Rising from the illness

Cat welcomes you into her life and opens up about her journey living with chronic illness. As well as sharing her personal struggles and challenges, she talks to other chronic illness warriors and sheds light on the ups and downs that come with living with a rare autoimmune disease.

ep 1. 02/07/2022

ep 1. /episode/index/show/risingfromtheillness/id/22025846

Ep 64. See you real soon ... 10/25/2021

Ep 64. See you real soon ... /episode/index/show/risingfromtheillness/id/20917409

Ep 63. Mobility Aids and acceptance 10/18/2021

Ep 63. Mobility Aids and acceptance In this weeks episode, Elinor opens up to Cat about her struggles with accepting help from mobility aids and explains how much it has changed her life since she has started using them! /episode/index/show/risingfromtheillness/id/20775929

Ep 62. Dear Anxious 10/11/2021

Ep 62. Dear Anxious In this weeks episode, Maxwell Feinstein opens up about his life living with Hemophilia and explains how he has used song writing as an outlet to tell his story. Maxwell goes into the meaning behind his new song "Dear Anxious" and explains how he has written a whole album around his experience so far. /episode/index/show/risingfromtheillness/id/20770100

Ep 61. When the path changes ... 10/04/2021

Ep 61. When the path changes ... In this weeks episode, Cat talks to Sharon who is an FT carer for her daughter and a huge Down Syndrome advocate. She has also recently embarked on her spiritual journey during a reflective period of the pandemic and opens up about her love of helping others find their way. /episode/index/show/risingfromtheillness/id/20672777

Ep 60. Bottoms out! 09/27/2021

Ep 60. Bottoms out! This week, Cat talks to artist Jon (Also known as @Ipaintbottoms on Instagram) about an exciting new charity project they are working on. /episode/index/show/risingfromtheillness/id/20601386

Ep 59. Apheresis Awareness Day 2021 09/20/2021

Ep 59. Apheresis Awareness Day 2021 In this weeks episode, Cat talks about Apheresis Awareness Day (21st September.) She opens up about her experience with Apheresis and how it has changed her life. /episode/index/show/risingfromtheillness/id/20524958

Ep 58. Questions, Questions 09/13/2021

Ep 58. Questions, Questions In this weeks episode, Cat answers some of your Instagram questions and opens up about a recent incident that really upset her. /episode/index/show/risingfromtheillness/id/20407952

Ep 57. Finding happiness through pain and embarrassment 09/06/2021

Ep 57. Finding happiness through pain and embarrassment In this weeks episode, Cat is joined by Ellis Michaels as he opens up about his long battle with behcets disease. He also talks about his book "Finding happiness through pain and embarrassment, my life with behcets disease - A memoir." /episode/index/show/risingfromtheillness/id/20375219

Ep 56. Physical and Mental health - the vicious circle 08/30/2021

Ep 56. Physical and Mental health - the vicious circle In this weeks episode, Cat talks to the lovely Charlie as they discuss the vicious circle of physical and mental health and how they go hand in hand. Charlie opens up about living with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome and shares some of her experiences. /episode/index/show/risingfromtheillness/id/20290907

Ep 55. Understanding my Behcets 08/23/2021

Ep 55. Understanding my Behcets In this weeks episode, Cat asks her family and friends a series of questions about her condition to show how difficult it is to understand even for the people closest to her. /episode/index/show/risingfromtheillness/id/20188937

Ep 54. What's going on? 08/16/2021

Ep 54. What's going on? Cat joins you for another short episode this week as she explains the difficulty shes been having with her health and why she has been absent. /episode/index/show/risingfromtheillness/id/20141648

Ep 53. Health Update 08/09/2021

Ep 53. Health Update This weeks podcast has been taken over by Lilli Badcock as she updates you with Cat's health and explains why she hasn't been able to record a podcast episode this week. /episode/index/show/risingfromtheillness/id/20043179

Ep 52. The power of community 08/02/2021

Ep 52. The power of community After some lovely feedback from a singing clip Cat recently posted, Cat talks to Lilli Badcock and special guests Becky, Charly and Gavin about the power of music and how singing in a community can be such a powerful therapy. /episode/index/show/risingfromtheillness/id/19993502

Ep 51. Covid is still here 07/26/2021

Ep 51. Covid is still here With relation to the recent "Freedom Day" in England, Cat talks about her feelings towards the scrapping of restrictions. /episode/index/show/risingfromtheillness/id/19915604

Ep 50. Chronic illness meets VR 07/19/2021

Ep 50. Chronic illness meets VR In this weeks episode, Cat talks to Sunny about how she has created a chronic illness community in the Virtual Reality space. /episode/index/show/risingfromtheillness/id/19842440

Ep 49. Updates and explanations 07/12/2021

Ep 49. Updates and explanations In this weeks episode, Cat updates you on everything that's been going on over the past couple of weeks and explains why she's not been around as much. /episode/index/show/risingfromtheillness/id/19761404

Ep 48. Running out of Spoons 06/28/2021

Ep 48. Running out of Spoons In this weeks episode, Cat talks about her recent Plasma Exchange treatment and explains why she has been running out of spoons. /episode/index/show/risingfromtheillness/id/19610960

Ep 47. Love Yourself 06/21/2021

Ep 47. Love Yourself This week, Cat talks to Sean (also known on Instagram as @chronicallylaughing) about his life with Crohn's disease and his journey to body positivity and self love. /episode/index/show/risingfromtheillness/id/19534622

Ep 46. What NOT to say 06/14/2021

Ep 46. What NOT to say In this weeks episode, Cat is joined by special guest Hebe. /episode/index/show/risingfromtheillness/id/19430111

Ep 45. Chronic illness and Diets 06/07/2021

Ep 45. Chronic illness and Diets After receiving many questions around this topic, Cat opens up even more about her life living with chronic illness. /episode/index/show/risingfromtheillness/id/19369178

Ep 44. Manifestation and Affirmations 05/31/2021

Ep 44. Manifestation and Affirmations In this weeks episode, Cat talks to Amazon Bestselling author Molly, about her incredible journey back to health through the power of manifestation. /episode/index/show/risingfromtheillness/id/19194137

Ep 43. Behcets Awareness Day 05/24/2021

Ep 43. Behcets Awareness Day In support of International Behcets awareness day (20th May), Cat talks to the chair of Behcets UK - Tony Thornburn about his role within the charity and the work Behcets UK do, to help and support patients. /episode/index/show/risingfromtheillness/id/19193855

Ep 42. Chronic illness as a teenager 05/17/2021

Ep 42. Chronic illness as a teenager This week, Cat talks to 16 year old Tushita about her chronic illness journey, her experience with diagnosis and losing her hearing. They both discuss the power of kindness and the judgement that chronic illness sufferers face. /episode/index/show/risingfromtheillness/id/19104131

Ep 41. What is Plasma Exchange? 05/10/2021

Ep 41. What is Plasma Exchange? Due to Cat's recent plasma exchange, this weeks episode is slightly shorter than normal. Cat goes into more detail about her treatment and why she has it. /episode/index/show/risingfromtheillness/id/19034096

Ep 40. Podcast Takeover!! 05/03/2021

Ep 40. Podcast Takeover!! To celebrate the 40th episode, Youtuber Leanne K takes over the episode and puts Cat in the Hot seat. Cat answers all of your questions and they both share their weekly wins and funny stories. /episode/index/show/risingfromtheillness/id/18935951

Ep 39. What lights you up? 04/26/2021

Ep 39. What lights you up? In support of MS awareness week, (19th - 25th April) Cat talks to MS warrior, Katie who opens up about her life and explains how she focusses on the things that light her up and make her happy. /episode/index/show/risingfromtheillness/id/18851234

Ep 38. Living with Autism 04/19/2021

Ep 38. Living with Autism In this weeks episode, Fiona opens up to Cat about her life living with Autism from her diagnosis to her life now and also explains how drama has been a passion of hers throughout her life. /episode/index/show/risingfromtheillness/id/18768371

Ep 37. Getting to grips with guts 04/12/2021

Ep 37. Getting to grips with guts In this episode, Cat talks about the importance of speaking out and reporting your symptoms even if they may be "embarrassing." /episode/index/show/risingfromtheillness/id/18672980

Ep 36. Energy Healing 04/05/2021

Ep 36. Energy Healing In this weeks episode, Cat talks to Shelley who opens up about her life and explains her work with energy healing and how she uses this method to help both adults and children. /episode/index/show/risingfromtheillness/id/18591485

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