The Autoimmune Wellness Podcast Episode #2: Step 1 – Inform, Our Stories
08/29/16 • 35 min
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Welcome to The Autoimmune Wellness Podcast Season 1! We’ve created this podcast as a free resource to accompany our upcoming book, The Autoimmune Wellness Handbook: A DIY Guide to Living Well with Chronic Illness.
Episode #2: Step 1: Inform – Our Stories is focused on the process we went through in getting diagnosis and then educating ourselves about testing, treatment, and prognosis. This episode is very personal, but we felt that revealing to our listeners what our early struggles were like was a valuable way to demonstrate that you can “figure it all out” and achieve wellness. We explain how informing ourselves, though daunting, was crucial to facing autoimmune disease with far less fear.
If you’d like to go more in-depth on Step 1: Inform, check out the “Where Are You On The Spectrum – Autoimmune Status Self-Test” or the “Practicing Resilience” section in Chapter 1 of our book. The self-test can help inform you on the next logical steps to take with chronic illness you might be facing and the resilience guide offers positive ways to cope with diagnosis (something that can be a low point emotionally).
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Show Notes:
- 0:00 Introduction
- 1:45 What is Inform?
- 3:34 How information results in less fear
- 3:30 Taking responsibility for getting informed
- 4:18 When Angie knew it was time to “get informed”
- 5:06 When Mickey knew it was time to “get informed”
- 6:14 Mickey’s diagnosis story
- Hashimoto’s and celiac disease
- Also see her blog series on the topic here.
- 10:24 Angie’s diagnosis story
- Lichen sclerosis, endometriosis, and celiac disease
- 14:00 Misdiagnosis setbacks
- 16:10 The power in the correct “label”
- 17:26 How Mickey coped with her diagnosis
- 21:40 How Angie coped with her diagnosis
- 23:40 The value of having a diagnosis vs. not being able to get one
- 24:50 Angie’s experience with testing and treatment for her autoimmune diseases
- 27:30 Mickey’s method of gathering and storing medical information
- 30:00 Angie’s method of gathering and storing medical information
- 31:40 Your homework for step 1, Inform!
- Take a look at the “Autoimmune Status Self-Test” on p. 9 of The Autoimmune Wellness Handbook to inform you about where to move next in terms of diagnosis, treatment, and lifestyle changes to manage your autoimmune disease.
- 33:55 Outro
Wait–before you go!
If you enjoyed the podcast, would you mind leaving us a review in iTunes? This helps introduce our work to a new audience as we climb the ranks in their system.
The Autoimmune Wellness Podcast is a complimentary resource to our forthcoming book,
This post contains affiliate links. Click here to see what that means!
In order to support our blogging activities, we may receive monetary compensation or other types or remuneration for our endorsement, recommendation, testimonial, and/or link to any products or services from this blog.That being said, we only promote authors, products, and services that we wholeheartedly stand by!
Welcome to The Autoimmune Wellness Podcast Season 1! We’ve created this podcast as a free resource to accompany our upcoming book, The Autoimmune Wellness Handbook: A DIY Guide to Living Well with Chronic Illness.
Episode #2: Step 1: Inform – Our Stories is focused on the process we went through in getting diagnosis and then educating ourselves about testing, treatment, and prognosis. This episode is very personal, but we felt that revealing to our listeners what our early struggles were like was a valuable way to demonstrate that you can “figure it all out” and achieve wellness. We explain how informing ourselves, though daunting, was crucial to facing autoimmune disease with far less fear.
If you’d like to go more in-depth on Step 1: Inform, check out the “Where Are You On The Spectrum – Autoimmune Status Self-Test” or the “Practicing Resilience” section in Chapter 1 of our book. The self-test can help inform you on the next logical steps to take with chronic illness you might be facing and the resilience guide offers positive ways to cope with diagnosis (something that can be a low point emotionally).
How to listen:
If you’d like to have our podcasts sent directly to your device, subscribe in iTunes or Stitcher!
If you’d like to download the .mp3, you can do so by following this link.
If you’d like to play the episode right now in your browser, use the player below!
Show Notes:
- 0:00 Introduction
- 1:45 What is Inform?
- 3:34 How information results in less fear
- 3:30 Taking responsibility for getting informed
- 4:18 When Angie knew it was time to “get informed”
- 5:06 When Mickey knew it was time to “get informed”
- 6:14 Mickey’s diagnosis story
- Hashimoto’s and celiac disease
- Also see her blog series on the topic here.
- 10:24 Angie’s diagnosis story
- Lichen sclerosis, endometriosis, and celiac disease
- 14:00 Misdiagnosis setbacks
- 16:10 The power in the correct “label”
- 17:26 How Mickey coped with her diagnosis
- 21:40 How Angie coped with her diagnosis
- 23:40 The value of having a diagnosis vs. not being able to get one
- 24:50 Angie’s experience with testing and treatment for her autoimmune diseases
- 27:30 Mickey’s method of gathering and storing medical information
- 30:00 Angie’s method of gathering and storing medical information
- 31:40 Your homework for step 1, Inform!
- Take a look at the “Autoimmune Status Self-Test” on p. 9 of The Autoimmune Wellness Handbook to inform you about where to move next in terms of diagnosis, treatment, and lifestyle changes to manage your autoimmune disease.
- 33:55 Outro
Wait–before you go!
If you enjoyed the podcast, would you mind leaving us a review in iTunes? This helps introduce our work to a new audience as we climb the ranks in their system.
The Autoimmune Wellness Podcast is a complimentary resource to our forthcoming book,
Previous Episode
The Autoimmune Wellness Podcast Episode #1: What is The Autoimmune Wellness Journey?
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We are so excited to introduce our audience to our very first podcast... welcome to The Autoimmune Wellness Podcast Season 1! We’ve created this podcast as a free resource to accompany our upcoming book, The Autoimmune Wellness Handbook: A DIY Guide to Living Well with Chronic Illness.
Episode #1: What is the Autoimmune Wellness Journey? is all about our mission with the book and podcast series to spark a major shift in how autoimmune disease is viewed and treated all over the globe. We chat about our goals and give a series overview, briefly detailing each of the seven steps on the autoimmune wellness journey. This first episode will give you an idea about the format of the series and a significant dose of empowerment.
If you’d like to go more in-depth, check out the “Introduction,” “Why We Wrote This Book,” and “The Manifesto” sections at the beginning of The Autoimmune Wellness Handbook. We know that most people skim or even completely skip the introductory material in books like ours, but we assure these three short sections are overflowing with inspiration. You can get a little insight on just what lights our fires!
How to listen:
If you’d like to have our podcasts sent directly to your device, subscribe in iTunes or Stitcher!
If you’d like to download the .mp3, you can do so by following this link.
If you’d like to play the episode right now in your browser, use the player below!
Show Notes:
- 0:00 Introduction
- 1:53 Angie introduces herself
- Angie is the author of The Alternative Autoimmune Cookbook and creator of the group coaching program SAD to AIP in SIX.
- 3:34 Mickey introduces herself
- Mickey is the author of The Autoimmune Paleo Cookbook and creator of the online cooking program AIP Batch Cook.
- 5:30 Our goal with The Autoimmune Wellness Podcast
- 7:09 An overview of the seven steps on the Autoimmune Wellness Journey
- Inform
- Collaborate
- Nourish
- Rest
- Breathe
- Move
- Connect
- 16:50 Empowerment for a personalized journey
- 18:49 What to expect in future episodes
- One episode on every “step” covered in the handbook dedicated to Mickey and Angie’s personal experiences
- One episode on every “step” covered in the handbook dedicated to interviewing an expert or thinker to delve a little deeper on the topic
- 20:16 All about
Next Episode
The Autoimmune Wellness Podcast Episode #3: Step 1: In-Depth with Sarah Ballantyne, Ph.D.
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In order to support our blogging activities, we may receive monetary compensation or other types or remuneration for our endorsement, recommendation, testimonial, and/or link to any products or services from this blog.That being said, we only promote authors, products, and services that we wholeheartedly stand by!
Welcome to The Autoimmune Wellness Podcast Season 1! We’ve created this podcast as a free resource to accompany our upcoming book, The Autoimmune Wellness Handbook: A DIY Guide to Living Well with Chronic Illness .
Episode #3 : Step 1: In-Depth with Sarah Ballantyne, Ph.D. is a conversation with the AIP expert covering everything from the basics of immune system function to prevention, testing, and treatment for autoimmune disease. In this great discussion, Sarah talks specifics about who is at risk for developing autoimmune disease, including the “accidents” of antibody formation. Very interestingly, she spoke with us about how our immune systems are “nutrient hogs” and how that applies to the healing approach of AIP. And yes, we all shared a little emotional moment to reflect on the ripple effect of Sarah’s work. This is a great episode for taking those first steps in truly informing yourself about autoimmune disease.
If you’d like to go more in-depth on Step 1: Inform, check out the “Confirmed, Suspected, and Related-Autoimmune Diseases” list or the “Learn About Your Disease” section, both in Chapter 1. These sections add detail to the information shared by Sarah in this episode.
How to listen:
If you’d like to have our podcasts sent directly to your device, subscribe in iTunes or Stitcher!
If you’d like to download the .mp3, you can do so by following this link.
If you’d like to play the episode right now in your browser, use the player below!
Show Notes:
- 0:00 Introduction
- 1:50 Introducing Sarah
- Sarah’s bio
- Sarah’s books – The Paleo Approach, The Paleo Approach Cookbook, The Healing Kitchen
- 3:00 How the immune system works and autoimmune disease develops
- 6:20 How many autoimmune diseases are there?
- 7:50 Sarah’s experience with informing herself about her autoimmune diagnoses
- 9:42 Who is at risk for autoimmune disease?
- 10:55 The risk for developing multiple autoimmune diseases and the role of antibody formation
- 14:09 Common primary autoimmune diseases
- 14:30 The role of nutrient deficiency in autoimmune disease
- 15:50 Prevention of autoimmune disease
- 23:25 Testing and treatment for autoimmune disease in the conventional and alternative system
- 28:00 Sarah talks about how to have a conversation with your doctor
- 30:30 Sarah’s unique research background and how she used it to create AIP as it stands today<...
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