Feb 26, 2019
For most of her life, Melissa Marans didn’t have an invisible illness. That all changed in 2015, when she began showing signs of rapidly worsening muscle weakness and fatigue. She went to see her doctor, and in a week, had a diagnosis: a rare autoimmune disease called dermatomyositis. On today’s episode, Melissa and...
Feb 19, 2019
Before discovering bee products, Carly Stein was the person who was always sick. That all changed when she discovered magical natural products like propolis, royal jelly, bee pollen, and honey. On today’s episode, Carly and I talk about what led her to found Beekeeper’s Naturals, why education about bees is such an...
Feb 12, 2019
About ten years ago, Letty Cottin Pogrebin (a founding editor of Ms. Magazine) was sitting in the waiting room at Memorial Sloan Kettering when she had the idea for a book. On today’s episode, Letty and I talk about her experience with breast cancer, and why it inspired her to write How to Be a Friend to a Friend...
Feb 5, 2019
Interior design star Genevieve Gorder wants to live in the light, not in her illness. What does that mean, exactly? For Genevieve, who has both Lyme disease and Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, it means refusing to stake her identity in her health challenges. On today’s episode, Genevieve talks to me about the role...