Life Over Pain

Patti Freeman Evans
Life Over Pain

Life Over Pain is a podcast full of inspiring stores from people with chronic pain and/or traumatic brain injury. Their stories are about how they are not defined by their pain or injury. They describe how they make choices to adapt to their present circumstances to create lives of value despite pain and loss. And, BTW, If you'd like to share your story, or know of someone who might have a story to share, please email LifeOverPain1@gmail.com.

  1. 01/06/2023

    Life Over Pain - Amina - A Single Mom and Her Son Raise Each Other

    After three brain injuries over her lifetime, Amina's cognitive ability was impacted in such a way that she was unable to ask for help on her own. But like many of us, it was hard for her to know how much she had really changed as a person. Poignantly, her young son was the one person was able to show her how much she had changed by asking for his "old" mom back. It was an emotional blow and a common hit to our self esteem that is common for those of us with brain injury. ...

    51 min

  2. 09/07/2022

    Life Over Pain - Bella Paige - An Adrenaline Junkie Pays It Back

    Bella Paige was a highly competitive show jumper as a younger girl. And she LOVED it. The adrenaline rush alone might have been enough to keep her going but she loved the competition, the horses, all of it. She planned to compete and show horses for the rest of her life. Sadly, injuries intervened. In any sport having to do with 1200 pound animals you can bet that injuries will come, and often. But highly competitive, driven athletes (even young ones) often...

    55 min

  3. 12/21/2021

    Life Over Pain - Pamela Schmidt - Rediscovering Her Inner Superwoman

    When you are faced with an existential crisis, it's hard to see what is right in front of you. Brain injury and Lime Disease screw with one's sense of self. Pamela Schmidt was a never-say-never person a superwoman in the flesh. She still knows she is that person in some ways, but then again, she isn't that person. She's had concussions in her past, like so many of us, but nothing like when a window fell on her head. That changed everything. Back in the 90's she ...

    1h 3m
  4. Life Over Pain - Joseph Ryan - Finding a Purpose in Recovery

    08/23/2021

    Life Over Pain - Joseph Ryan - Finding a Purpose in Recovery

    Joseph Ryan oozes enthusiasm. He's overcome so many brain injuries that his head seems to have been a target for danger rather than a protected space. As with many who have suffered brain injury pre-2018, his had gone undiagnosed. So he struggled. Smart, energetic, creative, adventurous; yet he struggled. But, his brain wasn't keeping pace. As years passed and injuries mounted, Joseph finally found help via Pennsylvania's head injury program. This...

    1h 7m

  5. 03/06/2021

    Life Over Pain - Ethan O'Brian - From a Concussion Filled Youth to A Calling of Service to Others

    It's hard to imagine a time when we didn't know how dangerous a blow to the head can be. But it was just 20 years ago when Ethan O'Brian was playing youth hockey and started getting banged into the boards and ice and other players. He kept playing. No one told him to stop as they might have today. There was little talk of concussion. It's not just hockey and American football or rugby where kids get hit hard and enough times to cause damage to their brains - fo...

    1h 6m

  6. 01/26/2021

    Life Over Pain - Sameer Bhide - Eastern and Western Medicines in Harmony Help to Heal

    UPDATE: Sameer has graciously offered the below special free copy of his book One Fine Day that recounts his stroke experience to listeners: Please enjoy one free copy of One Fine Day: Overcoming Adversity and Embracing the New Normal with Grace and Gratitude, now available on Audible. Redeem the one-time use code below at https://www.audible.com/acx-promo 6HY74BX5S6BFK 7Y229UQWLLLTJ BTW - from Audible (in case anyone has problems using the codes) Are there geographic restrictions ...

    1h 12m

  7. 10/06/2020

    Life Over Pain - Megan Heiser - Creating A Deeper Connection With Her Life

    Megan Heiser grew up on a farm, traveled the world, had a career, got married, had a baby. She was a perfectionist. Then things changed, dramatically. An auto-immune disease caught hold of her and has made her take a completely different approach to life. Each of us wake up to a new day with some uncertainty, but we generally have a strong sense of what our day will be like. Unfortunately, that's not true for Megan. Her disease throws her a curve ball every day. She ...

    1h 12m
  8. Life Over Pain - Marcia Moran -

    03/03/2020

    Life Over Pain - Marcia Moran -

    I don't think anyone is prepared to have a stroke, even if you've had them before, or you doctor has told you to beware. It's a life changing event. When Marcia Moran's life changed in this way she found herself laughing at everything. Perhaps that was a blessing because she was in sever pain, and couldn't talk or walk. After leaving the hospital and rehab, she pursued additional therapies like massage, acupuncture, laser, speech and neuro-feedback to name a few. As a patchwork of treatme...

    58 min
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    About

    Life Over Pain is a podcast full of inspiring stores from people with chronic pain and/or traumatic brain injury. Their stories are about how they are not defined by their pain or injury. They describe how they make choices to adapt to their present circumstances to create lives of value despite pain and loss. And, BTW, If you'd like to share your story, or know of someone who might have a story to share, please email LifeOverPain1@gmail.com.

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    • Creator
      Patti Freeman Evans
    • Years Active
      2018 - 2023
    • Episodes
      28
    • Rating
      Clean
    • Copyright
      © 2023 Life Over Pain
    • Show Website
      Life Over Pain

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