Five mindset shifts that helped me move out of fear and into control
How can we not have fear of the unknown through our knee replacements, right?
It’s so crazy, because I caught myself constantly telling myself how scared I was of my knee replacement. And it wasn’t until I stopped saying I’m scared and started identifying what it was that scared me so much that I could get curious about why it was bothering me.
This was a process. It took me a while to slow down enough to really identify what I was most afraid of. What I noticed was that if I just kept telling myself, I’m scared, I’m scared, the fear kept coming back. Over and over.
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One of the biggest surprises for me after my knee replacement was the fatigue.
Sure, there was pain.
Yes, there was stiffness.
But the fatigue? That one caught me completely off guard.
I don’t know why I wasn’t prepared for it, but that bone-deep tiredness that hits after doing something that feels like nothing was not on my radar at all. Taking a shower was the first wake-up call. I’d wash my hair, dry it, and immediately want to sit down.
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As you are sitting there healing from your knee replacement, think about this…
What if I told you that everything was going to work out and you will be at 100% in a future that you are so close to?
It is.
It’s not a lie; I am not kidding.
Now that path may not be what you thought it would. Maybe you needed an MUA, maybe you got an infection or maybe you required another revision because the first didn’t take.
I was talking to a client today, and she asked how long it took me to get to 120 degrees after my knee replacement. She’s sitting at 115 right now, feeling like she hit a wall, and I could hear that mix of frustration and fear in her voice.
It reminded me exactly what this part of recovery feels like.
So, I told her the same thing I want you to hear:
You’re not stuck.
You’re in a phase. I call it the learning phase.
Have you ever caught yourself saying, “I’ll never get better,” or “I’m always in pain”?
Yeah, I used to say that too—without realizing how much weight those words carried.
Here’s the truth: your words aren’t just sounds. They’re signals. And they’re either signaling healing or frustration. When you’re recovering from something as big as a knee replacement, every bit of your energy matters. What you say to yourself—out loud or in your head—sets the tone for how your body responds.
So today, I want to help you swap those “always” and “never” statements for words that actually move your healing forward.
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