Emotional Autoimmunity: Dealing with the emotional issues of chronic illness
63 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsChronic 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.
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How to maximize your chances of getting the support you need.
April 23, 2024 06:00 - 42 minutes - 29 MBWhen you live with chronic illness, you can feel so very alone which makes getting support more important than ever. What's often shocking though is discovering just how little support is actually out there! There is so little knowledge about chronic illness in our communities, families, medical and social support systems that you can end up feel judged, blamed, isolated and left to fend for yourself. You can feel guilty for what your illness is doing to others, worry about letting othe...
Everything you need to know about brain fog and what you can do about it
April 09, 2024 07:00 - 50 minutes - 34.4 MBIf you live with chronic illness and autoimmune disease, then you understand just how frustrating and debilitating brain fog can be. From the embarrassment of forgetting simple words, losing your ability to concentrate and focus or reading the same lines over and over again and still not being able to take it in, brain fog can have a significant impact impact on our work, relationships, study and motivation. But what is brain fog exactly and what is its important relationship to stress a...
What people who live with chronic illness most want you to understand
March 26, 2024 04:00 - 53 minutes - 36.9 MBThis episode is a collaboration between myself, my clients and my social media community. We all know that one of the biggest issues we face is the lack of understanding about what chronic illness is and the ongoing impact it has on those of us living with it. In this episode I share what those of us with chronic illness most want people to understand and trust me, everyone who contributed to this did not hold back! This podcast is a great one to share with your friends, family, partner...
Self-Pity, Self-Compassion and Toxic Positivity
March 12, 2024 01:00 - 42 minutes - 29 MBThere is no denying that when it comes to chronic illness, there is a huge gap in peoples understanding of just how much it changes your life, energy and ability. So when it comes to trying to share your feelings, doubts, fears and sadness about your experiences of living with chronic illness, you are so often met with toxic positivity responses like 'at least it's not cancer' or 'you just need to be more positive'. Many of the normal emotional experiences that come with chronic illness ...
Rest and Guilt
February 27, 2024 03:00 - 41 minutes - 28.5 MBWhen you become chronically ill, one of the biggest challenges you will face because of how the disease so often limits your energy and ability, is an increased need for rest. In fact, rest is an essential component of responsible chronic illness management. Yet so many of us struggle with embracing rest because of ongoing issues of feeling guilty about the amount of rest we need, anxiety about everything that is being left undone and fear of being judged as lazy or selfish. And if you ...
Managing your energy with chronic illness
February 12, 2024 23:00 - 54 minutes - 37.6 MBThe hallmark symptom of all chronic illness is without question, the fatigue. Every time I ask my community which symptom they most wish they could eliminate permanently, fatigue tops the list. It is debilitating, disabling and usually coincides with things like brain fog, pain, anxiety and depression. So it's no surprise that learning how to manage the energy you have is one of the most important challenges those of us with chronic illness face. Your level of functionality depends o...
Chronic illness and Boundaries
December 19, 2023 01:00 - 36 minutes - 25.1 MBHaving good boundaries in our relationships at any time are essential, but during the holiday season, they take on a much bigger importance! There are so many expectations, pressures and emotions that only happen during the Holidays and New Years Eve that are a sure fire way to ramp up your anxiety and guilt and send you crashing into a major flare that can leave you on the sidelines for days, weeks or even longer. When it comes to chronic illness, there are two key foundations that I use...
Ask Kerry: Questions and advice for partners.
December 06, 2023 02:00 - 54 minutes - 37.7 MBWhen you get chronic illness, it doesn't only change your life. The impact on your family and partners can be huge, potentially damaging and be the cause of so much guilt, conflict, resentment and division. A few weeks ago, I asked my wonderful email community to ask their partners what sorts of issues or advice they most needed and they definitely delivered! In this episode I answer questions like: Why does my partner seem so negative now? How do I stop feeling so resentful? What ca...
The top 5 Chronic Illness irrational thoughts.
November 20, 2023 05:00 - 34 minutes - 23.6 MBIrrational thoughts, otherwise known in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy circles as Cognitive Distortions are something that everyone experiences. The problem with these irrational thoughts is that they can and do influence our behaviour, emotions, beliefs and relationships and they are key contributors to high levels of stress. They are also the biggest drivers of things like guilt, anxiety, depression, overwhelm, hopelessness and relationship issues. While there are many known and common...
What to do when you have given up hope.
November 07, 2023 04:00 - 47 minutes - 32.6 MBWhen you live with chronic illness, chances are high that you have experienced many moments of fear, overwhelm and grief and for so many of us in the chronic illness community, it can lead to such despair that you give up all hope. Hope of ever feeling better, hope of ever finding someone to help you, hope of being believed and hope of ever creating a better future for yourself. In this episode of the Emotional Autoimmunity podcast, I walk you through how this process happens, why we are...
The five key emotional issues of chronic illness and how they can affect you.
October 24, 2023 05:00 - 54 minutes - 37.3 MBOne of the biggest issues of living with chronic illness is that people don't "get it". They don't understand what it is, how much it impacts every part of your daily life and the complex emotions that go along with it. And because people don't get it and there's so much lack of knowledge and acceptance, you can be left feeling isolated in your experience, feeling so much grief, anxiety and overwhelm and blaming yourself for not dealing with it as well as you think you should. After wo...
10 things Iv'e learned from 10 years of chronic illness.
October 11, 2023 00:00 - 57 minutes - 39.8 MBOctober 8th was my 9th anniversary of the Hashimoto's diagnosis that left me sitting in the ruin of my life, cognitively and physically disabled with no idea if I was going to survive or ever have a chance of recovery. Because my descent into chronic illness was a year long, worsening process of what I thought at the time was terrible perimenopause symptoms, finding out I had an incurable autoimmune disease was devastating, especially once I discovered just how little actual help, support o...
How to deal with unsolicited chronic illness advice
September 26, 2023 02:00 - 44 minutes - 30.5 MBWe all know that one of the biggest frustrations about living with chronic illness is the unsolicited ‘have you tried….?’ suggestions. Especially when it’s being given by someone who has no experience or knowledge about what living in your body with your illness is actually like. Even worse when it's being given by another person with chronic illness who vehemently believes that their diet, supplement or protocol is the only right way and if it didn't work for you, then you must be doing...
Let's talk about not letting the illness define you.
September 12, 2023 08:00 - 51 minutes - 35.7 MBWhen you live with chronic illness, one of the things you may hear quite often is a version of "not letting the illness define you" either as a caution or warning from other people or as a fear that you hold yourself as you struggle to hang on to your former life, abilities and identity. Where does this thing about "not letting the illness define you" come from though and does it have any connection to things like acceptance, denial, gaslighting, disability or ableism? In Episode 6 of Seas...
The Pro's and Con's of changing how you eat to manage chronic illness.
August 28, 2023 23:00 - 59 minutes - 41.1 MBChanging how you eat to manage chronic illness can be a very triggering and divisive topic for so many in our chronic illness community because how and what we eat is about so much more than simply satisfying hunger. Food is family, community, culture, comfort, tradition, belonging and in many cases, the only sanctioned way to 'treat' or "indulge" ourselves and changing how you eat because of chronic illness can feel like yet another loss of the person that you used to be. Eating differ...
All about how people pleasing affects your chronic illness and what you can do about it.
August 10, 2023 04:00 - 48 minutes - 33.6 MBHow do you know if you are a people pleaser? If you say yes to 3 or more of these statements, you definitely have some people pleasing characteristics which could be making your chronic illness symptoms worse. You find it really hard to say no to requests You often find yourself overcommitting to plans, events or responsibilities You rarely ever disagree with someone or voice your honest feelings or thoughts. You have a tendency to go along with things that you don't like or don't want...
Losing your old life and self to chronic illness.
May 15, 2023 06:00 - 42 minutes - 28.9 MBOne of the biggest emotional issues that the people around us can't seem to understand is how becoming chronically ill feels like losing your old life and your old self. It's one of those big, intensely personal catastrophic events where you can clearly see and describe how you used to be and how you are now, the before and the after when everything changed for you. And it's not just the loss of your old self and life though that is hard enough to deal with. It's the loss of your future...
Moving through the grief of chronic illness: The audio book
March 31, 2023 04:00 - 59 minutes - 41.1 MBWay back in 2017 when I was still in the midst of adapting to life with chronic illness, I was searching for some sort of psychological grief model to help me make sense of everything I was going through. There was nothing out there that I could find that was helpful as most of them were trying to adapt the model that Dr Elizabeth Kübler-Ross created for patients trying to come to terms with terminal illness which didn't fit my experience. So, I decided to create my own and the result is...
How the emotionally issues of Chronic Illness really affect your body.
February 03, 2023 03:00 - 47 minutes - 32.8 MBWhen you become chronically ill, along with all the disbelief, medical gaslighting and accusations of "it's all in your head", you can also meet a lot of armchair psychologists. And they just love to tell you all about the deep seated issues, long hidden trauma and other weird and wonderful subconscious things that not only created your chronic illness, but will be cured it you just 'do the inner work.' Because it must be 'psychosomatic'. Given all that, it's no surprise that when you li...
Chronic illness and body hypervigilance.
June 17, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 43.3 MBIf you have ever experienced body hypervigilance before, then you will know how debilitating it can be. Hypervigilance is a symptom of trauma and PTSD where you are left scanning your environment constantly for any potential external threat. When you have body hypervigilance, the threat is internal and it can feel like your constant awareness and vigilance of what your body is doing right now, is the only thing that is keeping you alive. In this episode, I share all about hypervigilanc...
Dating with Chronic Illness. Episode 11 Season 2
March 14, 2021 22:00 - 57 minutes - 39.7 MBDating no matter what your age or situation is absolutely guaranteed to bring out all of your insecurities and living with chronic illness adds a whole new level of difficulties. How do you deal with feeling "less than" you were before? How much do you share about your illness? How do you work around dietary issues? How and when do you disclose your illness? How can you build your self confidence to get out into the dating world? All of these questions and more will be answered in this po...
All about Medical Gaslighting and how to deal with it.
February 09, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 42.6 MBIf you live with chronic illness, then you have probably experienced some form of Medical Gaslighting. In fact, having an experience of Medical Gaslighting seems to be the rule rather than the exception. Gaslighting in any setting is a form of emotional abuse, however Medical Gaslighting is not only emotionally damaging, it can result in disability, unnecessary pain and suffering and even death. At the very least, it can delay a much needed diagnosis for years or even, for decades so k...
Recovery and my new life with Type 1 Diabetes.
October 13, 2020 00:00 - 50 minutes - 34.4 MBSo there I was, home from my second hospitalisation with Diabetic Ketoacidosis, physically frail, very underweight and emotionally traumatised. I had my diagnosis of LADA (Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults) and was left to sort out my new life as an insulin dependant person. Chronic illness isn't just the physical issues though. The emotional issues can be the biggest challenge of all, especially when your life has changed so dramatically and being a Type 1 Diabetic is my biggest challe...
Hospitalisation and getting my new diagnosis.
September 15, 2020 00:00 - 46 minutes - 32.1 MBAfter several months of worsening health, extreme weight loss and becoming physically unable to care for myself, I was admitted to hospital and spent 5 days in intensive care where I came close to dying. I emerged a week later with a new diagnosis of type 1.5 LADA (Latent autoimmune diabetes in adults) that I had difficulty accepting, feeling traumatised by my experience and physically and emotionally exhausted. In this episode I share about the process of becoming so ill, the trauma of ex...
How to change how you feel about chronic illness.
July 10, 2020 00:00 - 42 minutes - 29.4 MBWe all know that acceptance is key to living your best life with chronic illness. But how can you accept something that has so dramatically changed your life and taken so much from you? In this episode, I share with you a very special mind shift technique that I normally only share with my clients and take you through a visualisation exercise so that you can begin to change how you see your chronic illness. It's powerful, positive and life changing. Ready to change how you feel about your ...
Season 2 Episode 6: Why it's ok to stop.
April 23, 2020 04:00 - 38 minutes - 26.6 MBOn one level, we know that chronic illness is life changing and that it has a huge impact on us physically, emotionally and mentally. But when it comes down to actually acknowledging that fact in the choices we make or don't make, we can so often expect ourselves to go on exactly as we did before. Recently I have experienced a severe Celiac flare that raised some important realisations about acknowledging the fears that flares trigger for me and where my priorities truly need to be. Wh...
S2 Episode 5: Trauma and chronic illness.
April 03, 2020 06:00 - 40 minutes - 28.2 MBThere is a lot of research including the Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) studies, that show a strong correlation between experiencing trauma in childhood and going on to develop chronic autoimmune disease in later life. But what other types of research is there between trauma and chronic illness and what impact does having unresolved trauma have on your chronic illness and day to day health? In this podcast, I go through some of the research and break down why trauma is such a big issu...
Corona Virus, Conversations and Opportunities.
March 20, 2020 02:00 - 23 minutes - 15.9 MBAvoiding the news and fear of the Corona Virus at the moment is pretty much impossible as the whole world goes into lockdown, panic buying is everywhere and there is so much uncertainty and speculation. But there are opportunities here for those of us with chronic illness to help our friends and family who are getting just a small taste of what we have been living with and the health fears we deal with daily. You could say that we have been training for this experience for years. In this...
Why you need to stop fighting your chronic illness.
March 06, 2020 02:00 - 39 minutes - 27.2 MBWhen 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 becomes the enemy, something that you need to battle against and beat. But when you have chronic illness, is this actually the best thing you can do for your health and happiness? And if fighting doesn't work, then what does and how can you help yourself feel better, emotionally and physically? In episode 3, I unpack what it actual...
Why it's not important that they understand your chronic illness.
February 20, 2020 06:00 - 48 minutes - 33.2 MBWhen 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 about what chronic illness has done to your life. But needing people to understand how you feel can be a big emotional hook that you can get stuck on. When the people around you don't understand or don't seem to want to listen to how you feel or even worse, accuse you of constantly complaining, you can feel hurt, betrayed, rejected ...
Episode 1, Season 2: What guilt is doing to your life and relationships.
February 06, 2020 05:00 - 40 minutes - 27.7 MBOf 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 reasons that people with chronic illness feel guilt and why it is so damaging to you and the people you love. Stuck in toxic guilt? Then you need to listen to this episode! Kerry Jeffery is a Coach, Counsellor and Clinical Hypnotherapist helping clients all around the world to overcome the emotional issues of living with chronic ill...
Episode 30: Lisa Douthit: Surviving 4 cancers and living well with 3 autoimmune diseases.
December 30, 2019 23:00 - 53 minutes - 36.9 MBLisa 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 and a few other worrying symptoms. A chest x-ray showed a baseball sized tumour on her heart that required open heart surgery to remove. All in all, Lisa has experienced four different cancers and has three autoimmune diseases that she now lives with and needs to actively manage which are: Myasthenia Gravis, Lupus and Hashimoto's. De...
Episode 29: Jessa Lewis, miscarriage, Motherhood and building a business with Hashimoto's
December 27, 2019 00:00 - 57 minutes - 39.7 MBFour years ago, Jessa Lewis was pregnant with her daughter when she received a diagnosis of Hashimoto's Autoimmune Hypothyroidism Disorder. Her body was attacking her thyroid and threatening the pregnancy, as it likely had with two prior miscarriages. Hashimoto's Autoimmune has 400+ potential symptoms with some of the most common being fatigue, sensitivity to cold, dry skin, brittle nails and hair, weight gain, muscle aches, joint pain, excessive menstrual bleeding, depression, infertility a...
Episode 28: V Capaldi, managing her life naturally with MS and the power of community
December 10, 2019 23:00 - 1 hour - 54.3 MBV 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. At 23 years old and 6 weeks after marrying her childhood sweetheart, V was given a death sentence diagnosis that she had an inoperable brain tumour and lived for almost 6 months believing her life was over. Then the death sentence turned to a life sentence when her diagnosis was changed to MS. As a result, her whole life blew up. ...
Episode 27: Crystal Meadows and her life with Post Concussion Syndrome
November 28, 2019 06:00 - 58 minutes - 40.4 MBPrior 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, enjoyed pottery and was a volunteer at her Church. In 2013 all that changed when a car accident became the catalyst for an eventual diagnosis of Post Concussion Syndrome and Dysautonomia. Bit by bit, she lost those aspects of herself until her life felt it had been whittled down to a very small one. Going from Doctor to Doctor and pa...
How Stacey Venancio put the pieces of her health puzzle back together with Reynauds and Celiac.
November 14, 2019 02:00 - 1 hour - 44.7 MBStacey 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 with food, figuring out what works for her and what doesn't has changed her life and she feels so much better. Have a listen to Stacey's story and see what you can learn from her experience of life with Reynauds and Celiac disease. Kerry Jeffery is a Coach, Counsellor and Clinical Hypnotherapist helping clients all around the world...
Episode 25: Melissa Bergstrom, living with anxiety and autoimmune disease.
October 30, 2019 00:00 - 57 minutes - 39.4 MBMelissa Bergstrom remembers being anxious since childhood. Her anxiety manifested with physical symptoms and it was rare for Melissa to have a full week of school. She had always had dry skin but over time, it began to turn into something worse. Melissa was formally diagnosed with psoriasis in 2014 and getting the diagnosis of an actual autoimmune disease that was for life, felt like a punch to the stomach for Melissa and created even more anxiety and a new search for solutions. How does i...
Episode 24: Sigal Matasaro taking back her power with type 1 Diabetes.
October 16, 2019 01:00 - 1 hour - 43.5 MBSigal 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 Israel when he was two months old, Sigal was busy being a new Mom, in a new country where she didn't know the language and undergoing fertility treatments to try and conceive again. One night she was taken to the emergency department with severe abdominal pain, thinking it was from the fertility treatment and was shocked to be told t...
Episode 23: Emily Souder, Motherhood, chronic illness and how you can talk about it with your children
October 01, 2019 23:00 - 1 hour - 41.8 MBEmily 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 of two young children ages 4 and 2, trying to explain her fatigue and the pain in her hands from arthritis has been a challenge. Emily shares her story about chronic illness, seeking help and how she explains her day to day difficulties of chronic illness in a way that helps her children understand and still feel safe. Kerry Jeffery i...
Episode 22: Krista Rowan Finding possibilities after 20 years of Rheumatoid Arthritis
September 18, 2019 01:00 - 1 hour - 45.8 MBOne 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 Rheumatoid Arthritis. She spent most of those years looking for the next medication once the old one failed and trying to find a way to fit herself back into her old life. It took a big wake up call including adding more to her diagnosis list to help her start making baby steps to find the possibilities available to her now. Kerry Jeffery i...
Episode 21: James Stratford, rebuilding his life with Psoriatic Arthritis.
September 04, 2019 03:00 - 56 minutes - 38.5 MBJames'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 getting mad with him and thinking he wasn't washing his scalp properly and sending him back to shower with some medicated shampoo. He also remembers the fatigue. James had trouble getting out of bed and getting to school and always felt exhausted. He tried different ointments and creams to help the psoriasis but it always came back. Even...
Episode 20: Robyn Baldwin, from MS Warrior to MS thriver.
August 21, 2019 01:00 - 1 hour - 49 MBWhen 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 everything she could to prove that she was "stronger than MS" by committing herself to running 20 races which only left her feeling worse. Find out how Robyn made the shift from MS warrior to MS thriver and feeling great about what she is still able to achieve. Kerry Jeffery is a Coach, Counsellor and Clinical Hypnotherapist helpin...
Episode 20: Robyn Baldwin, from MS Warrior to MS thriver.
August 21, 2019 01:00 - 1 hour - 49 MBWhen 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 everything she could to prove that she was "stronger than MS" by committing herself to running 20 races which only left her feeling worse. Find out how Robyn made the shift from MS warrior to MS thriver and feeling great about what she is still able to achieve.
Episode 19. Kirstie Howard: Hashimoto's, endometriosis, infertility and IVF.
August 08, 2019 04:00 - 51 minutes - 35.6 MBIn this podcast, we chat about Kirstie's experiences of Hashimoto's, Endometriosis, IVF, pregnancy and Motherhood. Kirstie shares openly and honestly how she prepared emotionally, how she does what it takes for her to feel like a present and resilient Mother and why she didn't discuss her pregnancy publicly until she passed the 7th month mark. Kerry Jeffery is a Coach, Counsellor and Clinical Hypnotherapist helping clients all around the world to overcome the emotional issues of living w...
Episode 18: Christina Tidwell, figuring out life and health with Still's Disease.
July 26, 2019 23:00 - 1 hour - 53.1 MBChristina was diagnosed with Adult Onset Still’s Disease at age 18 which presented with high spiking fevers, extreme fatigue, rashes and inflammation. When she was discharged from the hospital after her initial diagnosis, she realised there must be more she could do to support her health than just pharmaceuticals that were suppressing her symptoms. She began the journey to understand not just what diagnosis she had, but why this was happening in her body and it’s led her down a beautiful pat...
Episode 18: Christina Tidwell, figuring out life and health with Still's Disease.
July 26, 2019 23:00 - 1 hour - 53.1 MBChristina was diagnosed with Adult Onset Still’s Disease at age 18 which presented with high spiking fevers, extreme fatigue, rashes and inflammation. When she was discharged from the hospital after her initial diagnosis, she realised there must be more she could do to support her health than just pharmaceuticals that were suppressing her symptoms. She began the journey to understand not just what diagnosis she had, but why this was happening in her body and it’s led her down a beautiful pat...
Episode 17: Jameisha Prescod, Lupus, disability and not looking back.
July 10, 2019 02:00 - 1 hour - 43.6 MBJameisha 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 have an explanation for it all: Anemia, vitamin D deficiency, perhaps depression. Even with Lupus markers in her blood, it still took a few more tries with different doctors to get a confirmed diagnosis. So how do you live with Lupus and the uncertainty of chronic illness at 23? Listen to Jameisha's story here. Kerry Jeffery is a Coa...
Episode 16 Shanna Nemrow: Rising back up from rock bottom.
June 25, 2019 22:00 - 1 hour - 41.4 MBAfter suffering health issues for over a decade, Shanna Nemrow was finally diagnosed with Hashimoto's Thyroiditis and told by her Endocrinologist that there was no cure, there was nothing she could do and had no suggestions for anything to relieve her symptoms. Shanna walked out of that appointment as a warrior, ready to do everything that she could to fight for her health and life. One of the hardest things she faced was dealing with the impact it had on her marriage to her childhood swee...
Episode 15: Samantha Teague from Gerd to Hypogammaglobulinemia and beyond.
June 11, 2019 23:00 - 1 hour - 29.7 MBThe 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 find work that she could manage, she found her dream job as a persona Chef, but chronic illness took away her ability to enjoy it or continue with it and finding the root cause of her increasing symptoms was still a way down the track. Find out how Samantha put herself on track to discovering her multiple chronic illnesses through res...
Episode 14: Lori Pierce on life with Scleroderma, Hashimoto's and Raynaud's
May 28, 2019 23:00 - 1 hour - 28.1 MBLori 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 life in spite of her multiple chronic illnesses. Through it all Lori feels that though it has never been easy, it has been so worth it and through the experience, she has found her purpose and passion for life. Kerry Jeffery is a Coach, Counsellor and Clinical Hypnotherapist helping clients all around the world to overcome the emotiona...