Living with migraine,
learning with it.
A space for honest reflections, practical support
and growing understanding around the migraine journey.
EVERY DAY LIFE
Reflections on how migraine shapes routines, relationships, work and the way we relate to our bodies.
THE SCIENCE
Exploring the science, triggers and nervous system patterns behind migraine.
RESEARCH & REFLECTIONS
Writing that connects lived experience with psychology, neuroscience and emerging evidence.
EXPLORING MIGRAINE
LIVING WITH MIGRAINE
Living with migraine can affect far more than the hours spent in an attack. It can shape work, family life, movement, concentration, plans and the way you relate to your body. This section draws on lived experience alongside practical ways of navigating the day-to-day realities of migraine.
UNDERSTANDING MIGRAINE
Migraine is a complex neurological condition influenced by many interacting biological, psychological and environmental factors. Here, I explore what current research can tell us about migraine, its symptoms and the factors that may influence how it is experienced.
PSYCHOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE
Psychology and neuroscience can help us understand some of the processes involved in migraine and chronic pain, including attention, cognition, stress, trauma, pain processing and the nervous system. This is an area I am increasingly exploring through my postgraduate study and research.
YOGA & EMBODIED PRACTICE
Movement and embodied practices can form one part of living with migraine, although what feels supportive will differ from person to person. I explore yoga, movement, breath and body awareness with attention to individual tolerance, current evidence and the realities of living with a fluctuating condition.
RESEARCH, WRITING & RESOURCES
This section brings together writing and resources on migraine, chronic pain and the psychological and neurocognitive questions I am interested in exploring. As my research develops, this will also become a place to share and translate relevant evidence in an accessible way.
ABOUT ME, JOSEPHINE
I’m Josephine Lau, a migraine advocate, yoga teacher and therapist, and postgraduate psychology student at UNSW. My interest in migraine is shaped by lived experience as well as a growing academic focus on the psychological and neurocognitive dimensions of migraine and chronic pain.