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Conquering Your Fibromyalgia Podcast

When I started this podcast—and the book that came before it—I had my patients in mind. In the exam room, time is limited. But the need for understanding complex, often misunderstood conditions like fibromyalgia is vast. That’s why I created this space: to offer deeper education, validation, and hope.If you’ve been told that fibromyalgia "isn’t real'" or that it’s "all in your head," I want you to know: I see you. I believe you. And you're not alone. This podcast is here to affirm what you’ve lived through and to explain the science behind...

Ep. 147 Listener Feedback and answering one listener's request for help with her autistic child struggling with Abdominal Migraines.

31 mins; April 24, 2024

Ep. 146 Enhancing Care for Chronic Invisible Illnesses Through Understanding and Alliance. Part 3

28 mins; April 17, 2024

Ep. 145 Empowering Patients with Invisible Illnesses Part 2

30 mins; April 10, 2024

Ep. 144 Beyond the typical Physical Therapy: Informed Approaches to Chronic Pain Part 1

29 mins; April 03, 2024

Ep. 143 ADHD, An important Look beyond Childhood

43 mins; March 27, 2024

Ep 142 Exploring ADHD: Personal Experiences and Expert Perspectives with Mindy and Dr. Jeffrey Katz

32 mins; March 20, 2024

Ep. 141 What are the childhood brain signatures that predict chronic pain before it develops?

25 mins; March 13, 2024

Ep. 140 What is LONG COVID? An Evidenced Based Look.

36 mins; March 06, 2024

Ep. 139 Was Long Covid predicted 4 years ago? Learn more about why and how these predictions were made.

27 mins; February 28, 2024

Ep. 137 What was the misunderstood condition in the 1800s known as Railway Spine and the similarity to Chronic Pain conditions like Fibromyalgia?

30 mins; February 21, 2024

Ep. 138 Pain Without Lesion, What's that? Important Historical Perspectives on Chronic Pain

32 mins; February 21, 2024

Ep. 136 How prestigious is fibromyalgia compared to other medical conditions? Why does fibromyalgia have such a big stigma?

27 mins; February 14, 2024

Ep 135 Discovering Rosemary Kennedy: The Influence of the Montessori Education and the Tragedy of her Lobotomy Part 3

33 mins; February 07, 2024

Ep 134 Revisiting Rosemary Kennedy: Learning from her story to help better support those in the present . Part 2

32 mins; January 31, 2024

Ep 133 Rosemary Kennedy's Story: Autism and ADHD. An Enlightening Discussion with her biographer Kate Larson Part 1

31 mins; January 24, 2024

Ep 132 Transforming Health with Food: Tim Kaufman's Recovery Story Part 2

37 mins; January 17, 2024

Ep 131 Fighting Back: Tim Kaufman's Battle against Obesity, Ehlers Danlos and Chronic Pain Part 1

35 mins; January 10, 2024

Ep 130 How Lynn went from Fibromyalgia Frustrations to Flourishing Part 2

42 mins; January 03, 2024

Ep 129 "Living well between two bookends on a narrow bookshelf" with Lynn Larson Part 1

49 mins; December 27, 2023

Ep 128 "What do you do when a flower's not growing?

36 mins; December 20, 2023

Ep 127 "How does Trauma affect those with Neurodivergent style nervous systems?" with Dr. Matt Zakresky

40 mins; December 13, 2023

Ep 126 "When I look fine on the outside, but feel horrible on the inside" Christin Veasley

32 mins; December 06, 2023

Ep. 126 The Missing Diagnosis of John F. Kennedy's Life: Linking ADHD and Chronic Pain. Part 3

27 mins; November 29, 2023

Ep. 125 Behind JFK's Legacy: A Deep Dive into His Chronic Health Challenges Part 2

40 mins; November 22, 2023

Ep. 124 John F. Kennedy's Silent Fight: Chronic Invisible Illnesses, ADHD, and the Hidden Health Struggles of the former President. Part 1

34 mins; November 15, 2023

Ep. 123 The Healing Power of Podcasts for Invisible Illness Warriors

27 mins; November 08, 2023

Ep 122 Chronic Pain Reset: 30 Days of Activities, Practices, and Skills to Help You Thrive with Dr. Afton Hassett Part 2

34 mins; November 01, 2023

Ep 121 Chronic Pain and Neuroplasticity: An Engaging Dialogue with Dr. Afton Hassett, author of Chronic Pain Reset Part 1

26 mins; October 25, 2023

Ep 120 Understanding Autism in Adulthood: A Conversation with Dr. Barry Prizant Part 3

24 mins; October 18, 2023

Ep 119 Un "Masking" Autism: Insights from Dr. Barry Prizant Part 2

28 mins; October 11, 2023

Ep 118 Reframing and Understanding Autism and Invisible Illnesses with Dr. Barry Prizant. Part 1

33 mins; October 04, 2023

Ep 117 "I want to run a 5K and wear a bikini." An Inspiring Story of Victory Over Invisible Illnesses

23 mins; September 27, 2023

Ep 116 Embracing Abilities: Overcoming Obstacles at the Every1In Wellness and Abilities Fair.Part 2

34 mins; September 20, 2023

Ep. 115 Finding Hope Amidst Chronic Back Pain: A Conversation with Jory Pradjenski. Part 1

29 mins; September 13, 2023

Ep 114 Striking a Chord: The Role of Music. Dale's Fibromyalgia Journey Part 3

32 mins; September 06, 2023

Ep 113 Finding Solace in Creativity: Photography.Dale's Journey with Fibromyalgia. Part 2

28 mins; August 30, 2023

Ep 112 The Creative Arts as Medicine: Dale's Fibromyalgia Journey Part 1

33 mins; August 23, 2023

Ep 111 "Patients like Linda." What was it like to care for patients with fibromyalgia 20 years ago through the eyes of a neurologist. 2 year anniversary episode

26 mins; August 16, 2023

Ep. 110 Wrapping up Neurasthenia. Understand the roles Conventional and Lifestyle Medicine play and the draw of Functional Medicine. Part 6

27 mins; August 09, 2023

Ep 109 Why your stomach hurts as seen through the eyes of compassionate physicians over 100 years ago? Neurasthenia Gastrica Part 5

44 mins; August 02, 2023

Ep 108 Past Meets Present: How Neurasthenia Illnesses Inform Contemporary Medicine Part 4

36 mins; July 26, 2023

Ep. 107 Neurasthenia: Uncovering Parallels with Today's Invisible Illnesses Part 3

33 mins; July 19, 2023

Ep 106 The Lost Condition: Neurasthenia's Vanishing Act in Medical History. Cracking a Cold Case. A needed historical perspective of Invisible Illnesses. Part 2

33 mins; July 12, 2023

Ep. 105 Unraveling the History and Mystery of Neurasthenia: From 19th Century Origins to Modern Fibromyalgia Diagnosis. Part 1

29 mins; July 05, 2023

Ep. 104 Transforming Your Pelvic Pain: Holistic Approaches and the Pelvic Sense Program

32 mins; June 28, 2023

Ep. 103 Pelvic Harmony: Managing Chronic Pelvic Pain, Navigating Menopause, and the Mind-Body Connection

32 mins; June 21, 2023

Ep. 102 A Community Approach to Improving Fibromyalgia and Autism Outcomes. Part 4 of the interview with Dr Mel Hauser

36 mins; June 14, 2023

Ep. 102. Understanding "Access Needs" to living better with fibromyalgia and autism, as well as picky eats eating and more. Part 4 of 4 of the conversation with Dr. Mel Hauser.

37 mins; June 14, 2023

Ep. 101 Breaking down Autism's Stigma and get a needed deeper understanding. Part 3 of 4

33 mins; June 07, 2023

Ep 100 Neurodiversity, Overlapping Pain Syndromes, shortened life expectancy, and the power of Lifestyle Medicine and inclusivity Part 2

31 mins; June 05, 2023

Ep. 100. All Brains Belong Part 2. What you need to know about Neurodivergent minds and fibromyalgia type illnesses. Profound impacts beyond the pain.

32 mins; May 31, 2023

Ep. 99 Autism burnout, stress behaviors and the connection to Fibromyalgia. Part 1 of the Interview with Dr. Mel Hauser from All Brains Belong

27 mins; May 24, 2023

Ep. 98 "Having fibromyalgia is like living between two bookends on a narrow shelf" Lynn's story.

49 mins; May 17, 2023

Ep. 97 Understanding the Complex Realities of Living with Fibromyalgia. Amy's Journey.

45 mins; May 14, 2023

Ep. 96 Fibromyalgia in Healthcare: Anne's Journey Through Diagnosis, Stigma, and Balancing Work and Health

43 mins; May 12, 2023

Ep. 95. The Invisible deadly illness lurking in many with fibromyalgia and what you can do about it.

30 mins; May 10, 2023

Ep. 94 The Missing and Invisible Neighbors, Coworkers and Relatives of Naked Realities. Part 2 of 2

28 mins; May 06, 2023

Ep. 93 Naked Realities. Part 1 of 2. A poetic look at Invisible Illnesses with author Martin Keogh

29 mins; May 03, 2023

Ep. 92 Narrative medicine. Giving a Voice to the Suffering. Part 2 of 2.

23 mins; April 26, 2023

Ep. 91 Narrative medicine. Reframing patient care. Part 1 of 2 of the conversation with Dr. Bruce Campbell.

32 mins; April 19, 2023

Ep. 90 A Better Understanding of Chronic Fatigue. Part 3 of 3 of the Interview with Tamara Rosier. Author of "Your Brain's not broken."

35 mins; April 12, 2023

Ep 89 Greater Insights into how the ADHD brain works using the Solve-It-Grid. Part 2 of the Conversation with Tamara Rosier

32 mins; April 05, 2023

Ep. 88 Your Brain is Not Broken. A deeper Understanding of Fibromyalgia through insights from the world of ADHD. Part 1 of the interview Tamara Rosier, author and ADHD coach.

34 mins; March 29, 2023

Ep. 87 Cognitive Distortions common with Fibromyalgia and related problems. Part 2 of the conversation with Dr. Heather Martarella, a pain psychologist

30 mins; March 22, 2023

Ep. 86 Reframing Fibromyalgia and Chronic Pain through the biopsychosocial and spiritual paradigm. Part 1 of 2 of the interview with Dr. Heather Martarella, a pain psychologist.

27 mins; March 15, 2023

Ep 85 Jake's recovery story from just being alive to thriving. Part 2

38 mins; March 08, 2023

Ep 84 Jake's recovery story going from just surviving to thriving. Part 1

34 mins; March 01, 2023

Ep. 83 Why does my stomach hurt? Paradigm shift to a biopsychosocial approach with multimodal treatment. Interview with Dr Veinvogl, Pediatric GI specialist. Part 3 of 3

27 mins; February 22, 2023

Ep. 82 Why does my stomach hurt? Chasing the holy grail. Interview with Dr Beate Veinvogl. Pediatric GI specialist Part 2 of 3

32 mins; February 15, 2023

Ep. 81 Why does my stomach hurt? Disorders of Gut Brain Interaction. Interview with Dr. Beate Veinvogl, Pediatric GI specialist. Part 1 of 3

26 mins; February 08, 2023

Ep 80 Building Neurologic Resilience and Extending the Reach of the documentary Invisible. Rose Harwood's Words of Wisdom Part 3 of 3

35 mins; February 01, 2023

Ep 79 Movement as Medicine for Fibromyalgia. Rose Harwood's Story Part 2 of 3

31 mins; January 25, 2023

Ep 78 Movement as Medicine. Rose Harwood from the documentary Invisible: the Film shares her Recovery Story Part 1 of 3

35 mins; January 18, 2023

Ep 77. Interview with Nick Demos, the director of Invisible the Film, the new Fibromyalgia documentary. Part 2

30 mins; January 11, 2023

Ep 76 Interview with Nick Demos, the director of Invisible the Film, the new Fibromyalgia documentary. Part 1

32 mins; January 04, 2023

Ep 75 The top podcast series for 2022. Two Invisible Illnesses. Dr. Dodson discusses ADHD, a common condition in many with Fibromyalgia

70 hours 28 mins; December 28, 2022

Ep 74. Either you're a Hypochondriac, or your central nervous system is out of balance. Dan Neuffer Part 2

30 mins; December 21, 2022

Ep. 73 Dan Neuffer shares his recovery story from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, and POTS

35 mins; December 14, 2022

EP 72 Sleep Hygiene. The Good sleep habits to help you live well. Fibro and Sleep Part 5

25 mins; December 07, 2022

Ep. 71 The connections between sleep deprivation, emotional eating, ADHD, and PTSD. Sleep and Fibro Part 4

24 mins; November 30, 2022

Ep.70 Do you have sleep apnea making your Fibro worse? Sleep and Fibro Part 3

23 mins; November 23, 2022

Ep 69. Why do I hurt after sleeping and feel unrefreshed? Sleep and Fibro Part 2

22 mins; November 16, 2022

Ep 68. Restless Leg Syndrome and Periodic Limb Movement Disorder and Fibro. Sleep and Fibromyalgia Part 1.

21 mins; November 09, 2022

Ep 67. Adam's journey from Chronic Lyme Diagnosis to Fibromyalgia and recovery. Part 3

23 mins; November 02, 2022

Ep 66. Adam's journey from Chronic Lyme Diagnosis to Fibromyalgia and recovery. Part 2

23 mins; October 26, 2022

Ep. 65 "Maybe I don't have Chronic Lyme." Adam's 8 year journey from a diagnosis of Chronic Lyme to Fibromyalgia and then Recovery. Part 1

27 mins; October 19, 2022

Ep. 64. Chronic Lyme. Real Answers. Real understanding. Real hope. Part 4

28 mins; October 12, 2022

Ep. 63 Chronic Lyme and Post Treatment Lyme disease Syndrome. Part 3

28 mins; October 05, 2022

Ep. 62 Lyme disease Part 2. Acute and Late Lyme and discussion about Chronic Lyme.

26 mins; September 28, 2022

Ep.61 Lyme disease. Part 1. Medical training, history of Lyme disease, and Acute Lyme.

27 mins; September 21, 2022

Ep. 60. Pain, Suffering, Meaning, and Metanarrative. Part 3 of the conversation with Luke Thompson

29 mins; September 14, 2022

Ep. 59 Hope for the "Least." Part 2 of the Conversation with Luke Thompson

23 mins; September 07, 2022

Ep. 58 Contemplating Pain, Suffering, and Meaning in Life. Part 1 of the interview with Luke Thompson

27 mins; August 31, 2022

Ep.57 Migraines Part 3. A Holistic Approach

27 mins; August 24, 2022

Ep.56 Migraines: Upon Further Consideration. Part 2 of the Conversation with Dr. Chayette, A Pediatric Neurologist.

26 mins; August 17, 2022

Ep.55 Migraines and ADHD. Part 1 of the Conversation with Dr. Cheyette, a Pediatric Neurologist.

29 mins; August 10, 2022

Ep. 54 Margaret's Final Days. Wrapping up her tragic Fibromyalgia Journey

24 mins; August 03, 2022

Ep. 53 John's Heart Attack. Part 13 of the Gone with the Wind Saga

34 mins; July 27, 2022

Ep. 52 Will spinal surgery cure her fibromyalgia? Part 12

26 mins; July 20, 2022

Ep. 51 Success Goes to Margaret Mitchell's head along with Caregiver Fatigue. Part 11

23 mins; July 13, 2022

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