You've been told "it's all in your head" — and honestly? It is.
Just not in the dismissive way they meant.

In this episode, Vivian introduces the Threat Bucket — a mind-body metaphor for your nervous system's total load of stress and perceived threats.

Discover why your brain creates pain as protection (not punishment), how stress, past injuries, poor sleep, and even what you eat all pour into your bucket — and most importantly, how to empty it so your nervous system can finally relax and heal.

This isn't about what's wrong with your body. It's about what your brain perceives as threatening — and how you can teach it to feel safe again.

From sensory systems like vision and balance to the ripple effects of emotional stress, Vivian explains how your unique bucket fills up — and the practical steps to start emptying it.

What You'll Learn:

• What the Threat Bucket is — and why it's the key to understanding chronic pain
• How your brain accumulates stress, trauma, and sensory input to decide what's safe vs painful
• Why chronic pain persists even after your injury heals
• How vision, balance, and other sensory systems directly impact your posture, pain, and energy
• The first steps to emptying your Threat Bucket — so your nervous system can stop protecting and start healing

This Episode Is For You If:

• You've tried stretching, massage, chiro, PT — and the relief only lasts a few days
• You're tired of being told "just relax" or "it's stress" without understanding why
• You want to understand the neuroscience behind why your body feels the way it does
• You're ready to stop treating symptoms and start addressing the root cause

What You'll Walk Away With:

• A new framework (the Threat Bucket) for understanding your pain
• Clarity on why "trying everything" hasn't worked — and what to try instead
• The first step to helping your brain feel safe enough to heal

Resources Mentioned:

• Free Workshop: Retrain Your Brain
  • Learn 3 simple neuro drills to help your brain feel safe again — so your body can finally relax, heal, and move without pain.
  • DM "WORKSHOP" on Instagram @daywithviv to save your spot.
• Curious to learn more about SCOLIOFITNESS™? — DM Vivian to learn more about her signature approach blending physical therapy, neuroscience, and mind-body healing for people with scoliosis and chronic pain.

Coming Up Next Episode:

You've heard of the gut-brain connection — but do you actually know how it works?

Next week, Vivian breaks down the science behind your microbiome, your mood, and how your gut health shapes your nervous system and emotional resilience — plus gut health tips to navigate the holidays without wrecking your progress.

🔗 Connect with Vivian:

• Website: https://www.daywithviv.com/
• Instagram: @daywithviv
• YouTube: @scoliofitness
• Get your free guide: 5 Simple Stretches for Your Spine

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Have you ever had pain that just wouldn’t go away—no matter what you tried?

That was Vivian’s experience with elbow pain that lasted for five straight months. No injury. No obvious cause. And every treatment only brought temporary relief.

Until one question—from a mind-body consultant—revealed the emotional pattern hidden beneath the pain.

In this episode of In Your Bones™, Vivian unpacks how emotional experiences get stored in the body, how the nervous system influences physical symptoms, and how healing sometimes requires listening, not just treating.

You’ll also learn:

• The real story behind Vivian's elbow pain and the emotional stressor behind it
• How emotional stress creates physical pain in the absence of structural injury
• The 7 signs your pain might be emotional, not just physical
• Why the nervous system often holds the key to symptoms that don’t respond to treatment
• How to begin decoding your own pain patterns and what your body might be trying to tell you

This episode is for you if:

• You've tried everything - physio, massage, meds - and your pain keeps coming back
• You're starting to suspect there's an emotional component but don't know where to look
• You've been told it's "all in your head" and you're done being gaslit about your pain

What you'll walk away with:

• 7 signs your pain could be emotionally-driven
• How to begin investigating your own body’s messages with more curiosity and less fear
• Validation that your pain is real, and so is your body’s wisdom

Resources Mentioned:

🔗 Ready to decode your pain?

• 📩 Book a 1:1 Brain-Body Healing Session — DM Vivian on Instagram @daywithviv to explore what your symptoms are really saying
• 🏋️ SCOLIOFITNESS™ — Vivian's signature program blending PT, movement, mindset, and emotional healing for scoliosis. DM for details.

Coming Up Next Episode:

Your pain isn't random. It's your brain's response to signals from your environment, your senses, and your social world.

Vivian unpacks the neuroscience of the brain-body connection: why your brain generates pain as protection, how it catalogs threat, and what it takes to signal safety to your body so your nervous system can finally downregulate.

Here's what most people get wrong: You can't think your way into feeling safe. You have to signal it to your body. And that's neurology, not just mindset.

Join the Conversation:
Healing isn’t meant to happen in isolation. DM Vivian @daywithviv and tell her:

• What did this episode reveal for you?
• What pain has your body been holding?

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If this episode resonated, subscribe to In Your Bones™ so you never miss what's coming next. And if it helped you see your body differently, leave a 5-star review—it's how others who nee

🔗 Connect with Vivian:

• Website: https://www.daywithviv.com/
• Instagram: @daywithviv
• YouTube: @scoliofitness
• Get your free guide: 5 Simple Stretches for Your Spine

💌 Loved this episode? Share it with someone whose body could use this conversation.
💬 Have a question or topic you want Vivian to explore? DM her or drop a voice note @daywithviv

What happens when the medical system tells you to "wait and see"—and you decide you're done waiting?

In the very first episode of In Your Bones™, Vivian takes you back to the moment everything changed: a routine school screening and a diagnosis that would shape the next three decades of her life.

Scoliosis.

But this isn't just a story about a curved spine.

It's about what happens when you grow up feeling like something's wrong with you. When you try to fix, control, and perfect your way out of pain. When you exhaust every expert, every protocol, every promise and still feel unseen.

And then… when you finally stop searching outside yourself and start listening to what your body's been protecting you from all along.

In this episode, Vivian shares:

• The moment she realized her body wasn't broken—it was wise
• How years of hiding, overachieving, and "staying strong" kept her stuck
• Why yoga teacher training cracked something open (and not in a good way)
• The conflicting medical advice that left her more confused than empowered
• How she became the evidence no one could give her—and reduced her curve in her 30s and 40s
• The deeper truth beneath all physical pain: your bones are holding your history

This episode is for you if:

• You've been told to "just do yoga" or "wait and see" about your scoliosis or chronic pain
• You're tired of feeling like your body is broken or like you're doing something wrong
• You've tried all the protocols, but nothing feels sustainable or aligned
• You're ready to stop fixing and start listening
• You want to understand the body-brain connection and how emotions live in your posture

What you'll walk away with:

• A new way of understanding your body, not as something to control, but as something to relate to
• Permission to stop performing strength and start embodying safety
• Hope that healing isn't about doing more, it's about understanding what you've been protecting yourself from
• An invitation into a community where you're not alone in this journey

Resources Mentioned:

• SCOLIOFITNESS™ — Vivian's signature program blending physical therapy, movement, mindset, and emotional healing for those with scoliosis. DM Vivian on Instagram for more info.

Coming Up Next Episode:

The Elbow That Wouldn't Heal And the Emotional Pattern Beneath It

Vivian shares the story of chronic elbow pain that stumped her—until she uncovered the emotional pattern hiding underneath. Plus, she reveals 7 ways to tell when your body's pain might be emotional, not just physical.

Because what the body can't say in words… it whispers through sensation.

Subscribe & Review:

If this episode resonated with you, subscribe to In Your Bones™ so you never miss an episode. And if you feel called, leave a review, it helps other people find this work and know they're not alone.

🔗 Connect with Vivian:

• Website: https://www.daywithviv.com/
• Instagram: @daywithviv
• YouTube: @scoliofitness
• Get your free guide: 5 Simple Stretches for Your Spine

💌 Loved this episode? Share it with someone whose body could use this conversation.
💬 Have a question or topic you want Vivian to explore? DM her or drop a voice note @daywithviv