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Pod Help Us

Interviews, dialogues, and personal reflections on mental health and self-care, addiction and recovery, trauma and healing, and stress and self-preservation. Sometimes, when we can’t find enough of what we need within, others deliver. Here, others deliver, and they also teach us how to find more of what we need within. If you’re looking for perspective, strategies, companionship, expertise, or understanding, just say it: ”Pod Help Us!”

Tell your story: podhelpus.story@gmail.com

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This episode (an essay, a memoir, and a philosophical exploration of the mind/body connection) explores the toll chronic pain and physical illness can take on mental health. I reminisce, talk to a friend, and then remember some of the strategies I've found helpful. Don't forget: Suffering = Pain x Resistance.

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