Functionally Enlightened - Better ways to heal from chronic pain and illness

About Functionally Enlightened - Better ways to heal from chronic pain and illness

Welcome to the Functionally Enlightened podcast. We interview well-respected medical and functional practitioners as well as patients who have overcome disabling chronic conditions, such as dysautonomia. These important guests provide helpful tips on managing chronic pain and illness, using a combination of traditional and whole-body healing modalities, that you can begin to implement into your daily life. By listening, subscribing and leaving a review, you have already begun on your wellness journey.

Publisher

Functionally Enlightened

Category

health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

5 Mar 2023

Latest episode

15 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

85 of 138 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   15 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Eps 86. When Tests Are Normal but You’re Still Sick: A Neurologist Explains MUDs | Dr. Philip O’Carroll

   Host Dr. Sharon Surita interviews neurologist Dr. C. Philip O’Carroll about medically unexplained disorders and how to validate real symptoms when tests are normal.

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   1 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Eps 85. When Doctors Don’t Have Answers: Illness, Medical Gaslighting & Finding Support | Cyndii Sinex

   Dr. Sharon Surita interviews Cyndii Sinex, public health practitioner, about navigating healthcare when doctors lack answers and finding crucial peer support.

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   17 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Eps 89. Why You're Still Sick: How Neuroplasticity Can Help Calm the Nervous System | Natalie Rivans

   Dr. Sharon Surita interviews Natalie Rivans, Co-CEO of Re-origin, about how neuroplasticity calms the nervous system to heal chronic illness.

Inside a recent episode

Eps 86. When Tests Are Normal but You’re Still Sick: A Neurologist Explains MUDs | Dr. Philip O’Carroll

Published 15 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] What does that actually mean? What do we know to be medically unexplained disorders? From time out of mind, human beings have had complaints of one kind or another. There's really not that much change over the centuries. The human body is always complaining. There's always noise coming from the body. Most of us can filter it out. Many cannot. And they present with a vague list of symptoms which baffle the doctor. And there's an old saying that when the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. So we approach these problems as we would approach classical diseases. And we get frustrated and the patient gets frustrated when we cannot come up with that satisfying answer. […]

Who has been a guest on Functionally Enlightened - Better ways to heal from chronic pain and illness

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Dr C Philip O’Carroll
• Cyndii Sinex
• Natalie Rivans
• Dr Evan Hirsch
• Dale Atkinson

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

14,025

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 76 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

98

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

60

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