Jeffrey Bone
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To The Bone: Conversations on Pain, Illness, and Meaning (Spotify/Apple)
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To The Bone: Conversations on Pain, Illness, and Meaning
Health & Fitness Podcast · Updated Weekly · To the Bone with Dr. Jeffrey Bone is a podcast that goes beneath the surface of living with chronic pain and illness. Each episode brings honest, compassion...
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There is true kindness here
A community of support
Just a bunch of kids we are
Raising our hands to speak next
Elegant prose to astounding imagery
I wish I could read everyone’s work
Keep writing, I’m taking notes
A community of support
Just a bunch of kids we are
Raising our hands to speak next
Elegant prose to astounding imagery
I wish I could read everyone’s work
Keep writing, I’m taking notes
November 14, 2025 at 7:56 AM
There is true kindness here
A community of support
Just a bunch of kids we are
Raising our hands to speak next
Elegant prose to astounding imagery
I wish I could read everyone’s work
Keep writing, I’m taking notes
A community of support
Just a bunch of kids we are
Raising our hands to speak next
Elegant prose to astounding imagery
I wish I could read everyone’s work
Keep writing, I’m taking notes
These are prayers
Some for you
For me
Or all of us
May Her mercy
Rain down
Some for you
For me
Or all of us
May Her mercy
Rain down
November 14, 2025 at 4:32 AM
These are prayers
Some for you
For me
Or all of us
May Her mercy
Rain down
Some for you
For me
Or all of us
May Her mercy
Rain down
The devil is red
Dripped in
For uncertain tomorrows
While we open the door
It’s never invited
This isn’t for me
May you read this every year
Dripped in
For uncertain tomorrows
While we open the door
It’s never invited
This isn’t for me
May you read this every year
November 14, 2025 at 2:19 AM
The devil is red
Dripped in
For uncertain tomorrows
While we open the door
It’s never invited
This isn’t for me
May you read this every year
Dripped in
For uncertain tomorrows
While we open the door
It’s never invited
This isn’t for me
May you read this every year
Be kind to yourself. Keying your own car doesn’t put more gas in the tank.
November 13, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Be kind to yourself. Keying your own car doesn’t put more gas in the tank.
“Paths are made by walking.” — Franz Kafka
Keep going, even with a heavy heart or dark thoughts. Ask for help, but keep creating and keep walking that path.
Keep going, even with a heavy heart or dark thoughts. Ask for help, but keep creating and keep walking that path.
November 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
“Paths are made by walking.” — Franz Kafka
Keep going, even with a heavy heart or dark thoughts. Ask for help, but keep creating and keep walking that path.
Keep going, even with a heavy heart or dark thoughts. Ask for help, but keep creating and keep walking that path.
November 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Talks in a park will always be more honest and real than the ones in the bar.
November 12, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Talks in a park will always be more honest and real than the ones in the bar.
More parks. More libraries.
November 12, 2025 at 4:54 AM
More parks. More libraries.
On my gravestone: “Give me things that don't get lost.”
November 12, 2025 at 4:22 AM
On my gravestone: “Give me things that don't get lost.”
There is beauty in persistence.
November 12, 2025 at 3:36 AM
There is beauty in persistence.
Life is a layer of a million nuances
November 12, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Life is a layer of a million nuances
“Tell me how the pain's supposed to go. Tell me how it is that you can sleep in the night, without thinking you lost everything that was good in your life to the toss of the dice?”
Not a song about chronic illness, but isn’t illness a form of going through a breakup?
Not a song about chronic illness, but isn’t illness a form of going through a breakup?
November 11, 2025 at 8:56 PM
“Tell me how the pain's supposed to go. Tell me how it is that you can sleep in the night, without thinking you lost everything that was good in your life to the toss of the dice?”
Not a song about chronic illness, but isn’t illness a form of going through a breakup?
Not a song about chronic illness, but isn’t illness a form of going through a breakup?
Anything that reminds you hope exists is worth its weight in gold.
November 11, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Anything that reminds you hope exists is worth its weight in gold.
There are opportunities in the reality of today
November 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM
There are opportunities in the reality of today
Chronic illness is like being handed a pair of binoculars to see a future frailty we will all encounter at some point.
November 11, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Chronic illness is like being handed a pair of binoculars to see a future frailty we will all encounter at some point.
The glass breaking is a part of its nature
November 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The glass breaking is a part of its nature
“You heal by remembering the adult who can imagine again.”
November 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
“You heal by remembering the adult who can imagine again.”
Intentions for a poem
Regrets of five decades
Then I recalled
I don’t do epic poems
Regrets of five decades
Then I recalled
I don’t do epic poems
November 11, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Intentions for a poem
Regrets of five decades
Then I recalled
I don’t do epic poems
Regrets of five decades
Then I recalled
I don’t do epic poems
genius hides behind the wound
November 11, 2025 at 12:01 AM
genius hides behind the wound
My words are pigeons
Carried far and wide
But only beautiful
With the right light
Carried far and wide
But only beautiful
With the right light
November 10, 2025 at 11:06 PM
My words are pigeons
Carried far and wide
But only beautiful
With the right light
Carried far and wide
But only beautiful
With the right light
You don’t have to be cured to be whole.
November 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
You don’t have to be cured to be whole.
In this episode of To The Bone, I explore Toni Bernhard’s How to Be Sick, a Buddhist guide to meeting pain with compassion, presence, and depth. (Spotify/Apple)
open.spotify.com/show/2bf2CTH...
open.spotify.com/show/2bf2CTH...
How To Be Sick and the Practice of Illness
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November 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
In this episode of To The Bone, I explore Toni Bernhard’s How to Be Sick, a Buddhist guide to meeting pain with compassion, presence, and depth. (Spotify/Apple)
open.spotify.com/show/2bf2CTH...
open.spotify.com/show/2bf2CTH...