Emotional Autoimmunity: Dealing with the emotional issues of chronic illness
Chronic illness completely changes your life but nobody talks about or even acknowledges all of the emotional issues that come with it and I'm on a mission to change that. As a therapist living with four autoimmune diseases, I know exactly what the issues are and more importantly, how to overcome them. From medical gaslighting, dealing with grief and all of the 'what if' thoughts that keep you awake at night, let's talk about the emotional issues of chronic illness and what you can do to help yourself.
- Update frequency
- every 17 days
- Average duration
- 53 minutes
- Episodes
- 73
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Why you need to stop fighting your chronic illness.
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When you become chronically ill, your first instinct is to fight for your life against this disease that feels like it has taken so much from you. The illness b…
Why it's not important that they understand your chronic illness.
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When you become chronically ill, you really want those closest to you to understand what you have lost, why the illness feels so devastating and how you feel a…
Episode 1, Season 2: What guilt is doing to your life and relationships.
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Of all the emotional issues that come with chronic illness, guilt is the most damaging and the most common. In this episode Kerry breaks down the most common re…
Episode 30: Lisa Douthit: Surviving 4 cancers and living well with 3 autoimmune diseases.
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Lisa Douthit developed her first cancer at age 25, having had no prior health issues before. She noticed that she was having trouble breathing when exercising a…
Episode 29: Jessa Lewis, miscarriage, Motherhood and building a business with Hashimoto's
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Four years ago, Jessa Lewis was pregnant with her daughter when she received a diagnosis of Hashimoto's Autoimmune Hypothyroidism Disorder. Her body was attacki…
Episode 28: V Capaldi, managing her life naturally with MS and the power of community
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V Capaldi otherwise known as "The Paleo Boss Lady" is a force to be reckoned with. V was raised in a very dysfunctional family where chaos was the norm in life.…
Episode 27: Crystal Meadows and her life with Post Concussion Syndrome
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Prior to her illness, Crystal who is single, was teaching music full time, was an avid cross fitter and weight lifter, sang with the Houston Symphony Chorus, en…
How Stacey Venancio put the pieces of her health puzzle back together with Reynauds and Celiac.
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Stacey can trace her symptoms all the way back to her childhood but it wasn't until years later that she knew she needed to figure out her health. Experimenting…
Episode 25: Melissa Bergstrom, living with anxiety and autoimmune disease.
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Melissa Bergstrom remembers being anxious since childhood.
Her anxiety manifested with physical symptoms and it was rare for Melissa to have a full week of schoo…
Episode 24: Sigal Matasaro taking back her power with type 1 Diabetes.
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Sigal has been living with type 1 diabetes for over 17 years. She first developed gestational diabetes when pregnant with her son. After moving to Canada from I…
Episode 23: Emily Souder, Motherhood, chronic illness and how you can talk about it with your children
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Emily was diagnosed with Hashimoto's 6 years ago, but it is only in the last 9 months that she has been really feeling the impact of chronic illness. As a Mom o…
Episode 22: Krista Rowan Finding possibilities after 20 years of Rheumatoid Arthritis
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One night twenty years ago, Krista Rowan went to bed feeling normal and woke up the next day in acute pain from a full body flare that turned out to be Rheumato…
Episode 21: James Stratford, rebuilding his life with Psoriatic Arthritis.
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James's first experience with autoimmune disease was when he was diagnosed with psoriasis on his scalp and behind his ears at age 14. He remembers his Dad getti…
Episode 20: Robyn Baldwin, from MS Warrior to MS thriver.
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When you are a young, type A Alpha female with big goals and dreams, what do you do when you get hit with Multiple Sclerosis? Robyn's initial response was to do…
Episode 19. Kirstie Howard: Hashimoto's, endometriosis, infertility and IVF.
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In this podcast, we chat about Kirstie's experiences of Hashimoto's, Endometriosis, IVF, pregnancy and Motherhood. Kirstie shares openly and honestly how she pr…
Episode 18: Christina Tidwell, figuring out life and health with Still's Disease.
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Christina was diagnosed with Adult Onset Still’s Disease at age 18 which presented with high spiking fevers, extreme fatigue, rashes and inflammation. When she …
Episode 17: Jameisha Prescod, Lupus, disability and not looking back.
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Jameisha Prescod was still in school when she began feeling tired and wanting to sleep all the time. She knew something wasn't right but her Doctors seemed to h…
Episode 16 Shanna Nemrow: Rising back up from rock bottom.
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After suffering health issues for over a decade, Shanna Nemrow was finally diagnosed with Hashimoto's Thyroiditis and told by her Endocrinologist that there was…
Episode 15: Samantha Teague from Gerd to Hypogammaglobulinemia and beyond.
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The first signs of chronic illness for Samantha were GERD and an increasing inability to deal with the stress and demands of her job as a Chef. In the quest to …
Episode 14: Lori Pierce on life with Scleroderma, Hashimoto's and Raynaud's
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Lori Pierce was diagnosed with Hashimoto's at age 19 and scleroderma and Raynaud's at the age of 25. She has fought hard to stay alive and live a productive li…