Tips and Tricks on How to Be Sick

Advice and suggestions for people with recent onset disabilities or chronic illnesses on how to handle life and all the little things that no one thinks to tell you about beforehand.

02-02 Depression and Suicidality 01/01/2021

02-02 Depression and Suicidality This month we’re going to talk about some heavy stuff that a lot of us experience, especially during the holiday season: we’re going to talk with musician Amy McNally about ways she copes with depression and suicidal ideation, both with formal medical and psychological treatment and in ways she deals with it apart from that. Musical excerpts copyright Amy McNally, used with permission. /episode/index/show/tipsandtricksonhowtobesick/id/17390093

02-01 We're back for Season 2! Administrative notes on our hiatus and then we talk dysautonomia 10/29/2020

02-01 We're back for Season 2! Administrative notes on our hiatus and then we talk dysautonomia In honor of Dysautonomia Awareness Month, we’re going to discuss dysautonomia and the ways it can present in different people, both on its own and in conjunction with other disorders. /episode/index/show/tipsandtricksonhowtobesick/id/16608338

08 TBI and everything after - a conversation with Cheryl Green 01/01/2019

08 TBI and everything after - a conversation with Cheryl Green What I would like to see is, at the same time that you’re going through rehab, that you’re getting constant reinforcement that it is OK to be a person with a disability or with an impairment. /episode/index/show/tipsandtricksonhowtobesick/id/8098286

07 Teletherapy - what it is and how it can help 10/08/2018

07 Teletherapy - what it is and how it can help We are going to be talking about mental health, why therapy could be helpful to anyone — mental health diagnosis or not — and ways to make therapy more accessible to people with disabilities. For this, the interview will be with a clinical psychologist who, in the interests of full disclosure, I will tell you now has been my closest friend for almost 25 years, Dr. Erica Essary, Psy.D. /episode/index/show/tipsandtricksonhowtobesick/id/7139531

Unplanned hiatus and an apology 10/07/2018

Unplanned hiatus and an apology This isn’t an episode of the podcast, not really. This is more of a side note and an apology for an unplanned three month hiatus. /episode/index/show/tipsandtricksonhowtobesick/id/7138872

06 How to Keep It Together when it's all falling apart 06/29/2018

06 How to Keep It Together when it's all falling apart In this episode, we are going to be talking about keeping it together; keeping up with all the little changes that happen when a new chronic illness diagnosis or disability happens. /episode/index/show/tipsandtricksonhowtobesick/id/6759572

05 Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome - quick tips with Eir and Laura 06/01/2018

05 Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome - quick tips with Eir and Laura In this episode, we are going to be talking about Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, or EDS. There are many types of EDS, but they all stem from the same cause: improperly made collagen in the body. /episode/index/show/tipsandtricksonhowtobesick/id/6656373

04 Autism - including interviews with an #ActuallyAutistic adult and a licensed therapist 05/14/2018

04 Autism - including interviews with an #ActuallyAutistic adult and a licensed therapist In this episode, we are going to be talking about autism, also called Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), and what it’s like to realize, as an adult, that not only are you non-neurotypical but that you are, in fact, autistic. Includes interviews with an #ActuallyAutistic man diagnosed as an adult, and a clinical therapist who gives some insight into the diagnostic process. /episode/index/show/tipsandtricksonhowtobesick/id/6587101

03 ME/CFS and an interview with filmmaker Jen Brea 03/31/2018

03 ME/CFS and an interview with filmmaker Jen Brea In this episode, we have a special guest: we are going to be talking with filmmaker Jen Brea. Jen has ME/CFS, and while making a documentary about the progress of her condition from first symptoms through diagnosis and beyond, she did most of that work from her bed. /episode/index/show/tipsandtricksonhowtobesick/id/6429730

02 Sleep - how to do it once chronic illness changes everything 02/01/2018

02 Sleep - how to do it once chronic illness changes everything In this episode, we’re going to discuss a thing we all have to do, but that some of us have real trouble with once our chronic illnesses or disabilities change everything: sleeping. /episode/index/show/tipsandtricksonhowtobesick/id/6212398

01 Adaptive Coping Mechanisms 12/30/2017

01 Adaptive Coping Mechanisms Finding the little ways you can adjust your life to make it easier to cope with new illnesses or disabilities. /episode/index/show/tipsandtricksonhowtobesick/id/6101286

00 introduction 11/29/2017

00 introduction An introduction to the Tips and Tricks on How to Be Sick podcast, including a bit about the host & what this podcast hopes to do. /episode/index/show/tipsandtricksonhowtobesick/id/5989730

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