It’s a topic that is worth discussing and learning more about in this new episode of Lyme Time. Ali and Rhisa Marie Parera (aka @Negraconlyme) break down the details about how a Lyme disease diagnosis is often a double-whammy from the medical community to people of color.
Now don’t get me wrong. My closet is not always an accurate representation of where I am in my life today. But why shouldn’t it be? I am healthy and happy! Some of the clothes in my closet used to represent what was never to be: a body of my past self, lots of Covid sweats, super high heels that actually hurt my feet, and things that I wore when I didn’t feel well. Time to let it all go and live in the present!
If you are a Lyme warrior parent, this special episode of Lyme Time is just for you. Jody Hudson had an elite athlete daughter named Alex in the 5th grade when pains here and there began getting out of control. She battled fiercely for many years without knowing it was Lyme, often shunned by the medical community with denial, strange looks and judgement. As the disease progressed, she finally got a proper diagnosis her senior year in high school but Lyme eventually won this battle.
Adena Sampson knows what it’s like to be down and out with chronic illness, though she wasn’t always ill. Nope! In the height of her early career, she was the founder of Outloud Productions and The Unbreakable Spririt Movement, a Breakthrough Coach, Inspirational Speaker, Singer-Songwriter and Best-Selling Author, seen on CBS, NBC, FOX, and ABC. But all that came to a screeching halt.
I can’t say I’ve related to a memoir much more than that of Ross Douthat’s The Deep Places. As I turned the pages, I had an enormous surge of feeling as though he had the exact, mirrored journey as I did and if ONLY I could give this book to every person I know I would finally be understood. Douthat recently joined me on a podcast episode of Lyme Time and I enjoyed every second.
Is your PICC line getting in the way of your mobility or comfort? Is your brain fog preventing you from being organized when you go to treatments? Do paper masks irritate your skin? Does your backpack not fit over your wheelchair? There is good news!
‘Tis the season to SHOP! So why not get the gifts that will contribute to their health for a lifetime? I’ve compiled a few of my favorite things for all ages and abilities. Once you’ve clicked on a link here, anything you add to your carts (including your Amazon basket) will also donate some funds to our Lyme advocacy fund at The Tick Chicks.
Today launches the latest episode of Lyme Time with guest Adam Schomer, the President of i2i Productions who are behind documentaries HEAL and The Road to Dharma, amongst others. I have loved HEAL and featured it on my website for a long time, so this was a special treat for me! The Road to Dharma includes a companion guide just for you to work in after each episode to further your growth. It’s important to keep in mind that healing has many forms, each of them unique and powerful in the puzzle of getting ourselves back to “normal”.
Are you or someone you love stuck in sadness? Run, don’t walk, to get the newest book by Amy B. Scher titled How to Heal Yourself from Depression When No One Else Can—out TODAY! And that’s not all! Listen to Amy and I get real about sadness, emotional trauma, and letting go of resistance in the all-new episode of Lyme Time, out today as well.
In February 2020, advocates from throughout the US took part in the Center for Lyme Action’s first “fly-in” to Washington DC, to lobby for increased federal funding for Lyme disease. I was pleased and proud to participate. (And to get my cool CLA “identifier” neck scarf, shown in the accompanying photo.)
