The Chasing Joy Podcast

Ep. 104 - Being Your Own Health Advocate, Healing Lyme & Power of Community with Adrienne Nolan-Smith


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Adrienne Nolan-Smith is a board certified patient advocate, speaker and the founder of WellBe, a media company and lifestyle brand focused on bridging the large gap between the healthcare system and the wellness movement to help people prevent and reverse chronic health issues naturally. She received her BA from Johns Hopkins University and her MBA from the Kellogg School at Northwestern University. She lives with her husband in New York City.

We Talk About:

  • Mindfulness meditation
  • Blue Zones & the importance of community
  • Why community matters for your health
  • Adrienne experience with Lyme Disease
  • Learning when to trust doctors and when to do your own research
  • The power of placebo and our minds in healing
  • The danger of bias
  • keeping an open mind versus
  • What it means to be a patient advocate
  • The gut-brain connection
  • How can you balance your self-care and mental health with the healing process
  • How to navigate the health care and wellness system with what you have
  • Healing emotional trauma alongside your illness

 

 

Connect with Adrienne

online: https://getwellbe.com/

on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/getwellbe/

 

Connect with Me

On instagram: instagram.com/init4thelongrunblog

On the blog: http://init4thelongrun.com

 

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