Crohn’s Fitness Food
112 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsThe Crohn’s Fitness Food Podcast is dedicated to raising awareness, sharing IBD stories, and offering support for those with Crohn’s & Colitis. #cffpodcast
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Aras Toker, Crohn's Warrior and Vivante Health Community Host (E50)
February 03, 2020 10:00 - 57 minutes - 79.3 MBIn today’s episode, Aras Toker shares his journey with Crohn’s Disease. For six years he battled flare ups with numerous medications and sought the help of three different doctors. But his symptoms only progressed. In 2014, he developed a fistula that connected to his sacrum and left him unable to stand for more than 10 minutes at a time due to the pain. The fistula required surgery, which included rerouting his intestines to give that portion of the bowel time to heal and an ostomy. It was...
Michael Simmons, Crohn's Warrior and Food Challenge Competitor (E49)
January 20, 2020 10:00 - 51 minutes - 71.1 MBIn today’s episode, Crohn’s Warrior and food challenge competitor, Michael Simmons, shares his IBD story. From his first Crohn’s symptoms in 2008 to his ileostomy surgery in 2017, he’s now not only raising awareness for ostomy patients, but also raising the bar for eating without a colon. From Remicade infusions that put him into anaphylactic shock to medical marijuana, Michael talks about the various treatment options he’s tried and what led to his decision to finally have his ileostomy su...
Renee Taylor balances western and holistic medicine in her Crohn's journey (E48)
January 06, 2020 10:00 - 52 minutes - 72.8 MBDescribing her Instagram as “a young gal’s adventures with Crohn’s Disease & other chronic illnesses,” Renee Taylor continues her IBD advocacy on today’s podcast where she shares her Crohn’s journey and how she’s seeking to find the balance between western and holistic medicine. Diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease while a junior in college, Renee shares her many ups and downs over the past two years. Renee was diagnosed with Autoimmune Hepatitis as a child, so she’s no stranger to battling chron...
Stella Rose Carr shares her Crohn's journey and positive outlook (E47)
December 23, 2019 10:00 - 56 minutes - 77 MBIn today’s episode, Stella Rose Carr shares how she’s managed to keep a positive outlook and a good sense of humor while battling Crohn’s Disease for most of her life. Officially diagnosed at eight years old, she recalls what it was like to face her first colonoscopy as a child and how IBD impacted her life from elementary school through college. At 13 years old, she had six inches of her small intestine removed. While things did improve after that, she still found herself sick often from a...
Stephanie Gish on the Intermittent Fasting Stories podcast with Gin Stephens
December 09, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour - 84.1 MBI recently had the pleasure and honor of being interviewed on the Intermittent Fasting Stories Podcast with Gin Stephens, author of Delay, Don’t Deny: Living an Intermittent Fasting Lifestyle. Fasting has been one of the things that has truly been life changing in my never-ending quest to manage Crohn’s Disease. Practicing it gives my gut time to rest; allows my body to heal and repair itself; has given me a better relationship with food; and–in an unexpected twist–it has also taught me pati...
Stephanie Gish on the Intermittent Fasting Stories podcast with Gin Stephens (E46)
December 09, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour - 84.1 MBI recently had the pleasure and honor of being interviewed on the Intermittent Fasting Stories Podcast with Gin Stephens, author of Delay, Don’t Deny: Living an Intermittent Fasting Lifestyle. Fasting has been one of the things that has truly been life changing in my never-ending quest to manage Crohn’s Disease. Practicing it gives my gut time to rest; allows my body to heal and repair itself; has given me a better relationship with food; and–in an unexpected twist–it has also taught me pati...
Sylvia Tam, UC Warrior and Founder of Beviva Foods (E45)
November 25, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 84.7 MBIn today’s episode, Sylvia Tam shares her journey with Ulcerative Colitis and how it led her to starting Beviva Foods, a gut-friendly snack company centered around IBD patients. She spoke about her decision, after a colonoscopy in 2011 confirmed Ulcerative Colitis, to focus on her mindset, dietary changes, and family traditions in Chinese medicine that has allowed her to avoid medications in the management of her IBD. Over the years, Sylvia has relied upon herbs–such as ginger and turmeric–...
Sylvia Tam, Ulcerative Colitis Warrior and Founder of Beviva Foods
November 25, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 84.7 MBIn today’s episode, Sylvia Tam shares her journey with Ulcerative Colitis and how it led her to starting Beviva Foods, a gut-friendly snack company centered around IBD patients. She spoke about her decision, after a colonoscopy in 2011 confirmed Ulcerative Colitis, to focus on her mindset, dietary changes, and family traditions in Chinese medicine that has allowed her to avoid medications in the management of her IBD. Over the years, Sylvia has relied upon herbs–such as ginger and turmeric–...
Kiersten Thomson (@theformerfoodie), leverages the power of food to battle Crohn's
November 18, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 87.7 MBIn today’s episode, Kiersten Thomson shares her journey with Crohn’s Disease and how she leans on the power of food to help manage her symptoms. Diagnosed in 2017, she described herself as stubborn and decided against taking the medications her doctor prescribed after a colonoscopy confirmed Crohn’s. Her doctor, at the time, was adamant that food did not play a role in managing IBD, yet her instincts kept telling her different. Not willing to accept the idea that food didn’t matter, she sou...
Kiersten Thomson leverages the power of food to battle Crohn's (E44)
November 18, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 87.7 MBIn today’s episode, Kiersten Thomson shares her journey with Crohn’s Disease and how she leans on the power of food to help manage her symptoms. Diagnosed in 2017, she described herself as stubborn and decided against taking the medications her doctor prescribed after a colonoscopy confirmed Crohn’s. Her doctor, at the time, was adamant that food did not play a role in managing IBD, yet her instincts kept telling her different. Not willing to accept the idea that food didn’t matter, she sou...
Shawn Bethea: IBD Warrior and Advocate (E43)
November 11, 2019 10:00 - 47 minutes - 65.1 MBIn today’s episode, Shawn Bethea shares her IBD story from her first diagnosis of Ulcerative Colitis in 2009 to an eventual diagnosis of Crohn’s Disease this year. She’s been through medications, surgery, and countless diets and has finally learned to navigate life with IBD. Shawn talks in depth about her ostomy surgery, describing the full year of research she did and countless back-and-forth decisions on whether to move forward. Finally–among all her searches–she found someone online in 2...
Shawn Bethea (ChronicallyStrong.com), IBD Warrior and Advocate
November 11, 2019 10:00 - 47 minutes - 65.1 MBIn today’s episode, Shawn Bethea shares her IBD story from her first diagnosis of Ulcerative Colitis in 2009 to an eventual diagnosis of Crohn’s Disease this year. She’s been through medications, surgery, and countless diets and has finally learned to navigate life with IBD. Shawn talks in depth about her ostomy surgery, describing the full year of research she did and countless back-and-forth decisions on whether to move forward. Finally–among all her searches–she found someone online in 2...
Troy Parsons (@flaredupfitness), IBD Warrior and Advocate (E42)
November 04, 2019 10:00 - 54 minutes - 74.3 MBToday’s guest is Troy Parsons, Crohn’s Warrior and IBD advocate. Diagnosed 10 years ago at the age of 17, Troy has faced adversity, enjoyed accomplishments and successes, and suffered failures. But, through it all, he has continued learning, seeking health, and is ready to face any challenges that the next 10 years may bring. Since a young age, Troy has always been into sports and nutrition for performance. But after his diagnosis, food became less about enjoyment and more about fueling his...
Troy Parsons (@flaredupfitness), IBD Warrior and Advocate
November 04, 2019 10:00 - 54 minutes - 74.3 MBToday’s guest is Troy Parsons, Crohn’s Warrior and IBD advocate. Diagnosed 10 years ago at the age of 17, Troy has faced adversity, enjoyed accomplishments and successes, and suffered failures. But, through it all, he has continued learning, seeking health, and is ready to face any challenges that the next 10 years may bring. Since a young age, Troy has always been into sports and nutrition for performance. But after his diagnosis, food became less about enjoyment and more about fueling his...
Alysa Johnsen: Ulcerative Colitis, yoga, mindset, and plant-based nutrition (E41)
October 28, 2019 10:00 - 56 minutes - 78 MBIn today’s episode, Alysa Johnsen shares how she’s been managing her Ulcerative Colitis through yoga, mindset, and plant-based nutrition. After being diagnosed with IBD and suffering from the side effects of Lialda, she sought the help of an integrative medical doctor. Once she found a doctor that she connected with, Alysa underwent a number of different test, including a food sensitivity test, that helped her doctor put together a comprehensive plan designed just for her. She was equipped ...
Alysa Johnsen: Healing Ulcerative Colitis with yoga, mindset, and plant-based nutrition
October 28, 2019 10:00 - 56 minutes - 78 MBIn today’s episode, Alysa Johnsen shares how she’s been managing her Ulcerative Colitis through yoga, mindset, and plant-based nutrition. After being diagnosed with IBD and suffering from the side effects of Lialda, she sought the help of an integrative medical doctor. Once she found a doctor that she connected with, Alysa underwent a number of different test, including a food sensitivity test, that helped her doctor put together a comprehensive plan designed just for her. She was equipped ...
Allie Koplan, Ulcerative Colitis Warrior, dives deep into surgery, recovery, and mindset
October 21, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 88.7 MBIn today’s episode, Allie Koplan shares her Ulcerative Colitis story and dives deep into her ostomy and take-down surgeries, recovery, and mindset. Allie’s IBD journey began when she was 17 and experienced her first flare up while overseas in England. After coming back home to Chicago, it took another 10 months before she was finally diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis. Over the years, she struggled with body image, depression, medication side effects, and the mental stress caused by IBD. ...
Allie Koplan, UC Warrior talks surgery, recovery, and mindset (E40)
October 21, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 88.7 MBIn today’s episode, Allie Koplan shares her Ulcerative Colitis story and dives deep into her ostomy and take-down surgeries, recovery, and mindset. Allie’s IBD journey began when she was 17 and experienced her first flare up while overseas in England. After coming back home to Chicago, it took another 10 months before she was finally diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis. Over the years, she struggled with body image, depression, medication side effects, and the mental stress caused by IBD. ...
Jenny Pascoe talks travel, hypnotherapy, meditation, and fitness (E39)
October 14, 2019 10:00 - 57 minutes - 79.3 MBIn today’s episode, Jenny Pascoe shares her Crohn’s story and how it took 10 years of battling symptoms before a capsule endoscopy confirmed a diagnosis of IBD. She struggled during those years trying to find ways to manage her symptoms, including numerous dietary changes, and even found herself wondering if it was all in her head, as many of her doctors suggested. Eventually, it took the persistence of her mother to tell her she wasn’t leading a normal life and finding the right doctor to d...
Jenny Pascoe, @crohnieintheclassroom, talks travel, hypnotherapy, meditation, and fitness
October 14, 2019 10:00 - 57 minutes - 79.3 MBIn today’s episode, Jenny Pascoe shares her Crohn’s story and how it took 10 years of battling symptoms before a capsule endoscopy confirmed a diagnosis of IBD. She struggled during those years trying to find ways to manage her symptoms, including numerous dietary changes, and even found herself wondering if it was all in her head, as many of her doctors suggested. Eventually, it took the persistence of her mother to tell her she wasn’t leading a normal life and finding the right doctor to d...
Kristen Furey, 11 Health Patient Coach and HOPE Conference Project Manager
October 07, 2019 10:00 - 57 minutes - 78.8 MBIn today’s episode, the first 11 Health Patient Coach, Kristen Furey, shares her Crohn’s journey. Diagnosed at age 12, Kristen has battled IBD for 13 years. She underwent her ostomy surgery in 2013 and had a total colectomy in 2015. Kristen has been in a constant flare since her diagnosis, only reaching remission for the first time this year. She opens up and talks about the post traumatic stress she suffers from her medical trauma, but also shares how finding new passions has kept her movi...
Kristen Furey, 11 Health Patient Coach and HOPE Conference Project Manager (E38)
October 07, 2019 10:00 - 57 minutes - 78.8 MBIn today’s episode, the first 11 Health Patient Coach, Kristen Furey, shares her Crohn’s journey. Diagnosed at age 12, Kristen has battled IBD for 13 years. She underwent her ostomy surgery in 2013 and had a total colectomy in 2015. Kristen has been in a constant flare since her diagnosis, only reaching remission for the first time this year. She opens up and talks about the post traumatic stress she suffers from her medical trauma, but also shares how finding new passions has kept her movi...
Sophie Howard, Crohn's Warrior, talks about travel, stress, and community
September 16, 2019 10:00 - 49 minutes - 67.6 MBIn today’s episode, Sophie Howard shares her journey with Crohn’s Disease. After being diagnosed at the age of 11, she learned to navigate the ups and downs of Crohn’s as a child and fought off countless infections over the years. Now, 14 years later, she chooses to look at the accomplishments in her life and hasn’t let Crohn’s hold her back. Although food is not a trigger for Sophie, stress is. She’s learned the importance of sleep, stress management, and how to balance fitness and recover...
Sophie Howard, Crohn's Warrior, talks about travel, stress, and community (E37)
September 16, 2019 10:00 - 49 minutes - 67.6 MBIn today’s episode, Sophie Howard shares her journey with Crohn’s Disease. After being diagnosed at the age of 11, she learned to navigate the ups and downs of Crohn’s as a child and fought off countless infections over the years. Now, 14 years later, she chooses to look at the accomplishments in her life and hasn’t let Crohn’s hold her back. Although food is not a trigger for Sophie, stress is. She’s learned the importance of sleep, stress management, and how to balance fitness and recover...
Ciara Munnelly takes control of Crohn's with mindset and fitness (E36)
September 09, 2019 10:00 - 58 minutes - 80.8 MBIn today’s episode, Ciara Munnelly shares her journey with Crohn’s Disease and how she’s learned to change her mindset and find better health through fitness and lifestyle. Though she was always active growing up, as she got older, life got in the way of fitness. Then, when she was diagnosed with Crohn’s, she allowed the disease to take control of her life. She gave in to the fatigue and the bad days and, although medication helped control the severity of her Crohn’s, she was still sick and...
Ciara Munnelly takes control of Crohn's with mindset and fitness
September 09, 2019 10:00 - 58 minutes - 80.8 MBIn today’s episode, Ciara Munnelly shares her journey with Crohn’s Disease and how she’s learned to change her mindset and find better health through fitness and lifestyle. Though she was always active growing up, as she got older, life got in the way of fitness. Then, when she was diagnosed with Crohn’s, she allowed the disease to take control of her life. She gave in to the fatigue and the bad days and, although medication helped control the severity of her Crohn’s, she was still sick and...
Molly Dunham-Friel, battling IBD, IBS and SIBO
September 02, 2019 10:00 - 54 minutes - 75.4 MBIn today’s episode, Ulcerative Colitis fighter, Molly Dunham-Friel, shares her journey battling Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), and Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO). One year after her Ulcerative Colitis diagnosis in 2012, she was diagnosed with IBS, and in 2018, SIBO was added to her list of gut conditions. Over the past year, she’s tried a number of different diets, acupuncture, exercise, talk therapy, medications, supplements, frequency speci...
Molly Dunham-Friel, battling IBD, IBS and SIBO (E35)
September 02, 2019 10:00 - 54 minutes - 75.4 MBIn today’s episode, Ulcerative Colitis fighter, Molly Dunham-Friel, shares her journey battling Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), and Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO). One year after her Ulcerative Colitis diagnosis in 2012, she was diagnosed with IBS, and in 2018, SIBO was added to her list of gut conditions. Over the past year, she’s tried a number of different diets, acupuncture, exercise, talk therapy, medications, supplements, frequency speci...
34. Trevor Zabar, Crohn's Crusaders; Gut Microbiome
August 26, 2019 10:00 - 55 minutes - 76.6 MBIn today’s episode, Trevor Zabar, founder of Crohn’s Crusaders, shares his journey with IBD from conventional medications to learning how to heal his gut with time-honored fermented foods. Battling Crohn’s for 35 years since childhood, he talks about being sick all the time. But, neither medications nor surgery ever put him into remission. His weight fluctuated as an adult during periods of sickness and, at one point, he dropped from 180 to 120 lbs. Through trial and error, Trevor began int...
Episode 33: Author Anitriss Smith, "Undefeated: My Fight with Crohn's Disease"
August 19, 2019 10:00 - 51 minutes - 70.7 MBIn today’s episode, author Anitriss Smith shares her 18-year journey with Crohn’s Disease and how her desire to help others with IBD know that they are not alone, drove her to tell her story in her new book Undefeated: My fight with Crohn’s Disease. Diagnosed in 2000 after experiencing her first flare during a family road trip to Canada, it took Anitriss 16 years of struggling with Crohn’s before she finally found the right care and treatment at the University of Michigan Hospital. Her prev...
Episode 32: Tara Kruck, 20-Year Crohn's Warrior
August 12, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 90.9 MBIn today’s episode, Tara Kruck shares her 20-year journey with Crohn’s Disease. Like many IBD Warriors, in the beginning, she first noticed significant weight loss along with increasing abdominal bloating and eventually severe pain. She ignored the symptoms for more than a year and simply attributed them to the stress of being a senior in college and starting the process of looking for a job after graduation. Her first doctor dismissed her symptoms and it wasn’t until after graduation, and ...
Episode 31: Jessica Porter, Crohn's Disease Warrior and Bikini Competitor
August 05, 2019 10:00 - 49 minutes - 67.7 MBIn today’s episode, Crohn’s Warrior Jessica Porter shares her journey with IBD and is proving that you can do anything with a chronic illness. Jessica’s Crohn’s journey began six years ago when her first symptoms of pain and bloating were becoming a daily occurrence. In late 2014 the pain was worsening and in 2015 she went to the hospital, barely able to walk. The doctors found an abscess that had grown to the size of a large fist that was attached to both her appendix and large bowel and w...
Episode 30: Krista Deveau, 18-year Crohn's Warrior and Kindergarten Teacher
July 29, 2019 10:00 - 49 minutes - 68.3 MBIn this week’s episode, Krista Deveau shares her 18-year Crohn’s journey. Diagnosed at just 9 years old, Krista has gone through multiple surgeries, had a feeding tube twice (one time as a child and another as an adult), and tried just about every medication available for IBD. A little over a year ago, she received an ostomy and has been enjoying a new lease on life, thanks to Stella the Stoma. Krista shares her experience as a child with Crohn’s Disease and what it was like to have a feedi...
Episode 29: Logan Crumrine, 25-year Crohn's Warrior
July 22, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 89.7 MBIn today’s episode, Logan Crumrine answers the call for more male IBD advocates. After battling Crohn’s Disease for 25 years, he’s now speaking up to share his story and help bring awareness to Crohn’s and Ulcerative Colitis. Logan began having his first Crohn’s symptoms as a junior in high school. He spent the next 25 years between states of flares, semi-remission, surgeries, and even a 15-year period of complete remission. But it was around 2012 that the long period of being symptom free ...
Episode 28: Rachel Epplin-Rincker, Part 2 – Nutrition, fitness, medications, and advocacy
July 15, 2019 10:00 - 47 minutes - 64.8 MBIn part 2 of my interview with Rachel Epplin-Rincker, she continues to share her journey with Crohn’s Disease and how important both nutrition and physical activity were, in addition to Remicade, to helping her achieve the best health of her life. We pick up right where we left off on the last episode and Rachel gets right in to talking about how her diet has evolved over the years and what she eats when she’s experiencing a mild flare vs. when she doesn’t have any Crohn’s symptoms. She eve...
Episode 27: Rachel Epplin-Rincker, Crohn's Warrior, shares part 1 of her story of misdiagnosis and infertility
July 08, 2019 10:00 - 51 minutes - 71.4 MBIn today’s episode, Rachel Epplin-Rincker shares her Crohn’s story and how she went more than 20 years undiagnosed. With symptoms from the time she was a baby until her early adult life, she was dismissed by doctors, believed to be anorexic, and slowly worsened as the years went by. Finally, in her early 20s she demanded a colonoscopy and the diagnosis was conclusive: Crohn’s Disease–her colon was actually collapsed and inflamed so much that the doctor couldn’t even finish the colonoscopy. ...
Episode 26: Katie Dolgert, 18-year Ulcerative Colitis Warrior
July 01, 2019 10:00 - 45 minutes - 62.7 MBIn this episode, 18-year Ulcerative Colitis Warrior Katie Dolgert shares her journey with IBD. She talks about her story from diagnosis at age 21, her experiences with medications, and how her pregnancy with her second child put her into remission. Focusing on good overall health through lifestyle practices, nutrition, and fitness, she continues to be in remission–medication free–for the past four years. Although she is currently medication free, she still experiences bad days and IBD sympt...
Episode 25: Mylissa Merten, Crohn's Warrior finding remission through medication, lifestyle, and nutrition
June 24, 2019 10:00 - 33 minutes - 45.9 MBIn today’s episode, Mylissa Merten, a Crohn’s Disease Warrior who was diagnosed almost 17 years ago, shares her experience as a camper at the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation’s Camp Oasis and how, after 10 years of fighting to find something that would put her into remission, found that medications paired with the right nutrition and exercise program led to her first colonoscopy that showed no sign of active disease. Having spent 10 years battling flare ups and symptoms without relief, Myliss...
Episode 24: Stephanie Gish answers her most-asked questions!
June 17, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 83.5 MBToday’s episode is a special solocast where I’m taking the opportunity to answer the most common questions that many of you, my fellow IBD warriors, ask me through Instagram, email, and my blog. My first “solocast” was Episode 6 where I shared my full Crohn’s story, so be sure to check that out if you haven’t yet and want to learn more about my journey. Most of the questions I receive are centered around Crohn’s, fitness, and food (go figure!). So today, I’m sharing my answers to questions ...
Episode 23: Jeff Gish (Stephanie's husband) shares a spouse's perspective of IBD
June 10, 2019 10:00 - 42 minutes - 59 MBIn this episode, my husband, Jeff Gish, shares his perspective of Crohn’s Disease as an IBD spouse. He shares his view of what it’s like to live with someone who has IBD and answers my questions about what are some of the things that maybe I should have told him in the beginning or what I could have done (and maybe still do) to help him understand this disease and the roller coaster that comes along with it. While Jeff wasn’t with me during my first truly debilitating flare in 2006, he has ...
Episode 22: Katie Vyn, Ulcerative Colitis and the Beautiful Journey of Life
June 03, 2019 10:00 - 47 minutes - 64.6 MBToday’s guest is Katie Vyn, who was diagnosed in her early 20s with Ulcerative Colitis. Only one year after her diagnosis in 2000, a blood clot in her leg was the driving force that took her to the hospital where her colon ruptured and she underwent an emergency colectomy. Since then, she’s been growing stronger, living life, sharing her story, raising awareness for IBD, and advocating for fellow ostomates. We talk about food and fitness and how both affect her mental and physical well bein...
Episode 21: Veronica Blancato, Crohn's and Extraintestinal Manifestations
May 27, 2019 10:00 - 53 minutes - 73.8 MBToday’s guest is Veronica Blancato. With more than 15 years of fighting Crohn’s Disease, she shares her journey from diagnosis to remission, battling a variety of extra-intestinal manifestations along the way. She shares her experiences with surgery, arthritis, osteochondromas, pancreatitis, fatigue, and more. Veronica’s symptoms began when she was 8 years old, but it wasn’t until she was 15 that she received an official diagnosis of Crohn’s Disease. Growing up with IBD, she faced discrimin...
Episode 20: Anthoney Q interviews Stephanie Gish on the Total Human Performance Podcast
May 20, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 128 MBIt’s the 20th episode of the Crohn’s Fitness Food podcast and today I wanted to share an interview I did recently on the Anthoney Q Total Human Performance podcast. For this episode, I sat down with Anthoney and we talked about my Crohn’s Disease and some of the updates and changes that I’ve gone through with my diet and fitness in trying to manage my disease over the years. We talked about how my diet has evolved into my current carnivore approach and some of the new supplements I’ve added...
Episode 19: Carrie Combs returns; we talk emotions, coping with Crohn's, and running!
May 13, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 114 MBIn this week’s episode, I caught up again with Carrie Combs (@carriethecrohnie) to follow up on her recent race at the Nashville Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon and to go deeper into some of the emotional aspects of Crohn’s Disease, along with the coping mechanisms and habits that made dealing with a Crohn’s diagnosis even more challenging. At the end of this episode we talk about the half marathon she completed in April with the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation’s Team Challenge and run down a quick ge...
Episode 18: Zach and Chelsie Leighter, Crohn's Warriors
May 06, 2019 10:00 - 50 minutes - 69.2 MBIn this episode, Zach and Chelsie Leighter share their stories of battling Crohn’s Disease. Together since high school, they are now married with a little boy, Kash. Zach was diagnosed with Crohn’s at the age of 12, has been on countless medications from steroids to biologics, and just one month ago had his temporary ostomy made permanent. His wife Chelsie, having watched Zach fight his disease for so many years received her own Crohn’s diagnosis this past September. They are now dedicated t...
Episode 17: Ryan Van Voorhis, Crohn's Warrior and co-founder Nude Dude Food
April 29, 2019 10:00 - 51 minutes - 71.4 MBToday’s guest is Ryan Van Voorhis, who was diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease in high school and has been living with an ostomy for the past 15 years. Inspired by the health care team who helped him through the early years with Crohn’s, he decided to pursue a Masters in Social Work, which allowed him to begin volunteering as a camp counselor at the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation’s Camp Oasis almost 11 years ago. And he’s been going back every summer since to continue volunteering, serving as the...
Episode 16: Meghan Cary Brown, Crohn's/Colitis and Patient Coach
April 22, 2019 10:00 - 57 minutes - 79 MBToday’s guest is Meghan Cary Brown. At 27 years old, Meghan has lived 10 years with active disease, 13 years with indeterminate Crohn’s/Colitis, and 3 years with an ostomy. But IBD can’t stop her. In that same time, she’s also gotten married, graduated college, lived in four different states, travelled abroad, adopted a zoo of fur babies, and–most recently–landed her dream job as a Patient Coach. As an 8th grader in Middle School, Meghan began having her first bouts of severe diarrhea and I...
Episode 15: Natalie Suppes, IBD Health & Fitness Coach; Crohn’s since 2007
April 15, 2019 10:00 - 40 minutes - 55.8 MBToday’s guest is Natalie Suppes, who was diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease in 2007 and, after a 12-year flare, is finally in remission. She is a certified personal trainer and sport nutritionist who is passionate about helping women (especially those whose bodies are not functioning!) become the healthiest versions of themselves. In this episode, she shares her story with IBD and why it’s so important to take care of your body and do your best to nourish and move it in a way that helps you hea...
Episode 14: Luciana Podschun, 30-year Crohn's Warrior
April 08, 2019 10:00 - 35 minutes - 48.3 MBIn this episode, Luciana Podschun shares her nearly 30-year journey with Crohn’s Disease and talks about everything from international travel, the support and love of her husband over the years, and how she doesn’t let Crohn’s stop her from living her life. Luciana grew up in Brazil, has lived and traveled all around the world, and now resides in California. When she was first diagnosed as a teenager, she weighed 80 pounds and didn’t know anything about the disease. She wrote to many differ...
Episode 13: Carrie Combs, "Carrie The Crohnie"
April 01, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour - 88.8 MBToday’s guest is Carrie Combs, who was diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease 8 years ago at the age of 22. Within her first 5 years after diagnosis, she had three surgeries, countless medication changes, and–as she puts it–a lot of really bad days. During those times, the thought of running a marathon never even crossed her mind. But, fast forward today and she’s now run two half marathons and getting ready to complete another with the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation’s Team Challenge in Nashville a...