HeadWise

In this week's episode of HeadWise, Dr. Lindsay Weitzel, PhD, sits down with Dr. Elizabeth Seng, an expert in headache psychology, to explore Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Migraine (MBCT-M). Discover how mindfulness can significantly reduce migraine-related disability and improve your quality of life!

Tune in to learn about: The basics of MBCT-M and how it differs from other therapies, real-world applications of mindfulness for chronic pain, and cognitive tools that can help your migraine experience.

In this episode of Headwise host Lindsay Weitzel, PhD interviews author and Professor of Sociology Joanna Kempner, PhD about her newly released book: Psychedelic Outlaws: The Movement Revolutionizing Modern Medicine.

Listen in as Dr. Kempner explains what people with all sorts of pain and invisible illness can learn from her account of a group of patients with cluster headache who became their own "heroes" by developing medicine from psilocybin mushrooms and testing clinical grade protocols to relieve themselves and their families from excruciating pain.

In this episode of #HeadWise, host Lindsay Weitzel, PhD, talks with Melissa Geraghty, PsyD, a licensed clinical health psychologist and Director of Mental Health and Support at the US Pain Foundation, about the rising issue of Imposter Syndrome in Chronic Pain and Illness.

They discuss what imposter syndrome looks like for those with chronic conditions, how it relates to experiences like medical gaslighting, and the impact of invisible illnesses on self-worth. Dr. Geraghty shares practical strategies to combat these feelings through self-compassion, self-advocacy, and finding the right support.

Tune in to learn how to navigate imposter syndrome and reclaim your health journey.

In this episode, host Lindsay Weitzel, PhD, sits down with headache medicine specialist Fred Cohen, MD, and dives into a new topic: GLP-1 agonists. These medications, known for treating diabetes and promoting weight loss, may have unexpected benefits for those with migraine disease and headache disorders.

Join us as they discuss how these medications might influence pain pathways and what it means for the headache and migraine community. Whether you’re curious about new treatments, weight loss, or how inflammation ties into headache, this episode has something for you!

What is the difference between a food sensitivity, food allergy, and a migraine trigger? What are some of the best (and newest) ways to determine what foods could be making our migraine or other head pain worse? How do we do about an elimination diet?

Tune in to this week's episode of HeadWise as Lindsay Weitzel, PhD discusses these issues with board certified neurologist Amelia Barrett, MD.

Trigeminal neuralgia is described as a sharp, shooting, disabling pain. Who gets it and why? What can be done about it? Does the pain of trigeminal neuralgia usually improve?

Tune in to this episode of HeadWise as host Lindsay Weitzel, PhD asks headache specialist Deena Kuruvilla, MD to answer all the pertinent questions about this disorder.

For more information about Deena Kuruvilla, MD:

Westport Headache institute

www.westportheadache.com

Instagram @westportheadache

What is leaky gut and what does it have to do with migraine?

Is there evidence that taking probiotics/prebiotics can decrease the severity of our migraine disease?

In this week's episode of HeadWise Lindsay Weitzel, PhD asks board certified neurologist Dr. Amelia Barret, MD all about the possible relationship between leaky gut and migraine and what we can do about it.

Have you heard of functional neurological disorder or FND?

FND can be a confusing, controversial, even triggering topic for many of us in the migraine and headache community - particularly those of us who have been exposed to a lot of stigma and medical gaslighting. It can seem like another way of telling us that our symptoms are "all in our head".

FND refers to motor, sensory, or cognitive symptoms caused by an abnormality in how the nervous system functions. It is a dysfunction of the nervous system's "software" (connection or function) rather than the brain's "hardware" or structure.

Dr. Jeffrey Staab, MD is Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Psychology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. He is a published expert in the area of FND and migraine and understands how alarming the idea of FND may sound and how it can be misinterpreted.

In this month's episode of HeadWise News, host Lindsay Weitzel, PhD discusses the latest published research topics with headache specialist Tim Smith, MD including:

• What factors predict peak migraine severity?

• Mom's migraine and mental health and how it might impact their kids' migraine - not the same link as was previously assumed.

• Difficulties with multisensory integration in migraine.

• Trends in breastfeeding for women with migraine.

You can find links to the studies on our website headaches.org, under the episode in HeadWise.

Host Lindsay Weitzel, PhD, and board certified neurologist Amelia Barrett, MD, discuss what supplements are known to help migraine. They explain why they work, the recommended dosage, and safety concerns. Tune in!