Episodes 25
Avg. Duration 48m
Activity Dormant
Since Mar 2021
Latest Episode Mar 2025

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About This Podcast

"Don't let your chronic illness get you down." Hosted by Dr. Kevin J. Payne, the Your Life Lived Well Podcast brings both decades of practical experience living with a chronic illness (multiple sclerosis) and decades of professional experience as a social and behavioral scientist focused on answering the question: how can we live well with an awful health condition we can't get away from? YLLW shows those diagnosed, loved ones, caregivers, and medical, health and wellness professionals that there is a science to crafting our better lives together.

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Recent Episodes

S3E309 Rest & Relaxation

Mar 20, 2025 38m

Why You’re Bad at Rest and How to Fix It Most of us are terrible at rest. We say we’re “relaxing” when we’re really just distracting ourselves — scrolling, binge-watching, dysfunctionally numbing,…

S3E308 Bodies Need Movement

Mar 13, 2025 42m

Let’s get one thing straight: this episode isn’t about “exercise.” It’s about movement. Because your body isn’t built for fitness trends, step counts, or guilt-driven workouts. It’s built to move…

S3E307 Attention, part 2: The Art of Showing Up

Mar 06, 2025 52m

What happens when you sit still and do nothing? For most of us, the second we try, our minds go into overdrive — racing from one thought to the next, bouncing between worries, distractions, and…

S3E306 Attention, part 1: Mindful Awareness

Feb 27, 2025 44m

Your attention is the lens through which you experience your entire life. But in today’s world, it’s constantly being hijacked — by stress, by technology, by the endless noise of modern life. We…

S3E305 The Truth about Fear

Feb 20, 2025 40m

Fear. We all know what it feels like. But do we really understand what it is? In this episode, we break down the truth about fear: why it exists, how it really works, and why most of what we've been…

S3E304 Thriving with Stress

Jan 23, 2025 42m

There’s no doubt we have an unhealthy relation to stress. But it is an unavoidable part of living. And it is especially unavoidable if you live with a chronic health condition or work in healthcare.…

S3E303 Living with Pain

Jan 16, 2025 44m

Your pain is trying to send you a message, but we misinterpret what it’s trying to tell us. Our pain systems get confused and overwhelmed, especially as pain becomes chronic. Our healthcare system…

S3E302 Loss & Grief

Jan 09, 2025 44m

Grief is complex, layered, nuanced, and — most of all — individual. Each time you grieve is unique because the loss is unique. Our grief doesn’t need to meet anyone’s expectations (even your own) and…

S3E301 Behavior Change

Jan 02, 2025 37m

Most of us want to change something about ourselves. And if you live with a chronic diagnosis, you may need to make some life changes to accommodate that health condition. That sort of change is…

Words have Power

Dec 02, 2021 48m

This episode digs into the words surrounding health, illness, and disability. We look at how words shape our thoughts, the surprising meanings of some common medical words, and how words can both…

Stigma, Acceptance & Mental Illness

Jul 21, 2021 46m

Why do we have such a difficult time accepting the reality of mental illness? In this episode, we’ll talk about the reasons why many are uncomfortable with mental illness, and we’ll suggest some…

Relax!!!

Jul 14, 2021 45m

Everyone thinks they should relax more, but we can’t make ourselves relax. It doesn’t work that way. Here’s why relaxation is important, what’s getting in our way, and how we can really get to it.

"You Don't Look Sick"

Jul 07, 2021 50m

96% of us with lasting health conditions are largely or completely “invisible.” We don’t have any external signals that remind others of the battles we are fighting inside. That’s confusing to others…

Pain isn't What You Think

Jun 17, 2021 54m

Pain is sending you a message, but we tend to misinterpret what it’s trying to tell us. Our pain systems also get confused and overwrought. Chronic pain also easily becomes “noise,” and not a…

Stress isn't What You Think

Jun 02, 2021 51m

Stress is a part of life. Sometimes, it’s even a good part of life. It’s always there, so we must learn better strategies to cope. In this episode, we’ll discover what stress really is, distinguish…

Fear isn't What You Think

May 27, 2021 50m

Fear is part of being human. We’ve all experienced it — whether we admit it or not. But for such a common experience, we misunderstand it far more than we realize. This episode is a deep dive into…

Burnout & Compassion Fatigue

May 19, 2021 46m

“Burnout” is rampant in the healthcare and caregiving professions. “Compassion fatigue” strikes even the most devoted loved ones and caregivers. These can leave us feeling angry, guilty, confused…or…

Finding Hope when Hopeless

May 12, 2021 50m

Staying hopeful is a real challenge with chronic illness — for those diagnosed and for their closest loved ones. In this episode, I invite you into a raw conversation about becoming hopeless and…

Be Kinder to Yourself

May 05, 2021 55m

Most of us aren’t very kind to ourselves, but we need to be. This episode dives into what it really means to be kind to yourself, as opposed to just occasionally “nice.” Along the way, we understand…

A Good Night's Sleep

Apr 29, 2021 58m

We all need better sleep. Better sleep is a necessary key to a better life. But good sleep seems to be in short supply. In this episode we talk about why so many of us sleep so poorly, and we suggest…

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Your Life Lived Well has published 25 episodes since March 2021, covering topics in Education, Health & Fitness.

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