Tick Boot Camp
590 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 66 ratingsThe goal of the Tick Boot Camp Podcast is to help people liberate themselves and others from suffering caused by Lyme disease through validation, community building, belief that healing is possible, and modeling success. Listen to our Tick Boot Camp podcast using all major podcast streaming services such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Google Podcasts. Our podcast is also integrated with smart home devices, such as Amazon Alexa and Apple TV. Ask your device to "play the Tick Boot Camp Podcast!"
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Episode 272: Transforming Hearts - an interview with Blakeley Boyd
June 04, 2022 04:01 - 1 hour - 46.7 MBBlakeley Boyd is a 20-year-old farm girl from Alabama who has a heart of gold and a passion for spreading the love of Jesus to those around her. She spent her growing up years with her eight siblings working her farm with her dad and being homeschooled by her mom. All growing up Blakeley often was there always offering a helping hand to those who need it. That good work ethic and passion for loving others running through her veins drove her to dream of doing mission work into her adult years...
Episode 271: The Ultimate Fighter - an interview with Jim Miller
June 01, 2022 04:01 - 63.4 MBJim Miller is a 38-year-old professional mixed martial arts athlete from Sparta Township, New Jersey. He currently holds the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) records for the most wins, most bouts, most submission wins, and most fight time (6:03:59) in the lightweight division. He has been awarded Fight of the Night 7 times and Fight of the Year. In 2016, after losing a unanimous decision, he decided he would announce his retirement after a final bout at UFC 200. Because he believed that...
Episode 270: Stopping Lyme - an interview with Kayla Stevens
May 28, 2022 04:01 - 1 hour - 54.1 MBKayla Stevens is a 27-year-old woman from Atlanta, Georgia. She has a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology and Health Sciences from the University of Maine, a Master of Health Administration (MHA) from Georgia State University, and she’s currently finishing up her Integrative Health Practitioner (IHP) certification. Prior to contracting Lyme disease, Ms. Stevens worked for a local hospital, was known as the “party girl,” and traveled frequently. At the age of 25, Ms. Stevens quickly fell ill...
Episode 269: From No to Success - an interview with Leanne Pearson
May 25, 2022 04:01 - 1 hour - 62.8 MBLeanne Pearson is a 32-year-old Country Rock singer songwriter from Nashville, Tennessee and Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. She has written and produced several popular songs including “Miles Away,” “Little Man,” and the TikTok famous “Caturday.” Ms. Pearson’s professional and personal life plans were more times than not rejected by her family, friends, and teachers. She was told she could not be a professional singer/songwriter and she was told she was not sick during her lengthy Lyme diagnos...
Episode 268: HatchPath - an interview with Jordan Dunin
May 21, 2022 04:01 - 50.4 MBThis week Tick Boot Camp and special co-host Nicole Bell interviewed the charismatic Founder and CEO of HatchPath.io: Jordan Dunin. Mr. Dunin’s Lyme disease journey inspired him to build built a platform designed to match patients with vetted professional health and life coaches. Mr. Dunin was diagnosed with Lyme disease at the age of 20. Prior to the diagnosis, he was an elite Canadian Jr hockey player in high school and college. His path to professional hockey was interrupted by multiple ...
Episode 267: Myth Busting - an interview with Laura J. Perry
May 18, 2022 04:01 - 1 hour - 65.9 MBLaura Perry is a 37-year-old myth busting Integrative Health Practitioner from Richmond, Virginia. Despite suffering from unwellness for most of her life, she succeeded in securing a very stable and lucrative job in corporate America. During her lengthy diagnostic journey, she treated with 15 allopathic doctors who misdiagnosed her “over and over again.” In 2019, she abandoned the western medical system and utilized Bioresonance testing. She tested positive for “Borrelia, Babesia, Bartone...
Episode 266: ECO Laboratory - an interview with Karen Weeks and Anna Roberts
May 14, 2022 04:01 - 1 hour - 44.2 MBThis week Tick Boot Camp interviewed the dynamic mother daughter founders and operators of Eco Laboratory. Karen Weeks is an internationally recognized Lyme disease pioneer who has been at the forefront of Lyme research since the early 1980s. While supervising the Virology Department at the Department of Public Health for Massachusetts, Ms. Weeks worked directly with Dr. Allen Steere (the physician researcher recognized for detailing the clinical symptoms and naming Lyme disease). At that t...
Episode 265: Healing Fashionably - an interview with Miranda Holder
May 11, 2022 04:01 - 1 hour - 47.8 MBMiranda Holder is a 46-year-old fashion stylist, TV stylist, college lecturer and animal rescue philanthropist from Hampshire, England. Her entertainment portfolio includes number one girl band Little Mix, music icon Boy George, and Hollywood actress Vanessa Williams. She is a regular TV Stylist on QVC, and she hosts her own highly regarded fashion podcast. Ms. Holder’s life and entertainment career were stalled by injuries and illness following a near fatal auto accident. Shortly after suf...
Episode 264: Through Grief to Healing - an interview with Kim Director
May 07, 2022 04:01 - 1 hour - 54.6 MBKim Director is a Carnegie Mellon University educated TV and film working actor from New York City, New York. She has starred in HBO’s “The Deuce,” Netflix’s “Orange is the New Black,” “Queens,” “Blair Witch 2” and several Spike Lee films including “He Got Game,” “Summer of Sam,” “She Hate Me,” and “Inside Man.” Ms. Director’s Lyme disease journey began 18 years before her diagnosis. She visited with over 60 doctors on both the east and west coasts of the United State. Despite presenting he...
Episode 263: Petri Dish - an interview with Kate Petrie
May 04, 2022 04:01 - 1 hour - 56.9 MBKate Petrie is a 54-year-old classically trained actor, voice actor, drama teacher, and makeup artist from Morayshire, Scotland. Drama school and stage acting offered her the opportunity to travel across the globe residing in France, England, and Spain. Ms. Petrie spent her childhood in rural Scotland where she “was bitten by ticks many times.” She “had lots of health issues when [she] was younger,” but suffered severe symptoms including rashes, swollen glands, loss of voice, and “horrendou...
Episode 262: Courageous Insider - an interview with Gabriela Wijegunawardena
April 30, 2022 04:01 - 1 hour - 58.3 MBGabriela Wijegunawardena is a 43-year-old mother living in the Washington metropolitan area, originally from San Francisco, California, where she contracted Lyme disease. She is a food blogger and has helped countless individuals in the Lyme disease and tick-borne illness community. Prior to contracting Lyme disease, Ms. Wijegunawardena worked as a NICU nurse at a level III NICU/Regional surgical center for almost 2 decades. She loved traveling with her husband to places like Hawaii, Bali, ...
Episode 261: Beating Back Death - an interview with Stacy Johnson, Scott Dukelow, and Doctor Jeff Lawson
April 27, 2022 04:01 - 2 hours - 76.3 MBStacy Johnson is a TV and film working actor, singer, director, producer, and stunt woman. Her acting career began at the age of 4 on Sesame Street and has blossomed to include high profile projects like “Heroes,” “Ozark,” “The Greatest Showman,” “Halloween,” and “Iron Man” movies. She has produced and won awards for her documentary films "Hursit" and “The Sun Sets.” As a successful actress, Ms. Johnson has taught students on acting and in furthering their careers. She and her husband Scott...
Episode 260: Manifesting East and West - an interview with Dr. Deepti Agarwal
April 23, 2022 04:01 - 32.5 MBThis week Tick Boot Camp interviewed the Director of Integrative and Interventional Pain Management at Case Integrative Health: Dr. Deepti Agarwal, MD. Dr. Agarwal is a double board certified and fellowship trained Pain Physician and Anesthesiologist. She served as an Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois where she presented and published on a wide range of scholarly research on Anesthesia, Acute and Chronic pain medicine. In this comprehensive interview, Dr. Agarwal discusses: ...
Episode 259: The Monster Inside Me - an interview with Frances and Tony Silva
April 20, 2022 04:01 - 67 MBThis week Tick Boot Camp interviewed writer Frances Cecilia and Director Tony C. Silva, the power couple that created one of this year’s finest full-length feature films. By turning the camera towards themselves, they show the intimate side of our modern era's most misunderstood chronic illness: Lyme disease. In The Monster Inside Me, Frances and Tony take the viewer on their journey of researching the truth, lies and healing behind Lyme disease. In this comprehensive discussion, Frances and...
Episode 258: Powerhouse - an interview with Kelsey Wenburg
April 16, 2022 04:01 - 1 hour - 53.8 MBKelsey Wenburg is a 39-year-old woman from Anchorage, Alaska. She’s on a health journey healing from Lyme disease and mold. Prior to contracting Lyme disease, Ms. Wenburg was working full-time and ran weekly workouts. She then became a health coach and helped others heal their bodies from a variety of ailments. At the age of 29, Ms. Wenburg first began to exhibit alarming symptoms that she later learned were caused by Lyme disease, which included fatigue and insomnia. Unfortunately, as tim...
Episode 257: Vital Side - an interview with Lindsay Mitchell
April 13, 2022 04:01 - 67.4 MBThis week Tick Boot Camp invited Lindsay Mitchell, founder and CEO of Vital-Side, to discuss the membership program that empowers people suffering with chronic illness and limbic system impairment to retrain their brain out of the chronic stress response to gain relief from their symptoms. In this comprehensive interview, Ms. Mitchell discusses: Her experience of having recovered from Lyme disease How Vital-Side’s application of mental exercises and techniques are designed to take the brai...
Episode 256: Tree of Life - an interview with Bob Miller
April 09, 2022 04:01 - 1 hour - 70.9 MBThis week Tick Boot Camp invited Robert Miller, a Certified Traditional Naturopath and founder of the Tree of Life Naturopathic practice, NutriGenetic Research Institute, and Functional Genomic Analysis, to discuss the relationship between genetic variants and Lyme disease. In this comprehensive interview, Mr. Miller discusses: The origin stories of the 3 companies he founded The virtue of genetic testing for people suffering from Lyme disease How genetics “loads the gun and environment p...
Episode 255: Squishy Samm - an interview with Sam Chocano
April 06, 2022 04:01 - 1 hour - 46.5 MBSamantha Marie Chocano is a multi-talented 25-year-old entrepreneur, graphic artist, YouTuber, gamer and glass ceiling breaking athlete from Fresno, California. She is vlogging and publishing her “entire treatment” journey to expose the reality of Lyme disease. Ms. Chocano’s childhood garnered her the opportunity to “do many out of the box things.” She was the sole female wrestler on her high school and college teams, moved to different parts of the county each year as the child of a milita...
Episode 254: Beauty Beats Lyme - an interview with Dani Tygr
April 02, 2022 04:01 - 99.4 MBDani Tygr is a 34-year-old hair stylist from Los Angeles, California. In addition to film and television, her work has been featured in music videos, red carpet events, music tours, music festivals, editorials, runway events, and more. Prior to contracting Lyme disease, Dani traveled all over the world working in the beauty industry serving as an executive global platform artist and technical educator. She graduated from the Paul Mitchell School of Cosmetology and won various awards includi...
Episode 253: Faithful Healing - an interview with Hayden Crook
March 30, 2022 04:01 - 1 hour - 61.4 MBHayden Crook is a 28-year-old youth pastor from Bend, Oregon. He graduated from the elite University of Oregon with a bachelor’s degree majoring in Psychology and Business. After college, Pastor Crook was appointed Youth Pastor for one of the largest churches in the State of Oregon. In this capacity, he supervised youth mission trips, including a mission to cut firewood for a Native American reservation. On the second day of the firewood mission trip, he suffered a headache and dizziness t...
Episode 252: Healing Through Trauma - an interview with Ali Kates
March 26, 2022 04:01 - 2 hours - 74.7 MBThis week Tick Boot Camp interviewed Certified Trauma Coach and entrepreneurial founder of EmotionalHealthAccelerator.com: Ali Kates. Ms. Kate’s is from Sonoma County, California. In the comprehensive interview, Ms. Cates shared how she endured a series of traumatic childhood experiences that included chronic illness caused by Lyme disease, emotional pain brought about by parental philandering and divorce, the death of a family member and best friend, and finally a sexual assault. Ms. Kate...
Episode 251: Sam's Spoons - an interview with Sam and Carrie Perry
March 23, 2022 04:01 - 2 hours - 88.6 MBSamantha Perry is a 23-year-old graduate of Penn State University. She is currently working as a traveling yoga teacher in Costa Rica. Next year she will move to Spain to commence a graduate studies program in Doctor of Chiropractic. Samantha’s Lyme disease journey began during her junior year of high school. The life of the “super active, ambitious and social teenager” was halted by flu-symptoms that migrated to joint pain, fatigue, nausea, and low-grade fever. Samantha and her parents...
Episode 250: Generation Lyme - an interview with Brooke Stoddard, Jennifer Hoffmann, Jesse Ruben, and Haley DiBiase
March 19, 2022 04:01 - 2 hours - 73.2 MBThis week Tick Boot Camp invited the "Core Four" of Generation Lyme, Brooke Stoddard, Jennifer Hoffmann, Jesse Ruben, and Haley DiBiase, to discuss the services the not-for-profit organization offer to the Lyme disease community. In this comprehensive interview the board of directors discusses: The origin story of Generation Lyme The relationship between Project Lyme and Generation Lyme The mission of Generation of Lyme How Generation Lyme is creating a community How Generation Lyme is ...
Episode 249: The Nova - an interview with Amanda Tiberi
March 16, 2022 04:01 - 1 hour - 47.2 MBAmanda Tiberi is a multi-talented 33-year-old clinical nutritionist and founder of the Amanda Nova Wellness community. Ms. Tiberi is from Westchester County, New York. Ms. Tiberi’s journey with chronic illness, triggered by Lyme disease, began when she “got sick in 2018 and never got better.” Her symptoms initially presented as chronic back pain then migrated to “brain fog, full body muscle and joint pain, digestive issues, fatigue, depression, anxiety, and weight gain.” After suffering a ...
Episode 248: The Lyme Resource - an interview with Gretel Adams
March 12, 2022 05:01 - 51 MBGretel Adams is a 36-year-old small business owner from Columbus, Ohio. She has owned and operated Sunny Meadows Flower Farm since 2006 with her husband Steve. Prior to contracting Lyme disease, Ms. Adams worked very hard and had to perform both physical labor and intense decision-making. While not working, she enjoyed socializing with friends and attending music festivals. At the age of 33, Ms. Adams had found a tick biting her and she quickly removed it and went on with her life. The ver...
Episode 247: IGenex - an interview with Stuti Vora
March 09, 2022 05:01 - 42.9 MBThis week Tick Boot Camp invited Stuti Vora, customer service supervisor of IGeneX, to discuss how and why IGeneX has become the laboratory most trusted by patients in the Lyme disease community. In this comprehensive interview Ms. Vora discusses: The IGeneX origin story Blood, urine, and miscellaneous testing options available through IGeneX The new IGeneX Tick-Borne Disease Test Directory built to assist the patient community to find the information needed on Lyme and co-infection testi...
Episode 246: Forgiving Spirit - an interview with Gabriella Bordonaro
March 05, 2022 05:01 - 1 hour - 61.9 MBGabriella Bordonaro is a 21-year-old student majoring in Marketing at Le Moyne College located in Syracuse, New York. She plans to continue with her studies by attending graduate school in the fall. Ms. Bordonaro spent her childhood in the rural central New York region where she enjoyed a life filled with outdoor activities. Hailing from a family of athletes, she followed in the footsteps of her uber athletic brother and became a 4-sport athlete. Unfortunately, her outdoorsy childhood in t...
Episode 245: Starseed R/evolution - an interview with Dr. Richard Horowitz
February 27, 2022 05:01 - 1 hour - 62.5 MBDr Richard Horowitz is an internationally recognized Lyme Literate Medical Doctor (LLMD), author of 2 New York Times bestselling books and co-author of the 2018 Housing and Human Services (HHS) Tick-Borne Disease Working Group (TBDWG) report to Congress. He has treated more than 14,000 Lyme disease patients earning him the reputation as the LLMD to the stars. During his career, Dr. Horowitz has learned that Lyme disease and chronic illness can be healed if treated holistically, i.e., physic...
Episode 244: The Milk Cleanse - an interview with Jody Levy
February 26, 2022 05:01 - 1 hour - 54.9 MBJody Levy is a 42-year-old artist, designer and serial entrepreneur from Detroit, Michigan. She is the founder and co-founded of several successful businesses, including LabElymental, The Milk Cleanse, NeuroPraxis and WTRMLN WTR. Ms. Levy’s Lyme journey began when she heard the call to leave Michigan to attend college in upstate New York. A tick bite during her freshman year transformed her life from “amazing and full of magic” to 18 years of health and diagnostic labor. Although she achi...
Episode 243: Partner in Lyme - an interview with Grace and Jessica Snajder
February 23, 2022 12:00 - 77.4 MBGrace and Jessica Snajder are the dynamic mother-daughter founders of Partner in Lyme. The Connecticut based non-profit organization offers financial, emotional, and spiritual support to people diagnosed with Lyme disease. The Snajder family’s journey with Lyme began when Grace suffered “headaches, light sensitivity, sound sensitivity, and loss of the ability to read and do math” after falling while snowboarding. The rapid change in Grace’s health came as a surprise because she wore a helme...
Episode 242: SOT Saved Me - an interview with Kelsey Watkins
February 19, 2022 05:01 - 2 hours - 76.8 MBKelsey Watkins is a 28-year-old wife and mother on leave from her career as a utility company office manager. She and her family reside in Meyersville, Maryland. Ms. Watkins’ health challenges began with fainting spells when she would “go from sitting to standing.” At the age of 19, she would faint “upwards of 5 times per day.” Her primary care physician and cardiologist diagnosed her with POTS, prescribed her medication, and told her to “eat more salt.” Her symptoms stabilized until the ...
Episode 241: Standing In Truth - an interview with Peter Owen
February 16, 2022 05:01 - 1 hour - 67.3 MBPeter Owen is a 63-year-old geologist, photographer and entrepreneur from Melbourne Victoria, Australia. He is a founding member of the TICNA (Tick-Borne Community Network Australia) public education group and President of the Conquering Chronic Illness patient support group. While recovering from a badly broken leg from a fall at his home, Mr. Owen began to feel incredible pain all over his body. Beginning with headaches, shoulder pain, and neck pain his symptoms expanded and migrated to i...
Episode 240: Chaos Coordinator - an interview with Jessica Jensen
February 12, 2022 05:01 - 2 hours - 63.7 MBJessica Jensen is a 31-year-old alternative and holistic health services teacher/ coach from Hillsboro, New Hampshire. Ms. Jensen’s Lyme disease journey began while she was working to “coordinate chaos” as a preschool teacher. Her initial symptoms included migraines, body pain, stomach pain and fatigue. She sought treatment from 20 doctors over 6 years before she was diagnosed with Lyme disease. The lengthy diagnostic and treatment journey pilfered Ms. Jensen’s financial resources. To rest...
Episode 239: Unmovable - an interview with Kirstan O'Neill
February 09, 2022 05:01 - 37.2 MBKirstan O’Neil is a 24-year-old small business owner from Northwest Florida. She runs an RV resort with her family and helps manage the day-to-day operations of the business. Prior to contracting Lyme disease, Kirstan had a very active and enjoyable life. She regularly went to the gym, enjoyed cooking and gardening with her grandma, and started working with her family at a young age. At the age of 12, Ms. O’Neil contracted Lyme disease and developed a “strep-like cold,” nosebleeds, swollen...
Episode 238: Swords to Plow Shares - an interview with Claeren Smets
February 05, 2022 05:01 - 57.7 MBClaeren Smets is a 33-year-old holistic life coach, pain reset therapist, yoga and meditation docent from Antwerp, Belgium. Ms. Smets was an internationally ranked combat athlete excelling in Judo and boxing. She studied sports education and fitness instruction in university and worked as a high school teacher upon graduation. At the age of 27, the uber fit Ms. Smets began to feel fatigued and suffered numerous sports injuries. Her energy levels continued to decline and she felt like she “...
Episode 237: The Health CEO - an interview with Nicole Oliveira
February 02, 2022 05:01 - 1 hour - 61.4 MBNicole Oliveira is a 35-year-old marketing, advertising and brand professional from Charlotte, North Carolina. She lived and worked for most of her life in the eastern US Lyme belt states of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York. The Oliveira family’s Lyme disease journey began with a “bullseye rash” discovered by Nicole’s mother at the age of 4. Ms. Oliveira was treated with a short course of antibiotics and remained healthy until the age of 11 when she developed chronic migraine headache...
Episode 236: Healing Without Borders - an interview with Laura Arnal
January 29, 2022 05:01 - 61.2 MBLaura Arnal is a 47-year-old Lyme disease health coach, author, patient advocate, and co-founder of the PREFACE group (Patient Resource Facilitator Europe). She is the author of the French language book titled “I Overcome Lyme Disease” (J’ai sumonte la Maladie de Lyme - Editions Odile Jacob). Ms. Arnal was born, raised, and educated in France. In 2009, she, her husband, and their 3 children moved to Germany “to discover another culture.” Shortly after the move to Germany, the Arnal family “...
Episode 235: Anti-Fragile - an interview with Lauren Kingsly
January 22, 2022 05:01 - 2 hours - 74.5 MBLauren Kingsly is a 21-year-old author, speaker, and student at the University of Chicago. She was born and raised on the American east coast in Morristown, New Jersey. By the age of 15, her physical, neurological, and psychological symptoms were cataclysmic. She was wheelchair bound, unable to form clear sentences, and suffering from hallucinations. Ms. Kingsly was such a “train wreck” that her hallucination experience became “oddly comforting” to her. She was consistently visited by a “m...
Episode 234: Tick Tock, It's Lyme O'Clock - an interview with Christa Nannos
January 15, 2022 05:01 - 50.9 MBChrista Nannos is a 31-year-old American author, actor, writer and Lyme disease educator from Los Angeles, California. Ms. Nannos was bitten by a tick when she was 9 years old. Her Lyme disease remained mostly dormant until she was exposed to parasites while on a mission trip to Guatemala. Ms. Nannos was misdiagnosed with mental health illnesses, Candida, SIBO, Overactive Bladder Syndrome, IBS and more over 10 years. Christa was finally properly diagnosed with Lyme disease a few years ago a...
Episode 233: Fearless Pioneer - an interview with Dr. Daniel Cameron
January 12, 2022 05:01 - 2 hours - 66.8 MBDr. Daniel Cameron, MD, MPH is an internationally recognized Lyme disease pioneer with over 30 years of medical, epidemiological and research experience from Mt. Kisco, New York. Dr. Cameron is a board-certified internist and epidemiologist that opened a private medical practice in 1987. Almost immediately after hanging out his shingle, he began to treat patients from the local community suffering from persistent, recurring symptoms, including neurological manifestations caused by Lyme dise...
Episode 232: Healing Channel - an interview with Bianca Crino
January 05, 2022 05:01 - 69.7 MBBianca Crino is a 27-year-old Health Coach, Reiki Practitioner, author, and course builder/creator. She was born and raised in Sydney, Australia and currently resides in Poland. Ms. Crino began to feel “unwell” shortly after her 22nd birthday. She experienced brain fog, severe fatigue, neck pain and headaches. Her debilitating symptoms caused her to seek diagnostic and treatment assistance from more than 6 medical doctors resulting in misdiagnosis including Multiple Sclerosis, Fibromyalgia...
Episode 231: New Road - an interview with Jessica Smith
December 29, 2021 05:01 - 73.8 MBJessica Smith is a 30-year-old local director with Child Evangelism Fellowship, a Bible and Theology student at Shasta Bible College, and a student at Trinity School of Natural Health. In 2014, Ms. Smith moved from Oregon to Missouri to attend ministry vocational school. Despite growing up on a farm with a general awareness of ticks and Lyme disease, she was not taught to take steps to avoid or check for ticks. While taking a hike on the 600-acre school campus, she discovered a small tick o...
Episode 230: Foundation for Healing - an interview with Lauren Less
December 22, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 40.4 MBLauren Less is a 29-year-old Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), real estate broker and nutrition enthusiast. While attending summer camp at the age of 13, she was bitten by a tick that she removed without adult assistance. After returning home from camp, she began to suffer classic acute Lyme disease symptoms including fatigue, joint pain and brain fog. For the next 15 years, Ms. Less’ symptoms progressed and became chronic. She sought answers for the cause of her illness from “many d...
Episode 229: LymeTV - an interview with Adina Bercowicz
December 18, 2021 05:01 - 1 hour - 65.5 MBAdina Bercowicz is founder and executive director of LymeTV. She is a 44-year-old tick-borne illness advocate, wife, and mother living in Portland, Maine. Prior to getting sick, Ms. Bercowicz was working full time as an executive leader for a nonprofit in India, regularly attended yoga and martial arts classes, had an active social life, and traveled frequently for work. She was “active and at the top of [her] game, life was perfect.” Ms. Bercowicz became sick with Lyme disease when she wa...
Episode 228: Her Own Path - an interview with Ally Lopes
December 15, 2021 05:01 - 1 hour - 55.3 MBAlly Lopes is a 24-year-old National Board-Certified Health and Wellness Coach (NBC-HWC) and kindergarten teacher from the New Jersey Lyme belt. Ms. Lopes’ Lyme disease journey began with severe vertigo and flu-like symptoms the day before she flew to Walt Disney World for her high school senior class trip. She was initially diagnosed with a stomach virus and a sinus infection. During the following 2 years, her symptoms progressed forcing her to seek treatment from so many doctors she fina...
Episode 227: Pain to Purpose - an interview with Madi Peters
December 11, 2021 05:01 - 1 hour - 52.8 MBMadi Peters is a 22-year-old medical school student from Canada training to become a Naturopathic Doctor (ND). Her Lyme disease experience has shaped her life, values, and passions. She soon will be helping others suffering from chronic Lyme disease once she completes medical school. Prior to getting sick, Ms. Peters was a very active teenager engaged in competitive dance, teaching gymnastics, participating in her school’s swim team, and actively serving as a member of her school’s student ...
Episode 226: The Comeback - an interview with Liz Campbell
December 08, 2021 05:01 - 1 hour - 61.7 MBLiz Campbell is a 23-year-old Health Coach residing in the shadow of South Carolina’s storied Clemson University. She is working to enhance her coaching skill sets by enrollment in a Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) course of study. Ms. Campbell’s Lyme disease experience began with a month-long flu followed by severe fatigue. Weight gain, joint pain, and insomnia were added to her fatigue symptoms triggering a health crash that rendered her housebound and unable to attend school for 9 mon...
Episode 225: Courageously Vulnerable - an interview with Crystal Hefner
December 04, 2021 05:01 - 1 hour - 36 MBCrystal Hefner is a multi-talented 35-year-old artist, model, entrepreneur, philanthropist and travel blogger from Los Angeles, California. The foundation for Ms. Hefner’s chronic Lyme disease journey was built on the footings of the iconic Playboy lifestyle. While married to Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, she resided in a mold infested mansion surrounded by emotionally unhealthy people. In 2015, Ms. Hefner fell ill and sought treatment from medical doctors. Confused by classic Lyme symptoms...
Episode 224: Full Spectrum Coaching - an interview with Julie Yakunich
December 01, 2021 05:01 - 2 hours - 80.4 MBJulie Yakunich is a 40-year-old Integrative Health Practitioner and Certified Health Coach specializing in Lyme disease from Chicago, Illinois. She has her own private practice, Get Well with Julie, and sees Lyme and chronic illness patients at Case Integrative Health. Ms. Yakunich’s battle with Lyme began when she was 29 years old after living a very active and high functioning life while working, attending graduate school at night, and traveling around the world in her free time. Her firs...
Episode 223: Advocacy & Purpose - an Event to Celebrate the First Birthday of Advocacy Express
November 27, 2021 05:01 - 1 hour - 54.7 MBElected officials from around the United States joined leading Lyme disease advocates to celebrate the one-year anniversary of Advocacy Express which flipped over 40 representatives to now support Lyme legislation! Tune in to listen to Brookhaven Town Councilwoman Jane Bonner (Long Island, New York), Brookhaven Town Councilman Kevin LaValle (Long Island, New York), New York State Assemblyman Steve Englebright, and Michigan State Representative Karen Whitsett These elected officials share t...