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Against the Grain Theme Song (Version #2)

Against the Grain - July 12, 2020 00:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 51 ratings
For all the mega Against the Grain fans out there, here is the full theme song, version #2 in all its glory. Produced and Written by Samir Kakodkar Circa 2003 at Northwestern University, Foster Walker Complex, on a microKorg and Garage Band.

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Against the Grain Theme Song (Version #1)

Against the Grain - July 12, 2020 00:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 51 ratings
For all the mega Against the Grain fans out there, here is the full theme song, version #1 in all its glory. The part you are familiar with is in the middle of the track. Produced and Written by Samir Kakodkar. Borrowed some parts from theme from the ABC reality TV show The Mole (that n...

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SOLO: Let's Chat Hair Loss, Sex Drive, & Body Image!

Plenty and Well Podcast - June 29, 2020 13:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratings
Do you ever feel like most of the talk surrounding IBD is around diet and "bathroom issues." In this solo episode, I dive into experiences that aren't talked about as often as the two above mentioned topics - hair loss, sex drive and body image - all things that many individuals with IBD struggl...

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Episode 20: Let's Chat Hair Loss, Sex Drive, & Body Image!

Plenty and Well Podcast - June 29, 2020 13:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratings
Do you ever feel like most of the talk surrounding IBD is around diet and "bathroom issues." In this solo episode, I dive into experiences that aren't talked about as often as the two above mentioned topics - hair loss, sex drive and body image - all things that many individuals with IB...

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Come and Join the Dance

Tales from a Bucket List Champ - June 28, 2020 16:10 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
Kiki was told 100% she'd never be a mother. Join in her journey from the strangest dream to miscarriage to viable pregnancy. But what about her career?

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Dreams of Things to Come

Tales from a Bucket List Champ - June 21, 2020 16:10 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
Kiki promised to tell us how she met her Jungian analyst and became a multimedia artist. Today she delivers in this short but impactful episode. This stuff runs deep, and right now, humanity could use deep healing.

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Predicting Flares, Disease Progression and Medication Viability OH MY! The New IBD Footprints Program with Arielle Radin from Gali Health

Plenty and Well Podcast - June 15, 2020 13:18 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratings
You can check out Gali Health here at: https://galihealth.app.link/NatalieKelley as well as downloading the Gali Health App on the app store with an android app coming soon!  Instagram: @galihealth  IBD Footprints Study: https://galihealth.com/footprints-press-release/ Email: Arielle@galiheal...

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Episode 19: What if You Could Predict a Flare? Arielle from Gali Health Discusses the New IBD FootPrints Program

Plenty and Well Podcast - June 15, 2020 13:18 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratings
You can check out Gali Health here at: https://galihealth.app.link/NatalieKelley as well as downloading the Gali Health App on the app store with an android app coming soon!  Instagram: @galihealth  IBD Footprints Study: https://galihealth.com/footprints-press-release/ Email: Arielle...

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Forrestina Gump

Tales from a Bucket List Champ - June 14, 2020 16:10 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
If you've listened a while, you'll notice Kiki's been present in more than a few defining moments, crossing paths with multiple notable people, even though she's never sought fame. It's almost hard to believe, but it's true. It's also been a LONG spring-into-summer, so here's a lighter episode, ...

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Does Mycobacterium Avium Paratuberculosis (MAP) Cause Crohn's Disease?

Against the Grain - June 14, 2020 02:40 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 51 ratings
There are many theories out there regarding what causes Crohn’s disease. Though ultimately most physicians and scientists acknowledge that we don’t know the cause, there is a small subgroup that believe Crohn’s disease is caused by a specific bacteria called mycobacterium avium paratuber...

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Invisible Illness

Tales from a Bucket List Champ - June 07, 2020 16:10 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
In this episode we discuss coping mechanisms like the Arts and therapy, and reference Elizabeth Kübler-Ross's Five Stages of Grief. David Kessler is her former collaborator who, with the permission of her family, added a sixth stage. Read more about him here. 

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Self Worth, Diagnosis Acceptance, and The Path to Empowered Acceptance with Marissa Spratley

Plenty and Well Podcast - May 26, 2020 15:55 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratings
"At the beginning I thought my diagnosis was going to define me and that I didn't deserve my own love, but through The Path to Empowered Acceptance I know I deserve love and I am there for me and that makes me feel like I have power over my disease." Marissa is a crohn's warrior and recently a p...

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Episode 18: Self Worth, Diagnosis Acceptance, and The Path to Empowered Acceptance with Marissa Spratley

Plenty and Well Podcast - May 26, 2020 15:55 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratings
"At the beginning I thought my diagnosis was going to define me and that I didn't deserve my own love, but through The Path to Empowered Acceptance I know I deserve love and I am there for me and that makes me feel like I have power over my disease." Marissa is a crohn's warrior and rec...

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Early Google

Tales from a Bucket List Champ - May 24, 2020 16:10 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
This is the true story of how Christina (Kiki) Kelley became Google’s first official editor. It took 14 interviews to land the job, so perhaps it’s reasonable that it took us 3 recording attempts to land this episode. Thanks, Coronavirus. If you haven’t listened to Kiki’s podcast before, listen ...

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The Big Blue

Tales from a Bucket List Champ - May 17, 2020 16:10 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
What people are saying: "Wow. You guys make every episode thoroughly absorbing, whether the story line is being a string of dramatic horrors or, like here (and high time too!), it's pretty much all upbeat. I think this may be because your main character is just so darned appealing -- one so wan...

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SOLO: My Story With Grief, Loss, ED Recovery and My Ulcerative Colitis Diagnosis

Plenty and Well Podcast - May 04, 2020 13:27 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratings
I realized, although I have shared snippets of my own experiences through the other episodes, I have never share my FULL story on the podcast. And since this platform is some of your first pieces of contact with me, I thought it would be helpful to put the story behind the voice where all of you...

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My Story: Grief, Loss, ED Recovery and My Ulcerative Colitis Diagnosis

Plenty and Well Podcast - May 04, 2020 13:27 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratings
I realized, although I have shared snippets of my own experiences through the other episodes, I have never share my FULL story on the podcast. And since this platform is some of your first pieces of contact with me, I thought it would be helpful to put the story behind the voice where a...

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Viper's Den

Tales from a Bucket List Champ - May 02, 2020 16:10 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
Reviews from Season 1:  "What Grit Sounds Like — The old saying goes, 'history is written by the winners.' It's true. But sometimes survivors and over-comers share their stories too. Here is a series, not just one memory, knitted through the life of an individual who's striven for much, gained ...

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Top 10 Ready to Eat Foods for Crohn's and Colitis Diets

Against the Grain - April 19, 2020 00:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 51 ratings
This is a show on some of my favorite ready-made food items. These would be considered processed foods to some degree, but definitely less processed than the types of things you would find at The Dollar Store or even a regular grocery store chain. Sometimes it’s nice to have food on hand...

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A Rollercoaster of a Crohn's Diagnosis, College with IBD and BONUS SONGS with Anna Tope

Plenty and Well Podcast - April 13, 2020 13:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratings
“I’m trying to give it all to you, each day I’m just getting by, and I need you, I just want to live my life, trying to make it through day by day.” 21-year-old Anna Tope will have you sitting with chills and tears in your eyes as she sings two of her original songs about her Crohn’s Di...

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College with Chronic Illness, A Rollercoaster of a Crohn's Diagnosis, and BONUS SONGS with Anna Tope

Plenty and Well Podcast - April 13, 2020 13:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratings
“I’m trying to give it all to you, each day I’m just getting by, and I need you, I just want to live my life, trying to make it through day by day.” 21-year-old Anna Tope will have you sitting with chills and tears in your eyes as she sings two of her original songs about her Crohn’s Disease jou...

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How Does Stress Affect Crohn's and Colitis? A Review of the Literature and Case Study of a Healed Colon

Against the Grain - April 05, 2020 21:27 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 51 ratings
This show will focus on the effect of stress on Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. I will define stress as the feeling of being challenged by a threatening event or evolving situation. Everyone experiences some degree of stress in life, but when it becomes chronic and perceived as s...

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Coronavirus in Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Against the Grain - April 03, 2020 03:47 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 51 ratings
Today we are going to tackle Coronavirus, specifically SARS-CoV-2 which causes the disease COVID 19 in relation to gastrointestinal symptoms and disease. I will be interviewing Dr Kaushal Majmudar who is one of our great GI fellows at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital. He recently did a...

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Where I'm At (And Where I've Been) and Dealing With Thriver's Guilt

Plenty and Well Podcast - March 23, 2020 21:14 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratings
I’m back!!! I took a mini hiatus from the podcast to focus on other aspects of my business, as well as my mental health, the last couple of months. The start of 2020 was a rough one for me mentally, but after making some necessary changes in my life, seeking more regular therapy, and fo...

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SOLO: Dealing With Thriver's Guilt (Where I'm At And Where I've Been)

Plenty and Well Podcast - March 23, 2020 21:14 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratings
I’m back!!! I took a mini hiatus from the podcast to focus on other aspects of my business, as well as my mental health, the last couple of months. The start of 2020 was a rough one for me mentally, but after making some necessary changes in my life, seeking more regular therapy, and focusing on...

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What is the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, Reaching Remission on SCD and Feeling Liberated Not Restricted with Dr. Ali Arjomand

Plenty and Well Podcast - February 17, 2020 13:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratings
“SCD to me is an expansive diet.” Dr. Ali Arjomand’s (PhD in nutrition and certified nutritionist) life was controlled by Crohn’s Disease for over 15 years. He tried every medication available and kept being met by failure. Over and over and over again, he tried medications that left hi...

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The Specific Carbohydrate Diet, Reaching Remission on SCD and Feeling Liberated Not Restricted with Dr. Ali Arjomand

Plenty and Well Podcast - February 17, 2020 13:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratings
“SCD to me is an expansive diet.” Dr. Ali Arjomand’s (PhD in nutrition and certified nutritionist) life was controlled by Crohn’s Disease for over 15 years. He tried every medication available and kept being met by failure. Over and over and over again, he tried medications that left him still f...

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Eating For Energy, Eating During an IBD Flare, and Making Lifestyle Changes with RD Brittany Roman-Green

Plenty and Well Podcast - February 03, 2020 13:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratings
"It’s easy to have a strange relationship with food when it seems like food is the enemy and is causing symptoms." Brittany Roman-Green, a registered dietician specializing in individuals with Crohn's Disease, ulcerative colitis and IBS, shines light on how she helps transform her clients' minds...

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Plant Based Diet for Crohn's and Colitis: Mitsuro Chiba, MD PhD

Against the Grain - January 27, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 51 ratings
Dr. Mitsuro Chiba is an MD, PhD is a gastroenterologist and researcher at Akita City Hospital, Kawamoto, Akita City, Japan. He believes that inflammatory bowel disease is a lifestyle disease mediated mainly by a westernized diet, and has had many subsequent publications detailing his us...

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Over 50 years on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet for Ulcerative Colitis: Judy Herod, Daughter of Elaine Gottschall

Against the Grain - January 19, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 51 ratings
This is my much anticipated interview with Judy Herod who has been on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (which we will often abbreviate as SCD) for over 50 years for ulcerative colitis with rapid clinical response and sustained drug-free remission. Her mother is the late Elaine Gottschall, ...

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