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S3E7 Alopecia & Eye Health with Dr. Hale
Alopecia Life
11/18/21 • 19 min
Today's guest is Dr. Britney Hale Koehler (known as Dr. Hale). She is a residency trained optometrist and fellow of the American Academy of Optometry. As the spouse of an Army optometrist, she has practiced in Florida, Texas, Washington state and Hawaii over the past 8 years. Her connection to the alopecia community began 6 years ago when she was diagnosed with alopecia areata, resulting in an ongoing and challenging journey of hair loss and regrowth. We are talking about eye health and alopecia today. The loss of our brows and lashes play an important role in eye health, and Dr. Hale is giving us ideas on how we can help improve our own eye health now and for the future.
Thank you for spending your time with Dr. Hale and me today. She has provided some great resources, and there are even more in the show notes. Please feel free to leave comments over on the Alopecia Life Facebook page or on Instagram. Dr. Hale is happy to answer any questions that come up after listening.
https://www.aoa.org/healthy-eyes/eye-and-vision-conditions/dry-eye?sso=y
https://www.aad.org/public/diseases/hair-loss/types/alopecia/treatment
https://www.aao.org/eye-health/tips-prevention/why-are-my-eyelashes-falling-out
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6388561/
https://www.verywellhealth.com/alopecia-areata-remedies-88328
Alopecia Life provides free resources for school and home education, including a growing list of alopecia books, education videos on YouTube, links to support groups within the US, UK, Canada and more. You will also find access to Head-On, Stories of Alopecia, the Alopecia 101 free course, paid Alopecia Roadmap course for parents of children living with alopecia, and personalized coaching. Together, we can make a difference. To find out more, https://www.alopecialife.com/
10/21/21 • 28 min
Welcome to this episode of Alopecia Life. Today's guest is Lisa Taylor. She is an Integrative Nutrition & Gut Health Coach, and the founder of Your Best Life with Lisa. Gut health has been gaining traction over the last few years as a possible trigger for autoimmunity. With a standard North American diet that lacks essential nutrients, and the introduction of toxins in our personal care products, pollution in the air and so much more - our gut is taking a beating. Lisa is here today to share about her personal transformation after leading a high-paced, high stress life that culminated in many diagnoses, one of which was alopecia areata.
More about Lisa: "Lisa's health journey began five years ago when she discovered a bald spot on her scalp the size of a loonie. After about a month, she'd lost most of her hair to a massive Autoimmune induced, Alopecia Areata flare.
Fast forward to today and Lisa's living her best life - with hair! Something told her to reject the traditional "treatment" of steroid injections in the scalp and to see a Naturopathic Doctor instead. From there, Lisa healed her gut and made healthy changes to both her diet and lifestyle. The total health transformation that followed was incredible to Lisa. Chronic symptoms she'd been dealing with for years disappeared and she had regrowth across her entire scalp! Lisa's amazing health transformation inspired her to attend the Institute of Integrative Nutrition to become an Integrative Nutrition Health Coach so she can empower others to harness the power of food and lifestyle; in order to manage chronic disease, reclaim their health, and truly thrive. Lisa believes (and is living proof) that a healthy gut along with healthy diet and lifestyle habits are the foundation for good health. When used correctly, they have the power to heal the body and completely transform our health."
Thank you for joining us today on Alopecia Life. For more information about Lisa's group program and 1-on-1 coaching, please check out the show notes for those links.
More info on Your Best Life with Lisa: www.yourbestlifewithlisa.com
Download Lisa's free guide to thriving with Alopecia: yourbestlifewithlisa.ck.page/podcast
Download Lisa's healing guide to 4 critical changes you can make today: https://yourbestlifewithlisa.ck.page/alopeciacritical
Follow Lisa on Instagram for lots of gut healthy, holistic Alopecia management content: https://www.instagram.com/yourbestlifewithlisa/
Alopecia Life provides free resources for school and home education, including a growing list of alopecia books, education videos on YouTube, links to support groups within the US, UK, Canada and more. You will also find access to Head-On, Stories of Alopecia, the Alopecia 101 free course, paid Alopecia Roadmap course for parents of children living with alopecia, and personalized coaching. Together, we can make a difference. To find out more, https://www.alopecialife.com/
S3E2 Raising Awareness with Barrels, a Horse, and a Whole Lot of Fun, with Hailey Portonova
Alopecia Life
09/16/21 • 20 min
Welcome to Season 3, Episode 2. September is Alopecia Awareness Month. That means lots of events to raise awareness for alopecia, and one of them is brought to you by Hailey Portonova, a competitive barrel racer and rodeo announcer & organizer. Every year, she has a race that focuses on alopecia & raises funds for the Children's Alopecia Project, bringing over 320 racers and their fans. This year is no different, and I'm super excited to have her here to talk about alopecia, growing up racing, and the event.
More about Hailey: Hailey is a native Arizonan who has called the desert her home for 22 years. She recently graduated from the GCU Honors College with her B.A. in English for Professional Writing and a minor in Literature. When she’s not writing, Hailey competes in rodeos and jackpot barrel races. Riding has given her the confidence and platform to spread awareness about alopecia.
This year’s race will be held on September 25 at the John Volken Academy Arena. You can find more information about the race at QCBRA.com or on Facebook at Queen Creek Barrel Racing Association. In addition, you can find Hailey on Instagram @thehaileybop as well as on Facebook at Hailey Portonova.
Thank you so much for sharing your time with us today. Hailey's event is coming up on September 25th. Definitely if you are local to Arizona, and want to go support her in person to be part of this - that would be super cool. For those of us who are many miles away and still want to contribute to the success of the event, raise awareness, and benefit the Children's Alopecia Project, contact her at the links in the show notes, or you can actually just send her any dollar amount straight to Venmo @Hailey-Portonova. I did that just seconds ago. Events like these are a way to raise awareness in a fun & casual way, but the impact is enormous. Thanks again Hailey, and the Queen Creek Barrel Racing Association.
Venmo: @Hailey-Portonova
http://www.qcbra.com/
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100017828684641
https://www.instagram.com/thehaileybop/
Alopecia Life provides free resources for school and home education, including a growing list of alopecia books, education videos on YouTube, links to support groups within the US, UK, Canada and more. You will also find access to Head-On, Stories of Alopecia, the Alopecia 101 free course, paid Alopecia Roadmap course for parents of children living with alopecia, and personalized coaching. Together, we can make a difference. To find out more, https://www.alopecialife.com/
08/19/21 • 26 min
Thank you for sharing your time with us today on Alopecia Life. The 2020 school year started off highly unusual for most of the world. Our kids were home for extended periods of time. Now that we're ramping up for the 2021 school year, school spirit, ways to express who we are with or without hair within the walls of the building and out on the playground or sports field can come rushing back. Author, Norene Paulson, writes a story to share Bea and how she finds solutions in her new book, What's Silly Hair Day With No Hair. It is such a pleasure to interview authors who are sharing a message and raising awareness of alopecia. Norene loves words. As a former language arts teacher, she was fortunate to share that love with middle school students for almost 20 years. Now, as a picture book author, she continues to share her love of words with young readers.
Throughout the interview, we talked about inclusion, problem-solving, and ways to look at what can limit all of us, not just children, when we are left out,so-to-speak, from the celebrations. I've posted a few photos of ways parents and children have shared their unique ways of celebrating crazy or silly hair day. I'd love to see what you and your family have done. Feel free to share your photos in the comments.
To purchase What's Silly Hair Day with No Hair or to get in touch with Norene, check out the links below.
www.norenepaulson.com (website)
https://amzn.to/3p20XI0 (Amazon)
https://bit.ly/3aj1XU6 (Bookshop.com)
https://bit.ly/34st3Er (Barnes and Noble)
To contact Norene:
https://www.facebook.com/norene.paulson
https://www.instagram.com/nrpaulson/
https://twitter.com/NorenePaulson
Alopecia Life provides free resources for school and home education, including a growing list of alopecia books, education videos on YouTube, links to support groups within the US, UK, Canada and more. You will also find access to Head-On, Stories of Alopecia, the Alopecia 101 free course, paid Alopecia Roadmap course for parents of children living with alopecia, and personalized coaching. Together, we can make a difference. To find out more, https://www.alopecialife.com/
05/06/21 • 21 min
Today's guest is Miss Stamford USA, Renee Reyes. Renee has a passion for plants and community service. She is going to continue to break barriers in the pageant world while competing, bald for Miss USA and Miss Universe. Listen in to hear more about her outreach efforts, the alopecia non-profit program that is coming together, and much more.
*Mature content when talking about social media trolls at minute 9
Thank you for listening to this episode of Alopecia Life. Check out the show notes for ways to connect with Renee, ask a plant question, find out more about the non-profit, or even donate 5 bucks to her outreach diaper drive for families in need.
FB: https://www.facebook.com/renee.reyes.94009
IG: https://www.instagram.com/reneefelicity/
IG Plant Blog: https://www.instagram.com/prickleparty/
Alopecia Life provides free resources for school and home education, including a growing list of alopecia books, education videos on YouTube, links to support groups within the US, UK, Canada and more. You will also find access to Head-On, Stories of Alopecia, the Alopecia 101 free course, paid Alopecia Roadmap course for parents of children living with alopecia, and personalized coaching. Together, we can make a difference. To find out more, https://www.alopecialife.com/
S2E12 More of Season 2 Coming Soon
Alopecia Life
02/04/21 • 1 min
Thank you so much for listening to Alopecia Life. Without you, this show wouldn't be as much fun. This has already started out to be an exciting podcast season. Guests have included Skyler Weaver as he makes his way through central and south America to raise alopecia awareness, and authors Betsy and Suhani sharing about their debut publications. We've also talked about experiences with Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) by patients who have had success, along with a follow-up interview with a compounding Pharmacist who explained the ins and outs of LDN. Suzanne with Hair-We-Share educated us about the proper way to donate hair to make it into a wig, and Heather told us all about the Helper Hair Box . The idea of beginning the school year with alopecia is a little less complicated after hearing 9-year-old Ohna and her mom, Skye, talk about what works for them. Annie Alopecia shared what inspired her to start her own online support group, and Dr. Angela and Dr. Thomason let us in on their vision of combining their medical training and their lived-experiences with their webinar series, Let's Talk. Danielle, Damon, and Connolly were especially excited to be featured in the Humans of New York piece that over 243,000 thousand people connected with, and they told us all about it. So far, it's been a great season!
I love podcasting, and am already looking forward to the 2nd half of season 2. With that being said, I am taking a little hiatus to schedule interviews, explore more topics, and take a much-needed break after the ups and downs of 2020, I would also love to hear from you. Please get in touch, post a comment here or on the Alopecia Life FB group page about topics you would like to hear more about. I can also be reached by private message if you prefer. I'll have contact information in the show notes for your convenience.
*What burning questions do you have?
*Who would you like to hear interviewed?
*What would you like to hear more about?
I look forward to exploring and sharing all of this with you in upcoming episodes.
https://headonlifecoaching.com/contact/
https://www.instagram.com/alopecialifecoach/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2048660141909847
Alopecia Life provides free resources for school and home education, including a growing list of alopecia books, education videos on YouTube, links to support groups within the US, UK, Canada and more. You will also find access to Head-On, Stories of Alopecia, the Alopecia 101 free course, paid Alopecia Roadmap course for parents of children living with alopecia, and personalized coaching. Together, we can make a difference. To find out more, https://www.alopecialife.com/
11/24/20 • 23 min
This is the second episode of our LDN series, and our guest today is Michelle Moser, RPh, FACA, FACVP. Michelle has been a pharmacist for over 30 years, and is the owner of Makers Compounding Pharmacy in Mt. Vernon, Washington, and is sharing all about LDN with us today. I had off-hand heard about Low Dose Naltrexone, LDN, within the alopecia community, but I didn't know anything about it. In my research, I discovered a resource literally right down the road from where I live, and I was so excited to learn more and share it with all of you.
Please know, this episode is for information only. I always encourage you to do your own in-depth research on anything you hear, read, or has been suggested to you. What's right for you and your family is so individualized.
To find out more about LDN, please check out these show notes for the links Michelle mentioned.
https://makerscompounding.com/
https://ldnresearchtrust.org/
https://www.facebook.com/makerspharmacy
https://www.instagram.com/makerspharmacy/
https://twitter.com/makerspharmacy
https://www.linkedin.com/company/makerspharmacy/
https://www.ldnpnw.com/
08/27: LDN & Dermatology https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/xeFPPuju2n9JbdbCwm_WQ7InDrjOaaa81nNNq6Vbn0YQHQYgJ0S6i0T5f2B6jJwt?startTime=1598575808000
07/30: LDN & Autoimmune, Chronic Pain
https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/play/tcEuJO-v_DI3SIfGtASDUKB4W9S7LK6s0iUf-aIJxUvjUyYAYVSgZLJBYuV3v6I6yTL9bXINYiBtFMa8?autoplay=true&startTime=1596157245000
LDN Book: https://www.ldnpnw.com/product-page/preorder-the-ldn-book-volume-2
Alopecia Life provides free resources for school and home education, including a growing list of alopecia books, education videos on YouTube, links to support groups within the US, UK, Canada and more. You will also find access to Head-On, Stories of Alopecia, the Alopecia 101 free course, paid Alopecia Roadmap course for parents of children living with alopecia, and personalized coaching. Together, we can make a difference. To find out more, https://www.alopecialife.com/
03/19/20 • 28 min
Welcome to Episode 21 of Alopecia Life with Sophie Van Tiggelen. Sophie is a passionate foodie, recipe developer, author, and photographer. Diagnosed with Hashimoto's thyroiditis in 2009, she used the Autoimmune Protocol (AIP) to reverse her condition and today, Sophie lives a full and vibrant life free from the anxiety and flare-ups.
Over and over I've been asked about the autoimmune protocol diet and its effectiveness, and I had very little personal experience with it. But I have friends with alopecia and other autoimmune diseases that have had great success with it. I knew I wanted someone who could speak about it openly and with a personal connection, and Sophie fit the bill.
With her food and lifestyle blog, A Squirrel in the Kitchen, Sophie shares her AIP experience and empowers others to develop new habits to promote good health and wellness. She has developed simple strategies to be successful on AIP. Her mission is to make the Autoimmune Protocol - and all it encompasses - more accessible and sustainable for anyone looking for a more nutritious, delicious, and more health-conscious life.
Blog: A Squirrel in the Kitchen https://asquirrelinthekitchen.com
Membership: AIP Made Simple https://www.aipmadesimple.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/asquirrelinthekitchen/
Instagram: @squirrel_kitchen
Pinterest: SquirrelKitchen
https://www.subscribepage.com/aip_yes_no_food_lists
Alopecia Life provides free resources for school and home education, including a growing list of alopecia books, education videos on YouTube, links to support groups within the US, UK, Canada and more. You will also find access to Head-On, Stories of Alopecia, the Alopecia 101 free course, paid Alopecia Roadmap course for parents of children living with alopecia, and personalized coaching. Together, we can make a difference. To find out more, https://www.alopecialife.com/
01/02/20 • 42 min
Meeting others who understand, seeing mentors who are living great lives, and not having to keep wondering if you are alone - all of that just by going to a 3-day camp. Shira Udin and her son talk about the transformations of community, and the ability to come home and make a difference for others who are living with alopecia areata. Zachary took on a project that went in a direction they never could have predicted. Find out more by listening to this episode.
https://www.childrensalopeciaproject.org/capkidgroups/
[email protected]
https://www.mightycause.com/story/Zachforcap
Alopecia Life provides free resources for school and home education, including a growing list of alopecia books, education videos on YouTube, links to support groups within the US, UK, Canada and more. You will also find access to Head-On, Stories of Alopecia, the Alopecia 101 free course, paid Alopecia Roadmap course for parents of children living with alopecia, and personalized coaching. Together, we can make a difference. To find out more, https://www.alopecialife.com/
10/17/24 • 17 min
Thank you for joining us for this episode of Alopecia Life. Today's guest is Sharlay Sloss. Sharlay is a certified doula, teacher and author. She is dedicated to fostering positive and healthy environments where children can express themselves and fully embrace self-love. As a teacher, she has been the recipient of multiple awards including the Heart Award for her dedication and commitment to children and their families.
Sharlay lives in Virginia with her husband, two children and dog Remy. Today, we'll be talking about her new book, Hair-Free Horace. If you're an avid listener of the podcast, you know how often I share about books as resources. The reason I love books so much is because I know how much I wanted and needed something to look at and read or hear when I was diagnosed. This continues to be a need almost 40 years later for our young readers and families who have been diagnosed with alopecia. Featuring them here on the podcast is another way to help serve the alopecia community.
Thanks again for sharing time with Sharlay and me today. To find your copy of Hair-Free Horace or to get in touch with Sharlay, I've provided those links here in the show notes.
https://www.hairfreehorace.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharlay-sloss-ab101912/
Alopecia Life provides free resources for school and home education, including a growing list of alopecia books, education videos on YouTube, links to support groups within the US, UK, Canada and more. You will also find access to Head-On, Stories of Alopecia, the Alopecia 101 free course, paid Alopecia Roadmap course for parents of children living with alopecia, and personalized coaching. Together, we can make a difference. To find out more, https://www.alopecialife.com/
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How many episodes does Alopecia Life have?
Alopecia Life currently has 134 episodes available.
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The podcast is about Health & Fitness, Podcasts, Self-Improvement, Education, Resources, Dermatology and Confidence.
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