These recommendations are shared by our community based on lived experience with chronic pain and illness. Everyone's journey is different, so explore what feels right for you and leave the rest. These suggestions are for informational purposes only and are not a substitute for professional medical advice.
Curable: Chronic Pain Relief
Nerva: Gut-Brain Program
Manage My Pain
Seek by iNaturalist
Calm- Sleep, Mediation, Relaxation
Merlin Bird ID by Cornell Lab
Insight Timer- Meditate, Sleep
Jigsaw Puzzles for Adults HD
Pathways Pain Relief
Jigsaw Puzzles- Puzzle Games
Reflectly- Journal & AI Diary
Daylio Journal- Food Tracker
Juno- Chronic Illness Support
Bearable- Symptom Tracker
mySymptoms/food diary- Food & Symptom Tracker
Guava- Health Tracker
Finch- Self-Care
Marco Polo- Video Messenger
Breethe- Sleep & Meditation
Headspace: Sleep & Meditation
Hinge Health
Migraine Buddy- Track Headache
Pill Reminder- All in One
Make-A-List- Productivity
iChill- Guided Wellness Skills
The Mighty- Making Health About People
Hinge (dating)
Dateability- Disabled Dating
ESPN: Live Sports & Scores
Vita Mahjong
Mahjong Club- Solitaire Game
Oak- Meditation & Breathing
NeuroTap Health
Gratitude: Self-Care Journal
Day One: Daily Journal & Diary
Wordscapes-Word Game
Chronic Pain Reset by Afton L. Hassett, PsyD
My Stroke of Insight by Jill Bolte Taylor, PhD
Sitting Pretty by Rebakah Taussig
How To Be Sick by Tony Bernhard
The Body Keeps The Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk, M.D.
Kicking Sick by Amy Kurtz
The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins
The Mindful Body Mindfulness, both by Ellen J. Langer
The Unexpected Journey by Emma Heming Willis
Man's Search For Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Everything Happens for a Reason (and Other Lies I've Loved) by Kate Bowler
No Cure for Being Human by Kate Bowler
We Can Do Hard Things by Glennon Doyle, Abby Wamback, Amanda Doyle
And So It Is by Jamie-Lynn Sigler
But You Look Fine by Amy Kurtz
Loving What Is by Byron Katie
Daring Greatly by Brene Brown, PhD, LMSW
When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron
Matters of the Heart by Thema Bryant, PhD
The Indoor Epidemic by John La Puma, M.D.
The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper
Good Energy by Casey Means, M.D.
Present Over Perfect by Shauna Niequist
Radical Responsibility by Fleet Maull PhD
Plant Spirit Medicine by Eliot Cowan
Reiki Healing For Beginners by J.P. Edwin
The Book of Joy by Desmond Tutu & Dalai Lama
Fear by Thich Nhat Hanh
Chronic Pain Rehabilitation by Dr. Evan Parks
The Way Out by Alan Gordon
Beyond Exhaustion by Allison Baggott-Rowe
Autoimmunity & the Good Girls by Sara Hirsh Bordo
What Makes Love Last by John Gottman PhD & Nan Silver
When the Body Says No by Gabor Mate M.D.
The 3 Things by Maggie Boxey
The Book of Possibility by Jim Curtis
Author, Steven Charleston
Author, J.A. Johnstone
Author, Freida McFadden
All The Flowers That Still Bloom, Editors Elizabeth Curtis and Chloe Johnson
The Rabbit Listened by Cori Doerrfeld
Deep Resilience by Melli O'Brien
You Are Not Your Pain by Danny Penman & Vidyamala Burch
The Book of Awakening & The Exquisite Risk (both) by Mark Nepo
*Suggested by those with lived experience*
The Sick & Tired Pod- https://www.thesickandtiredpod.com
MeSsy
Calling In Sick (with Alex Wildeson)
The Curiosity Shop (Brene Brown/Adam Grant)
The Homecoming Podcast
The Chronic Truth
Good Hang
Making Space
Joy 101 with Hoda Kotb
Ask Elisa- https://askelisapodcast.com, https://youtu.be/aWSHTHrWhtM , https://youtu.be/dq2uNTzB1p4
Devi Brown Deeply Well
Chronic Pain Reset (with Dr. Afton Hassett)
Live Awake
Office Hours w/ Arthur Brooks
Mind If We Talk? (Better Help)
Jack Kornfield, Heart Wisdom
The School of Greatness
Heal Squad x Maria Menounos
The Person Who Believed In Me
Where Should We Begin? (Esther Perel)
We Can Do Hard Things
Unbalanced Podcast
Handsome
Glass Half Full
On Purpose (Jay Shetty)
Stories From A Stranger
Holistic Nurse Academy
Everything Happens
Dinner's on Me
Live It All Better
All There Is- With Anderson Cooper
Fresh Air
The American Life
The Book Case
Served w/ Andy Roddick
Welcome to the Party
Othering Podcast
Clinically Chaotic
Alive with Chronic Illness
Overstimulated- Manon Mathews and V
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