Have you ever wondered if the emotional pain you are carrying is manifesting in your physical body? In this deeply moving episode of the Bouncing Back podcast, host Melissa McCurley sits down with author, speaker, and advocate Tiffaney Childers to discuss the raw reality of living with Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) and the devastating impact of suicide loss.

Tiffaney shares her harrowing story of losing both of her parents to suicide within a year of each other, and how burying that emotional trauma for 18 years ultimately triggered a rare, debilitating neurological pain condition following a routine hip surgery. She opens up about the dangers of the opioid epidemic, how she regulates her nervous system to manage level-10 pain without pills, and why she dedicates her life to being a first responder for families affected by suicide. If you are struggling with chronic illness, grief, or invisible pain, this episode will inspire you to stop suffering in silence and make something beautiful out of your darkest moments.

🎧 Hosted by: Melissa McCurley

🎤 Featuring: Tiffaney Childers, Author of The Rise Back

Tiffaney Childers is the founder of Rise Savage and an author, speaker, and advocate focused on resilience after trauma and chronic illness. Living with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), she shares a powerful perspective on rebuilding identity, regulating the nervous system, and creating a meaningful life through small, intentional daily practices. Tiffaney is also the author of The Rise Back: Reclaiming Life After Suicide Loss, Pain, and Silence, where she explores healing after profound loss and long-term pain.

💡 What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

✔️ What is CRPS?: Understanding Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome and the agonizing reality of living with invisible nerve pain.

✔️ The Trauma-Illness Connection: How burying emotional trauma and grief can manifest as severe physical illness decades later.

✔️ Surviving the Opioid Epidemic: Why Tiffaney chose to manage her chronic pain holistically instead of relying on heavy narcotics.

✔️ Regulating the Nervous System: Practical, everyday habits (like getting 10,000 steps and journaling) to help calm a pain-induced flare-up.

✔️ Advocating for Suicide Survivors: An inside look at the LOSS Team (Local Outreach to Suicide Survivors) and how to support families navigating unimaginable tragedy.

✔️ Finding Joy in the Pain: How to break out of a victim mentality and reclaim your life through gratitude.

📇 Connect with Tiffaney Childers:

🌐 Website → https://risesavage.com/

📷 Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/tiffaneychilders/

📘 Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/tiffaney.childers

🔗 LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiffaneychilders/

📇 Connect with Melissa McCurley:

📘 Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/groups/bouncingbackpodcast/

📷 Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/melmccurley/

🔗 LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissa-mccurley/

📺 Youtube → https://www.youtube.com/@BouncingBackwithMelissa

📱Pinterest → https://www.pinterest.com/bouncingbackwithmelissa/

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