Chronic Pain Bestie | Lindsay Yonce | Substack

Welcome to The Hope Chest!

I'm Lindsay, your Chronic Pain Bestie, and I want you to know your best days aren't behind you.

Aug 29, 2024 • Lindsay Yonce

Start Here

Why are we here?

I'm so glad you asked.

Sep 5, 2024 • Lindsay Yonce

Welcome to The Hope Chest

Your home base for Hope on demand.

Sep 3, 2024 • Lindsay Yonce

Isn't Journaling The Worst?

A cautionary tale.

Sep 3, 2024 • Lindsay Yonce

You Are an Artist

I know. Hear me out.

Sep 1, 2024 • Lindsay Yonce

Hope Threads

What if pain isn’t the enemy?

I’ve been in a flare—but it’s teaching me something I didn’t expect.

Oct 30, 2025

What if you’re not waiting at all?

Maybe this isn't a pause, but a preparation.

Sep 5, 2025

What if you didn't have to hold it all?

A small reminder that you’re allowed to let go.

Aug 21, 2025

Turns out, I’m a little cracked (maybe you are too)

What a broken glass can teach us all about being human.

Jul 31, 2025

Bruised isn't broken

The poem that helped me begin again.

Jul 22, 2025

Wise Words

That's How the Light Gets In

Aug 21, 2025 • Lindsay Yonce

Aug 21, 2025 • Lindsay Yonce

Hidden Treasures

Aug 21, 2025 • Lindsay Yonce

The Whispers Count, Too

Jul 22, 2025 • Lindsay Yonce

Videos + Podcasts

🍿 The Power of Vulnerability

TED Talk by Brené Brown

Jul 15, 2025 • Lindsay Yonce

🪶 The Journey

Feb 27, 2025 • Lindsay Yonce

🍿 Embrace the Shake

TED Talk by Phil Hansen

Feb 7, 2025 • Lindsay Yonce

🪶 Small Kindnesses

By Danusha Laméris

Feb 6, 2025 • Lindsay Yonce

🍿 Learning to love the thing I most wish had not happened

Stephen Colbert's unique perspective on grief and suffering. Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Jan 7, 2025 • Lindsay Yonce

Book Recommendations

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

by Lori Gottlieb

Aug 21, 2025 • Lindsay Yonce

by Emily Habeck

Aug 21, 2025 • Lindsay Yonce

Bomb Shelter: Love, Time, and Other Explosives

By Mary Laura Philpott

Jul 22, 2025 • Lindsay Yonce

📚 Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted

An unflinching memoir of survival, surrender, and the courage it takes to begin again.

Jul 1, 2025 • Lindsay Yonce

📚 No Cure for Being Human

A tender, sharp, and darkly funny meditation on grief, illness, ambition, and the beautiful, brutal business of being human.

Jun 19, 2025 • Lindsay Yonce

This One Got Me

Back to You in the Studio

Aug 21, 2025 • Lindsay Yonce

Jul 22, 2025 • Lindsay Yonce

High Deductible. Higher Heels.

Jul 1, 2025 • Lindsay Yonce

Supply and Demand, Baby!

Jun 20, 2025 • Lindsay Yonce

Original Art + Poetry

A birthday poem for my littlest love

Mar 18, 2025 • Lindsay Yonce

Create the Life You Want

Yes, please, and amen.

Nov 1, 2024 • Lindsay Yonce

Catch and Release

I always do my best thinking in the tub.

Oct 20, 2024 • Lindsay Yonce

Parenthood is painful. So is Geometry.

Sep 14, 2024 • Lindsay Yonce

In defense of the area rug (and parents).

Sep 6, 2024 • Lindsay Yonce

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