Let's Chat........About Chronic Pain

Chronic Pain Chats is about unlocking pain's mysteries and sharing one person's journey to create a new life path despite pain. Let's chat about it!

Hello - I am Mara and I am a person living with chronic pain and I’d love to chat with you!

I say “person living with chronic pain” because “I am a chronic pain sufferer” gives the pain too much control and I am trying to change that. I started this newsletter because I have spent nearly 10 years trying to understand my chronic pain with little success and lots of medical failures. So, I went on a mission to find answers, answers I wish I would have had a long time ago. Chronic Pain Chat’s goal is to share my learnings with you.

My chronic pain has often left me feeling alone, confused, and definitely misunderstood. Sound familiar? This isn’t that surprising because: 1) doctors don’t usually treat the entirety of the pain patient, 2) family and friends despite their good intentions cannot really understand, and 3) navigating the physical and emotional experience of pain can be all consuming (like having a toddler who won’t go to bed!).

Through this newsletter I am sharing stories of my pain journey, what I am learning about chronic pain as I write my manuscript (book date TBD), and how I am trying to live a healthy life despite pain’s presence.

My hope is that others like me and their loved ones will find comfort and support in my writings, knowing that they aren’t alone and that we can find ways to cope.

Thanks for being here and I look forward to our chats!