Ep 21 Dr. Lilia Graue on Grappling with Uncertainty

Dear Listener, welcome back to the podcast after a three-month hiatus. I took a pause, because, being a mind-body practitioner, I gotta practice what I preach. Sometimes our energy is in a season of abundant productivity, where creativity is pouring out of us. And sometimes we find ourselves in a season where we’re needing rest and recovery, and that is where I’ve been at these last few months. I’m gonna return to the podcast gently, and so you may find that upcoming episodes trickle in at a slower than weekly pace.   Today, I am truly grateful that I get to share with you a conversation that was recorded back in July of this year. I had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Lilia Graue Dr. Graue is a physician, psychotherapist, educator, coach, and consultant in Mexico City, where she's practiced, lectured, and mentored for over 20 years in both Spanish and English.   Her approach is collaborative, trauma sensitive, healing centered, and mindfulness and compassion based.   She brings together radical care approaches to foster healing, and mentors healthcare professionals in engaging critical and feminist perspectives to promote justice and equity in medicine and healthcare.   In addition to her work in the field of chronic pain and other nociplastic symptoms, Dr. Graue has extensive experience in eating disorders and medical family therapy.   She is part of the Medical Advisory Board for The Better Mind Center. And she lives with her partner and two cats. In addition to her work she enjoys spending time with family and friends, baking, swimming, reading, traveling, and Sundays at the Philharmonic. In our conversation, we covered many subjects, and throughout, Lilia spoke beautifully about one of the universal aspects of the chronic pain recovery experience, and that is: Grappling with uncertainty. A truly fitting topic for this moment in time. I hope that you enjoy our conversation as much as I did. You can find Dr. Lilia Graue at: website: ⁠https://liliagraue.com/  And you can find me at: Instagram: ⁠⁠@anna_holtzman⁠⁠ Website: ⁠⁠www.annaholtzman.com