor did doctors whose specialisation was pain management. Frustration and despair set in.

It was only after she stumbled quite by chance on the work of Dr John Sarno that understanding of her symptoms began to make sense. This discovery, along with research into the work of other practitioners in the field of mind-body medicine, enabled Elizabeth to embark on a healing journey that transformed her life. In this engaging and human story, she relates, with insight and humour, her progress, her steps forwards and backwards, and her eventual restoration to full health.

This is a story to inspire, with many pointers for readers who might also be suffering from chronic pain or other unexplained symptoms.

Elizabeth Reilly studied at the Royal Academy of Music. She taught class music and piano in London and the home counties for over thirty years. After retiring from full-time work, she lived for seventeen years in Gloucestershire, where she started to write, before moving to Oxfordshire in 2021. She has a grown-up daughter and son.