Uncertainty can be one of the most activating experiences for the nervous system — especially when you’re living with chronic neuroplastic symptoms. In this episode, Christie Uipi, LCSW, and Alyssa Heskin, LCSW, explore why the brain interprets uncertainty as danger, how that drives fear and overthinking, and most importantly, what you can do to stop these unhelpful cycles.

Self-compassion is an important part of healing — but practicing it can feel surprisingly hard when you’re dealing with real symptoms, stress, and daily pressures. In this interview, Christie Uipi sits down with social worker and mindbody coach Rachel Amondson to explore why self-compassion is such a powerful part of recovery and how to take small, simple steps toward relating to yourself more kindly when your body is asking for care.

In the final episode of 2025, Christie Uipi, LCSW, sits down with the people behind the Curable app for an honest, personal conversation about the lived experiences that inspire their work. Together, they share how they discovered the mindbody approach, navigated their own healing journeys, and how those experiences continue to shape Curable’s culture and mission.

According to a new national study, nearly half of adults in the U.S. are living with ongoing pain or illness that’s either unexplained or unresponsive to standard care. In this episode, Christie Uipi sits down with the researchers behind the study to explore what this means for anyone feeling stuck, confused, or dismissed in their health journey.

Lara Birk's journey through years of chronic pain has led her to become a powerful voice in the field of mindbody medicine, particularly for those living with both structural and neuroplastic issues. Drawing from her own experience, she helps people with persistent pain find hope, relief, and a fuller life. In this moving conversation with Christie Uipi, LCSW, she invites us to expand our definition of healing and imagine new narratives of what's possible.

Have you ever wondered exactly how your mental health impacts physical pain—or found yourself unsure how to put that knowledge into practice? In this interview, Christie Uipi sits down with Dr. Justin Barker for a practical (and fun!) conversation about the core pillars of psychoanalytic healing and ways to actually use these principles in your recovery from chronic symptoms.

Join Christie Uipi, LCSW, and Brandon Yarns, MD, MS, as they explore why Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy (EAET) is gaining recognition as one of the most effective emerging treatments for chronic pain. Together, they unpack how stress, past experiences, and unprocessed emotions can shape chronic neuroplastic conditions—and share strategies for untangling this complex web for yourself with evidence-based techniques.

In this episode, Nicky Cameron, LCSW, joins Christie Uipi, LCSW, to explore the complex and often hidden world of shame - what it is, how it shows up in our lives, how cultural messages can reinforce it, and the surprising ways it can fuel chronic symptoms. Together they dive into Nicky's lived experience with shame, offering insight into how it can shape our inner world and healing journey. If you’ve ever blamed yourself for being in pain, hidden your symptoms to avoid judgment, or felt like you were “doing it wrong,” this conversation is for you.

As therapists, Daniel Lyman and Christie Uipi have guided hundreds of clients through chronic pain, fatigue, GI symptoms, dizziness, and many other mindbody conditions. In this episode, they pull back the curtain on the tools they return to most often in their work - sharing their essential healing techniques, core insights, and some of the most important lessons they’ve learned along the way.

In this interview, Christie Uipi, LCSW, sits down with world-renowned mindbody physician Dr. Howard Schubiner to explore the limitations of the traditional medical model in treating conditions like POTS, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, chronic Lyme disease, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS), ME/CFS, and Long COVID. Together, they discuss how a mindbody approach can bring clarity to these often confusing conditions - and offer a hopeful path forward for those seeking relief.