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A new episode of A Body Rebels: A Chronic Illness Podcast is now available. In this episode, I talk about an email accusing me of sounding too positive to be believable. I’m looking at why hope doesn’t erase pain, why gratitude isn’t denial, and why sick people shouldn’t have to perform despair to prove they’re …
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A new episode of A Body Rebels: A Chronic Illness Podcast is now available. A Body Re-Bells has a brand-new sound! In this special episode, I reveal the emotional version of our new original theme song, featuring lyrics written by me especially for the podcast. Listen now and let me know what you think!This podcast …
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A new episode of A Body Rebels: A Chronic Illness Podcast is now available. A Body Re-Bells has a brand-new sound! In this special episode, I reveal the upbeat version of our new original theme song, featuring lyrics written by me especially for the podcast. Listen now and let me know what you think!This podcast …
A new episode of A Body Rebels: A Chronic Illness Podcast is now available. I’m talking about the assumptions people made about my mental health after I became seriously ill, and why sadness, grief, anger, and depression aren’t interchangeable. I share what happened when my first therapist insisted on treating a diagnosis I didn’t recognize …
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A new episode of A Body Rebels: A Chronic Illness Podcast is now available. In this episode, I talk about what it felt like to hear doctors put numbers on my future, then keep living past the dates that once scared me. I’m reflecting on stage four sarcoidosis, heart failure, scarred lungs, medical uncertainty, and …