Effortless Pain

Effortless Pain is a weekly newsletter on personal stories with a psychological and Buddhist twist. But, more than anything, is about my personal healing path acknowledging and befriending pain. I hope this will inspire you to have a new relationship with pain, or at least, entertain you.

Topics may include but are not limited to

Buddhism
Psychology
Mental Health
Single life
Single motherhood by choice
Adoption
NFTs (oh yes!) and Web3
virtual communities
culture critiques
LatinX’s issues
gender
dating and relationships

My only disclaimer: Nothing can be guaranteed and everyone’s journey is different. As journeys vary, so do obstacles for liberation. But it is worth a try.

Who am I? I am a Puerto Rican clinical psychologist, academic, adoptive mother, feminist, Buddhist, atheist, leftist, cisgender, heteroflexible woman on her late 30s. It is from my multiple identities, my personal experience, my academic work and my clinical experience that I speak of. I am biased and it’s OK if you are too, but not prejudiced; that is not Ok.

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A personal and shared journey about the implications of accepting and embracing psychological pain

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Nicole

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A professional listener with alternative perspectives as to why we feel pain and why we should understand it rather then relieve it.