Chronically Peachy

For years, Sophia and Bernadette struggled with the same question many people with migraine face: How do you explain what you're experiencing with migraine, when pain is only part of the story? In this episode of Chronically Peachy, we introduce a transformational tool that has changed the conversation for them: the stoplight scale. While asking "What's your pain level from 0 to 10?&q...

Award-winning journalist and author Tom Zeller Jr. joins Bernadette and Sophia for a conversation that is equal parts science, memoir, and advocacy wake-up call. For decades, Tom has lived with cluster headache, one of the most painful conditions known to medicine, while hiding it in newsrooms, rationing precious medication, and quietly scouring scientific literature late into the night. His book,...

She's a headache specialist, a mom, a neurologist's daughter, and the TikTok creator who went viral for one simple reason: she got fed up with migraine misinformation and decided to speak up. Welcome back Dr. Mina for Part 2! In this episode, Sophia and Bernadette continue diving into Dr. Mina’s journey as a medical educator with an online following of 194,000+ and growing, the migraine my...

She’s interviewed Bradley Cooper and the cast of Crazy Rich Asians , reported from sparkling red carpets, and built a powerhouse media career, all while quietly battling decades of undiagnosed migraine: she’s Britt Middleton! In this episode, Sophia and Bernadette sit down with novelist, journalist, poet, and Columbia MFA candidate Britt Middleton to talk about what it really looks like to build a...

This week, co-hosts Sophia and Bernadette take you inside Sophia’s third year at Headache on the Hill, a biannual advocacy event where patients, neurologists, researchers, and headache advocates travel to Washington, D.C. to meet directly with lawmakers and push for stronger federal migraine and headache policy! In this episode, we share and react to powerful stories from 15 inspiring advocates th...

Is your migraine toolkit built for attacks, or built to support your whole life? In this episode of Chronically Peachy , co-hosts Bernadette and Sophia break down what it really means to build a migraine toolkit: preventative treatments, acute medications, neuromodulation devices, and everyday lifestyle habits that make the biggest difference. Bernadette shares her experience living with chronic r...

Have you heard? A social media sensation in a white coat, raised in a family of physicians and fueled by her own migraine experience, is reshaping the narrative around headache medicine for 170,000 followers and counting! In this episode of Chronically Peachy, Sophia and Bernadette sit down with Dr. Mina, known online as @MigraineswithMina , to talk about what compassionate migraine care looks lik...

After decades of being misdiagnosed while living alongside migraine, how do you turn frustration into advocacy, education, and a flourishing online community?  In this episode of Chronically Peachy, Sophia flips the mic and interviews co-host Bernadette about her lifelong journey with migraine. What began as childhood abdominal attacks, followed by years of being misdiagnosed with “chronic sinusit...

What happens when the chronic illness you grew up watching becomes your own story to live? In our first episode of Chronically Peachy, co-hosts Bernadette and Sophia dive into Sophia’s story growing up alongside her mom’s struggle with chronic migraine, facing her own diagnosis in her early 20s, and using art to navigate chronic pain.  Together, we explore denial, grief, growth, and what it truly...

This is  Chronically Peachy : the podcast where migraine and chronic pain conversations get real, but stay peachy! Hosted by  Sophia Fang ( @peachyday.co ) and Bernadette Gorczyca ( @ChronicAccounts ) , we share unfiltered stories, migraine hot takes, and community-centered conversations with neurologists, experts, and advocates. Our first episode launches on Wednesday, February 4th! Music track:...