The Pain Game Podcast with Lyndsay Soprano – Details, episodes & analysis

⚠️ Content Warning: This episode includes discussion of sexual assault and suicidal ideation. Please listen with care and prioritize your safety.

In this powerful Season 3 finale, Lyndsay Soprano opens up like never before. She reflects on her own story—navigating trauma, chronic pain, and the often invisible weight of living in a body that refuses to cooperate. From a deeply personal history of sexual assault to the ongoing fight for care and dignity as someone living with disability, Lyndsay doesn’t hold anything back.

She shares what it’s been like returning to ketamine therapy, the exhaustion of chasing diagnoses, and the quiet strength it takes to keep going when healing feels impossibly far away. But this episode isn’t just about her, it’s about all of us. The ones who are still hurting. The ones in therapy. The ones who are tired. The ones who show up anyway.

Season 3 ends not with a neat conclusion, but with a clear message: we must start where we are. We must continue to have the uncomfortable conversations. And we don’t have to do it alone.

Tune in to the finale if you need a reminder that your story matters, your pain is valid, and there is real strength in showing up exactly as you are.

Find The Pain Game Podcast Online Here:
Website: thepaingamepodcast.com
Instagram: @thepaingamepodcast
Facebook: The Pain Game Podcast
LinkedIn: Lyndsay Soprano
YouTube: The Pain Game Podcast

Episode Highlights:
(00:00) Introduction to the Pain Game Podcast
(01:25) Lyndsay's Personal Journey with Trauma
(09:35) The Frustration of Diagnosis
(13:46) Advocacy and Healthcare for the Disabled
(15:04) Starting Where You're At
(18:40) The Importance of Mind, Body, and Spirit
(21:47) Childhood Trauma and Its Effects
(24:26) Resilience and Gratitude
(28:46) Confronting Suicide Ideation
(32:00) Closing Thoughts and Future Directions

Episodes and Guests Mentioned Throughout:
Episode 119: Angel Parker - Diagnosis Detective
Episode 118: Dr. Jim Keany - Outside of the Prescription Pad 
Episode 150: Chanda Hinton - Redefining Healthcare for People with Disabilities 
Episode 147: Jason Ott - Start Wherever You're At
Episode 144: Michael Byrne - Sleep: No More Bed Dread
Episode 145: Alreen Haeggquist - Triumph From Trauma
Episode 122: Jeannette Tashjian - Surviving the Suicidal Thoughts Storm

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This is where pain meets purpose — and you’re not doing it alone.

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When your body is breaking down, how do you continue to show up with power and purpose? In this inspiring episode, Lyndsay Soprano sits down with Fitz Koehler—a cancer survivor, fitness expert, and fierce advocate for living fully, no matter what life throws your way.

Fitz shares her journey from diagnosis to recovery, and how she used fitness not just as a physical outlet, but as a mental and emotional anchor. She and Lyndsay discuss the importance of self-examination, the value of integrating Western medicine with holistic care, and why small, intentional shifts can lead to significant, lasting results.

They also dive into the importance of community, storytelling, and creating space for both grit and grace in the healing process. Fitz opens up about her new book and podcast, both of which were created to inspire others to move their bodies, take control of their health, and find joy even in the most challenging seasons.

This episode is a powerful reminder that you don’t have to wait for perfect circumstances to start prioritizing yourself. You can choose to fight. You can choose to feel strong. And you absolutely deserve to feel good in your body again.

Tune in if you're ready to take your power back—one breath, one rep, one step at a time.

Find Fitz Koehler Online Here:
Website: www.fitzness.com/blog/
Instagram: @fitzness
Facebook: Fitz Koehler
LinkedIn: Fitz Koehler
YouTube: The Fitzness Show
TikTok: @fitzness13
Book: You. Supercharged! The Exact Formula for Fitness, Weight Loss, and Longevity 

Find The Pain Game Podcast Online Here:
Website: thepaingamepodcast.com
Instagram: @thepaingamepodcast
Facebook: The Pain Game Podcast
LinkedIn: Lyndsay Soprano
YouTube: The Pain Game Podcast

Episode Highlights:
(00:00) Introduction to Chronic Pain and Trauma
(02:39) Fitz Koehler’s Cancer Journey
(05:38) The Importance of Self-Examination
(08:23) Navigating Western Medicine and Holistic Approaches
(11:24) The Role of Fitness in Health
(14:25) Empowerment Through Fitness and Health
(17:11) Supercharging Your Life
(19:54) Understanding Fitness and Nutrition
(23:05) Addressing Gender-Specific Health Issues
(25:52) The Impact of Diets on Health
(28:27) The Fitness Show and Community Engagement
(31:36) Morning Mile Program for Kids
(34:35) Closing Thoughts and Encouragement

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Unfiltered convos. Dark humor. Real healing.
This is where pain meets purpose — and you’re not doing it alone.

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When everything around you feels loud, fast, and overwhelming, sometimes the best thing you can do is stop, and get in cold water. In this episode, Lyndsay Soprano is joined by Kris Rice for a conversation about nervous system healing, resilience, and how cold therapy became a lifeline for navigating chaos.

Kris shares her journey of creating the ChillPod—a luxury cold immersion system designed to make cold plunging feel empowering, accessible, and deeply restorative, especially for women. She and Lyndsay unpack how cold exposure doesn’t just reduce inflammation or nerve pain, it rewires how you respond to stress, helps you come back to your body, and reminds you that you're stronger than your worst days.

They talk about setting intentions, listening to your body, and creating space for stillness when the world keeps pushing you to hustle. Whether it’s cold plunging, breathwork, or simply being honest about what you need, this episode is a nudge toward choosing calm, even when everything feels like chaos.

Tune in if you’re ready to reset your system, reclaim your calm, and start building a wellness practice that actually works for you.

Find Kris Rice Online Here:
Website: thechillpod.co
Instagram: @thechillpod.co
LinkedIn: Kris Rice

Find The Pain Game Podcast Online Here:
Website: thepaingamepodcast.com
Instagram: @thepaingamepodcast
Facebook: The Pain Game Podcast
LinkedIn: Lyndsay Soprano
YouTube: The Pain Game Podcast

Episode Highlights:
(00:00) Introduction to Chronic Pain and Healing
(02:45) The Importance of Nervous System Reset
(06:48) Chris Rice's Journey to Cold Therapy
(09:52) Understanding Cold Exposure and Its Benefits
(13:07) Cold Therapy for Chronic Pain Relief
(16:33) Designing ChillPod for Women and Accessibility
(20:56) Integrating Cold Therapy into Daily Life
(25:19) Supporting Caregivers and Mental Health
(29:13) Conclusion and Call to Action

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This is where pain meets purpose — and you’re not doing it alone.

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In this episode, Lyndsay Soprano and Dr. David Bilstrom discuss infection, stress, and chronic illness/disease and how we can get ahead of it at a young age before it creeps up and wrecks all kinds of havoc in our bodies, health, and lives.

But also how to help FIX it after you think it might be too late.

Dr. Bilstrom speaks about Adverse Childhood Events (ACEs) that inform chronic illness and autoimmune disease. They discuss chronic illness from his personal eyes in his family which led him to get involved in asking the question WHY are people, especially women, getting so sick?

This led to the conversation of something called Estrogen Dominance. In his words, it’s the most dangerous disease for women.

Estrogen dominance can lead to so many horrible things in women from ovarian cysts fibroids, endometriosis, bad menstrual cycles, and more. It also drives excessive worry, anxiety, panic attacks, and insomnia.

80% of people that get auto-immune disease are women. And if you get estrogen dominance before menopause, you have a 5.4 times greater risk of getting breast cancer before menopause. And a 10 times greater risk of malignant cancers your entire lifetime--the ones that travel.

LISTEN. AND LISTEN NOW.

Dr. David Bilstrom is an Autoimmune Medicine Specialist, quadruple board certified in Anti-aging and Regenerative Medicine, Integrative Medicine, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, and Medical Acupuncture. He is the Director of the International Autoimmune Institute and the Bingham Memorial Center for Functional Medicine and the author of the book The Nurse Practitioners Guide to Autoimmune Medicine. He works closely with his wife Jody, who is a licensed clinical social worker and expert in how adverse childhood disease drives chronic disease. Together they help thousands of people a year reverse autoimmune and chronic diseases and are on a mission to change the way autoimmune disease is treated worldwide.

You can find Dr. David Bilstrom online at:

Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/drdavidbilstrom/

Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/DrDavidBilstrom/

YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/@drdavidbilstrom

Twitter:
https://twitter.com/DrDavidBilstrom

LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/drdavidbilstrom/

Website:
https://www.DrDavidBilstrom.com

Book to Promote:
The Nurse Practitioners Guide to Autoimmune Medicine, Reversing and Preventing All Autoimmunity
https://david-bilstrom.mykajabi.com/NursePractitionersGuide

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In this episode, Lyndsay Soprano speaks with Lesley ‘Amazing’ Logan, about how perfectionism gets in our own way of making ourselves a PRIORITY in our lives and how self-care is NOT SELFISH. We talk about how a Pilates practice ties into connecting with oneself and the mission of self-care and how that translates into connecting more with others.

She is a certified Pilates teacher, breathwork, habits, and mindset coach, and the founder of OnlinePilatesClasses.com, the first free online catalog of Pilates exercise tutorials, where you can also find weekly Pilates classes and workshops about self-care and perfectionism.

And…she is the host of “Be It Till You See It” podcast. Where each week she hosts inspiring guests from all walks of life, digging into how they prioritized themselves to get to where they are today.

Not to mention she is the QUEEN of self-care!

Listen to this dynamite episode where 2 Beautiful Queens tackle self-care at its core. https://link.chtbl.com/paingamepodcast

You can find Lesley Logan online at:

INSTAGRAM:
https://www.instagram.com/lesley.logan

YOUTUBE:
https://youtube.com/onlinepilatesclasses

WEBSITE:
https://www.onlinepilatesclasses.com

PODCAST:
Be It Till You See It

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In this episode, Lyndsay Soprano speaks with J.K. Emezi, from Elevated Recovery, a Pornography Addiction Reboot program.

They discuss how his struggle with pornography addiction led him down a dark and twisted journey. He was consumed by the addiction, was unable to establish intimate relationships, focus on academics or employment, or manage his emotions.

Coming from a deep conservative upbringing and repression of emotions that needed to be released, his addiction continued to spiral until he was out of control.

Out of the darkness rose this incredible man who has gone from poverty, addiction, extremely low self-esteem, and depression to HAPPINESS and financial success. And is no longer under the guise of pleasure and pain worshipping.

He removed his fears and rebooted! He is in the driver’s seat, and he has a pretty sweet view.

Thanks for joining me, man. It was a pleasure to interview you and I am grateful for your vulnerability and candor.

You can find J.K. Emezi online at:

INSTAGRAM:
https://www.instagram.com/jkemezi/


FACEBOOK:
https://www.facebook.com/jaykayemezi/

YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbqaPKeiNW6R6LECHwQkRug

TWITTER:
https://twitter.com/RebootPorn

LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/j-k-emezi-736457127/

WEBSITE:
www.elevatedrecovery.org

PODCAST:
https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-porn-reboot-podcast/id1384701024

TikTok:
https://www.tiktok.com/@pornreboot

FREEBIE DOWNLOAD E-BOOK:
7 SECRETS TO ELIMINATION PORN ADDICTION FOREVER
https://pornreboot.com/free-ebook/

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In this episode, Lyndsay Soprano and Dr. Andrea Moore, PT, DPT, OCS, NTP discuss her journey from chronic pain and post-concussive syndrome after a car accident to anxiety and ADHD sharing her journey to where she is today.

She lived in so much pain for her whole life, she thought that this was just normal!! It wasn’t debilitating but aggravating. As she went down a painful journey, she found out that living life in pain is actually NOT normal!! How sad that we feel that we must live with pain, and it has been normalized. We talk about living in fear and safety and how to desensitize our central nervous system.

By focusing on somatic part of the nervous system we can start to gain a wealth of knowledge about our bodies, minds, and souls.

Somatic = relating to the body Somatic work doesn’t have a universal definition as the above definition is a bit vague.

It is working on what your nervous system is holding onto like our traumas. Massive amounts of traumas that have added up over time.

If we are only looking at the mind then we neglect the body. And when we are only looking at the physical body, then we are neglecting the mind. And when we look at both of those but never look at our thoughts and our mindset and what is the nervous system is actually holding, then our pain continues.

We speak about one of the most important things in life—shifting your mindset. How different parts of your body and nervous system are holding onto past traumas.

Sometimes TOO much mindfulness work can actually FLARE the pain because we are getting a little too intense and deep with the work that we actually cause ourself more issues. It’s a delicate balance indeed.

Both Dr. Moore and Lyndsay have suffered concussions. Multiple concussions. And one of the most scary things about concussions is if you experience post-concussion syndrome you can lose a part of you for a short or long length of time that affects your ability to focus and manage simple tasks and obstacles with grace.

A good infographic on post-concussion syndrome is below:
https://images.app.goo.gl/FBQ3UUw8ZF81qVkX7

Once you have started to experience any or all of the above symptoms, this pain starts to affect your intelligence with this post-concussive response. And that is one of the most fearful part of post-concussion syndrome.

The feeling like you are losing your mind! What follows is more fear. When you live in pain you live in fear that you might never recover and “this is it!?” Is your daily mantra. And what follows sometimes is shame and guilt.

When you have been through significant traumas, you tend to blame yourself which then leads to that shame and guilt. Which leads to the narrative of “I am damaged and broken and need to be fixed.”We aren’t broken. We are just cracked a little bit! And for empaths, we also take on other people’s pain and emotions which further breaks our souls adding to this fear and turmoil.

It’s a vicious cycle and one that affects not only ourselves, but our loved ones as well. When Lyndsay asked her sweetie about chronic pain and how it affects him, he says, “my chronic pain is yours!” That makes her so incredibly sad. Chronic pain essentially dissociates ourselves from our bodies. We end up living in your thoughts, not in the body itself. And we are disconnected from our bodies which means we are disconnected from the soul of our body.

We need to listen to our true authentic self and listen to it in a different way. Authentic wisdom. Listen to it. It will sound different than your current narrative. And accessing our authentic wisdom is key. And accessing that wisdom can be interpreted as a threat to the brain and doesn’t want to connect. Fear. Safety. Trauma. The vicious cycle continues.

We carry all of this weight from ancestral trauma, both men and women. We touch on how this type of trauma is carried through our DNA and our past heritage and patriarchy and how this leads to more chronic pain. It’s a conversation that you must listen to.

You can find Dr. Andrea Moore online:

Instagram:
HTTPS://drandreamoore

Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/drandreamoore

Website:
www.drandreamoore.com

Podcast:
Unweaving Chronic Pain (on all platforms) – links to spotify/itunes found at www.drandreamoore.com/podcast

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In this episode, Lyndsay Soprano loves up on Hope Pedraza as we talk about Listening to Your Body’s Intuition.

Hope is a Certified Holistic Nutritionist, Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practioner, Certified Hair, Tissue, and Mineral Analysis (HTMA) expert, Reiki Master, Human Design guide, founder of inBalance, a pilates-based fitness franchise, and the host of the Hopeful and Wholesome Podcast.

We talk about:

• Obsession with Food and disordered eating
• Digestive + Gut Issues
• Stress + Hormones
• Inflammation
• Nutrition + Minerals
• Conventional vs. Functional labs
• Medical Gaslighting and more!

What an eye-opening conversation about how nutrition and minerals relate to chronic pain and inflammation and how pinpointing specific minerals, addressed in the hair tissue and mineral analysis, can help to lower inflammation.

She is here to help us from the inside out by finding the root cause of our physical ailments. Which as you know by now listening to this show, our physical ailments come from emotion and trauma.

Trauma just sits in our bods!! Shame and trauma cause so many imbalances in the body and she is going to help YOU and ME at the cellular level.

We discuss the cellular levels of minerals and how they move in and out of the cells of our bods and discuss Emotional Code - where emotions are trapped in the body and manifest there making us chronically ill and living lives in pain.

You can find Hope Pedraza online:

INSTAGRAM:
https://instagram.com/thehopepedraza

FACEBOOK:
https://facebook.com/hope.cowgill

YOUTUBE:
https://www.youtube.com/c/HopePedraza

LINKEDIN:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/hopepedraza2020/

WEBSITE:
https://hopefulandwholesome.com

PODCAST:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hopeful-and-wholesome/id1514451766

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This is where pain meets purpose — and you’re not doing it alone.

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Episode 45 dropped this morning! In this episode, I talk with Tonia Cordi a life-alignment coach and professional organizer. about letting go of the past with mindfulness. We discuss anxiety, OCD, hoarding, and coping mechanisms that we create over time.

Listen to understand the ‘why’ behind our clutter and the ‘why’ behind the opposite of clutter.
And most importantly they discuss HEALING from past trauma and connecting to their purpose.

If you can’t control the unknown, your nervous system has been hard-wired from trauma. It lives in the past.

We can grow and change our thoughts and point of view to create our reality. It’s all connected.

And then we talk about perfectionism! And how detrimental that is to our health and well-being. “If I am perfect, then no one can judge me.”

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You can find Tonia Cordi online:

WEBSITE:
https://toniacordi.com/

MEMBERSHIPS (coming June 30th!):
https://lnkd.in/gpDJ8ATj

YOUTUBE:
https://lnkd.in/ghxnVdx6

INSTA:
https://lnkd.in/gMNUvV6s

LINKEDIN:
https://lnkd.in/gg_rxnRT

FACEBOOK:
https://lnkd.in/gUyfaHfW

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This is where pain meets purpose — and you’re not doing it alone.

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In this episode, Lyndsay Soprano talks to the father/son duo, Rob and Ryan DeLena talk about Ryan's childhood behavior and how it led to placement in therapeutic schools.

These schools relied on detrimental methods of behavior modification such as physical restraints. He was heavily medicated and then committed to a mental hospital for further evaluation.

His parents were counseled to place Ryan in a group home. They refused.

The story of him convincing his parents to fight the medical and educational complexities over his care and school placement is one that cannot be missed. Together they fostered the freedom that Ryan needed to pursue his dream of becoming a professional ski mountaineer.

So they took him skiing. And discovered a different child than the version "experts" were so sure about. And the rest is in the future of this amazing kid!

They wrote a book together that is a must read, Without Restraint by Robert C. DeLena & Ryan C. DeLena.

You can find Rob and Ryan online:

INSTAGRAM:
extreme_ryan_delena


FACEBOOK:
Ryan DeLena

YouTube:
Ryan DeLena


TWITTER:
ryandelena1

WEBSITE:
www.without-restraint-book.com

Book to Promote:
Without Restraint by Robert C. DeLena & Ryan C. DeLena

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This is where pain meets purpose — and you’re not doing it alone.

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