Team Vasculitis: Thriving through Life with Chronic Illness – Details, episodes & analysis

Are you EXHAUSTED because you're constantly trying to explain yourself... all the time... to everyone? When you have to say no, when you have to reschedule, when you have to limit yourself, when you're not feeling well... and on and on to forever.

Today I talk about how to handle this and how to make sure this emotional exhaustion doesn't hurt your closest relationships.

It's the most wonderful time of the year... which means all kinds of gift giving is going on. Today I talk about 12 different gifts most people with a chronic illness would absolutely love! I also talk about what NOT to gift and why!

If you've been diagnosed with any form of ANCA Vasculitis someone has probably talked to you about Rituximab/Rituxin. Today I talk about my process in the first year of being sick and getting three rounds of Rituximab as well as the consequences of being on high doses of prednisone.

Do you find yourself getting anxious when you make plans? I do.

I LOVE that I am even in a place to think about all of this. To put it on the calendar and HOPE that I will be able to do it.

Then, right after that sense of excitement peaks - I feel that tense feeling in my chest and my heart starts to race and I start breathing shallow and I can’t help but go down the “what if” rabbit hole.

If you do too. This one is for you!

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Can we stop with the focus and mindset and all of the bull about “at least it’s not cancer.” Just stop. I get a ton of messages of people dealing with this toxic perspective. Things like “I know it could be worse, it could be cancer.” Or “I know others have it worse, dealing with things like cancer…”

Today I break down the psychology and a few facts about why this is TOTALLY incorrect!

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YOU AREN'T ALONE!

What I want YOU to know is that it’s normal for our loved ones to struggle with this. I want you to know that you will be able to get through it. I want you to know that you can work on accepting that they are struggling too, but it doesn’t mean that they don’t love you. It doesn’t mean that they don’t see you. 

It can be easy to become so lost in our emotional crash that it is hard to find room to allow our loved ones to go through their grief process too. As hard as it can be, you need to let them process too. Talk about it. See a therapist. Whatever it takes. You and your loved ones will be better off for it.

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All health in the body are affected by the gut.

Immunity, and therefore auto immunity, can greatly be pushed for the positive or the negative based on what is going on there.

Today amazing functional dietician Jillian Smith shares insight as well as a few tips on how to help support your body and live a healthy and balanced life!

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https://www.instagram.com/gut.personal/

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You didn't choose to have your illness. No one really knows why it happens. Science doesn't know, so don't let anyone tell you they know.

What you CAN choose, is how to live with it.

Today I talk about these choices and give you a little personal experience.

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WE ARE RESILIENT. WE ARE CAPABLE. WE ARE SMART. WE ARE VALUABLE.

Our bodies functioning differently than others doesn’t change that. It doesn’t matter if you were born with a chronic condition or if you had onset at any point in your life. You are valuable and ANY contributions you make are valuable. Your life is valuable. We don’t always realize how we impact others.

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Today I chat with one of my FAVORITE dieticians. Bridgette is not only a dietician, but is also a functional medicine practitioner. She talks about the difference between a nutritionist and a dietician as well as the importance of testing before taking supplements and her own amazing company Gut Personal.

- Stay Tuned for Part Two Where I talk to Bridgitte's business partner Jillian about nutrition! - 

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