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*New episode* On the language of pain
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This week's episode is a special crossover with another women's health podcast - Cramped, which is hosted by the wonderful Kate Helen Downey. Kate and I recorded an episode about the language of pain, and talked about how women's pain is so often dismissed. We covered: -The difference between peripheral pain and visceral pain. -Gender differences in describing pain. -Two studies: The Girl Who Cried Pain, and Pain Language and Gender Differences. -The imperfect tools at our disposal: the pain scale, AI, and how they are double-edged swords in helping us advocate for ourselves.
Kate and I spent some time talking about visceral pain, and she told me about her experience too, trying to describe a lifetime of period pain and endometriosis. Her description, of barbed wire gloves, will stay with me for a long time. What about you? What words or analogies did you choose to describe your own pain when you had to explain it to a doctor? Email me the words you used (hello@overlookedpod.com) or send me a voice memo and tell me more. Overlooked has an entire playlist of episodes about women's pain here in case you want to binge. And you can listen to Cramped at the link below - by the way, Cramped's theme music is one of the best I've ever heard.
What else is going on: I made a 3 minute audio story about my kids' pajamas. Random, I know. Creating this work was so different from all the women's health and podcasting material I generally do, and it was nice to take on another kind of challenge for a change. I made the piece for a competition called Audio Flux, and a couple of weeks ago, it was selected as one of four winners screened at the Tribeca Audio Festival. What a privilege it was to be at Tribeca, and to listen to some of the other gorgeous 'Fluxworks' during that event, which focused on climate stories. I loved hearing that the piece resonated with other people like me - about to wave their kids off to college and sitting with those big, mixed emotions. You can listen to 'Stripey Pajmas' and the other selects here:
I'm learning that there's a fine line between grief and joy, and tip-toeing this line is what I'm working on at the moment. One foot in front of the other. Wishing you the best of health, Golda
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Overlooked: a women's health podcast
Overlooked is a podcast about women's health which features immersive personal storytelling in each episode. Subscribe to the newsletter to learn more about the guests and topics the show covers, and to hear about live podcast tapings and other events.
This week's episode features stories from First Person Health, the audio story workshop I teach. The first one comes from Patsy Day, who tells a devastating story about her stillborn child. When I heard the material Patsy sent me, it made me quite emotional, and I had to sit with it for a long time, before re-listening to her recordings with a producer's ear. Patsy lands a punch at the end of this piece by stating that in the UK, "The underfunding of stillbirth research is a political act."...
My mom, Teresa Arthur, passed away on July 2nd, at the age of 73. I think this picture captures her zest for life so accurately - she was a force to be reckoned with, unafraid of most things, led by joy - she lit up a room when she walked into it. She is the reason Overlooked exists, and was Overlooked’s biggest fan. In tribute to her, what you'll hear on the podcast feed this week is the very first episode of the show, which focuses on a moment that she and I shared in a hospital room, where...
Is there an episode of Overlooked that was helpful to you as you tried to understand what was going on with your own health? Or one that you shared with other people? I'd love to hear about it. You can email hello@overlookedpod.com or leave a review on Apple Podcasts and say why it was useful to you - either way, I'd like to hear from you if you're a regular listener to the show. The body versus the job: we’ve all been in this spot at some point in our careers. For so many years as a...