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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
If you would like to connect with Unabridged You, you can do so through these links:
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By Julie HestWe 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
If you would like to connect with Unabridged You, you can do so through these links:
Website: https://unabridgedyou.buzzsprout.com/
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/UnabridgedYou
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unabridged_you