It is estimated that half of all Americans have chronic health issues, and yet these conditions are new to the human species. What has happened? And how does an afflicted individual navigate a medical system that dismisses them and offers little help, embedded within a culture obsessed with self improvement and the hero's journey of triumph? Sarah and I talk about the multifactorial nature of chronic illness and what has changed between generations, walking the fine line between self-responsibility and acknowledging that we're all embedded in toxic systems that are out of our control, navigating the mythic underworld of autoimmune and chronic illness, and telling our stories without the need for a heroic ending.

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Medicine Stories episode w/ Sophie Strand Synchronicity Reveals Our Ecological Niche

The Heroine's Journey: Woman's Quest for Wholeness by Maureen Murdock

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Music by Mariee Siou (from her beautiful song Wild Eyes)