Breast Implant Illness: REAL Not Rare, with Patient Advocates Amanda Porta and Robyn Towt
10/03/23 • 91 min
In this eye-opening episode, I sit down with Patient Advocates Amanda Porta and Robyn Towt to have a much needed and detailed discussion about Breast Implant Illness.
Both with remarkable stories and a passion for education, Amanda and Robyn
are on a prominent mission to spread truth among women across the world, in efforts to highlight the very real and COMMON happenings associated with breast implants.
Amanda has worked in and throughout the beauty/plastic surgery industry for decades, and was ultimately inspired to pursue Holistic Health coaching. Now laser focused on guiding women with BII towards healing and optimal health, she has dedicated her life to redirecting the public’s view on what health and beauty really entails. As someone who never saw critical or chronic health issues prior to implants, she’s determined to use her voice and expose the darker sides of beauty procedures and the industry’s dirty secrets.
Robyn—now three-time cancer survivor—became co-founder of the Global Patient Advocacy Coalition (GPAC) and is also an administrator in various online support groups for women who are suffering from BII. She’s worked extensively with Arizona legislators in passing an informed consent law for breast implant surgery, and the GPAC team has also partnered with the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) to develop a patient decision checklist.
With both of these women having experienced BII and explant surgeries, they know firsthand how real and truly life-altering these decisions can be. They believe every patient should be given the opportunity to make an educated and informed choice, and that means having ALL of the information, not just selected information.
- Amanda on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theholisticbeautycoach/
- Amanda's Lymph Website: https://www.lymphlounge.com
- Robyn on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyntowt/
- Robyn on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robyn.towt.7
- GPAC Website: https://www.gpacunited.org/
- Show Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/well.with.vanessa/
- Vanessa Lopez on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thegiftofgoods/
- Vanessa's Linktree (Discounts etc.): https://linktr.ee/thegiftofgoods
- Email: [email protected]
CUDDLY helps give animals a healthy life & a loving home. Help Vanessa's charity of choice above.
Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.
Podcast Website: https://intentionallywellwithvanessalopez.buzzsprout.com
This episode is for informational purposes only. Please consult a trusted health practitioner for individual concerns.
In this eye-opening episode, I sit down with Patient Advocates Amanda Porta and Robyn Towt to have a much needed and detailed discussion about Breast Implant Illness.
Both with remarkable stories and a passion for education, Amanda and Robyn
are on a prominent mission to spread truth among women across the world, in efforts to highlight the very real and COMMON happenings associated with breast implants.
Amanda has worked in and throughout the beauty/plastic surgery industry for decades, and was ultimately inspired to pursue Holistic Health coaching. Now laser focused on guiding women with BII towards healing and optimal health, she has dedicated her life to redirecting the public’s view on what health and beauty really entails. As someone who never saw critical or chronic health issues prior to implants, she’s determined to use her voice and expose the darker sides of beauty procedures and the industry’s dirty secrets.
Robyn—now three-time cancer survivor—became co-founder of the Global Patient Advocacy Coalition (GPAC) and is also an administrator in various online support groups for women who are suffering from BII. She’s worked extensively with Arizona legislators in passing an informed consent law for breast implant surgery, and the GPAC team has also partnered with the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) to develop a patient decision checklist.
With both of these women having experienced BII and explant surgeries, they know firsthand how real and truly life-altering these decisions can be. They believe every patient should be given the opportunity to make an educated and informed choice, and that means having ALL of the information, not just selected information.
- Amanda on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theholisticbeautycoach/
- Amanda's Lymph Website: https://www.lymphlounge.com
- Robyn on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyntowt/
- Robyn on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robyn.towt.7
- GPAC Website: https://www.gpacunited.org/
- Show Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/well.with.vanessa/
- Vanessa Lopez on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thegiftofgoods/
- Vanessa's Linktree (Discounts etc.): https://linktr.ee/thegiftofgoods
- Email: [email protected]
CUDDLY helps give animals a healthy life & a loving home. Help Vanessa's charity of choice above.
Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.
Podcast Website: https://intentionallywellwithvanessalopez.buzzsprout.com
This episode is for informational purposes only. Please consult a trusted health practitioner for individual concerns.
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- Tory on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nytherapist/
- Webinars Offered: https://tory-eletto.mykajabi.com/
- Donation-based Webinar (October 2023): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/finding-you-how-your-emotions-teach-you-about-who-you-are-tickets-706019301737?aff=oddtdtcreator
- Show Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/well.with.vanessa/
- Vanessa Lopez on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thegiftofgoods/
- Vanessa's Linktree (Discounts etc.): https://linktr.ee/thegiftofgoods
- Email: [email protected]
CUDDLY helps give animals a healthy life & a loving home. Help Vanessa's charity of choice above.
Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.
Podcast Website: https://intentionallywellwithvanessalopez.buzzsprout.com
This episode is for informational purposes only. Please consult a trusted health practitioner for individual concerns.
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Healing Beautifully From the Inside Out with International Model and Actress, Joy Corrigan
Join me as I sit down with international model, actress, and philanthropist Joy Corrigan, to candidly talk about her journey with Breast Implant Illness and how this experience has led her down a path towards self-discovery and deeper healing.
This special episode highlights the very real issues concerning Breast Implant Illness, and how impactful the effects of implants can be on the body. Joy does a beautiful job of sharing her story, illustrating the road leading up to her decision to explant, and the emotional turbulence she experienced prior to surgery. We chat about the behind-the-scenes reality of what was physically going on for years and how her body's cues crept in little by little.
This amazing conversation not only reveals the destructive nature of BII, but also calls attention to a much deeper message...as we dive into the importance of mental and emotional health, self-reflection, healing trauma, and more.
Joy gives us a very raw take on how the modeling industry and it's expectations can take a massive toll on body image/self worth, and that we've all been sold a false bill of goods as to what true beauty really entails.
Joy has discovered that she's been divinely called to share her journey and use her platform to help others potentially connect the dots in their own lives...while also bringing imperative awareness to the fact that authentic healing is much more than a physical venture. She shares that trial and struggle are a very real part of life despite career choices, success, status, or fame...and that it's ultimately OUR job to take agency over our health and life.
You'll undoubtedly be touched by this conversation, as you're met with Joy's honesty and genuine determination to help others today and in the days ahead.
Please don't forget to share this episode with someone you believe will benefit from listening, and if you feel called to share your thoughts with either Joy or myself, please don't hesitate...we'd love to hear from you.
- Joy Corrigan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joycorrigan/
- Joy Corrigan on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@joycorrigan
- Show Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/well.with.vanessa/
- Vanessa Lopez on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thegiftofgoods/
- Vanessa's Linktree (Discounts etc.): https://linktr.ee/thegiftofgoods
- Email: [email protected]
CUDDLY helps give animals a healthy life & a loving home. Help Vanessa's charity of choice above.
Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.
Podcast Website: https://intentionallywellwithvanessalopez.buzzsprout.com
This episode is for informational purposes only. Please consult a trusted health practitioner for individual concerns.
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