Like Mind, Like Body

Like Mind, Like Body

Struggling with chronic pain? Listen in to learn about the amazing ways our thoughts, feelings, and experiences can impact our physical health and perpetuate symptoms. On each episode, we interview physicians, researchers, and ordinary people who have incredible stories to tell about the power of the mindbody connection. This podcast is a free resource brought to you by Curable: the program for chronic pain recovery through mindbody medicine. Learn more at curable.com

Episodes

July 31, 2026 62 mins
Many people living with chronic pain share common traits like perfectionism, people-pleasing, and conscientiousness—qualities that can be both strengths and sources of stress. In this episode, Danielle Szasz, LMFT, explores how biotemperament—the way our nervous systems are naturally wired to perceive and respond to the world—can shape these patterns, and shares practical tools to help you shift from threat toward...
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In this episode of Like Mind, Like Body, Christie sits down with trauma-informed psychotherapist Jeni Quigg to explore how self-attunement, nervous system regulation, and meaningful connection can support recovery from chronic symptoms. Together, they discuss the role loneliness and early life experiences can play in symptom patterns—and share practical ways to cultivate greater self-kindness, safety, and support.
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In this episode of Like Mind, Like Body, Lillian Bailey joins Christie to explore the often-overlooked connection between chronic symptoms and our relationship with pleasure, intimacy, and internal safety. Together, they discuss how our ability to trust our own internal "yes" and "no" can shape both sexual well-being and physical symptoms.
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In this episode, Raelan Agle shares what she's learned from thousands of hours of interviews with chronic symptom experts and people around the world who have made full recoveries. Together, she and Christie examine why mindbody approaches to healing are so often a last resort — and what needs to change to make them a mainstay of chronic pain care. For anyone still searching for answers, this conversation offers both a cleare...
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Uncertainty can be one of the most activating experiences for the nervous system — especially when you’re living with chronic neuroplastic symptoms. In this episode, Christie Uipi, LCSW, and Alyssa Heskin, LCSW, explore why the brain interprets uncertainty as danger, how that drives fear and overthinking, and most importantly, what you can do to stop these unhelpful cycles.
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Self-compassion is an important part of healing — but practicing it can feel surprisingly hard when you’re dealing with real symptoms, stress, and daily pressures. In this interview, Christie Uipi sits down with social worker and mindbody coach Rachel Amondson to explore why self-compassion is such a powerful part of recovery and how to take small, simple steps toward relating to yourself more kindly when your body is a...
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In the final episode of 2025, Christie Uipi, LCSW, sits down with the people behind the Curable app for an honest, personal conversation about the lived experiences that inspire their work. Together, they share how they discovered the mindbody approach, navigated their own healing journeys, and how those experiences continue to shape Curable’s culture and mission.
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According to a new national study, nearly half of adults in the U.S. are living with ongoing pain or illness that’s either unexplained or unresponsive to standard care. In this episode, Christie Uipi sits down with the researchers behind the study to explore what this means for anyone feeling stuck, confused, or dismissed in their health journey.
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Lara Birk's journey through years of chronic pain has led her to become a powerful voice in the field of mindbody medicine, particularly for those living with both structural and neuroplastic issues. Drawing from her own experience, she helps people with persistent pain find hope, relief, and a fuller life. In this moving conversation with Christie Uipi, LCSW, she invites us to expand our definition of healing and imagine new narra...
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Have you ever wondered exactly how your mental health impacts physical pain—or found yourself unsure how to put that knowledge into practice? In this interview, Christie Uipi sits down with Dr. Justin Barker for a practical (and fun!) conversation about the core pillars of psychoanalytic healing and ways to actually use these principles in your recovery from chronic symptoms.
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Join Christie Uipi, LCSW, and Brandon Yarns, MD, MS, as they explore why Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy (EAET) is gaining recognition as one of the most effective emerging treatments for chronic pain. Together, they unpack how stress, past experiences, and unprocessed emotions can shape chronic neuroplastic conditions—and share strategies for untangling this complex web for yourself with evidence-based techniques.
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In this episode, Nicky Cameron, LCSW, joins Christie Uipi, LCSW, to explore the complex and often hidden world of shame - what it is, how it shows up in our lives, how cultural messages can reinforce it, and the surprising ways it can fuel chronic symptoms. Together they dive into Nicky's lived experience with shame, offering insight into how it can shape our inner world and healing journey. If you’ve ever blamed yourself for...
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As therapists, Daniel Lyman and Christie Uipi have guided hundreds of clients through chronic pain, fatigue, GI symptoms, dizziness, and many other mindbody conditions. In this episode, they pull back the curtain on the tools they return to most often in their work - sharing their essential healing techniques, core insights, and some of the most important lessons they’ve learned along the way.
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In this interview, Christie Uipi, LCSW, sits down with world-renowned mindbody physician Dr. Howard Schubiner to explore the limitations of the traditional medical model in treating conditions like POTS, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, chronic Lyme disease, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS), ME/CFS, and Long COVID. Together, they discuss how a mindbody approach can bring clarity to these often confusing conditi...
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In this episode of the Like Mind, Like Body podcast, Christie Uipi, LCSW, sits down with researcher and professor Dr. Cynthia Thomson, who led an independent clinical trial to assess how effective the Curable App is in treating chronic pain and symptoms. Discover what the data reveals about Curable's impact on pain, anxiety, and more - and learn how we can make this approach to healing more accessible and understood by all.
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On this new episode of the Like Mind, Like Body podcast, psychotherapist and leading pain clinician Nicole Sachs, LCSW, joins host Christie Uipi, LCSW, for an in-depth conversation about the ways our repressed emotions, resistance patterns, and expectations impact our pain and symptoms. Tune in to hear major insights from Nicole’s personal healing journey and get a sneak peek at some of the biggest takeaways from her groundbr...
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Join Christie Uipi, LCSW, and Rachel Mooers, LMFT, for an uplifting talk about the very important role of play, joy, and fun in the healing process. If your chronic symptoms make it feel like joy, play, and fun are out of reach, stick with us because this episode is for you. Tune in to learn how playfulness can be used to break the pain-fear cycle and enjoy a 15-minute guided body awareness exercise intended to help you tap into jo...
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Sophie Hawley-Weld, of the iconic musical duo Sofi Tukker, suffered from chronic migraines and back pain that was so severe it jeopardized her thriving career and livelihood. Sophie’s journey, like those of many other chronic pain sufferers, took many twists and turns. It wasn’t until Sophie learned how to meld a brain-based approach with body-based modalities that she was finally able to find relief.
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“The brain can create or amplify any sensation in any part of the body, and the mindbody connection is relevant to all health conditions.” This truth is how Christie Uipi, LCSW, and renowned Audiologist, Dr. Yonit Arthur kick off an enlightening discussion about healing non-pain conditions with a mindbody approach. Tune in to hear how your thoughts, emotions, and actions impact symptoms like dizziness, vertigo, anxiety,...
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Feeling connected to others and the natural world is a crucial component of wellness. However, forming and nurturing fulfilling relationships can only happen when you are connected to your authentic self. So how do we tune in to the frequency of our own needs? Join Matthew Lederman, MD, Alona Pulde, MD, and Christie Uipi, LCSW, on the Like Mind, Like Body podcast to explore how self-awareness and intentional communication can open ...
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