A Chat with Deb Thompson
A most essential chat – person (living with pain)-to-person (living with pain). As well as having a lived experience of pain in common, Deb and I also share a love for [...]
Soula & Theo Chat About Pain Management
You have all heard so much about Theo and how we have (and continue) to work together through chronic pain. However, you have never really heard from Theo directly nor does [...]
Lady Gaga Battles Fibromyalgia
Devastating about Lady Gaga. Chronic pain does not discriminate. It’s not the way I’d prefer people to be educated. I would never want anyone to endure chronic pain but with news of [...]
Ken Loach’s I, Daniel Blake – Cannes 2016 Winner
Though doctors and specialists can confirm that he is indeed gravely ill, the fact that Dan doesn’t display any outward signs of sickness works against him, and a faceless assessor declares him fit to work.
‘The Hurting Strings’ wins International Film Festival Reel Health Award 2014
I must sound like a broken record by now, but once again, I am left bewildered by my chronic pain journey and the contrasting experiences that go from excruciating pain to exhilaration. Above all, I feel incredibly privileged at the opportunities presented to me and so happy to be able to help others by communicating my story. I could not have done this without Theo, my family and of course Peter Lamont and Jacinta Cashen.
My Documentary: The Hurting Strings – An Artist’s Story on Pain
View above or visit The Hurting Strings on reelhouse.org/the-hurting-strings Let's watch The Hurting Strings I'd like to express my biggest thanks firstly to Peter Lamont for taking this project on and [...]
Interpretive Dance about living with IC & Pelvic Pain
An incredibly effective form of communication for Internal Cystitis (IC) and Pelvic Chronic Pain. Certainly captures everything I’ve felt and everything I hope; release those chains! And how true that they are [...]