S4E13 Alopecia, Leukemia & Lymphoma, and Team Another Chance with Summer Yang
02/02/23 • 18 min
Welcome to this episode of Alopecia Life. Today's guest is Summer Yang. When Summer developed alopecia in kindergarten, she also met one of her best friends. Years later, when they were both experiencing hair loss - one from alopecia, and the other from leukemia - their friendship became even stronger from their shared experiences. Summer is here today to share about her alopecia, along with the Student Visionaries of the Year Campaign to support the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Her campaign ends on Friday, March 10th.
Summer is a sophomore in high school who finds a passion in learning multiple languages. She enjoys reading, traveling, listening to music and shopping for the perfect jacket. After school, she volunteers with the Asian Hall of Fame, the Chinese Chamber of Commerce and AAPA (Asian American Professional Association), while preparing for her fundraising campaign for Student Visionaries of the Year with LLS (Leukemia and Lymphoma Society). In her free time, she creates YouTube videos on her Channel, Worship Asian Drama, focused on various Chinese and Korean drama suggestion lists and Chinese phrase tutorials.
She hopes to share her story to inspire other girls to love themselves for who they are. She wishes to spread confidence and support within the community and create a safe environment to talk about alopecia.
Thank you for sharing your time with Summer and me today. For those who would like to support the campaign or reach out to Summer with questions, those links can be found here in the show notes. It's awesome to see how much time, energy, and passion she has put into this, and I know she will appreciate hearing from you.
Fundraiser: https://events.lls.org/calso/svoyla23/syangi
LLS' link: www.lls.org
[email protected]
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/
Welcome to this episode of Alopecia Life. Today's guest is Summer Yang. When Summer developed alopecia in kindergarten, she also met one of her best friends. Years later, when they were both experiencing hair loss - one from alopecia, and the other from leukemia - their friendship became even stronger from their shared experiences. Summer is here today to share about her alopecia, along with the Student Visionaries of the Year Campaign to support the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Her campaign ends on Friday, March 10th.
Summer is a sophomore in high school who finds a passion in learning multiple languages. She enjoys reading, traveling, listening to music and shopping for the perfect jacket. After school, she volunteers with the Asian Hall of Fame, the Chinese Chamber of Commerce and AAPA (Asian American Professional Association), while preparing for her fundraising campaign for Student Visionaries of the Year with LLS (Leukemia and Lymphoma Society). In her free time, she creates YouTube videos on her Channel, Worship Asian Drama, focused on various Chinese and Korean drama suggestion lists and Chinese phrase tutorials.
She hopes to share her story to inspire other girls to love themselves for who they are. She wishes to spread confidence and support within the community and create a safe environment to talk about alopecia.
Thank you for sharing your time with Summer and me today. For those who would like to support the campaign or reach out to Summer with questions, those links can be found here in the show notes. It's awesome to see how much time, energy, and passion she has put into this, and I know she will appreciate hearing from you.
Fundraiser: https://events.lls.org/calso/svoyla23/syangi
LLS' link: www.lls.org
[email protected]
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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S4E12 How to Attract & Rebuild Activated Relationships with Love Evolution Coach, Erica Vargas
Thank you so much for sharing your time with Alopecia Life today. Our guest is Erica Vargas. Erica is a relationship expert who went on a journey of self-love, self-discovery, and self-worth to support people to reveal and claim their heart's truest desire. Although this particular episode is lined up right near Valentine's day, love and relationships is a topic that resonates with us any time of the year. Throughout the episode, Erica shares about the importance of activating healthy relationships, especially when we are living with something, like alopecia, that often shifts who we are within those existing relationships with a partner, family members, and friends. Whether you're already in a relationship, looking to attract someone new, or wanting to know how to help your child as they approach dating in the future, this episode has some phenomenal advice for looking inward as a first step to a healthy relationship.
Thank you for listening today. Throughout this episode, I shared a little more about my relationship with my husband, Cedar, than I ever have before. As I spoke to Erica, I realized there was a component of being "lucky" so-to-speak, to be with someone who gets me and was understanding of these changes that were happening. Although I actively chose someone who was compassionate and I thought knew could love me through anything, I don't think any of us really knows what loss of self really does to a relationship until it happens. The words "grace period" and "allowed" are ones that can be triggering for some. Is there a time limit on figuring it out? Not really. Whether we call it a grace period, or a period of growth, it's all the same - time that we each take to re-assess as we move forward. If our partner is with us through this process, they are also doing the dance as we figure it all out. I love the advice that Erica gives, saying "I don't know what this is going to look like, or how long this is going to take." There's so much power in saying, "I don't know." and having those around us patiently wait until we do.
For those who are interested in working with Erica, she has a free masterclass coming up in just a few days, on January 23rd. She also has a February workshop that starts on February 12th. All those links are here in the show notes. Erica is happy to answer any questions by DM on Instagram or by email too.
January 23rde - https://erica-vargas.mykajabi.com/man-menu-masterclass
February Workshop -
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ericaovargas/
Email: [email protected]
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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S4E14 Clean Conscious Bald Beauty - Toxin-Free Living with Alyssa Carpenter
Welcome to this episode of Alopecia Life. Today, our guest is Alyssa Carpenter. On social media, you may know her as Clean Conscious Bald Beauty. Alyssa is a proud wife, entrepreneur, and alopecia warrior of over 10 years. As both an Alopecia Awareness and Clean Beauty Advocate, she uses her platform to share her passion for learning & educating about unnecessary toxins in our everyday world. After getting a diagnosis of alopecia, many of us jump to cleaning up our diet, looking to eliminate harmful foods that may be causing inflammation. One thing that many of us don't even consider is what we are putting on our bodies. Today, Alyssa gives us some helpful hints on ways to easily start a practice of clean and conscious living.
Thank you for sharing your time with Alyssa and me today. For ways to find out more about Alyssa, toxin-free living, and about Crunchi products, check out the show notes for all those links.
www.cleanconsciousbaldbeauty.com
Shop Crunchi: www.crunchi.com/alyssacollier
IG: @cleanconsciousbaldbeauty
FB: Alyssa Carpenter
FB Group: Clean Conscious Bald Beauty
These resources can also be helpful getting started:
www.safecosmetics.org
ewg.org
Yuka (app)
Think Dirty (app)
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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