The Risks and Realities of Overexertion (Farah Zerehi, LMFT)

Like Mind, Like Body

Curable Inc.

Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 724 Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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How does overexertion impact recovery? What happens to our symptoms when we take on more work and responsibilities than our bodies can comfortably manage? Why do we push ourselves too hard and how do we heal when our environment gives us no other choice? On this episode of the Like Mind, Like Body podcast, special guest, Farah Zerehi, LMFT, joins Christie Uipi, LCSW, to answer these questions and more by sharing their personal experiences with chronic pain and illness.

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0:00.0	Welcome back to another episode of Like Mind, Like Body. So glad to have you here, where we explore the mind-body connection and how it can help us overcome our chronic pain and symptoms. I'm Christy Weepepy, psychotherapist and founder of the Better Mind
0:22.7	Center, where our team treats chronic pain one-on-one. Today, we will be talking about what
0:29.8	happens when we over-extend ourselves while we are suffering from chronic pain or chronic illness.
0:36.3	What happens when we take on more work,
0:38.9	responsibility, or physical exertion than our bodies can comfortably manage? When and why do we
0:45.0	choose to push ourselves too hard? And what if the reality of our situation is that we have no other
0:51.8	choice? Today's episode is also a personal one, as both my guests and I share our own experiences
0:59.2	with chronic symptoms and reflect on what we've learned about pushing ourselves beyond our
1:04.1	limits.
1:05.9	Before I introduce our guests for today, I'd like to remind everyone that this podcast is a part
1:10.7	of Curable. Cureable is an app and recovery program designed for anyone. I introduce our guests for today, I'd like to remind everyone that this podcast is a part of
1:10.9	Curable. Curable is an app and recovery program designed for anyone experiencing chronic pain
1:16.5	and symptoms. The app is packed with tools, techniques, and information that will help you find
1:22.2	your footing in recovery. And while there is a lot to learn, Curable breaks it all down into digestible steps so you'll know just where to start.
1:31.2	Curable is also expanding its offering of live, educational, and healing sessions with experts in the field.
1:38.2	Get started for free at curable.com.
1:42.6	Joining me in conversation today is the absolutely delightful Fara Zerehi.
1:48.7	Fara is a licensed marriage and family therapist whose clinical practice is rooted in
1:53.4	social justice, trauma-informed, and holistic in nature.
1:57.7	Fara also runs a group psychotherapy practice called Hive Therapy Collective, which offers
2:03.7	highly individualized care for teens, adults, and couples in California. In her practice, Fara
2:10.6	supports clients in finding healing through postmodern approaches, exposure and response prevention,
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