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Unabridged You
Greetings and welcome to Unabridged You, the podcast that holds space for you to be you. We’re not focused on societal roles or job titles; instead, we explore your unique stories, experiences, life lessons, and passions that contribute to the unabridged version of you.
Each week, we sit with remarkable individuals from diverse backgrounds. Guests include storytellers, artists, adventurers, environmental activists, and community builders — people who have carved their own paths in life.
In a world where we often feel compelled to prioritize certain aspects of ourselves over others, Unabridged You was created to honor your genuine self and acknowledge your many dimensions. Through these conversations, we also explore how living more authentically can support resilience, wellbeing, and mental health.
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Unabridged You
Rethinking Pain: From Medical Problem to Human Experience with Laura Rathbone
We open this episode with our guest's thoughtful words — a reminder that pain is never just physical, and never just medical:
“You can’t separate the social aspect of being human from the personal experience of pain because it touches on all of those sides of ourselves… Pain is such a complex phenomenon.”
Laura is a pain clinician and educator who approaches pain through a whole-person lens. In this conversation, she gently expands the way we think about pain, inviting us to step beyond the usual medical framework and consider pain as a deeply human experience — one shaped by our stories, identities, relationships, and the world we live in.
In this episode, we explore:
- Why understanding pain requires more than a medical model
- The emotional, social, and existential layers of the pain experience
- How chronic and persistent pain shape — and are shaped by — identity
- How curiosity and conversation can move our understanding forward
This is an episode for anyone living with pain, supporting someone through it, or simply curious about a more humane, connected way of understanding the complexity of pain.
If you would like to connect with Laura, you can find here through these links:
website: laurarathbone.com
Instagram: instagram.com/laura.painspecialist
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