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Chronic Pain, Identity Loss + Resiliency with Nancy Deyo (Part 2)
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- Reignite Resilience
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- May 28, 2026
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- 1555
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Summary
Send us Fan Mail When you’re told “we don’t have anything more for you,” the real question becomes brutally simple: what do you do next? We talk with Nancy about chronic pain, opioid use that kept her alive but did not give her a life, and the moment she realised pushing harder was actually hurting her. What follows is not a neat comeback story. It’s a clear-eyed look at identity loss, grief, and the kind of acceptance that doesn’t excuse what happened but finally stops the war with your own ...