# Tenderoni Hotline #38: The Hidden Link Between Chronic Pain, Trauma & People Pleasing with Nicole Sachs Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/feminist-wellness-15519/tenderoni-hotline-38-the-hidden-link-between-chronic-pain-trauma-people-pleasing-with-nicole-sachs Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/feminist-wellness-15519/tenderoni-hotline-38-the-hidden-link-between-chronic-pain-trauma-people-pleasing-with-nicole-sachs.md Podcast: [Feminist Wellness](https://stenobird.com/podcast/feminist-wellness-15519) Published: 2026-07-14T05:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://beatrizalbina.com/podcast/ Audio file: https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/02b67920-c0b6-476c-8d91-05c3aa20f6c3.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/feminist-wellness-15519/episodes/tenderoni-hotline-38-the-hidden-link-between-chronic-pain-trauma-people-pleasing-with-nicole-sachs Duration seconds: 2995 ## Resource Tenderoni Hotline #38: What if chronic pain, anxiety, burnout, and people pleasing all stem from the same underlying pattern? In this episode, I sit down with bestselling author, psychotherapist, and mind-body medicine expert Nicole Sachs to explore the hidden connection between trauma, the nervous system, and what I call emotional outsourcing. Emotional outsourcing is the habit of looking outside yourself for safety, belonging, and worth instead of cultivating those things within. Together, we unpack why so many of us learned to disconnect from ourselves in order to stay connected to others, how those survival strategies become wired into the nervous system, and why healing is about far more than managing symptoms. We also explore how people pleasing, perfectionism, and codependent patterns contribute to chronic stress, why boundaries can feel so threatening, and how small, intentional shifts can help you rebuild self-trust. Whether you're living with chronic symptoms, struggling to set boundaries, or simply longing to feel more at home in yourself, this conversation offers a compassionate and science-informed perspective on what healing can look like. If this episode resonated with you, be sure to follow the podcast and share it with someone who might need this conversation. Got a question for the Tenderoni Hotline? Send it to me at: podcast@beatrizalbina.com Order your copy of End Emotional Outsourcing here: https://beatrizalbina.com/book/ Follow me here: https://www.instagram.com/beatrizvictoriaalbinanp/?hl=en Learn more about Nicole Sachs: https://www.yourbreakawake.com ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/feminist-wellness-15519/episodes/tenderoni-hotline-38-the-hidden-link-between-chronic-pain-trauma-people-pleasing-with-nicole-sachs/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/feminist-wellness-15519/tenderoni-hotline-38-the-hidden-link-between-chronic-pain-trauma-people-pleasing-with-nicole-sachs.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.