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Mindfulness is an important aspect of chronic pain management, and it’s different than just relaxation. Dr. William MacNulty (CMDR (0-5) US Public Health Service; Health Promotion Psychologist, 1st Special Forces Group) and CPT Tracy Beegen (Aeromedical Psychologist) describe how to use a mindfulness practice to change the relationship to pain using the RAIN technique: Recognize, Allow, Investigate, Note. Free resources discussed: The Military Meditation Coach podcast (https://soundcloud.com/militarymeditationcoach) The Mindfulness Coach mobile app (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gov.va.mobilehealth.ncptsd.mindfulnesscoach&hl=en_US) DHA Connected Health Defense Health Agency https://health.mil/podcasts dha.connected-health@mail.mil Twitter: @DHAConnected (https://twitter.com/DHAConnected) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DHAConnectedHealth For closed captioning, view a video version Living Beyond Pain at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8PcXBrsYZ8FbVDyKvH-1K7voY0muJuQ- Living Beyond Pain is produced by the Defense Health Agency (https://health.mil). Learn more about Military Health Podcasts at https://health.mil/podcasts Music is Siesta by Jahzzar References: Brewer, J (2017). The Craving Mind, Yale University Press: New Haven, CT. Cayoun, B., Simmons, A. & Shires, A. (2017) Immediate and Lasting Chronic Pain Reduction Following a Brief Self-Implemented Mindfulness-Based Interoceptive Exposure Task: a Pilot Study, Mindfulness. DOI 10.1007/s12671-017-0823-x Killingsworth, M.A., Gilbert, D.T., (2010). A Wandering Mind Is an Unhappy Mind. Science, 220(6006): 932 Vol. 330, Issue 6006, pp. 932. DOI: 10.1126/science.119243