Screaming in Silence
A motorcycle accident in 1997 would leave me with severe chronic pain and a paralysed left arm, but would change my life for the better, become the greatest teacher I ever had and take my life on an inspirational path that I would never change. Join me on this journey and see how I turned tragedy into victory.
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Episodes
44 episodes
Episode 43 - 10,000 days
Today marks a special day in my life with chronic pain, a milestone, an opportunity to look back over the past 10,000 days of my journey. Was it the event itself that shaped me to be who I am, or was it something else?
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Episode 42 - I'll never be ok....and that's ok!
I may at times make this journey seem as easy as a walk in the park, but it is not without it's challenges. My philosophy doesn't make me immune to emotion, prevent me from wondering "what if...", but it has allowed me to fine tune the tools I ...
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Episode 41 - Pain makes me...
What does pain make you do? Does it make you angry? Sad? Resentful? Thankful? In today's episode I take a closer look at this subject and share my views on what power I feel pain has in my life. You might be surprised.
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Episode 40 - Feeling frustrated? Great!
Frustration. At Life. At others. At ourselves. We've all felt it before, maybe struggled with it, maybe let it hold us back. All too often it's seen as an unwanted emotion. But we can change our perception of it to be something that drives us. ...
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Episode 39 - Lessons from Mr Miyagi
Balance is required everywhere in life, as Mr Miyagi said, " Whole life have a balance". Nowhere is this more important for me than managing chronic pain.https://onewingkiwi.com/
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Episode 38 - Tell him he's dreaming
A lot of people, not just chronic pain patients, struggle to understand why I feel the way I do about life with constant pain and adversity. I've even faced criticism because of my beliefs. Normally I wouldn't address these, but a couple commen...
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Episode 37 - My 8 steps for coping
As the reach of the podcast grows and my activity in pain groups increases I'm getting more requests on my coping strategies, so I decided to put them into one episode so anyone can get a quick overview of how I manage my chronic pain. There wi...
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Episode 36 - Hurt me harm me not
How can I stay so calm and controlled despite living with chronic pain? How can it be that I can be going through pain that would knock most off of their feet yet you wouldn't tell by looking at me? The secret for me is in understanding the dif...
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Episode 35 - With guest Pete Moore from The Pain Toolkit
Today I'm joined by a strong voice for self-management of chronic pain, Pete Moore from the UK. Pete has developed a process for anyone to use in dealing with persistent pain and attends numerous seminars on pain management internationally advo...
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Episode 34 - My top 7 stoic tips for overcoming adversity
In this episode I combine the lessons Stoicism teaches us with the lessons I learnt for myself over the past nearly 27yrs. Having only recently discovering for myself this school of thought, I found the writings from such noted philosophers suc...
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Episode 33 - Making plans and breaking plans.
Anxiety, we all have experienced it. For some it's just a normal response to stress or unknown outcomes. For others it can be crippling, trapping them in perpetual worry. But what about the relationship between chronic pain and anxiety surround...
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Episode 32- With guest Shaun Armes
On today's episode we are joined by Shaun, a 33yr old BPI survivor from England. Shaun had asked if I could do an episode on becoming a father with a Brachial Plexus injury, and I thought that not only was it a great topic to cover but as he hi...
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Episode 31 - With guest Dr Sue Jarquin
On today's episode I'm very lucky to be joined by Dr Sue Jarquin, a pain management psychologist at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in America. Sue brings a new perspective to the show, drawing on her years of study and experience i...
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Episode 30 - 2023
With the first year of the podcast having passed I thought it was an ideal opportunity to reflect on where this all started to where I am now. It's been an amazing journey, one that has helped many, including myself. So thanks to you all, and I...
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Episode 29 - Quality vs Cure
We would all like a cure to our problems, be that chronic pain, disability or any other hurdle in life. But what if there is no cure? Do we dismiss anything that isn't a cure? Too often I've witnessed exactly this. But as I have found, when the...
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Episode 28 - The unwanted
Wants. What do I want? What do you want? We all have them, they can drive us to better ourselves or the world we live in. But unrealistic or unobtainable wants can cause emotional and mental struggle, making us more vulnerable to pain. I found ...
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Episode 27 - Obstacles into opportunities
How often have you found yourself facing a situation where it feels like you have no choice in the outcome, felt powerless. I found myself in that situation in 1997, facing a life with chronic pain and disability. But my story wasn't written ye...
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Episode 26 - The more you know
Living with chronic pain is something that only around 25% of the worlds population understand properly. If you haven't lived it, there is no way you can understand. So in this episode I share some of the things people with chronic pain would l...
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Episode 25 - Mindfulness
Often seen as a radical and controversial technique for dealing with chronic pain, I discovered the power of the mind through mindfulness very early on in my journey where other treatments had failed. It wasn't until I exhausted every option th...
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Episode 24 - Pros of pain and partial paralysis
There's a silver lining to every cloud, and my journey has been no exception. There's been some lighthearted moments and unforeseen benefits. In this weeks episode we'll look at some of the pros and cons of my experiences with a brachial plexus...
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Episode 23 - With guest Dan Aldrich
I first found out about Dan a number of years ago when looking for a sling to support my dead arm. I stumbled across a site where he advertised the slings he made and saw pictures of him competing in sports events and realised he too was ...
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Episode 22 - The people we will meet
In my journey I have met people that have misjudged me for my situation, who have incorrectly made assumptions. I have been inconvenienced by others behaviours. We all have experienced that. Even Marcus Aurelius wrote of his difficulty with thi...
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Episode 21 - What the future may bring
Anticipatory fear, dreading what the future may bring, is a recognised condition. One that can 'paralyse' us. This fear is very often based on past experiences, suffering, hurt and pain. But the future is not yet written, the worst outcome is n...
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