Autoimmune Hope Coach Podcast

Autoimmune life has two parts: what we hope for and what gets in the way. Our symptoms and diagnoses become falling dominoes that affect our emotional well-being, work, relationships, and future dreams. The Autoimmune Hope Coach Podcast offers emotional relief by teaching tools for empowerment in context of living with autoimmune struggles.

45. Flare Up Transitrions 02/10/2022

45. Flare Up Transitrions Out on a snowy, icy walk I thought of you! I was experiencing something that reminded me of living with flare ups. You will find this very useful. Enjoy! /episode/index/show/aihopecoach/id/22090325

44. One Hundred Compliments: Your Red Carpet Moment 01/24/2022

44. One Hundred Compliments: Your Red Carpet Moment Just sit back and play this episode in a loop. Rewrite your own thoughts about yourself. You really deserve this praise. /episode/index/show/aihopecoach/id/21878138

43. Symptoms: Ruined to Red Carpet Moment 01/19/2022

43. Symptoms: Ruined to Red Carpet Moment This episode is a CALL to wake up to your stature. All the tears of respect, love, and possibility are here for the taking. /episode/index/show/aihopecoach/id/21825911

42. Illuminate 01/18/2022

42. Illuminate Make the decision. Gather the lights. Illuminate your life-with-illness /episode/index/show/aihopecoach/id/21812987

41. Autoimmune: The Hero’s Journey 01/17/2022

41. Autoimmune: The Hero’s Journey Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey as a metaphor for living with autoimmune illness is filling me up! I’m introducing the idea in this episode. Eat it up!! You are amazing!! /episode/index/show/aihopecoach/id/21799319

40. Pain: Hide or Explain? 01/15/2022

40. Pain: Hide or Explain? This is a strategic call on your part. But in 12 minutes I’m explaining the crux of the strategy and some tips to make your decision more efficient and more self-representative. /episode/index/show/aihopecoach/id/21785129

39. “All Music Was New Once” and All Pain Was Too 01/11/2022

39. “All Music Was New Once” and All Pain Was Too I heard something on the radio that got me associating passage of time with the connection to humanity through the lens of our autoimmune sufferings. /episode/index/show/aihopecoach/id/21741758

38. P.S. to Episode thirty-seven 01/10/2022

38. P.S. to Episode thirty-seven OH! From Episode 37, a forgot-to-mention MAIN MESSAGE burst out of my heart (and out of my eyes). Please, please give this a listen. /episode/index/show/aihopecoach/id/21730355

37. Living at the Helm of Your Life with Illness 01/10/2022

37. Living at the Helm of Your Life with Illness There are a few things to face when we live with autoimmune symptoms! Some of them are exhausting to think about and others of them we need to remember more often. But if you want day where you feel more whole, listen for 10 min and grab an idea or two. /episode/index/show/aihopecoach/id/21729851

36. Against the Dictator: My Big Cry 01/07/2022

36. Against the Dictator: My Big Cry Reading a book called “A Liberated Mind” by Steven Hays, phD, I have been finding my “Dictator Within” which is part of my brain that is not super useful. And in this particular case, I pushed against my inner “dictator” and had my big cry. /episode/index/show/aihopecoach/id/21707609

35. Change: “Beauty in Unfamiliar Places” 01/07/2022

35. Change: “Beauty in Unfamiliar Places” I love Sarah Blondin for her steady, wise, and calming guided meditations I find on an app called Insight Timer. In this podcast, I talk about a guided meditation I heard recently and what resonated and applied to me. I hope you find some “new life” in your own life and health that is faced with inevitable change. /episode/index/show/aihopecoach/id/21707231

34. Where Diseases and Dreams Converge 01/04/2022

34. Where Diseases and Dreams Converge Our bodies!! Our bodies are how we make decisions and express ourselves. Our bodies are also diseased and hurting. How we see this duality is very important. /episode/index/show/aihopecoach/id/21670676

33. Power: Owning Your Illness 06/17/2021

33. Power: Owning Your Illness We are so used to splitting our identities and putting on a brave face. We work to hide the aspects of our life that are marred by our symptoms. Listen to see why we might just want to own it all. /episode/index/show/aihopecoach/id/19391414

32. Enjoying Freedoms Before It’s Too Late 06/03/2021

32. Enjoying Freedoms Before It’s Too Late We are wired to think more about what we want than what we have, what we can’t do more than what we can. This episode seeks to turn that tendency upside down. /episode/index/show/aihopecoach/id/19317986

31. The Weight “Cost” of 15 Minutes 05/20/2021

31. The Weight “Cost” of 15 Minutes This episode shares an insight about what happens to our eating goals when we enter into social situations like holiday dinners, baby showers, or any other place where we are enjoying food AND other people. /episode/index/show/aihopecoach/id/19151285

30. Self-Reinvention After Illness or Tragedy 05/06/2021

30. Self-Reinvention After Illness or Tragedy Due to illness, an accident, or some other unexpected event, if you find yourself needing to change a lot about your life, you’ll want to up-level your resilience by listening to the secret of self-reinvention in this short episode. /episode/index/show/aihopecoach/id/18960554

29. Getting-Back-Up Muscles 04/22/2021

29. Getting-Back-Up Muscles It’s a hallmark experience for us with chronic illness to finally reach some momentum with a routine and then lose progress because of a flare up, virus, injury, or other issues. But it’s ALSO a hallmark for us to get back up again and start over. How incredibly powerful. /episode/index/show/aihopecoach/id/18792908

28. "Holding on to Hope and...Reinvention" 04/15/2021

28. "Holding on to Hope and...Reinvention" Can you reinvent yourself and still be happy after your symptoms show up? Today’s interview with Kate Pearce of @katepearcevintage was a lively discussion on the process of shifting mentalities and how to get up from ground zero over and over when you live with chronic illness. /episode/index/show/aihopecoach/id/18728822

27. Feel Guilty No More 04/01/2021

27. Feel Guilty No More One of the unfortunate byproducts of being dependent on others AND having memories of a life before our symptoms started and then comparing it to our new life is GUILT. Let’s change that, shall we? /episode/index/show/aihopecoach/id/18255707

26. I Don't Hate Being Sick 03/25/2021

26. I Don't Hate Being Sick Truth: We are sick and we don’t have to hate it. I don’t believe in fake positivity or in being negative ALL the time. So in between those two states, here’s the middle ground where I like to be! /episode/index/show/aihopecoach/id/18235817

25. Before and After 03/18/2021

25. Before and After Before and after stories for you! If you can relate, you’ll be excited about your future possibilities. /episode/index/show/aihopecoach/id/18062087

24. Equipped 03/11/2021

24. Equipped How experienced are you when it comes to dealing with doctor’s visits that are not satisfying or helpful? How about all the time you spend feeling like you’d rather not be sick? Today’s episode deals with how to feel equipped in situations that are not pleasant but continue to happen in our lives as autoimmune warriors. /episode/index/show/aihopecoach/id/18046100

23. Interviewing YOU 03/04/2021

23. Interviewing YOU You matter to me. Your history and your experience matters. Answer these questions for yourself or share them with me, but either way, answer them! We’ll all be better having taken this opportunity to witness of our own journey with autoimmune symptoms. /episode/index/show/aihopecoach/id/17889233

22. The Lighthouse 02/25/2021

22. The Lighthouse Lighthouses are SO beautiful and are/were harbingers of safety, especially back when ships and boats had less technology on board. As you live your life aboard the U.S.S. Autoimmune Illness, what gives you certainty of your aim? What gives you direction as you navigate so much uncertainty in your illness? Listen in for my perspective. /episode/index/show/aihopecoach/id/17871137

Guitar Song for You, by 11 Yr Old Daughter 02/19/2021

Guitar Song for You, by 11 Yr Old Daughter My 11 year old daughter wrote you all a song. I asked her to compose a song on guitar about self-love. The result is so beautiful. Enjoy! /episode/index/show/aihopecoach/id/18012407

21. An Excess of Emotional Freedom? 02/18/2021

21. An Excess of Emotional Freedom? Tune in today to hear about 4 emotions that can get us out-of-whack. We mean well with ourselves, as we slip into feeling these feelings, but if we’re not careful, and if we over-indulge, they drag us into nothingness: no advantage, no growth, no progress. /episode/index/show/aihopecoach/id/17717087

20. Toxically Positive Polly or Negative Nancy? 02/11/2021

20. Toxically Positive Polly or Negative Nancy? Have you heard these descriptive stereotypes? Well, toxically positive Polly is one I made up, but I hope it makes for a good podcast episode. Have you heard of this term? I’m guessing even if you haven’t you’ll want to tune in because it will validate some of what you’ve felt if anyone has ever tried to minimize your adversity in living with chronic illness. /episode/index/show/aihopecoach/id/17686709

19. Epiphany! 02/04/2021

19. Epiphany! Doesn’t it feel so mystical and magical to suddenly land on an insight or deep knowing? Today I share with you about epiphanies in my life that have led to where I am today as well as a unique book all about real life epiphanies that is super inspirational /episode/index/show/aihopecoach/id/17380403

18. Intersection of Pain and Past Avenue 01/28/2021

18. Intersection of Pain and Past Avenue Where did chronic illness or chronic pain intercept your life activities? Where is pain as much of the memory as the family or friends you were enjoying at the time? I’ll take you back in time and show what I do with these intersections of pain and my past. /episode/index/show/aihopecoach/id/17363066

17. Eating 1% Better 01/21/2021

17. Eating 1% Better Those gigantic all-or-nothing goals are lofty and tempting, but sometimes just what we need is a small amount of attention on one area to make a big, lifelong difference. Listen in to find out a few 1%-better tips for relating to food! /episode/index/show/aihopecoach/id/17352494

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