{"podcast":{"title":"Clear the air","slug":"clear-the-air-6093986","podcast_index_feed_id":6093986,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/5351553/episodes/feed","website_url":"http://myclearhead.com/","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a8a39a15155660597c8d029390648902.jpg","author":"Clearhead","episode_count":47,"summary":"Hosted by Dr Angela Lim, Clearhead co-founder and medical doctor, Clear the Air is a mental health and wellbeing podcast covering those experiences in your life or questions you have that you feel too vulnerable to share with those around you. We speak with experts to share the science behind what you’re experiencing and explore the answers to those questions. Together we get real and raw on the existential questions covering mental health and wellbeing that have puzzled humans for millennia. Follow the podcast to get notified as we drop new episodes monthly. Clearhead is an innovative employee wellbeing platform with a social mission to ensure personalised mental health and wellbeing support is accessible to everyone. Making it easier for you to build self-awareness and be guided to either digital self-help tools or book therapy on the Clearhead platform when and where you need it. Have a burning question about mental health that you want us to answer? Email us at contact@myclearhead.com, or visit our website: www.myclearhead.com","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/clear-the-air-6093986"},"episode":{"title":"38 - Chronic Pain Management: Beyond Pills with Dr Claire Ashton James","slug":"38-chronic-pain-management-beyond-pills-with-dr-claire-ashton-james","published_at":"2025-11-27T18:10:43+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/clear-the-air-6093986/38-chronic-pain-management-beyond-pills-with-dr-claire-ashton-james","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/clear-the-air-6093986","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/38-chronic-pain-management-beyond-pills-with-dr-claire-ashton-james--68773225","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68773225/webinar_42_claire_ashton_james_audio.mp3","summary":"For most of us, pain subsides fairly quickly as we recover from injury. For some, however, pain persists, making it challenging to return to our normal, full-functioning capacity. In some cases, chronic pain may develop due to stress, or even for unexplained reasons. However, due to the stigma and unconscious bias, individuals can feel too ashamed to ask for support or when they do, made to feel invalidated in their experience of chronic pain. The research shows that recovery and resilience are deeply social processes, and meaningful support can change someone’s ability to cope with pain. Claire's biography: Our guest today is Dr. Claire Ashton-James a social psychologist and Associate Professor of Pain Management at The University of Sydney Medical School. Her work uncovers how social relationships influence the experience of pain and vice versa. Her research advocates for the integration of social “treatments” into the management of chronic pain, so that people have the best chance of returning to full capacity and avoid relying solely on pain medications or therapy. 00:00 - Intro 02:10 - How Claire became a social psychologist focused on pain management 04:20 - Definitions of chronic pain and acute pain 09:00 - Common misconceptions about people with chronic pain 12:30 - What Claire did differently after learning about these misconceptions 14:25 - How to support people in your life with chronic pain 16:45 - What workplaces can do to support employees with chronic pain 21:10 - Why social support is a key part of chronic pain management 22:25 - What someone with chronic pain can do if they don’t have a supportive social circle 29:15 - Are peer support groups helpful or harmful for pain management? 33:20 - When social connection can have a negative impact 34:25 - The u…","meta_description":"For most of us, pain subsides fairly quickly as we recover from injury. For some, however, pain persists, making it challenging to return to our normal, f…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2848,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/clear-the-air-6093986/episodes/38-chronic-pain-management-beyond-pills-with-dr-claire-ashton-james/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/clear-the-air-6093986/38-chronic-pain-management-beyond-pills-with-dr-claire-ashton-james.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}