Did your illness come on during a time of greater stress?
Stress always exacerbates chronic illness.
People of color are 1.5-2 times more likely to suffer a chronic illness than those of us who are white.
Why is that true?
How can we change and transform that?
One of the manifestations of racism is disease.
What can we do as white allies?

Did your illness come on during a time of greater stress? Stress always exacerbates chronic illness. People of color are 1.5-2 times more likely to suffer a chronic illness than those of us who are white. Why is that true? How can we change and transform that? One of the manifestations of racism is disease. What can we do as white allies?

Episode 151: What About Race and Chronic Illness?

Are you one of the millions living with a chronic illness or pain?  Our diseases may be very different, but we have many of the same experiences, obstacles and frustrations.   We are all working for a better quality of life knowing that pain and limitations will be our traveling companions.  My name is Annette and I'm the host of Chronic Wellness, a brief, weekly, podcast where we talk about it all: sex, self-care, mental heath, loss of identity, anger, how to navigate health care and have less days that suck so hard.

I have this belief that: If health is the absence of disease, and wellness is the presence of wholeness;  whether or not I'm ever "healthy" again, I can work work toward my wellness, my wholeness.  

Curious?  Join me where you listen to Podcasts, for a few moments of Chronic Wellness.

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Are you one of the millions living with a chronic illness or pain? Our diseases may be very different, but we have many of the same experiences, obstacles and frustrations. We are all working for a better quality of life knowing that pain and limitations will be our traveling companions. My name is Annette and I'm the host of Chronic Wellness, a brief, weekly, podcast where we talk about it all: sex, self-care, mental heath, loss of identity, anger, how to navigate health care and have less days that suck so hard. I have this belief that: If health is the absence of disease, and wellness is the presence of wholeness; whether or not I'm ever "healthy" again, I can work work toward my wellness, my wholeness. Curious? Join me where you listen to Podcasts, for a few moments of Chronic Wellness.

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