How Two Lyme Advocates and Podcasters Found Hope After Years of Misdiagnosis
Release Date: 01/19/2026
Healing Guidance for Navigating Chronic Lyme with Marjorie Veiga
Love, Hope, Lyme Podcast
This is episode 75 of the Love, Hope, Lyme podcast. To get your free pdf of "Love, Hope, Lyme: What Family Members, Partners, and Friends Who Love a Chronic Lyme Survivor Need to Know," reach out to Fred Diamond on social media. [NOTE: This podcast does not replace medical treatment. If you struggle with Lyme care, please see a Lyme Literate Medical Doctor.] In this powerful episode of the Love, Hope, Lyme podcast, host Fred Diamond is joined by Lyme advocate Marjorie Veiga for an honest, practical conversation about managing the overwhelm of Lyme disease and tickborne illnesses. Marjorie...
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How Two Lyme Advocates and Podcasters Found Hope After Years of Misdiagnosis
Love, Hope, Lyme Podcast
This is episode 74 of the Love, Hope, Lyme podcast. To get your free pdf of "Love, Hope, Lyme: What Family Members, Partners, and Friends Who Love a Chronic Lyme Survivor Need to Know," reach out to Fred Diamond on social media. [NOTE: This podcast does not replace medical treatment. If you struggle with Lyme care, please see a Lyme Literate Medical Doctor.] In this powerful and deeply human episode of the Love, Hope, Lyme podcast, host Fred Diamond is joined by two respected Lyme disease advocates and fellow podcasters. Anne Desjardins and Tanya Hoebel join Fred for an honest conversation...
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Finding Hope When Lyme Disease Changes Everything in Your Life
Love, Hope, Lyme Podcast
This is episode 73 of the Love, Hope, Lyme podcast. To get your free pdf of "Love, Hope, Lyme: What Family Members, Partners, and Friends Who Love a Chronic Lyme Survivor Need to Know," reach out to Fred Diamond on social media. [NOTE: This podcast does not replace medical treatment. If you struggle with Lyme care, please see a Lyme Literate Medical Doctor.] In this powerful and deeply moving episode of the Love, Hope, Lyme Podcast, host Fred Diamond welcomes back Rabbi Melinda Bernstein and Gregg Kirk, two extraordinary guests for an honest, soulful conversation about the spiritual dimensions...
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RFK Jr. Lyme Roundtable Follow Up from Lyme Disease Advocates
Love, Hope, Lyme Podcast
This is episode 72 of the Love, Hope, Lyme podcast. To get your free pdf of "Love, Hope, Lyme: What Family Members, Partners, and Friends Who Love a Chronic Lyme Survivor Need to Know," reach out to Fred Diamond on social media. [NOTE: This podcast does not replace medical treatment. If you struggle with Lyme care, please see a Lyme Literate Medical Doctor.] Historic Moment for Lyme Advocacy. RFK Jr. Roundtable Reactions & What Comes Next In this special episode of the Love, Hope, Lyme Podcast, host Fred Diamond, author of Love, Hope, Lyme: What Family Members, Partners, and Friends Who...
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TiCK MiTT Founder Olivia Abrams Uses Entrepreneurship to Advance Lyme Advocacy
Love, Hope, Lyme Podcast
This is episode 71 of the Love, Hope, Lyme podcast. To get your free pdf of "Love, Hope, Lyme: What Family Members, Partners, and Friends Who Love a Chronic Lyme Survivor Need to Know," reach out to Fred Diamond on social media. [NOTE: This podcast does not replace medical treatment. If you struggle with Lyme care, please see a Lyme Literate Medical Doctor.] In this episode of the Love, Hope, Lyme Podcast, host Fred Diamond sits down with Olivia Abrams, founder of TiKK MiTT and a Lyme disease survivor who turned prevention into purpose. Olivia shares her personal Lyme story beginning with...
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Uncovering the Root Cause of Your Stalled Chronic Illness Recovery with Dr. Melanie Stein
Love, Hope, Lyme Podcast
This is episode 70 of the Love, Hope, Lyme podcast. To get your free pdf of "Love, Hope, Lyme: What Family Members, Partners, and Friends Who Love a Chronic Lyme Survivor Need to Know," reach out to Fred Diamond on social media. [NOTE: This podcast does not replace medical treatment. If you struggle with Lyme care, please see a Lyme Literate Medical Doctor.] Why do so many people with chronic Lyme and other persistent infections do everything right… yet still not get better? In this episode of Love, Hope, Lyme, host Fred Diamond sits down with Dr. Melanie Stein a naturopathic physician,...
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Breaking Down Jesse Ruben’s Monster and the Truth Lyme Survivors Know
Love, Hope, Lyme Podcast
In this powerful episode of Love, Hope, Lyme, Fred Diamond sits down with singer-songwriter and Lyme advocate Jesse Ruben for a deep, honest, and emotional breakdown of his song “Monster.” Jesse opens up about the terrifying return of his Lyme and Babesiosis, the years of misdiagnosis, the isolation, the brain fog, the burning pain, and the desperate search for answers that so many Lyme survivors know all too well. For the first time, Jesse walks through Monster line by line — how the lyrics came to him during the darkest hours of his illness, why he nearly kept the song off the album,...
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What It Means to Be a Lyme Warrior with Lauren Lovejoy
Love, Hope, Lyme Podcast
This is episode 68 of the Love, Hope, Lyme podcast. To get your free pdf of "Love, Hope, Lyme: What Family Members, Partners, and Friends Who Love a Chronic Lyme Survivor Need to Know," reach out to Fred Diamond on social media. [NOTE: This podcast does not replace medical treatment. If you struggle with Lyme care, please see a Lyme Literate Medical Doctor.] What does it really mean to be a Lyme Warrior? 💚 In this powerful episode of Love, Hope, Lyme, host Fred Diamond talks with Lauren Lovejoy, founder of Lyme Warrior, about her 12-year journey from losing her health and career to...
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The We Don't Have Lyme Here Myth Dr. Korine Kolivras is Disproving
Love, Hope, Lyme Podcast
In this episode of Love, Hope, Lyme, Fred Diamond speaks with Dr. Korine Kolivras, professor of geography at Virginia Tech, whose groundbreaking research challenges the long-held belief that “we don’t have Lyme here.” Dr. Kolivras, author of a chapter in Appalachian Epidemics: From Smallpox to COVID, shares how geography, land use, and even bird migration contribute to the spread of Lyme disease across Virginia, Appalachia, and beyond. She explains why the maps we rely on underestimate the true reach of Lyme, how land development and resource extraction may accelerate tick expansion, and...
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How Professional Skier Athena Brownson Found Purpose Through the Challenges of Lyme Disease
Love, Hope, Lyme Podcast
This is episode 66 of the Love, Hope, Lyme Podcast. In this special Love, Hope, Lyme podcast with Fred Diamond, Athena Brownson shares how she went from the heights of professional skiing to the depths of chronic illness. After years of competing around the world, a Lyme diagnosis forced her to rebuild her life from the ground up. In this heartfelt conversation, Athena shares how she faced unimaginable physical and emotional challenges from misdiagnoses and loss of identity to rebuilding her health, career, and sense of purpose. Her story is one of courage, reinvention, and hope. Through Lyme,...
info_outlineThis is episode 74 of the Love, Hope, Lyme podcast.
To get your free pdf of "Love, Hope, Lyme: What Family Members, Partners, and Friends Who Love a Chronic Lyme Survivor Need to Know," reach out to Fred Diamond on social media.
[NOTE: This podcast does not replace medical treatment. If you struggle with Lyme care, please see a Lyme Literate Medical Doctor.]
In this powerful and deeply human episode of the Love, Hope, Lyme podcast, host Fred Diamond is joined by two respected Lyme disease advocates and fellow podcasters. Anne Desjardins and Tanya Hoebel join Fred for an honest conversation about healing, advocacy, and hope.
Anne, host of The Silver Lyming podcast, shares her journey through years of misdiagnosed Lyme disease, how discovering the truth changed her life, and why practices like hot yoga, holistic medicine, and self-advocacy became critical to her healing. She also discusses her work educating communities through the PA Lyme Resource Network and her mission to help others believe recovery is possible.
Tanya, host of Lyme and Beyond with Tanya, opens up about her 13-year journey to wellness, including years without a diagnosis, profound financial loss, and the mental-health toll of chronic Lyme disease. She explains why nervous system regulation, sleep, sound therapy, and mindset are foundational components of healing, and why no one should feel ashamed for struggling.
Together, Anne and Tanya discuss:
💚 Why Lyme disease is often misunderstood and misdiagnosed
💚 The emotional and psychological impact of chronic illness
💚 Practical, low-cost tools to support healing
💚 The importance of becoming your own best advocate
💚 Why hope and community can be life-saving Fred also reflects on why he wrote Love, Hope, Lyme, the heartbreaking realities of suicide risk in the Lyme community, and why sharing stories of resilience and recovery matters so deeply.
This episode is for:
💚 People living with Lyme or other tick-borne illnesses
💚 Family members, partners, and caregivers seeking understanding
💚 Anyone looking for real stories, practical ideas, and genuine hope
🎧 Listen, share, and remind someone today: you are not alone—and healing is possible.