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Acceptance, Agency & Chronic Headaches: How Benjamin Reclaimed His Life

Acceptance, Agency & Chronic Headaches: How Benjamin Reclaimed His Life

Update: 2025-10-12
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Chronic pain doesn’t have to steal your purpose.

In this episode, Benjamin shares how he’s navigated life with cluster headaches—and how he’s turning his journey into a mission to help others.

Key takeaways

  • How Benjamin first experienced his illness and what followed
  • Why acceptance became a turning point—not surrender
  • Daily rhythms and small rituals that anchor him
  • Relationship dynamics: the role of honest, nonjudgmental communication
  • How lived experience shapes credibility in pain work
  • Integrating mind and body: why they can’t be separated in chronic illness
  • What Benjamin’s next steps look like (coaching, writing, building community)

If you’re a clinician, coach, or person in pain interested in bridging lived experience and evidence-based practice, this one’s for you.

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Acceptance, Agency & Chronic Headaches: How Benjamin Reclaimed His Life

Acceptance, Agency & Chronic Headaches: How Benjamin Reclaimed His Life

Mark Kargela