Drew Loryn sits down with her college friend, Josie McGarva. Josie talks about her experience living with Chron’s Disease since she was 13 and having upwards of 20 surgeries. She discusses how Chron’s impacted her mental health and the journey it took her to finally be open about living with this disease. Josie then went on to discuss how she is in Graduate School for Psychology and what it was like to work in a pediatric psychiatric unit. Please follow Josie’s Instagram account (@it_takesguts) she created about living with Chron’s in order to create awareness surrounding IBD.

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