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The Autoimmune RESETRegaining Personal Power After Hair Loss with Guest Deeann GrahamSend us a textDeeann Graham is an award-winning author of Head-On, Stories of Alopecia, an alopecia educator & advocate, and the podcast host of Alopecia Life. I speak to communities about autoimmune hair loss, regaining personal power when given a confusing diagnosis, and work to educate medical communities about the emotional and physical aspects of alopecia areata during appointments in order to avoid unhealthy outcomes. In this episode, Deeann shares her journey with alopecia, how parents can help their children with alopecia areata and how to regain their identity and personal power after hair loss. ...2023-06-2726 min
Alopecia Connection15. Deeann Graham, Alopecia Life PodcastEpisode 15- Deeann Graham, Alopecia Life Podcast"...you're going to meet the most amazing people, and more than anything, you're going to find our things about yourself that would have never been possible without alopecia..."This month we are pleased to introduce you to Deeann Graham (IG: @alopecialifecoach), alopecia advocate and host of the Alopecia Life podcast! Deeann's journey with alopecia began at the age of 7, and went through several periods of hair loss and regrowth. In addition to her podcast, Deeann also produced a book, "Head-On, Stories of Alopecia," which profiles inspiring pe...2023-06-0158 min
Alopecia LifeS3E19 3+ Healthy Habits to Have in Our Lifestyle Toolbelt for Success, with Integrative Nutrition & Gut Health Coach, Lisa Taylor Welcome to another episode of Alopecia Life with Integrative Nutrition & Gut Health Coach, Lisa Taylor. Last October, Lisa shared about gut makeovers and autoimmunity. Since then, Lisa and I have been wanting to connect again to share some lifestyle tools to add into our healing journey. The importance of self-care is often overlooked as we are going about our busy lives, and Lisa is here again to help us implement healthy habits into our daily routine. Thanks so much for spending your time with us today on Alopecia Life. Lisa took the time to prepare all of th...2022-04-2833 min
Alopecia LifeS3E18 Alopecia Representation with Congresswoman, Ayanna PressleyWelcome to this episode of Alopecia Life.The past few weeks have been ones full of awareness around alopecia areata. It's brought to light more than we ever could have anticipated, especially around the complicated relationship amongst the black community and hair loss. This interview was scheduled months ago to be released today. Our guest deeply connects with the topic with understanding, representation, and also one of passion. Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley is an activist, a legislator, a survivor, and the first woman of color to be elected to Congress from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Throughout her career, she has...2022-04-1434 min
Alopecia LifeS3E17 How Connecting to Mind, Body & Soul Allows Us to Build Confidence, with Sheridan RuthWelcome to this episode of Alopecia Life. Today's guest is Sheridan Ruth. She is both an alopecia coach and yoga therapist, and supports women with alopecia in their journey to feel more self-acceptance, step into their true power, and radiate confidence. Since losing her hair at 7 years old, Sheridan battled self-doubt, anxiety, insecurity, trauma, body image and mental health challenges. For years she felt disconnected from her body and inner wisdom and felt like she was searching for answers. She began to make her way through the challenges and into empowerment using yoga, meditation, and other mind-body p...2022-03-3125 min
Shameless LeadershipDeeann Graham: Head On: Stories of AlopeciaDeeann Graham is the award-winning author of Head-On, Stories of Alopecia, and an alopecia coach/consultant, educator, and advocate. She was first diagnosed with alopecia areata (an autoimmune hair loss condition) when she was 7-years-old. She published Head-On, Stories of Alopecia to share stories and photos of people around the world who are living with alopecia, in order to provide a broad perspective on the journey of hair loss. Educating communities in order to empower others who have been diagnosed, especially in the beauty and medical industries, is an important part of Deeann's outreach. She is also the course...2022-03-2355 min
Alopecia LifeS3E16 Hair or No Hair, with Filmmaker Janessa St. PierreThanks for listening to Alopecia Life today. For the past 2 years, the month of March seems to bring an opportunity to share about very cool projects. This year, we have something that is time sensitive, and I wanted to make sure we all had an opportunity to share the project, especially before the end of March.Our guest today is Janessa St. Pierre. Janessa studied Film Studies at Concordia University in 2015 and then transferred to Capilano University for certification in Motion Picture Arts in 2017. She has been working in the film industry since then, and her goal i...2022-03-1722 min
Alopecia LifeS3E15 How to Make the Most of Your Doctor Appointments & Ask For What You Want!Thank you for sharing your time with me and guest, Teresa Younkin today on Alopecia Life. I met Teresa at a conference last year. We were talking about healthcare reform and what she does, and I was super impressed. What started out as personal advocacy for her family has led to something more expansive around healthcare. Teresa is super excited about the health information exchange, and she shares more about that with us today, along with how to ask for what we want to make the most of our doctor's appointments. Her life mission is to leave the healthcare...2022-03-1039 min
The Dawn Jarvis ShowCreating Empowerment Whilst Living With Alopecia With Deeann GrahamWelcome to the latest episode of The Dawn Jarvis Show, the podcast where I talk to leaders, professionals and entrepreneurs who are part of My Diverse Nurse Network about how they manage business and their health and wellbeing. Brought to you by https://dawnjarvis.com Today my guest is Deeann Graham. Deeann is an award-winning author and alopecia coach/consultant, educator and advocate. She was diagnosed with alopecia areata at 7-years-old. She published Head-On, Stories of Alopecia to share stories and photos of people around the world living with alopecia in order to provide a broad perspective on the...2022-03-0237 min
Alopecia LifeS3E14 Building Community One Ponytail At a Time with Chloe's ChallengeWelcome to this episode of Alopecia Life, and for sharing your time with me and our guest, Susan McLemore, today. A couple months ago, I was searching for something on Facebook, and I discovered Susan and a really cool thing she organized. I wanted to find out more, and we were both excited to talk about the community that supported her family after they were diagnosed with alopecia. I hear so often, after children are diagnosed, that parents want to do something, anything really...to support their child. They feel helpless and confused, and they want their child to...2022-02-2422 min
Alopecia LifeS3E13 How the Australia Alopecia Areata Foundation Raises Awareness & Supports Their CommunityToday, our guest is Chel Campbell, who in 2010 after 12 years of being a parent of a son living with alopecia, led her to create the Australia Alopecia Areata Foundation and build on her passion for unconditional acceptance and appearance diversity. In today's episode, we discuss the how and why behind AAAF, what they are looking to accomplish this year, how they've adjusted their outreach during the pandemic, and how she hopes that one day in the future there won't be a need for the foundation. You'll hear a lot of laughter during the interview, and we also spend some...2022-02-1039 min