PODCAST · health
Pain To Joy
by Danielle Suttie
Ciao! I'm Danielle Suttie; optimist, lover of life, people, new experiences, new places, dessert, and gelato. As someone navigating life with persistent pain, I've learned how to live a joyful life no matter the pain I experience. I want to share my lived experience; challenging moments, blissful times, heartbreak, celebrate wins, and talk about the tools I have learned to make it all possible with you! I believe joy is always possible and I want that for you, for me, for as many people as possible. I invite you to join me in living a life full of more and more joy!
Episodes
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Reclaim Your Life, Unapologetically
This week Danielle touches upon Abraham Hicks’ teachings and leads a reflective practice that helps up your joy quotient. She expresses her thankfulness for all of the laughter, progress and wins she has experienced in the past couple of weeks. She breaks down a depression-busting neuroplasticity...
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I Measure My Life In Love
This week Danielle honours her energy and shares a short reflection that she wrote about what she believes is her reason for being. She extends heartfelt gratitude for all of the positive feedback, encouragement, and support that she has been receiving after her last two vulnerable episodes. She...
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It’s Okay To Live A Life That Others Don’t Understand
In this week’s episode Danielle revisits the concept of capacity and leads listeners through a self-compassion practice, reminding them that they are always more than enough just as they are. She acknowledges that there are many activities that are unavailable to her right now, but sending Love...
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Figuring Out How To Be Human Together
This week Danielle shares what has been helping her move through a challenging season. She invites listeners to be intentional about creating more joy in their own lives, especially if they are struggling. She talks about how tricky healing from a laparoscopic myectomy, shingles, and tapering off…
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Hope Enough For The Both Of Us
Danielle shares a favourite Arthur Ashe quote, as well as moments of joy, love and beauty that she is thankful for from this past week. She invites listeners to reflect upon what they have been thankful for lately. She explores simple ways to cultivate a nourishing gratitude practice— whether...
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What Does Your Heart Want To Say?
This week Danielle speaks to the noise in our lives and in our minds. She shares a simple practice to help quiet the mind and calm the heart. She talks about how Michel Duhaime’s weekly virtual Qi Gong sessions are guiding her recovery and strengthening her body as she heals from surgery and...
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I Am Uncomfortable And I Am Okay
In this week’s episode recorded 1 month ago, Danielle speaks to how present moment awareness, mindfulness and breath breaks are gifts we can give ourselves to help interrupt patterns of rumination, anxious thoughts and overwhelm. She shares a snippet of the post-operative challenges she’s...
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Every Little Thing Gonna Be Alright
This week Danielle shares a recent heartwarming experience that reminded her of who she truly is. She expresses her gratitude for all of the love and support she has been receiving for her upcoming surgery. She reflects upon “energy is everything” and how that truth can inform the quality of our...
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Coming Home To Myself
This week Danielle takes the opportunity to express her thankfulness to Pain To Joy listeners for all of their love and support. She provides an update about her ferritin levels and her experience getting a Monoferric iron infusion. She revisits the post-concussion and migraine recovery program…
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Creating Christmas ~ Intentions And Boundary Setting For Your Ideal Holidays
This week Danielle speaks to some holiday truths, and why it is not always the most wonderful time of the year. She talks about grief and holiday burnout; inviting listeners to be intentional about how they want to feel over the holidays. She gives herself, and listeners, permission to honour…
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You Are More Powerful Than You Realize
This week Danielle expresses her thankfulness for a dream that came true a few weeks ago. She speaks to how a massive opportunity unfolded for her, reminding listeners to pay attention to the synchronicities in their lives. She releases a talk (16:29) that she gave and recorded at The Pain…
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Advocate For Your Health Like Your Life Depends On It — Because It Does
Danielle shares how the past few months have been, as well as the effects of the Get My Life Back Program that she embarked upon back in March. She expresses her disappointment and frustration with the lack of research into women’s health and perimenopause support. She speaks to her experience…
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What Are You Thankful For?
This week Danielle reflects on the joyful way her summer solstice began. She celebrates and give thanks for a beautiful garden and its talented gardeners. She shares simple thankfulness practices that listeners can use to create more positive connections in their brains, and experience more...
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Tell People Who They Are For You
This week Danielle shares how thankful she is to be reconnecting with family and friends. She reflects on a how seeing a former colleague was uplifting, and sparked memories of a challenging time in her life. She shares a practice she used when she was a high school teacher that created positive...
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You’ve Got This You Can Do It You Can Do It
This week Danielle shares how her post-concussion recovery Get My Life Back program is going. She highlights the importance of advocating for yourself, your health and your wellness. She shares pivotal moments from her healing journey that fuelled her fire to never give up, and to choose to…
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Do Something Today That Your Future Self Will Thank You For
This week Danielle shares a pattern she discovered that is changing the trajectory of her healing journey. She explains why reading the last chapter of Run Towards The Danger by Sarah Polley has impacted her so deeply. She reveals the inspiration for a new program that she has embarked upon, and...
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Keep Moving Forward
This week Danielle speaks about a visit from her parents that was painful, emotional, and full of opportunities. She shares valuable mindset tools of perspective and how to reframe the most challenging experiences. She reminds listeners that even the tiniest baby steps towards their intentions…
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Surrender And Let Go To Make Space For New Dreams
In this week’s episode Danielle shares her experience with grief and isolation, acceptance and joy on her healing journey. She references a key tenet from the Landmark Forum that can help us all live more empowered lives. Danielle reflects upon an affirming Jonathan Foust quote: “What could be…
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Pay Attention To The Synchronicities In Your Life
This week Danielle shares the truth of how it’s been for her during this challenging chapter. She celebrates the gifts of pain, concussion recovery, and central sensitivity. She speaks to the benefits of staying open minded, openhearted, and curious, and encourages listeners to approach even the...
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We Are All Healing From Something
This week Danielle shares some updates about her concussion recovery and clears up any confusion that last week‘s episode might’ve caused. She explains why an excerpt from Sarah Polley’s book Run Towards The Danger was both triggering and incredibly healing. She unexpectedly and vulnerably moves...
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Starting Over Again ~ If I Can Do It, So Can You! Concussion & Central Sensitivity Recovery
This week Danielle has an Aha! Moment that solidifies that life is happening for you, for her, for all of us. She expresses her gratitude for all of the events that are leading her on a path to getting stronger than she has ever been. She talks about how she is being proactive to stay away from...
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Three Simple Self-Love Practices for A More Love and Joy Filled Life
With Valentine’s Day upon us, this week Danielle shares a heart expanding experience that inspired her to record this episode. She shares three of her go-to simple self-love practises to bring more love, peace and joy into your life. She speaks about a useful tool that is helping her get through…
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Choose A More Empowered Story
In this first episode of 2025 Danielle shares some challenges she’s experienced the last couple of months. She tells the truth about how recent migraines and pain flares have impacted her life. Danielle expresses gratitude for her self-compassion, self-nurturing, and mindfulness practices that…
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People Are Kind. People Are Good. And Love Is Everywhere.
This week Danielle talks about why she created the Pain to Joy podcast and celebrates herself for this 27th episode. She shares a story of kindness and love, that she experienced with strangers who have now become friends. She raves about her magical long weekend in Naples; as well as the joys…
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Becoming The Best Version of Yourself
In this week's episode Danielle speaks about her current living situation and how it is giving her opportunities to be a better human. She reflects on an interview she heard between Oprah and Daniel Pink, and invites listeners to reflect upon who makes them the best version of themselves? She...
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Being More Than Okay With The Unknown
In this week's episode Danielle shares some updates from Florence, Italy. She speaks to the importance of mindset and perspective, and how she has come to not only being okay with the unknown, but trust that life is always unfolding for her to learn and grow from. She uncovers how pivotal her...
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There Is Always Something To Be Thankful For
In this week's episode as she recorded over this Canadian Thanksgiving weekend, Danielle shares a simple gratitude practice She reflects upon a beautiful relationship that ended, and speaks about how to receive more of what you desire in your relationships. She reminds listeners that nourishing…
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"Only good lies before me." Louise Hay
In this week's episode Danielle talks about an abrupt and unanticipated move in the past few days. She highlights the importance of mindset. She reflects upon feeling out of control and the truth that: We can't control what happens in our lives, we can only control how we respond to what happens....
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Keep Keeping Your Heart Open
In this week's pre-recorded episode, Danielle talks about a recent break up with a beautiful soul, and the feelings that she was experiencing. She expresses how thankful she is for the kindness of angels among her; the loving angels among all of us who take the time to lift us up when we need it...
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Travel Joy, Perspective, And The Importance of Fun
This week Danielle records Pain To Joy from Lampedusa, Italy. She shares the joys of travel and the opportunities and perspective it can bring. She speaks of her experiences with solo travel, and new connections that she is very thankful for. She is reminded of an Einstein quote as she invites...
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Do The Best You Can With What You've Got
On this week's episode Danielle shares multiple joys from the past week in the midst of getting her home prepared to rent again. She shares her deep appreciation for two wonderful souls who helped her fix the Murphy bed that was rendered unusable by previous tenants. She asks listeners to pin…
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Take Time For Play Make More Time For Fun
In this week's episode Danielle shares some updates about her condo as she had some tenants who mistreated several items in her home. She sings the praises of a kind gentleman from the Murphy bed company who is her remotely. She asks listeners how they can incorporate more fun, joy and pleasure...
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Choose How You Want To Live
This week, Danielle shares an emotional moment when she allowed herself to be fully human that inspired this episode. She acknowledges that she may have been a toxic positivity person, and explains how sharing inspirational and motivational quotes was a survival tool along her healing journey.…
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Be Here Now And Be Prepared
In this week's episode Danielle shares how her daily journalling practice helped her have a positive shift in perspective. She talks about a childhood activity that prepared her for many life moments, as well as for what she is moving through now. She speaks to being intentional about her…
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Stay In Your Lane
In this week's episode Danielle shares an insight from the swimming pool that is a helpful tool for everyday life. She talks about her healing and self-compassion journey and the value of being here now. Trusting that by focusing on the present moment, we will get to where we want to go. She...
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Pain Is Inevitable Suffering Is Optional
This week Danielle talks about how waking up feeling panicked recently allowed her to recall when her mindfulness journey began. She shares her first panic attack experience, as well as a tool to help calm the nervous system if panic ensues. She reflects on the start of her mindfulness journey…
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There Are So Many Things About You To Love
In Episode 14 Danielle shares a quote and reminds listeners that their presence in this world is a gift. She talks about the abundance of love letters that she is so thankful to receive. She explains how how she has come to see love everywhere, and how listeners can begin to see and experience…
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The Gifts Of Pain, Perspective, And More Ideal Days
This week Danielle shares a tool to help listeners experience more joy and more ideal days. She speaks to the gifts that a recent pain flare has given her; and how we can all gain perspective from life's more challenging moments. She invites listeners to reflect on ways to be more kind to...
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"There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved." George Sand
In episode 12 Danielle shares that by creating and sharing this podcast she continues to build trust and belief in herself. She talks about magical surprises, where she is now, and who and what got her there. She reflects upon all of the love in her life and invites listeners to do the same....
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"See the light in others as if that is all you see." Dr. Wayne Dyer
In Episode 11 Danielle shares the joy of unexpected fun times with friends and family, and one of her most favourite things; live music! She speaks to an inspiring Dr. Wayne Dyer quote, "See the light in others as if that is all you see," after having a fantastic human experience with a lovely...
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Always believe that something wonderful is about to happen
Episode 10 is inspired by a message Danielle received from her amazingly supportive friend Crystal. The message sparked a reminder of a useful tool she uses to remain optimistic and hopeful, because the best truly is yet to come. Danielle talks about some deep feelings she moved through, and the...
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"...You will always be loved more than you will ever know..." Alan Watts
In Episode 9 Danielle shares a moving Alan Watts quote that reminds listeners that "they will always be loved more than they will ever know." She shares how the Stanley Cup finals and a recent dating experience uncovered some feelings that she didn't know were still there. She encourages…
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Allowing people to be there for you is a gift that you give them, and yourself.
In episode 8, Danielle shares the joys of attending her niece's grade 6 farewell and unanticipated family time. She explains why she believes being kind is always possible. Danielle recalls her journey with shingles, its challenges, and expands upon the many gifts that shingles and post-herpetic...
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Showing Up For Yourself Is The Win
In Episode 7 Danielle is inspired by a conversation with a childhood friend named Chris who is training for a race called the Sinister 7. Their exchange sparked Danielle to recall her experience with Landmark's Advanced Course where she uncovered some valuable, life-changing truths about herself....
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We Were All Beginners Once
In episode 6 Danielle was inspired by a conversation between David Shands and Myron Golden on episode #449 of the Social Proof Podcast, reminding us that when we are experiencing someone's light, it was often borne from hard work and perseverance that took place in the dark. Find it here:...
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May You Continue to Be More Human
In episode 5 Danielle speaks about a video of Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman discussing anxiety and how it can serve you and be a gift. Find it here: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1508851559988842?fs=e&s=TIeQ9V&mibextid=4wKefo She shares how trusting her gut to keep a counselling appointment...
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When You Honour Your Own Needs, You Honour Yourself AND Others
In Episode 4 Danielle shares her continued gratitude for the outpouring of love, feedback and support after having begun this podcast adventure. She talks about how she's been feeling lately, and shares tools she has learned to take better care of herself, decrease anxiety, and love herself more...
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It Only Takes One Person To Change Your Life: YOU!
In Episode 3 Danielle shares tales from her days as a high school language teacher. She opens up about her grief journey and how she started to become more self-aware. Danielle talks about her experiences healing her brain, and how Village Ice Cream was a motivator. She speaks of the value of…
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Your Best Changes Day By Day, Moment By Moment
In Episode 2 Danielle shares her heartfelt gratitude for all of the love and support she's received since launching this podcast. She gives an update about how she's really feeling about the evicted tenants who mistreated her home and belongings. Danielle reveals the healing gems she discovered…
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Episode 1 You'll Never Know If You Don't Try
Welcome to Episode One! A little bit about me. Sharing challenges and some wins from the past few days and some joy too!
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Ciao! I'm Danielle Suttie; optimist, lover of life, people, new experiences, new places, dessert, and gelato.
As someone navigating life with persistent pain, I've learned how to live a joyful life no matter the pain I experience. I want to share my lived experience; challenging moments, blissful times, heartbreak, celebrate wins, and talk about the tools I have learned to make it all possible with you!
I believe joy is always possible and I want that for you, for me, for as many people as possible. I invite you to join me in living a life full of more and more joy!
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Danielle Suttie
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Ciao! I'm Danielle Suttie; optimist, lover of life, people, new experiences, new places, dessert, and gelato. As someone navigating life with persistent pain, I've learned how to live a joyful life no matter the pain I experience. I want to share my lived experience; challenging moments, blissful...
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