Dec 18, 2018
As a physician at the NIH, Dr. Alexandra Freeman treats patients with rare diseases who have exhausted the easy options. On today’s episode, Dr. Freeman and I talk about what makes the NIH so different from other medical organizations--and how that impacts research and medical discoveries. We also discuss the...
Dec 11, 2018
While sorting through her mother’s belongings, Becca Skolnick made an interesting discovery: a printout of an article her mother had written. The article mirrored her real life in so many ways; it was advice that her mother had put into practice over the course of her 32-year journey with scleroderma. On today’s...
Dec 4, 2018
Akilah has been diagnosed with pericarditis, coronary artery spasms, and orthostatic hypotension, but she’s still searching for a reason why she’s experiencing intense and chronic pain on the left side of her body. On today’s episode, we talk about how why she no longer thinks of her health journey as a temporary...
Nov 27, 2018
In pursuit of answers for her daughter, Tracy Shaw went on a diagnostic odyssey. Thanks to Tracy’s research, using data from Madison’s many hospitalizations and visits with 21 doctors, Madison was diagnosed with common variable immune deficiency (CVID) at age 13. On today’s episode, Tracy and I talk about the...
Nov 20, 2018
In his mid-twenties, Sah D’Simone’s life as he knew it changed in an instant, and he entered the darkest episode of depression he’d ever had. Realizing that his mindset had to shift, Sah embarked on a journey of self-healing and compassion-seeking that led to his career as a meditation teacher, author, coach,...