The Conditions for Recovery Podcast: Hope, Agency and Chronic Illness

"No one is coming to my rescue. I became the support that I needed." In this Episode of The Conditions for Recovery Podcast Amber Horrox shares her journey from the collapse of her life to thriving. Having suffered for 20 years with debilitating migraines which were misdiagnosed she eventually hit rock bottom when she couldn't cope anymore, putting on a façade that she was functioning brilliantly...

PAIN WORK IS ALWAYS SOCIAL JUSTICE WORK WORK WITH GEORGE (Free 30-Min Consultation): https://www.paincoaching.co.uk/consultation In this episode of The Conditions for Recovery Podcast, George chats with practitioner, author, and advocate Shabnam Rakhiba. Shabnam discusses her long, arduous experience searching for diagnostic clarity and the lessons she has learned to live with less emotional and p...

"That's what life's all about. We enjoy life and not endure it." Work with George (Free 30-Min Consultation): https://www.paincoaching.co.uk/consultation In this episode, globally renowned pain self management advocate Pete Moore discusses his long journey with persistent pain and the techniques he has learned to live well without medication or experiencing “bonkers” pain for nearly 30 years. Afte...

"A zombie went into hospital and a hyperactive teenager came out." For years Louise Welch's life was dominated by the pain of Fibromyalgia and Osteoarthritis. Taking 15 different medications including dangerously high doses of strong opioids, reaching 25 stone and confined to an armchair by pain so severe she couldn't even stand light touch. Now she has transformed her life to become one of the le...

Work with George (Free 30 Min Consultation): https://www.paincoaching.co.uk/consultation "I was a senior leader in a construction company by day, but my wife was left with the leftovers of me at night." Keith Meldrum spent 40 years navigating persistent pain, trapped in a cycle of ineffective medical interventions and trying to maintain a "mask of normalcy." In this episode, we break down why the...

Work with George: Want to regain control over your pain? Book a free 30-minute consultation (Remote or Edinburgh-based): https://www.paincoaching.co.uk/consultation The impact of doing the simple things well, taking a wider view of your condition and moving beyond an ineffective medical model of pain care. In the third episode of The Conditions for Recovery Podcast, George speaks with Darrell Pric...

Work with George: Want to regain control over your pain? Book a free 30-minute consultation (Remote or Edinburgh-based): https://www.paincoaching.co.uk/consultation "As a healthcare provider, the best instrument you have is your ears. If you really listen to your patients and take on board what they're saying, they give you the clues. You are the detective. You have the medical background to put t...

Work with George: Want to regain control over your pain? Book a free 30-minute consultation (Remote or Edinburgh-based): https://www.paincoaching.co.uk/consultation "The model we're working in is the 'chest infection model'. You take the meds and you get better. But with persistent pain it never works like that. Real recovery starts when we change the approach." In the first episode of The Conditi...

The current script for persistent pain is broken. A significant narrative you hear from people who are experiencing persistent pain or chronic illness is one of hopelessness. The message is clear: you are told you just need to learn to cope, to live with it and to be resigned to the inevitability of decline. Through my own personal experiences and the best outcomes I’ve seen, I know that another w...