When you live with chronic illness, it's easy to feel like you're stuck between two impossible choices: push through the pain or stop moving altogether.

But what if there was another way?

In this episode of Autoimmune Adventures, we sit down with David Jeter, PT, to explore the role physical therapy can play in helping people with autoimmune disease, chronic pain, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), Ankylosing Spondylitis, and other conditions improve mobility, build confidence, and redefine what progress really looks like.

David shares practical insights on movement, strength, endurance, flexibility, pain management, and why success is about far more than simply reducing pain. We discuss how to work within your body's current capacity, why "doing what you can do" is often the right answer, and how physical therapy can help you reclaim function and quality of life—even when symptoms don't disappear completely.

If you've ever felt frustrated by setbacks, discouraged by limitations, or unsure how to move forward safely, this conversation is for you.

✔ How physical therapy can help people living with autoimmune disease

✔ Ankylosing Spondylitis, EDS, and movement limitations

✔ Why doing more isn't always the answer

✔ Building strength, endurance, and mobility safely

✔ The biggest misconceptions about chronic pain

✔ Why pain isn't the only measure of success

✔ Understanding musculoskeletal health

✔ Creating realistic expectations for healing and progress

✔ Finding movement that works for your body

✔ How small improvements can create meaningful change

David Jeter is a licensed physical therapist dedicated to helping people improve movement, function, and quality of life. His work focuses on practical, individualized approaches to physical therapy that help patients build strength, increase mobility, improve endurance, and work toward their personal goals while respecting the realities of chronic illness and chronic pain.

Why are so many women doing everything “right” and still feeling exhausted, inflamed, burned out, and disconnected from their bodies?

In this powerful episode of Autoimmune Adventures, we sit down with Erica Ballard to unpack why traditional wellness advice often fails women—and what real, biology-based healing can actually look like.

We talk about nervous system regulation, chronic stress, cortisol, metabolism, perfectionism, burnout, inflammation, hormones, recovery, and the pressure women feel to constantly push harder. Erica shares practical insight on learning to work with your body instead of against it—especially for women navigating chronic illness, autoimmune disease, perimenopause, and high stress lifestyles.

This conversation is honest, compassionate, science-informed, and deeply validating for women who are tired of feeling like their body is the enemy.

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✨ Remember: You are worthy of joy. Disease does not define your life, you do.

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What happens when the world teaches us to ignore our bodies?

In this deeply thoughtful episode of Autoimmune Adventures, Zoa Conner joins us for an honest conversation about chronic illness, burnout, nervous system healing, self-care, and the pressure so many people feel to constantly push through exhaustion.

Together, we explore:

This episode is compassionate, grounding, validating, and full of reminders that healing is not one-size-fits-all.

If you’ve been feeling exhausted, overwhelmed, disconnected from yourself, or stuck in survival mode, this conversation is for you.

✨ Remember you are worthy of joy. Disease does not define your life, you do.

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Living with chronic illness can make people feel unseen, unheard, and disconnected from themselves.

In this profound episode of Autoimmune Adventures, Dr. Fred Moss joins Stacy, Becky, and Alysia for a powerful conversation about mental health, emotional healing, authenticity, communication, trauma, and the connection between emotional and physical wellness.

Together, they explore:

Dr. Moss challenges the belief that people are fundamentally broken and offers a deeply human perspective on healing, communication, and self-understanding.

If you’ve ever struggled to explain your pain, felt dismissed in healthcare spaces, or questioned your worth because of illness, this conversation will resonate deeply.

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What if your DNA could help explain your autoimmune disease, inflammation, fatigue, brain fog, or even why certain treatments work for some people but not others?

In this episode of Autoimmune Adventures, we sit down with genetics expert and EndoDNA CEO Len May to explore the powerful connection between DNA, epigenetics, personalized medicine, and chronic illness.

Len explains why your genetics are not a life sentence—but instead a roadmap that can help you better understand your body, reduce triggers, and make more informed decisions about your health.

We also discuss:

This conversation is hopeful, practical, and deeply validating for anyone navigating autoimmune disease, chronic illness, ADHD, or invisible illness.

Because your biology isn’t broken. It’s wired differently.

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You’re not imagining it—and you’re not alone.

In this episode of Autoimmune Adventures, Dr. Jess Armine breaks down what’s actually happening in the body with Long COVID—and why so many people aren’t recovering with traditional approaches.

From mitochondrial dysfunction to immune dysregulation and nervous system overload, this episode connects the dots between Long COVID and autoimmune disease in a way that finally makes sense.

If your health changed after COVID—or you feel like your body hasn’t been the same since—this episode is for you.

Healing isn’t linear—and neither is life with chronic illness.

We’re Stacy, Becky, and Alysia—three sisters navigating autoimmune disease and chronic illness, creating space for honest conversations and real support.

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What if your body isn’t working against you…

In this powerful episode of Autoimmune Adventures, we sit down with Michael J. Dorfman, Health & Nutrition Life Coach, author, and longevity advocate, to explore what it really means to support the body instead of fighting it.

At 84, Michael isn’t just talking about vibrant aging—he’s living it.

With nearly 50 years of experience in nutrition and wellness, he shares a grounded, practical, and deeply hopeful perspective on how food, mindset, and daily habits can transform your health at any stage of life—even into what he calls the 5th Stage of Life (80–100+).

Your body is not broken.

The shift isn’t in forcing healing…

🎧 Listen now and begin seeing your body—and your healing—in a whole new way.

This episode of Autoimmune Adventures is one you don’t just listen to—you feel it.

Brent Butler is a speaker, trainer, and patient advocate living with end-stage renal disease. After more than 15 major surgeries, a failed kidney transplant, and over 15 years on dialysis, Brent shares the reality of chronic illness in a way most people never hear.

In this conversation, we go beyond the surface to talk about what trauma actually looks like in dialysis patients—the emotional shutdown, the quiet withdrawal, the weight of returning to treatment after hope was lost. Brent opens up about the small daily decisions that build resilience over time, and what it means to keep showing up when everything in you wants to shut down.

We also step into something deeper—what happens when chronic illness creates a crisis of faith. Brent offers a powerful perspective:

“Chronic illness just means that Christ is chronically present.”

This episode is for patients, caregivers, and anyone who wants to better understand the human experience behind chronic illness.

You are not alone in this.

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🎧 New Episode Released April 14 | Featuring Antoinette Lee

What happens when your life completely falls apart—and you have to rebuild it from nothing?

In this powerful episode of Autoimmune Adventures, we sit down with Antoinette Lee, a resilience coach, speaker, and advocate who transformed her life after traumatic brain injury, severe PTSD, and life-threatening illness.

At her lowest point, Antoinette was unable to eat or drink, relying on a walker, a service dog, and full-time care—preparing for what she believed would be the end.

Today, she’s living a bold, expansive life—proving that a “new normal” doesn’t have to mean a smaller life.

In this episode, we explore:

✨ How to advocate for yourself in a healthcare system that doesn’t always listen

Her message is simple—but life-changing:

You don’t need to be extraordinary to live a big life.

And the truth most people don’t want to hear:

“You’re actually never going to feel ready, so if you wait for that moment, it’s just not going to happen.”

🎧 Listen now and take your next step—ready or not:

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👉 What is one step you’ve been waiting to feel “ready” for? 

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Living with chronic illness isn’t just about managing symptoms—it’s about managing an entire system that was never designed to work seamlessly together.

Appointments.

In this episode of Autoimmune Adventures, George and Mara Saldana share the deeply personal story behind Ethia.io—a platform born out of real struggle, real frustration, and a powerful question:

👉 What if managing your health didn’t have to feel like chaos?

As Mara navigated Crohn’s disease and the overwhelming complexity of her care, George saw firsthand how broken and fragmented the system can feel for patients. Instead of accepting it, he built something different.

Ethia.io is designed to help patients:

But this episode is about more than technology.

It’s about:

If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed trying to manage your health…

This conversation is for you.

🎧 Listen now and discover how Ethia.io is changing the way patients navigate chronic illness.

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