1KHO 822: How to Get Off the Hamster Wheel of Desperation | Amy Kurtz, But You Look Fine

The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast

Ginny Yurich

Kids & Family, Parenting

4.8 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2026

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

There are millions of people walking around looking perfectly fine while fighting battles no one can see. In this deeply validating conversation, Amy Kurtz joins Ginny Yurich to talk about chronic illness, medical gaslighting, invisible suffering, and the surprising challenges that can remain even after your body starts to heal. After spending more than a decade searching for answers and eventually being diagnosed with late-stage neurological Lyme disease, Amy realized that recovery isn't always the end of the story. She shares the concept she coined Medical Trauma Brain and explains why so many people remain stuck in fear, hypervigilance, grief, and survival mode long after the crisis has passed. This episode is full of hope, practical tools, and powerful reminders that healing involves more than the body. If you've ever felt dismissed, misunderstood, or trapped on a hamster wheel of desperation, this conversation will make you feel seen. Links:Amy Kurtz: https://www.amykurtz.comBook: But You Look Fine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:23.0	Welcome to the 1000 Hours Outside podcast.
0:25.3	My name is Jenny Urge.
0:26.4	I'm the founder of 1,000 hours outside.
0:27.9	We're going to be talking about such an important concept today.
0:30.6	If you have been struggling with chronic illness and then you're feeling the after
0:34.7	effects of that, Amy Kurtz has come up with this whole new word
0:38.8	to describe that.
0:39.7	It's called Medical Brain Trauma that she actually coined.
0:43.8	And Amy Kurtz is here.
0:44.8	She has a new book out.
0:45.6	It's called But You Look Fine, Trapped in Hell
0:48.0	between Sick and Well and How to Break Free.
0:51.2	Hi, Amy.
0:52.5	Hi, thank you so much for having me. This is a book that I never read
0:57.0	anything like it, but you totally see it. Like I just the other day, my friend, Angie, she does my
1:03.5	hair and she was talking about just different times in her life where like she'll go to the doctor.
1:08.1	She'll like, none of this stuff is working. And then they're like, well, we can't do anything for you. You know, they'll leave. She's like, I'm crying in all of this. And you're like, oh, I hope I didn't just share all her business. I think she's fine with that. Okay, but I think it's common, right? Like you go, you're trying to get help. You can't get help. Nobody knows what's going on.
1:32.8	So can you share your story, which is, okay, you're like this budding actress and you have all these things going on and then you hit chronic health problems that last for a very long time.
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