Painfully Podcast

Painfully Podcast

Painfully podcast is a series that explores the experiences of chronic pain and illnesses.

Episodes

July 17, 2025 39 mins

Dannie shares her experience with Gout, a very common chronic pain condition that effects 9.2 million adults in the United States. While there isn't a cure, gout can be managed effectively through a combination of medications and lifestyle adjustments. 

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Kalie shares her experiences with (or without?) allergies and busts some common myths people believe about allergies.


Our Episode 6 celebrity segment featured Lee Ji-eun AKA IU!


Getting Started: (1:08)

Irritants vs Allergens: (5:21)

Causes & Precautions: (13:18)

Myths: (14:42)

Possible treatments: (25:05) Respect Your (and others') Allergies/Storytime: (33.48)

Couple More Questions/More Storytime: (38:15)

Celebrity Seg...

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We continue our discussion about the effect on poverty on your health. This episode we offer some potential solutions to help save money on your health care needs:

(01:33) Health Insurance & Government Assistance

(05:17) Recurring Costs

(09:58) Agent of Records, Patient Advocate, Benefit Specialists

(12:41) Prescription Drugs

(15:51) Billing Errors

(19:27) State Insurance Commissioners and Grievance

(20:53) AI and ChatGPT

(24:50) Fri...

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Kalie discusses the effects of poverty on her upbringing and how it continues to impact her today.


  • Intro: (0:00)
  • Getting Started: (3:05)
  • Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs (5:53)
  • No Healthcare (16:48)
  • Genetic Factors (27:24)
  • Stress & Mental Health (29:08)
  • Practice Empathy (34:51)
  • Celebrity Segment (40:31)
  • Toodle-oo (43:09)


Resources:

PAN Foundation

Good Days

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May 8, 2025 48 mins

Dannie and Kalie discuss the concept of Cycle Syncing. Whether you're using a wearable, an app, or just pen and paper there is a world of tips to track and hack your cycle.


03:33 What is Cycle Syncing

04:44 Sex Education in public schools

25:00 Hormones during your cycle

30:42 Diet and foods

36:39 For work

38:32 Cycle syncing fertility and birth control

45:59 Can you sync up with other people


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May 30, 2024 58 mins

Kalie and Dannie discuss the 7 different types of rest.

  • Getting Started: (02:51)
  • The 7 Types of Rest: (08:21)
  • Creative Rest: (10:30)
  • Mental Rest: (14:18)
  • Physical Rest: (22:15)
  • Social Rest: (26:53)
  • Emotional Rest: (34:20)
  • Sensory Rest: (41:25)
  • Spiritual Rest: (44:45)
  • Celebrity Segment: (55:15)
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Dannie got a smartwatch and we review our experiences with wearable tech. We discuss how they can be helpful for people dealing with chronic pain and ways to leverage tech to become more aware of your body. We dig into the concerns about privacy and security as well as the social economic barriers of this type of tech.

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Kalie shares her experiences navigating chronic pain with those in her life. We discuss how people can support those with chronic pain and illnesses—digging into some dos and don'ts from home to the workplace and all social settings.

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February 8, 2024 43 mins

In this second of two pre-series episodes, we discuss our reason for starting the Painfully Podcast and our goals for the show. Dannie dives into her experience with chronic illness and chronic pain over the years.

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January 11, 2024 34 mins

In this first of two pre-series episodes, we discuss our reason for starting the Painfully Podcast and our goals for the show. Kalie dives into her experience with chronic illness and chronic pain over the years.

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