Lyndsay Soprano and Falyn Morningstar vibe about how everything is impermanant on this episode. We discuss emotional eating and filling ‘that’ void—whatever that void might be. Lyndsay and Falyn talk about the culture we live in of being wired and tired. And how feeling inadequate and not listened to can lead to the quest to perfectionism. A quest that will never lead to victory. Validation with Functional Medicine Testing Bodybuilding + Perfectionism Emotional Eating Childhood Abandonment Accep...
Nov 14, 2023•57 min•Ep. 67
I cannot believe that we are talking about #perimenopause on this show, but little did I know that #PAIN and unresolved #TRAUMA show their twisted stories when start perimenopause. Sheryl Carroll and I vibe about the link between chronic pain and illness when women start perimenopause. Are we simply just sick of the men in our lives or is there something more to it? We discuss when our hormones change our immune systems do as well. It's the perfect storm for our unresolved traumas to surface and...
Nov 07, 2023•54 min•Ep. 66
In this episode, Lyndsay Soprano and Sharon Hughes talk about her incredibly traumatic upbringing. You might need to grab your tissues because this story is worse than Halloween movies as she shares the harrowing account of physical, sexual, and emotional abuse as well as parental abduction that started at the tender age of 5. And we discuss the danger of not grieving. Considering her tear-jerking and horrific start in life, she ended up surviving like nobody’s business! And now she has her spar...
Oct 31, 2023•39 min•Ep. 65
In this episode, Lyndsay Soprano and Kate Semeniuk discuss the danger of suppression and shame and how they can lead to dangerous behaviors in our lives. We examine the subconscious mind while marrying the reason behind physical pain and suppression. Kate Semeniuk is a certified Hypnotherapist and a licensed Rapid Transformational Therapist (RTT), working with people’s deepest mental struggles. Only through personal growth and recovery, she was able to find the method that liberated her from emo...
Oct 24, 2023•49 min•Ep. 64
In this episode, Lyndsay Soprano vibes with Dai Manuel, as they discuss the his struggles with teenage obesity and disordered eating, depression, shame, loneliness, and addiction. HE HAS MORE ENERGY than you can imagine and it’s infectious. Dai's infectious personality and contagious enthusiasm truly set him apart. He's a sought-after lifestyle mentor, executive performance coach, and keynote speaker who will leave you feeling inspired, motivated, and ready to take on the world. He found that me...
Oct 17, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 63
In this episode, Lyndsay Soprano speaks with Dr. Kristin Wild, Ph.D., MSC, M. MSC, B. MSC about resetting our bodies from the pain that sits inside of us. After going through a ten year journey with chronic illnesses, organs shutting down, bedridden, and wheelchair bound...here she is LIKE A ROCKSTAR. How'd she heal? Gotta listen! Dr. Kristin Wild is an award winning holistic health educator, entrepreneur & speaker. She holds a PhD in Metaphysics and diploma in Applied Psychology. She is the...
Oct 10, 2023•49 min•Ep. 62
In this episode, Lyndsay Soprano speaks with Amy Stein about the Power of Plants and the healing properties of plants and weeds, that could be growing in your own garden. Amy’s mission is to educate and empower those who are struggling with their health on how to live in harmony in their bodies and environments in a natural way. Inspired by her own struggles with multiple autoimmune diseases and past traumas, she believes when we are open to hearing the body's messages for connection between the...
Oct 03, 2023•43 min•Ep. 61
In this episode, Lyndsay Soprano speaks with Dr. Laila Contractor about how we can metabolize trauma(s) with intention and the use of ayahuasca as a key component to helping to heal from all that you might be holding onto that is making you chronically ill and living in pain. Dr. Contractor is an Integrative Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychiatrist in Irvine California. She works collaboratively with her patients using traditional as well as evidenced-based alternative approaches to the treatme...
Sep 26, 2023•44 min•Ep. 60
In this episode, Lyndsay Soprano speaks with Jordana Levine about “Healing the Roots of Our Souls” with energetic healing and learning to trust yourself. “Tune into what your soul knows you need, but you haven’t been able to hear,” Jordana Levine. We talk about how sickness and unhappiness led Jordana to a place of healing, but it didn’t come without sacrifice, dedication, and listening to spirit. She is an intuitive guide and energetic healer to level up our energy, healing, health, and releasi...
Sep 19, 2023•46 min•Ep. 59
In this episode, Stop Participating in Chronic Stress, Lyndsay Soprano, and guest Whitney Morgan, LAc., FDn-P, discuss autoimmune diseases and how she ended up being a collector of a bunch of them! But now lives in remission, symptom-free. Listen to find out how. We vibe about: Hashimoto’s and hypothyroidism Function of the thyroid Auto-immune disorders and the collection of them! Breaking free from Western medicine Acupuncture and its truly healing powers Rebooting your metabolism Functional Me...
Sep 12, 2023•44 min•Ep. 58
Episode 57 is about the Intersection of Mental Health and Pediatrics. In this episode, Lyndsay Soprano and Monica Garty-Juice, PNP-BC, MSN, APRN discuss questions in and around: What pediatricians are missing Why kids are getting so misdiagnosed Developmental trauma Highly empathic and sensitive people Anxiety Imposter Syndrome Manifestation of chronic illness and the intersection between mental health, integrative, and Western medicine. Listen to this important episode. It’s for everyone to hea...
Sep 05, 2023•48 min•Ep. 57
Are you interested in healing ANCIENT TRAUMA? Today’s guest can help. In this episode, Lyndsay Soprano and Paul Quinton, discuss chronic pain, trauma, fear, and safety, and how it affects our loved ones as well. Paul grew up in a spiritual/psychic family and has been involved in the esoteric all his life, which has allowed him to fulfill his soul's contract as a healer, teacher, channel, and writer. He has a patented new modality insured in over 30 countries. He helps souls in assisting themselv...
Aug 29, 2023•33 min•Ep. 56
In this episode, Lyndsay Soprano talks with Yogi Aaron about his unorthodox perspectives on stretching and flexibility and how both cause more harm than good. Yogi Aaron preaches to STOP STRETCHING! And his book and podcast cover just that. He is the creator of the revolutionary approach to yoga — Applied Yoga Anatomy + Muscle Activation™ (AYAMA) His teachings aim to help as many people as possible live a pain-free life so they can realize yoga's true intentions. Yogi Aaron’s sense of humor, con...
Aug 22, 2023•40 min•Ep. 55
Episode 54 dropped this morning — One Thought Away! In this episode, Lyndsay Soprano speaks with Kerry Tepedino, the CEO and Founder of the One Thought Away Project, a global company and movement that has influenced 250k+ people to transform their lives. They talk about how we are ONLY One Thought Away From Having Our Dream Life, or NOT. Kerry struggled with low self-esteem, a lack of self-worth, and poor body image which spiraled into a personal battle with a devastating eating disorder. This j...
Aug 15, 2023•45 min•Ep. 54
Fucking. Cancer. Episode 53, The Emotional Chaos of Cancer, dropped this morning. WHAT an incredible man and an incredible episode. Whether you have fought through a cancer diagnosis yourself or you know someone who has battled cancer, this is an episode you cannot miss. His story is intense. After losing his sister to brain cancer, he decided to give others struggling, battling, and cycling through cancer, over 5,000 miles of story-telling across the states to honor them. David is not only beyo...
Aug 08, 2023•42 min•Ep. 53
Today marks the one-year anniversary of this podcast! 52 WEEKS ago today, I launched my first episode of The Pain Game Podcast . When I decided to go about my show with it being centered on PURPOSE and from a place of wanting to heal myself from not only physical pain, but a life riddled with trauma, massive amounts of abuse, sadness, addiction, work-a-holism, divorce, and and and…then my purpose began to show itself. And the #purpose has ended up being pain! 52 weeks straight of The Pain Game P...
Aug 01, 2023•25 min•Ep. 52
In this episode, Lyndsay Soprano and Dr. David Bilstrom discuss infection, stress, and chronic illness/disease and how we can get ahead of it at a young age before it creeps up and wrecks all kinds of havoc in our bodies, health, and lives. But also how to help FIX it after you think it might be too late. Dr. Bilstrom speaks about Adverse Childhood Events (ACEs) that inform chronic illness and autoimmune disease. They discuss chronic illness from his personal eyes in his family which led him to ...
Jul 25, 2023•52 min•Ep. 51
In this episode, Lyndsay Soprano speaks with Lesley ‘Amazing’ Logan, about how perfectionism gets in our own way of making ourselves a PRIORITY in our lives and how self-care is NOT SELFISH. We talk about how a Pilates practice ties into connecting with oneself and the mission of self-care and how that translates into connecting more with others. She is a certified Pilates teacher, breathwork, habits, and mindset coach, and the founder of OnlinePilatesClasses.com, the first free online catalog o...
Jul 18, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 50
In this episode, Lyndsay Soprano speaks with J.K. Emezi, from Elevated Recovery, a Pornography Addiction Reboot program. They discuss how his struggle with pornography addiction led him down a dark and twisted journey. He was consumed by the addiction, was unable to establish intimate relationships, focus on academics or employment, or manage his emotions. Coming from a deep conservative upbringing and repression of emotions that needed to be released, his addiction continued to spiral until he ...
Jul 11, 2023•50 min•Ep. 49
In this episode, Lyndsay Soprano and Dr. Andrea Moore, PT, DPT, OCS, NTP discuss her journey from chronic pain and post-concussive syndrome after a car accident to anxiety and ADHD sharing her journey to where she is today. She lived in so much pain for her whole life, she thought that this was just normal!! It wasn’t debilitating but aggravating. As she went down a painful journey, she found out that living life in pain is actually NOT normal!! How sad that we feel that we must live with pain, ...
Jul 04, 2023•41 min•Ep. 48
In this episode, Lyndsay Soprano loves up on Hope Pedraza as we talk about Listening to Your Body’s Intuition. Hope is a Certified Holistic Nutritionist, Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practioner, Certified Hair, Tissue, and Mineral Analysis (HTMA) expert, Reiki Master, Human Design guide, founder of inBalance, a pilates-based fitness franchise, and the host of the Hopeful and Wholesome Podcast. We talk about: Obsession with Food and disordered eating Digestive + Gut Issues Stress + Hormones In...
Jun 27, 2023•39 min•Ep. 47
Episode 45 dropped this morning! In this episode, I talk with Tonia Cordi a life-alignment coach and professional organizer. about letting go of the past with mindfulness. We discuss anxiety, OCD, hoarding, and coping mechanisms that we create over time. Listen to understand the ‘why’ behind our clutter and the ‘why’ behind the opposite of clutter. And most importantly they discuss HEALING from past trauma and connecting to their purpose. If you can’t control the unknown, your nervous system has...
Jun 20, 2023•48 min•Ep. 46
In this episode, Lyndsay Soprano talks to the father/son duo, Rob and Ryan DeLena talk about Ryan's childhood behavior and how it led to placement in therapeutic schools. These schools relied on detrimental methods of behavior modification such as physical restraints. He was heavily medicated and then committed to a mental hospital for further evaluation. His parents were counseled to place Ryan in a group home. They refused. The story of him convincing his parents to fight the medical and educa...
Jun 13, 2023•49 min•Ep. 45
In this episode, Lyndsay Soprano and Adam Vibe Gunton discuss his journey from tragedy, to addiction, to recovery. They discuss how he suffered from the pain of Columbine, the loss of so many incredible people in his life, and living minute to minute in addiction and homelessness. His company, Recovered on Purpose, equips addicts in recovery to share their stories powerfully with the world to reach addicts suffering with a message of hope that ultimately helps them find recovery. Adam and the ou...
Jun 06, 2023•45 min•Ep. 44
In this episode, Lyndsay Soprano talks with Dylan Lundgren talk about addiction and escapism. Dylan talks about dealing with life and how his drug, food, sex, and alcohol addictions led him down a spiral to arrests, multiple traumas, assaults, lost jobs, and crashing on couches. Dylan is a TEDx Speaker and Addiction Recovery Advocate. His mission is to work with individuals and organizations to increase engagement in the addiction recovery process and improve long-term outcomes. Dylan has been i...
May 30, 2023•30 min•Ep. 43
In this episode of The Pain Game Podcast, Lyndsay Soprano, and Rocky Norris discuss the importance of oral health and your gut health when it comes to chronic pain and other health issues. Can you believe that each tooth is associated with our organs? It's a fun episode that you should all bite into! Thanks for joining me, Rocky! You can find Rocky Norris online: FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/nutritionwithroc INSTAGRAM https://instagram.com/tooth_gut_nutrition WEBSITE https://www.toothgut.co...
May 23, 2023•29 min•Ep. 42
In this episode of The Pain Game Podcast, Lyndsay Soprano, and Annie Vander discuss her voice in this world after being diagnosed with CRPS which changed the trajectory of her life. And now she’s in remission.After being diagnosed with CRPS, there have been unforeseen obstacles that changed the trajectory of her career. This inspired her to write and release her latest single Falling Into Nashville, a song about her journey and encouraging her fans that no matter what life throws your way to nev...
May 16, 2023•32 min•Ep. 41
In this episode, Lyndsay Soprano talks with Ericka Thomas of Savage Grace Coaching about trauma prevention, creating safe, trauma-informed fitness classes, and our nervous systems. She is a yoga teacher, trauma release provider, and podcast host of The Work IN podcast. Her podcast is devoted to mentorship and professional perspectives to help fitness professionals and wellness educators who want to set themselves apart using a trauma-sensitive approach to get lasting results for their clients an...
May 09, 2023•46 min•Ep. 40
In this episode, Lyndsay Soprano and Bobby Aldridge get physical! They talk about conquering pain, aligning your body, and the metrics behind physical movement. They discuss the difficulty of finding and maintaining Physical Therapy and how we are all a little off when it comes to how we align, stretch and exercise our bodies. Especially when it comes to chronic pain. Bobby is a physiotherapist who has spent over three decades as an athlete, student, and educator of physical movement. His missio...
May 02, 2023•41 min•Ep. 35
In this episode, Lyndsay Soprano and Megan Bliss talk about how hormones play a massive role in how we experience pain! Who would’ve guessed that hormones would be one of the root causes of pain? Megan Bliss, FNP-C, is a hormone optimization expert and women’s health advocate dedicated to empowering women to live confidently, have balanced moods and optimal energy, and LESS PAIN without unnecessary medications or radical surgery. We aren’t broken. And neither are our partners! Megan is a nurse p...
Apr 25, 2023•36 min•Ep. 38
