Talking Head Pain

In this EXTRA episode, host Joe Coe welcomes renowned migraine specialist, author and podcast host Dr. Lindsay Weitzel. Lindsay describes her worst migraine attack, strategies for coping with migraine attacks and minimizing their severity, and how living with migraine affects family dynamics.

“You find yourself saying, ‘oh my God, I’m going to die, I’m going to die.’ You need to turn that around because your thoughts are nerve signals just like your pain,” says Dr. Lindsay Weitzel.

Among the highlights in this episode:

3:24 – Lindsay describes her worst migraine episode in graphic detail

6:51 – How Lindsay helps other migraine patients

8:49 – Useful tips for getting through migraine attacks when your kids are part of the equation

14:47 – Lindsay explains why one particular episode of her podcast “Heads Up” was so popular

16:10 – Joe asks Linsday to explain how people can “create their mortar”

17:22 – “Our thoughts are like nerve signals”

18:33 – More tips for single parents dealing with migraine

 

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Joe Coe, Host of Talking Head Pain, speaks with Dreama who has been battling migraine for decades.

Dreama speaks about the difficulties of managing migraine while providing for her family as a housekeeper. 

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Sean McEvoy joins Joe Coe, host of Talking Head Pain, to smash stereotypes surrounding migraine.

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Joe Coe, host of Talking Head Pain, speaks with married couple Cara and Seth about dealing with migraine in their marriage.

Cara and Seth discuss the daily challenges they face as parents, professionals, and partners while managing migraine. 

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Joe Coe, host of Talking Head Pain, speaks with LGBTQI and BIPOC advocate, Sarah Reneé. 

Sarah Reneé shares her experiences of navigating migraine care as a person in various marginalized communities.

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Joe Coe, host of Talking Head Pain is joined by Lori Johnston.

Lori, Executive Vice President, Human Resources at Amgen, shares her migraine journey and discusses how HR professionals can support people living with migraine. Lori’s story teaches us that no matter who you are in the migraine and headache community, we all have similar struggles, and using our voice is one way overcome them.

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Joe Coe, host of Talking Head Pain, speaks with former NYC Firefighter and cluster headache advocate, Joe McKay.

Joe, a retired firefighter, and 9/11 first responder, describes how he became the hero in his own personal headache nightmare. Joe’s life experiences and advocacy teach us that it is never weak to get help.

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Joe Coe, host of Talking Head Pain, speaks with migraine advocate and writer Danielle Newport Fancher, about millennial culture and managing migraine. 

Danielle discusses the pressures of life with migraine in the age of social media, as well as difficulties of managing a career while living with this debilitating condition. Danielle makes the call for transparent, honest conversations with others and explains the value of forging connections within in the migraine community. 

Find Danielle’s work on Instagram and Twitter @MigraineWriter  

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Managing migraine in the workplace can come with many difficulties, communicating with bosses and colleagues, managing our workload, and progressing in our careers. But it is possible to manage migraine and our careers.

In this audio guide we address a key challenge for many people with migraine—how it is affected by and affects our work and workplaces.

We provide information checked by medical professionals who specialize in migraine and other headache disorders, for this guide, we also use information from Migraine in the Workplace: What Employers and Employees Need to Know, which includes survey data about migraine from over 800 different workplaces. 

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Even if we find the right medication that works for us, it's crucial that we make lifestyle changes to help us best deal with migraine and other types of head pain.

In this audio guide we explore the different non-medical therapies that are available to people living with migraine and other types of head pain.

Suggestions for care, including the lifestyle changes we talk about today, are based on guidelines from the American Academy of Neurology and the American Headache Society. 

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