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| She Slept for a Month. Then She Figured Out Why. | 04 Sep 2026 | 00:50:44 | |
Jan Rothney was a psychology lecturer in health and social care when her body finally shut down completely leaving her bedbound and asleep for nearly a month. Because she already understood the science of what was happening, she knew exactly what to do: stop pushing, celebrate tiny wins, and send safety signals to a brain that had been running on overdrive for a decade. More than 20 years later, she's the author of Breaking Free and founder of Reset to Thrive. In this conversation with Kim Nash, she explains exactly how the brain creates chronic symptoms and what it takes to change that. 01:55 The Build-Up to Chronic Fatigue 08:48 The Turning Point: Realizing Recovery is Possible 18:59 Practical Strategies for Healing 27:04 The Importance of Support and Community 37:58 Setting Boundaries and Self-Care 47:53 Conclusion and Encouragement for Listeners CONNECT & RESOURCES The Chronic Truth Podcast: | |||
| The Absence of Visible Disease Is Not the Absence of Suffering | 28 Aug 2026 | 00:28:46 | |
Erika Conrad-Wess has lived with trigeminal neuralgia since 2004 more than two decades of invisible, relentless facial pain, multiple brain surgeries, and a healthcare system that didn't always believe her. Now the author of Nerve, a memoir of chronic pain, medical trauma, and surviving the healthcare system, she joins Kim Nash on The Chronic Truth to talk about what invisible pain really costs, why you have to become the project manager of your own healthcare, and how she redefined hope when a cure stopped being the goal. Pain doesn't have to be the whole story. But first, you have to be believed. CONNECT & RESOURCES The Chronic Truth Podcast: | |||
| Stress, the Immune System, and the Root Cause of Chronic Disease | 21 Aug 2026 | 00:30:14 | |
Cancer biologist and TEDx speaker Rebecca Maff, known as the Healthy Biologist, joins Kim Nash on The Chronic Truth to explain the science of how stress feeds chronic disease and what we can do to get ahead of it. From the amygdala's role in immune suppression to AI-powered cancer screening, Rebecca brings real clinical depth to the conversation and keeps it grounded in tools anyone can use today. If you've ever wondered why stress makes you sick, why cancer is hitting younger people faster, or whether AI in healthcare is something to trust, this episode is for you. CONNECT & RESOURCES The Chronic Truth Podcast: | |||
| What Nobody Tells You About Living With Chronic Pain | 14 Aug 2026 | 00:27:39 | |
Davis Bain sustained a concussion during a soccer game in his senior year of college. Nine prior concussions had healed. This one didn't. Nearly four years later, he still lives with post-concussion syndrome, and he's turned that experience into Chronic Pain Warrior, a compassionate and practical guide for anyone facing chronic pain, illness, or invisible disability. In this episode, Davis joins Kim Nash to talk about what it's really like to live inside an invisible condition, what medical dismissal costs a patient emotionally, and why asking for help specifically and without apology might be the most important thing anyone struggling can do. CONNECT & RESOURCES The Chronic Truth Podcast: | |||
| Epilepsy Doesn't Own Your Life | 07 Aug 2026 | 00:23:54 | |
Epilepsy advocate and founder of The Epilepsy Network, Tiffany Kairos, shares her journey through nearly 18 years of living with epilepsy, from an unexpected diagnosis to becoming a beacon of hope for thousands. She and Kim Nash have an honest conversation about seizures, stigma, self-advocacy, and the power of community. A moving reminder that a diagnosis doesn't get to own your life. CONNECT & RESOURCES The Chronic Truth Podcast: | |||
| The Tick Bite Nobody Treated | Adison Woods on Late-Stage Lyme and the Diagnosis 25 Years Late | 31 Jul 2026 | 00:27:16 | |
Adison Woods has been navigating chronic illness since childhood: fainting, migraines, back surgeries, and a tick bite at summer camp that nobody connected to anything for 25 years. When her mother finally said, "You have Lyme disease," Adison rolled her eyes. Then the labs came back positive. An infectious disease doctor told her the test was wrong because she'd never been to the Northeast. She got treatment anyway, built a community called Sick and Shining, and is writing a book. She joins Kim Nash for a deeply personal conversation about late-stage Lyme, Babesiosis, the chronic illness pain scale, and why you are not your diagnosis. CONNECT & RESOURCES The Chronic Truth Podcast: | |||
| Survive or Heal: What Elite Athletes Know About Injury That Chronic Pain Patients Need to Hear | 24 Jul 2026 | 00:24:05 | |
Dr. Tommy Rhee spent years watching elite athletes at UCLA and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers survive injuries instead of heal them, numbing the pain to play through the season and saving surgery for the off-season. He developed Regen, a needle-free topical that delivers stem cell signaling through the skin to reduce inflammation and trigger regeneration without injections, downtime, or immune response risk. He joins Kim Nash to break down the science in plain language: what regenerative medicine actually is, why it's not about the cells themselves, and where this technology is headed for everyday chronic pain patients. CONNECT & RESOURCES The Chronic Truth Podcast: | |||
| Wildfire Smoke, Rising Temperatures & the Chronic Health Crisis Nobody's Connecting the Dots On | 17 Jul 2026 | 00:21:32 | |
Dr. Debra Hendrickson is a pediatrician in Reno, the fastest-warming city in the U.S., and the author of The Air They Breathe. She joins Kim Nash to talk about something most chronic illness patients and caregivers aren't warned about: how common medications impair your body's ability to cope with heat, and how rising temperatures and wildfire smoke are quietly compounding the health burden for anyone already managing a chronic condition. Practical, urgent, and packed with information you can act on today. CONNECT & RESOURCES The Chronic Truth Podcast: | |||
| "Hepatitis Cannot Wait" | Kenneth Kabagambe on 13 Years of Advocacy, Policy Wins & Gaps That Remain | 10 Jul 2026 | 00:36:43 | |
Kenneth Kabagambe founded Uganda's National Organization for People Living with Hepatitis B after watching a friend die of a disease nobody around him had heard of, and then being diagnosed himself. In 13 years, he has secured government funding, free birth dose vaccination for every newborn in Uganda, a Triple Elimination Conference for Africa, and ongoing advocacy at the highest levels of health policy. He joins Kim Nash for a conversation about stigma that still breaks families, clinical trials that exclude the populations that need them most, funding that still hasn't arrived, and why hepatitis B cannot wait. CONNECT & RESOURCES The Chronic Truth Podcast: | |||
| Born With It, Diagnosed at 50: Dwayne Wilson on Pompe Disease and Why Early Testing Saves Muscle | 03 Jul 2026 | 00:44:18 | |
Dwayne Wilson was born with Pompe disease and didn't find out until he was 50 years old, when he couldn't climb a staircase, couldn't get off the toilet, and felt like someone was standing on his chest in a swimming pool. Eight years later, he's on biweekly infusion #194, rolled his Dolphin-stickered electric wheelchair to 14 Anaheim Ducks games this season, and posted a laser show video that got 4.1 million views and counting. He returns to The Chronic Truth to talk about treatment, mental health, hybrid mobility, and why getting the diagnosis is never the end, it's a new beginning. CONNECT & RESOURCES The Chronic Truth Podcast: | |||
| What Conventional Eye Care Gets Wrong | 26 Jun 2026 | 00:24:13 | |
Dr. Edward Kondrot was a conventional eye surgeon until adult-onset asthma and the tremors caused by his medication forced him to find another way. Homeopathy cured his asthma. It also changed who he was as a doctor. Now he integrates homeopathy, microcurrent stimulation, and whole-person care into his ophthalmology practice and gives away his bestselling book for free because no book helps anyone sitting on a shelf. He joins Kim Nash for a conversation about treating the person instead of the disease, what an argument with your wife has to do with losing your sight, and why hope is the prerequisite for any cure. CONNECT & RESOURCES The Chronic Truth Podcast: | |||
| "FAP Is So Much More Than the Colon" | 19 Jun 2026 | 00:31:14 | |
Jenny Jones is back, and a lot has changed. Since her last visit, she lost her mother to FAP complications, launched Life's Apolyp Foundation as a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit, and is correcting the record on something she got wrong last time: FAP is not just a colon disease. It's a whole-body condition that can show up in the eyes, skin, teeth, liver, and more, and the gaps in that understanding are delaying diagnosis and putting families at risk. This conversation covers the foundation, the research funding gap, the APC gene, and what it looks like to build a legacy out of grief. CONNECT & RESOURCES The Chronic Truth Podcast: | |||
| Cognitive Decline, Tough Exteriors & the Breaking Point: The Real Face of Multiple Sclerosis | 12 Jun 2026 | 00:19:33 | |
Mara Fowler has lived with multiple sclerosis for 26 years, diagnosed just after her 21st birthday, after being misdiagnosed with complex migraines. She's been through plasmapheresis, eight and a half months of not walking, seizures, a torn labrum, and the kind of cognitive decline that quietly dismantles the life you built. She joins Kim Nash, who is currently going through the McDonald MS diagnostic criteria herself, for a deeply personal conversation about resilience, relearning your limits, building the right care team, and why sharing your story might be the most powerful thing you can do for someone else. CONNECT & RESOURCES The Chronic Truth Podcast: | |||
| HIV Long-Term Survivors Were Never Supposed to Exist | 05 Jun 2026 | 00:49:49 | |
Jesus Guillen has been an HIV survivor for 41 years since 1985, when a nurse at UCLA told him he was positive and walked out. He arrived in the U.S. in 1984 with no papers, no community, and no roadmap. What he built in the decades that followed Aguilas in San Francisco, the HIV Long-Term Survivors International Network, a global speaking career, and an Emmy-winning documentary came from the same impulse: nobody should have to think they're the only one left. This episode airs on HIV Long-Term Survivors Awareness Day and during Pride Month. It is one of the most important conversations this show has had. CONNECT & RESOURCES The Chronic Truth Podcast: | |||
| Singing Through Fire: What Joy Looks Like When You've Lost Your Health, Your Career & Your Husband | 29 May 2026 | 00:27:48 | |
Lara Silverman was two weeks into her dream job as a federal prosecutor when a rare neurological condition turned her world literally upside down. Eight years later, she's still largely bedridden with severe chronic vertigo, a widow, and the author of Singing Through Fire — an Amazon #1 bestseller she wrote flat on her back in six months. Her story includes a love story with a man facing terminal cancer, a wedding with a chemo pump in the room, and a faith that has been tested, broken, rebuilt, and tested again. For anyone in the chronic illness community wrestling with God, suffering, and the question of why this one is for you. CONNECT & RESOURCES The Chronic Truth Podcast: | |||
| Diabetes Burnout, Workplace Stigma & Why the Right Community Changes Everything | 22 May 2026 | 00:24:54 | |
Chelcie Rice has had Type 1 diabetes since the late 1980s, diagnosed at 25, with no technology, no community, and a pamphlet for guidance. By 2005, he'd lost vision in one eye. Instead of retreating, he built a platform using comedy and storytelling to break the stigma and reach the people who are still navigating it alone. He joins Kim Nash to talk about diabetes burnout, the landmines inside online support groups, how workplaces fail their diabetic employees, and why humor might be the most underrated tool in chronic illness advocacy. CONNECT & RESOURCES The Chronic Truth Podcast: | |||
| The Prepared Patient: Three Things Every Chronic Illness Patient Needs Before a Specialist Visit | 15 May 2026 | 00:25:03 | |
Eric Butcher was told to get his affairs in order at 38. He had cirrhosis, Alpha-1 Antitrypsin deficiency, and five years. That was 15 years ago. His MELD score has dropped from 15 to 8 through lifestyle changes, community, and getting off medications that were quietly compounding the damage. Now he's built The Prepared Patient, a navigation framework for chronic illness patients who are tired of 15-minute appointments that go nowhere. He joins Kim Nash to talk Alpha-1, insurance gatekeeping, how to advocate without being labeled difficult, and why community is the most underrated medicine there is. CONNECT & RESOURCES The Chronic Truth Podcast: | |||
| "Recovery Doesn't Mean Cured" | Two Decades of Schizoaffective Disorder | 08 May 2026 | 00:40:09 | |
Jason Jepson was 19 when he had a psychotic break at an Army base in the Mojave Desert. He's 45 now, living independently, volunteering, writing a blog cited by academic journals, and traveling to Portugal with his family. His mother, Maye, is a trained counselor who became an expert in schizoaffective disorder overnight, started a Facebook group called Parenting Through Mental Illness, and trains law enforcement through NAMI on how to respond to mental health crises. Together, they join Kim Nash for a conversation that covers the full arc: diagnosis, crisis, the trust partner model, long-acting injectables, triggers, and why recovery doesn't mean cured, it means living. CONNECT & RESOURCES The Chronic Truth Podcast: | |||
| Stress Is Your Teacher, Not Your Enemy | 01 May 2026 | 00:30:13 | |
Dean Graves has spent 20+ years teaching one idea: the condition of the body is a manifestation of the mind. As a meditation teacher, mental health counselor, and author, he works with veterans, trauma patients, and chronic pain sufferers who are ready to stop fighting their bodies and start understanding them. This conversation covers consciousness, the ego mind, how stress works as a teacher, and a set of trauma-clearing techniques he learned from a Serbian psychologist that can dissolve a lifelong pattern in 10 minutes. For anyone living in chronic pain who wonders if there's more to healing than medication, this one is for you. CONNECT & RESOURCES The Chronic Truth Podcast: | |||
| 11 Years to Diagnose, 7 Organs Fused: The Endometriosis Reality Nobody Warned You About | 24 Apr 2026 | 00:30:01 | |
Ruthy spent years being dismissed before passing out from pain and finally landing in the office of a surgeon whose bio said: If you're in pain, please come see me. The MRI showed seven internal organs fused. She built The Yellow Hub: a global specialist map with over half a million views so no one else would have to find the right doctor by accident. Now, as co-founder of Ma Pott Health, she's bringing AI-powered symptom forecasting to endometriosis patients so they can manage their lives around the disease instead of being controlled by it. CONNECT & RESOURCES The Chronic Truth Podcast: | |||
| From Billion-Dollar Projects to End-Stage Liver Disease: How Lorrinda Gray-Davis Became an Advocate | 17 Apr 2026 | 00:31:12 | |
Lorrinda Gray-Davis went from managing billion-dollar construction projects to crash-landing in an ER with end-stage liver disease, then inoperable liver cancer, then a high-risk transplant that was only possible because of clinical trials. As president of TRIO and vice chair of OPTN's Patient Affairs Committee, she's turned that journey into systems that actually help: a peer-to-peer transplant support meeting running six years online, and the Transplant Medication Navigator, which has taken medications from hundreds of dollars to single digits for patients who didn't know they had options. This one is packed with information the transplant community needs and isn't hearing anywhere else. 00:00 Facing the Diagnosis: A Life-Changing Moment CONNECT & RESOURCES The Chronic Truth Podcast: | |||
| How Chronic Illness Changes Everything in a Relationship and How to Navigate It | 10 Apr 2026 | 00:28:21 | |
When chronic illness enters a relationship, it doesn't ask permission, and no one gives you a manual for what comes next. Lisa Gray is a licensed marriage and family therapist, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome patient, and author of Thriving in a Relationship When You Have a Chronic Illness. She joins Kim Nash to talk about why both partners are grieving (just differently), how to stop fighting each other and start fighting the illness together, and what to do when your partner won't accept your diagnosis. Packed with practical tools for newly diagnosed patients, caregivers, and couples at every stage. 00:00 Navigating Chronic Illness and Relationships CONNECT & RESOURCES The Chronic Truth Podcast: | |||
| 65 Million Americans Have Chronic Pain and Most Don't Know the Real Cause | 03 Apr 2026 | 00:38:28 | |
Dr. Bruce Gillis spent over a decade proving what too many doctors still refuse to accept: fibromyalgia is a real, diagnosable immune deficiency — not a made-up condition affecting neurotic women. His FM1 blood test, covered by Medicare and most major insurers, gives patients a definitive rule-in diagnosis. His supplement Imbix targets the gut-brain axis and has helped people off wheelchairs, off anti-psychotics, and out of decades of suffering — with zero confirmed adverse effects. This conversation covers fibromyalgia, long COVID, interstitial cystitis, the dangerous drugs the FDA did approve, and why 65 million Americans are still suffering when they don't have to be. CHAPTERS / TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Understanding Fibromyalgia and Its Prevalence CONNECT & RESOURCES The Chronic Truth Podcast: | |||
| She Was Dying and Didn't Know It: One Woman's Liver Transplant Story | 27 Mar 2026 | 00:24:28 | |
Eileen Flynn Wagner survived five Hep C treatments, a near-fatal liver failure, and a transplant she almost didn't live to receive, and eight years later, she's still navigating the aftermath. Her kidneys are now at 20% function, she gets stents replaced every three months, and she carries a partially collapsed lung she's never once felt. She joins Kim Nash to speak candidly about why a combined kidney-liver transplant should have been done from the start, the anti-rejection medications patients aren't fully warned about, and why waking up from surgery turned her into a lifelong voice for organ and tissue donation. CHAPTERS / TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Eileen's Journey with Hepatitis C and Transplantation CONNECT & RESOURCES The Chronic Truth Podcast: | |||
| Epilepsy and Mental Health: Severe Depression, Anxiety, and the Healing Power of Sharing Your Story | 20 Mar 2026 | 00:19:13 | |
At 14, Allany Muniz had her first seizure right before freshman year of high school. During basketball tryouts, she had another—and became known as "the seizure girl" for the rest of high school. Years of severe depression, suppressed trauma, and silence followed until a fractured ankle in November 2020 left her bedridden with visions in her head that wouldn't stop. She started filming videos (still under anesthesia) and created Diary of an Epileptic—a platform breaking the stigma around epilepsy's physical and mental toll. She's not a perfect role model, and that's exactly why her story matters. CHAPTERS / TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Introduction to Epilepsy Awareness CONNECT & RESOURCES Connect with Allany Muniz: The Chronic Truth Podcast: | |||
| If You've Tried All the Drugs and You're Still Not Happy, Try Something Different | 13 Mar 2026 | 00:25:11 | |
Your treatment plan is decided before you walk into the doctor's office by an insurance actuary in another city who limits your doctor to 12 drugs. Dr. Kevin Smith, founder of Chronic Condition Center, has spent 25 years proving functional medicine works differently: asking why instead of chasing symptoms, testing 10 thyroid markers instead of just TSH, and investigating toxic load, hormone imbalances, and the 27 anemia patterns traditional medicine ignores. If you've tried all the drugs and you're still stuck, this episode is your roadmap to something different. CHAPTERS / TIMESTAMPS 00:00 The Essence of Health and Functional Medicine CONNECT & RESOURCES Connect with Dr. Kevin Smith: The Chronic Truth Podcast: | |||
| Not Without A Fight: My Journey Through Illness to Purpose | 06 Mar 2026 | 00:08:33 | |
Kim Nash was the first baby born to a kidney transplant recipient in the United States and unknowingly contracted Hepatitis C at birth. Diagnosed at 37 with young kids, she faced end-stage liver disease, treatment failure, and crushing depression before a 2014 clinical trial cured her and changed her purpose. Now navigating dystonia, neuropathy, and MS diagnosis while her liver regenerates, Kim shares the raw truth about surviving chronic illness: seeking therapy, starting a gratitude journal with just "a cup of coffee," and discovering that the first battle is in your mind. CHAPTERS / TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Introduction to the Chronic Truth Podcast CONNECT & RESOURCES Connect with Rare Patient Voice: The Chronic Truth Podcast: | |||
| From Misdiagnosis to Meaning: How 200,000 Patients Drive Clinical Trials and Get Compensated | 27 Feb 2026 | 00:15:35 | |
Seven to ten years, that's how long most people wait for an accurate rare disease diagnosis, cycling through treatments that don't work and doctors who've never seen their condition. Pam Cusick, VP of Rare Patient Voice, has built a community of 200,000 patients across 1,500 conditions who get paid $120/hour to shape clinical trials, test medical devices, and ensure research reflects real patient experiences. With over $18 million paid to participants and 300+ active studies, this is how patient voices drive medical progress and get compensated for it. CHAPTERS / TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Understanding Rare Patient Voice CONNECT & RESOURCES Connect with Rare Patient Voice: Resources Mentioned:
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| Eating Disorders and Chronic Illness: Why Emotional Capacity Matters as Much as What's on Your Plate | 20 Feb 2026 | 00:24:49 | |
Nine out of ten people with eating disorders never receive specialty care. They're sitting right next to you, walking wounded in a diet culture designed to keep them that way. Eating disorder dietitian Jessica Setnick has spent 28 years uncovering the intergenerational food stories, unconscious childhood rules, and emotional programming that drive disordered eating long before anyone thinks to ask for help. From the language to use when a friend is struggling to the childhood circle exercise that reveals exactly why you eat the way you do, this conversation brings eating issues out of the shadows and into the light, where healing can actually begin. CHAPTERS / TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Understanding Eating Disorders and Self-Perception CONNECT & RESOURCES Connect with Jessica Setnick: Resources Mentioned:
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| Multiple Sclerosis Without Meds: Emotional Capacity, Nervous System Resonance, and Organic Transformation | 13 Feb 2026 | 00:34:22 | |
After healing her multiple sclerosis naturally over 20 years, Christine Ruch discovered the missing piece that no diet, supplement, or lifestyle change could address: nervous system dysregulation. Her journey from Boulder holistic chef to transformation guide reveals why emotional capacity matters as much as nutrition, how unconscious patterns keep us sick, and the radical difference between forcing healing through rules versus trusting your body's innate wisdom. For anyone managing MS, autoimmune disease, or compounding chronic conditions, this conversation offers hope beyond the pill bottle. CHAPTERS / TIMESTAMPS 00:00 The Journey of Self-Healing CONNECT & RESOURCES Connect with Christine Ruch: Resources Mentioned:
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| Schizophrenia: When Plan A Crumbles and You Build an Army of Helpers | 06 Feb 2026 | 00:41:24 | |
The day Maye Jepson's son called from a psychiatric hospital in California with a schizophrenia diagnosis, everything changed. Over 20 years later, she's transformed that fear into fierce advocacy—co-presenting Crisis Intervention Team training with Jason, founding Parenting Through Mental Illness, and giving parents the hope and practical tools they desperately need. From becoming a "trust partner" to knowing when to call the police, Maye shares what actually works when serious mental illness enters your family. CHAPTERS / TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Navigating Mental Health Challenges CONNECT & RESOURCES Connect with Maye Jepson: Resources Mentioned:
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| Chronic Health Conditions: Why Grains, Sleep Deprivation, and Omega-6 Oils Are Sabotaging Your Recovery | 30 Jan 2026 | 00:39:37 | |
What if the "healthy" grains you're eating are actually fueling inflammation and disrupting your sleep? CHAPTERS / TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Introduction to Chronic Truth Podcast CONNECT & RESOURCES Connect with Beverly Meyer: Resources Mentioned:
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| Is Type 2 Diabetes Really Reversible? | 23 Jan 2026 | 00:19:17 | |
Is type 2 diabetes truly reversible, or are we being told the wrong story? Kim welcomes professional chef and diabetes advocate Jeff Grundy for an honest conversation about the confusion, fear, and misinformation surrounding type 2 diabetes. After spending years relying on medication alone, Jeff experienced a wake-up call that changed everything. Today, he helps others understand that real change doesn’t come from extreme diets or quick fixes but from mindset shifts, identity change, and small, consistent habits. The Chronic Truth Podcast, LLC | |||
| Beyond Forgetfulness: How to Tell Normal Aging from Dementia Warning Signs | 16 Jan 2026 | 00:19:55 | |
Is it normal forgetfulness or an Alzheimer’s warning sign? How do you talk to a defensive parent about their declining memory? Gerontology expert Janice Goldmintz, who cared for both parents with Alzheimer’s, provides a compassionate, step-by-step guide for overwhelmed families. In this episode, Kim and Janice discuss:
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| We Train Boys Not to Feel | The Hidden Crisis in Male Mental Health | 09 Jan 2026 | 00:25:50 | |
What if everything we think about boys and emotions is backwards? Dr. Gloria Vanderhorst, a pioneering psychologist with 50 years of experience, will pull back the curtain on the emotional suppression of men in our culture. In this enlightening and thought-provoking episode, Gloria reveals:
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| Adaptive Kitchen Knife Innovation: Disabled Veteran Creates Nulu for Arthritis, MS & Mobility Issues | Doug Katz | 02 Jan 2026 | 00:26:47 | |
What if a circular saw blade could revolutionize kitchen safety for millions? In this episode, we cover: 🟢 Hidden Entrepreneurial Gold: Every state by law has adaptive lending libraries nobody knows about + financial resources that remove price barriers from the disabled market 🟣 The 114 Million Person Market: Elderly, children, temporarily injured, permanently disabled—when you think in "functional disability" and tasks, massive opportunities emerge 🟡 Military Task Framework: Change the conditions and standards of tasks to unlock employability, independence, and innovation Get the Nulu Knife: To support the show, visit our website at chronictruthpodcast.com
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| Bonus Episode-Behind the Podcast: Together We Are Strong | Kim Nash | 31 Dec 2025 | 00:01:53 | |
As 2025 comes to a close, this brief but powerful message reminds us why The Chronic Truth exists: to ensure no one fighting a serious health condition feels alone. Choose an episode that resonates with you and share it on your social media or text it directly to someone who needs it
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| Men's Midlife Health Crisis: Loneliness Epidemic, Suicide Statistics & the Connection Solution | Stretch Rayner | 26 Dec 2025 | 00:24:00 | |
Men are dying of loneliness. The statistics on male suicide, isolation, and preventable chronic disease are staggering—yet most men wait until they're broken before seeking help. Stretch Rayner knows this firsthand. After climbing the corporate ladder, quitting to become a personal trainer, and building a thriving London gym, he hit complete burnout. In this episode, we cover: 🟢 Warrior to King Journey: How the armor that served you in your 20s-30s no longer fits at midlife—and the nine-week rite of passage to transform your approach 🟣 The Goal Framework That Works: 20,000-foot vision work, six-month milestones, 30-day experiments (not commitments)—consistency over intensity, failing fast without shame 🟡 Why Self-Care Isn't Selfish: The oxygen mask principle for entrepreneurs and fathers—how prioritizing your health exponentially improves everything else
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| Pain Psychology & Mental Health: Treating Operating System Issues, Not Mental Illness | Dr. Alan Weisser | 19 Dec 2025 | 00:27:00 | |
After breaking his neck at 12 and being told he'd be "fragile and crippled for life," Dr. Alan Weisser refused to accept that diagnosis. Today, he's a clinical psychologist with nearly 40 years of experience helping chronic pain patients move from suffering to mastery. In this powerful episode, Dr. Weisser reveals why chronic pain isn't just a medical problem—it's an existential challenge with up to 200 "collateral damages" that affect every aspect of your life. He introduces the Survival Triad, a revolutionary framework borrowed from martial arts that teaches patients to use anxiety and anger as tools rather than enemies, practice non-illusory thinking, and embrace conflict productively. This isn't about managing pain—it's about mastering it. Featured Guest: Dr. Alan Weisser, Clinical Psychologist and Founder of New Options Incorporated ✔ For chronic pain patients: Start an Evening Journal today—during the day, list everything making you anxious, rate each 0-10, and strategize solutions so your brain isn't ruminating at bedtime ✔ For physical therapy patients: Tell your PT directly, "I'm scared—reassure me and I'll do it" to get the support you need to follow through with exercises safely ✔ For anyone feeling overwhelmed: Recognize you're likely facing 30+ collateral damages, not just 1-2 problems—understanding the full scope helps explain why it feels like a tsunami ✔ For those experiencing depression: Understand that depression is your attempt to shut down anxiety and anger—but these emotions are your survival toolkit, not your enemies
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| Rare Patient Voice: How Chronic Illness Patients Earn $120 Per Hour Sharing Stories | Wes Michael | 12 Dec 2025 | 00:25:27 | |
What if pharmaceutical companies actually listened to patients before launching treatments? This week, Kim welcomes Wes Michael, president and founder of Rare Patient Voice, who's spent over 25 years proving that patient perspectives aren't just nice to have—they're essential to developing treatments that actually work. In this empowering episode, Wes reveals:
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| Spasmodic Dysphonia Voice Disorder: Teacher's Journey from Singing to Silence | Eileen Meehan | 05 Dec 2025 | 00:26:10 | |
What happens when your voice fails while your husband battles cancer? This week, Kim Eileen Meehan, a longtime special education teacher and lifelong choir member, whose voice began failing just as her husband faced serious cancer surgery. While learning to give injections and manage tube feedings—wearing a mask in 2021—hospital staff thought she was crying when her voice cracked and broke. She wasn't. In this profoundly moving episode, Eileen reveals:
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| Nurse Burnout Prevention: 30-Year Hospice Nurse's Self-Care Method for Caregivers | Jenny Lytle, RN | 28 Nov 2025 | 00:27:12 | |
What happens when caregivers never put themselves first? This week, Kim welcomes Jenny Lytle, a hospice and end-of-life care nurse with over 30 years of experience, who learned the cost of neglecting self-care through devastating loss. After burning out so badly she left her job and went through an identity crisis, Jenny's mother died from a ruptured brain aneurysm—an aneurysm she knew about but planned to fix "after getting all these other things taken care of." In this deeply personal episode, Jenny reveals:
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| Endometriosis Symptoms Beyond Period Pain: Complete Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment | Michele Forsberg | 21 Nov 2025 | 00:30:28 | |
What if everything mothers tell daughters about period pain is wrong? This week, Kim welcomes back Michele Forsberg, pelvic physical therapist and endometriosis expert, to address the flood of listener questions from their first conversation. Michele delivers a powerful message that will change how mothers respond to their daughters: debilitating period cramps are NOT normal, even if you had them too. In this critical follow-up episode, Michele reveals:
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| Weight Loss Surgery and GLP-1 Medications: Why 50% Gain Weight Back and How to Stop It | Dr. Pavi Kundhal | 14 Nov 2025 | 00:21:07 | |
What happens when surgery or GLP-1 medications work, then stop working? This week, Kim welcomes Dr. Pavi Kundhal, a general surgeon and diplomat of the American Board of Obesity Medicine, who spent 16 of his 17 years in practice watching a devastating pattern. After performing high-volume bariatric surgeries, Dr. Kundhal noticed the patients with lasting success weren't the ones who followed the strictest diets; they were the ones who did "the deep work" to change their relationship with eating. In this transformative episode, Dr. Kundhal reveals:
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| Living with TBI: Five Foundational Pillars for Brain Injury Recovery and Work | Kelly Tuttle | 07 Nov 2025 | 00:30:24 | |
What happens when a healthcare professional doesn't recognize her own brain injury? This week, Kim welcomes Kelly Tuttle, a neurology nurse practitioner who became a traumatic brain injury survivor after a car accident—and whose brain injury was so hidden that even she didn't recognize the danger signs. After being cleared to return to work in two weeks, Kelly pushed through headaches, dizziness, memory lapses, and horrific whiplash until she fell asleep driving home and nearly hit a tree. In this eye-opening episode, Kelly reveals:
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| Why Your Doctor Seems Distracted: Healthcare Burnout and Administrative Burden feat. Dr. Joe Sherman | EP. 53 | 31 Oct 2025 | 00:31:15 | |
What happens when compassionate doctors are crushed by corporate medicine? This week, Kim welcomes Dr. Joe Sherman, a pediatrician who experienced something that would shock his colleagues: complete burnout requiring him to quit medicine altogether. After 35 years practicing across the US, Uganda, and Bolivia, Dr. Sherman went from a vibrant community-engaged physician to someone suffering acute anxiety, headaches, numbness, and back pain—all from the stress of "cranking up patients" and losing connection to why he became a doctor. In this powerful bridge-building episode, Dr. Sherman reveals:
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| Why Genetic Testing Can't Wait Until Age 16 - Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP) | Jenny Jones | 24 Oct 2025 | 00:31:30 | |
What happens when you're diagnosed with guaranteed cancer at eight years old? This week, Kim welcomes Jenny Jones, author and advocate living with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP)—a hereditary colon cancer syndrome that guarantees colon removal at some point in life. Diagnosed at eight years old and having her colon removed at nine when polyps started turning cancerous, Jenny spent five years angry at everyone, developing medical PTSD from surgical complications that led to short bowel syndrome. In this raw and educational episode, Jenny reveals:
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| Stage 3 Breast Cancer at 37: Double Mastectomy Decision and 20-Year Survival Story | Stephanie Adler | 17 Oct 2025 | 00:29:32 | |
What happens when you find a lump at 37 with an 18-month-old and 11 year old sons? This week, Kim welcomes her cousin Stephanie Adler for a raw, personal conversation about surviving stage 3 breast cancer at just 37 years old with an 18-month-old and 11 year old sons. When a simple shower discovery led to finding cancer in her lymph nodes, Stephanie made the controversial decision to demand a double mastectomy against her surgeon's recommendation—telling her doctor point-blank: "I don't ever want to go through this again. This is about living, not my breast." In this deeply emotional episode, Stephanie reveals:
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| Dementia Prevention: 6 Lifestyle Changes That Could Prevent 60-90% of Cases | Kathi Miracle | 10 Oct 2025 | 00:54:53 | |
What if most dementia aggression isn't the disease, it's us? This week, Kim welcomes Kathi Miracle, a dementia expert with over 30 years of experience who learned everything the hard way by being thrown into a wall, having her ribs broken, and getting kicked, punched, and scratched as a 22-year-old CNA with zero proper training. From those brutal early days in the 1990s, Kathi built a career transforming memory care facilities where families specifically sought her out, not just her buildings. In this deeply emotional episode, Kathi reveals:
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| Chronic Back Pain Relief Without Surgery or Drugs | Ben O'Loghlin | 03 Oct 2025 | 00:30:02 | |
What if trying to sit up straight is making your back pain worse? This week, Kim welcomes Ben O'Loghlin, who spent his early twenties battling chronic back, neck, and shoulder pain that nothing could fix, not doctors, chiropractors, massage, or medication. After waking up 30 minutes early just to stretch enough to face college exams, Ben discovered the Alexander Technique, a 100-year-old cognitive approach developed by an Australian actor who was constantly losing his voice. In this transformative episode, Ben reveals:
Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Chronic Truth Podcast 01:33 Ben O'Loughlin's Journey with Chronic Pain 05:57 Understanding the Alexander Technique 10:53 Teaching the Alexander Technique Online 14:00 Holistic Healing Approaches 20:14 Cognitive Techniques for Pain Relief 25:58 Investing in Long-Term Wellbeing 27:38 Connecting with Ben O'Loughlin Connect with Ben: 💻 Website: (90-minute workshop available) 📘 Facebook To support the show, visit our Linktree This episode is brought to you by: The Chronic Truth Podcast, LLC Host/Executive Producer: Kimberly Nash Co-Producer & Podcast Creative Director: Jay Wilson, for The Podcast Mechanic | |||