Join Noa as she chats with Lyme Disease coach, drummer & 10+ yr Lyme warrior Jake Mayers from Jake Mayers Coaching! Similar to Noa, Jake spent years pretending to be healthy so that he could still “achieve”, and convince himself and others that he was worthy and capable. But living a secret life full of after work IVs, running back to the car for allergy friendly snacks, or constantly thinking up new excuses to hide your illness, like canceling because your brother is having toe surgery, is exhausting.

In part 1 of this 2 part episode, Jake & Noa explore how being open and vulnerable, with a few laughs along the way, transformed their relationships. Jake shares how mindfulness, self acceptance, and radical honesty allowed him to get comfortable enough with his chronic illness & with communicating it to meet his now girlfriend & to build such a strong relationship so early on.  

Tune in next episode to hear how Jake and Jess’s relationship has progressed since he asked her to be his girlfriend!

Note: this episode was recorded at the beginning of quarantine.

Transcript coming soon!

Links:

Pod IG: @spooningwithspooniespod

Jake’s coaching IG: @jakemayerscoaching

Jake’s IG: @jake_mayers

Key Quote:“because of how open and vulnerable we had already been and laying it out from the start hey this is what i'm dealing with, it strips away all of those surface level resume things that you were talking about that people view who you are as”-Jake Mayers