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When a person experiences pain or illness but doctors find no disease or injury to explain it, their symptoms become a medical mystery. To unravel the enigma, David Clarke, MD, finds The Story Behind the Symptoms. He looks for clues in the guest’s present and past, just as he has for over 7,000 people throughout his career. Many of these unexplained symptoms stem from neuroplastic processes—pathways in the brain and nervous system that are learned in response to stress, trauma, and adversity, often starting in childhood. But when these patterns are uncovered and understood, this knowledge becomes healing without the need for invasive procedures or long-term medical treatment.

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Episodes

Episode 1: Aofie’s Story, Relief After 30 Years

Aoife was a medical mystery starting at age four or five and continuing into her teens, twenties, and thirties. Here, she explains how she found complete relief.

Episode 2: Rebecca’s story, Symptoms for Half My Life

Rebecca endured years of debilitating neuroplastic symptoms, from gut issues to shoulder pain. She shares how she uncovered the role of childhood stress and suppressed emotions—and found lasting relief.

Episode 5: Narinder’s Story, From Pain to Power

Narinder shares her journey from chronic pain to healing through neuroplastic recovery therapies. She emphasizes the role of evidence-based healing in recovery.

Episode 8: Karen’s Story, Recovery from Decades of Migraines

Karen Ash recovered from over three decades of migraine and other symptoms. She is an ICF-certified coach specializing in chronic pain recovery, particularly migraine. She has trained with experts in neuroplastic recovery therapies and founded Migraine Oasis, a sanctuary for migraine healing support.

Episode 4: Scotty’s Story, 5 Years of Back Pain — Relief After One Treatment

See how Scotty Stiles recovered from 15 years of debilitating symptoms that had deep roots in his early life.

Episode 7: Ben’s Story, Spent a Lifetime in the Dark

Ben's story reveals that chronic symptoms can be linked to an unrecognized deep emotional root. Once he discovered neuroplastic recovery therapies, everything changed. But healing was not just physical—it meant understanding how much he had overcome. “Having been through so much for so long, suffering was something that was just normal to me. So when I was no longer suffering, I almost felt like I didn't know what to do." Can you relate? Listening to his story might change how you see your own.

Episode 3: Bailey’s Story, 5 Years of Back Pain — Relief After One Treatment

Bailey’s back pain began suddenly and stayed with her for five relentless years. In this episode, she shares the emotional and physical toll of living with chronic pain—until one treatment changed everything.

Episode 6: Jeannie’s Story, Emotions Are Your Superpower

In this episode, Dr. David Clarke interviews Jeannie, a chronic pain and stress coach, about her decades-long struggle with neuroplastic symptoms. Jeannie shares how embracing the mind-body connection led to significant improvements in her health.

Understanding the Story

Below are outlines of the basic approach often taken by Dr. Clarke in the podcast interviews, though, of course, each guest is unique.

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