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I am 9 weeks and 5 days into being a Mother. Yep, I count each day. THIS is my babe: Although I am tempted to drift until I am completely under, all consumed solely by my baby and motherhood, I am committed to not venturing there. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, but for […]
Read MoreHoliday Self-Care Tips: This can be a stressful time of year for everyone. Add chronic illness to the mix and it can be totally daunting. Like, is there a cave I can hide in until January 2nd daunting. Join me and Eva Hagberg Fisher as we embark on a discussion about holiday self-care tips and […]
Listen NowGraves’ Disease The autoimmune version of hyperthyroidism, Graves’ disease affects mostly women and many people go misdiagnosed. For Dominique, a stressful event in her junior year of college marked the beginning of Graves’ symptoms—she was plagued by heat intolerance, weight loss, insomnia, tremors, and anxiety. Because Graves’ is often genetic and Dominique’s mother also […]
Listen Now“You are allowed to be demanding and annoying about your health” Self- Advocacy: This is a topic near and dear to my heart. Probably because it saved my life. I have always said that I am my own primary care-taker and everyone else is supplemental—including doctors. Someone I agree with once said, “the […]
Listen NowThe “Low” Immune System: There are many different versions of the low immune system story, none to be confused with autoimmune diseases (this is a completely separate topic). Today’s particular story started while my guest was in utero. Before Targa Sahyoun came out of the womb, she received three full blood transfusions. (I know, right!?) Her […]
Listen NowEnergy Healing Have you wondered just what energy healing is? All of this “woo-woo” stuff gaining traction in 2017? (Especially here in Los Angeles.) Learn about shamanism, reiki, and other weird but magical things in this episode from two unlikely women. Emily Wallace “Once I committed to my emotional, mental, spiritual health that’s when I […]
Listen NowLyme disease: Halley Feiffer ignored her symptoms until they were drastically affecting her lifestyle. It was backstage in the middle of a performance, when she realized that she couldn’t rely on booking effortless jobs and she needed to go to the doctor. Through treating Lyme and strategically monitoring her self-care, today Halley manages a […]
Listen NowBudd Chiari: Nick Smoke’s life was overwhelmingly altered the day he found out he had a rare and life-threatening liver disease called Budd Chiari. At 24 years old, he was a working actor with a flourishing career and no reason to be seriously worried about his health —he didn’t drink or smoke, he took good care […]
Listen Now“I’m so horny! It’s killing me,” I whined, steeped in sexual frustration, in the backseat of a Toyota on Sunday afternoon. Three of us were squeezed in the back seat—two of my closest friends and me— and they had been listening to me have random sexual outbursts all day. Ian is on his lengthy- as- […]
Read MoreI was in a yoga class last Tuesday afternoon, August 30th, 2016. I had spent an hour “opening up” (insert: eye roll), breathing, and getting in touch with the silence and stillness of my body, feeling so grateful for how far I’ve come on my way to wellness. After savasana, I felt all calm […]
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