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Headache, Migraine, and MSG

March 2024, Episode 178: Can MSG actually cause a headache or migraine attack? Lindsay Weitzel, PhD talks with headache specialist Fred Cohen, MD about what MSG is and how it can affect our headache disorders and migraine disease. They discuss…

Improving Sleep with Migraine and Painsomnia

March 2024, Episode 176: In this episode, Lindsay Weitzel, PhD, talks with headache specialist Fred Cohen, MD, about how sleep and migraine relate to each other. They discuss and answer: What is Painsomnia? Do we need sleep in order for…

How Can a Pain Psychologist Help Me with My Migraine or Other Headache Disorder?

February 2024, Episode 174: How can people with chronic migraine or other debilitating headache conditions benefit from a pain psychologist? In this week’s episode of HeadWise, Lindsay Weitzel, PhD asks Dawn Buse, PhD, pain psychologist specializing in headache, to lift…

Self-Care for People with Headache and Migraine Disorders

December 2023, Episode 167: As a person with migraine or other headache disorder do you feel that you have to try so hard to keep up with work, family life, and all the “need to do” things in life that…

Springtime With Migraine and Headache Disorders

Spring is a season of new beginnings, however, for many individuals living with migraine and other headache disorders, it’s also a season of new challenges. The change in weather can increase symptoms, and the fluctuation in barometric pressure, temperature, and…

Advocacy and Your Wellness Plan

November 2021, Episode 107: Can Advocacy be part of your wellness plan? What if you are currently not healthy enough to be an advocate? What does advocacy mean to you and what is the path to migraine, headache, or chronic…

How to Use a Headache Diary

November 2021, Episode 105: Should you keep a headache or migraine diary? Or do you think that focusing on your pain/pain level every day leads to a negative mindset and makes you feel worse? Dr. Lindsay Weitzel and Dr. Cynthia…

Surviving the Holidays

December 2020, Episode 79: The holidays can bring both joy and extra stress. This year the holidays are intersecting with COVID-19, social distancing, package delays, and distance learning. In this week’s episode of Heads Up, Dr. Dawn Buse, a psychologist…

Biofeedback and Migraine

December 2019, Episode 38: Lindsay Weitzel, Ph.D. is joined by Elizabeth (Betsy) Seng, Ph.D., for the first of three episodes on migraine and behavioral therapies.

Triggers-Facts vs Fiction

July 2019, Episode 24: Dr. Vincent Martin and Dr. Lindsay Weitzel discuss migraine triggers.

Gender and Migraine Stigma

May 2019, Episode 13: Drs. Lindsay Weitzel and Joanna Kempner discuss steps you can take to keep stigma from affecting you physically and emotionally.

Why Is There Stigma With Migraine?

May 2019, Episode 12: A discussion on stigma and migraine disease with Dr. Lindsay Weitzel and Dr. Joanna Kempner.