Welcome to our first full episode of Living Well (When You Don’t Feel Well)!
In this episode…
* We look at how we talk and think about health and illness — and why that matters when it comes to alleviating our suffering around chronic conditions.
* We discuss how to avoid “crowding out” the pleasurable areas of our lives in the name of getting well.
* Samantha shares that she used to feel like she was in a constant boxing match with her illness and explains the shift that simplified her symptom management and made her day-to-day life feel much lighter and more relaxed.
* Crystal talks about why spending a decade coaching others with chronic illness left her absolutely certain that our experience of life isn’t a result of our circumstances.
* We explore the reason why most of us want to be healthy and whether that’s something we can achieve even in the midst of symptoms and diagnoses.
This conversation lays the foundation for everything that’s coming your way over the next several weeks and months. But if this way of talking about health is new to you and it doesn’t quite make sense, no problem! It was new to us once, too. We encourage you to simply be curious. What if things don’t quite work the way we think they do? What if a different experience is possible?
If you have questions, let us know. Leave a comment on this episode or send an email to livingwellpod@gmail.com You can also follow us on Instagram or Facebook.
Thanks again for being here. We’ll talk to you again soon!
Warmly,Crystal & Samantha
