A supportive work environment IS a condition for recovery.

Pain resolution is not always the best focus

Your body is not your enemy Conflict narratives about your body are a barrier to progress. Changin

Doctors don't need all the answers

Trapped in a body you don't understand

If we seriously want to support people with chronic illness back in to work we need more imagination

Chronic illness is more than just symptoms

Benefits assessments are making you more sick.

Work is not a measure of worth

What's your battle plan?

You aren't marrying your healthcare professionals In this episode of The Conditions for Recovery Po

Pain management in a doing thing

No pain medication for 30 years

Sick and tired of being sick and tired?

What's the point of exercise with chronic pain?

Pain management is about trial and error

Taking back control of your journey with chronic illness

If you aren't getting anywhere with your pain, it might be because you are using the wrong approach.

Pacing isn't about just doing less.

The wrong approach to pain is keeping you stuck.

Pain is not in your brain.

Managing chronic pain doesn't always have to feel like a chore.

The iceberg of pain.

When healthcare misses the point the person living with pain suffers more

Just saying you are fine becomes a reflex when living with invisible illness.

When the drugs don't work they just make you worse

The constant justification of chronic illness

People with chronic health conditions aren't scamming the system The system is stacked against them

I've got to do it myself

Fibromyalgia doesn't have any simple solutions.

The number 1 mistake people make with chronic pain? Treating it like an injury.

The broken system of disability benefits.

One size fits all approaches are ruining your chances of recovery.

We need to get people in pain support much earlier.

The toxic benefits system doesn't understand chronic illness. I have so many conversations with pe

The BS diagnosis of growing pains.

I got out of the pit and so can you.

The language used in healthcare interactions can be a barrier to recovery

"I thought it was the stupidest thing in the world."

Your body is not fragile.

"We believe you."

Grieving the life that you have lost.

Why dilution is so powerful for pain management

The difference between pain and chronic pain.

People hate to hear this but focussing only on treating pain keeps you stuck.

Transformative pain management can be a bitter pill to swallow.

Does it feel like pain dictates how you live your life?

"Life with pain is a marathon not a sprint."