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“IT'S IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT IT IS GOING TO BE OK AND THAT THERE IS IS POSSIBILITY"'

- Jodi Taub

Jodi Taub, LCSW is a psychotherapist in NYC (currently providing telehealth only due to COVID-19). She has over 20 years of direct care experience with children, adolescents, and adults including individuals, couples, family, and group therapy. She specializes in treating issues related to Mood and Anxiety Disorders as well as the emotional issues that arise from coping with Chronic Illness.

Jodi is also an expert lecturer, public speaker, published writer, researcher and active contributing member of the Immune Deficiency Foundation.

➡️ visit https://www.joditaubtherapy.com/

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Know that most people have something going on in their life that is challenging, and they have their battles. For some it may be mental illness, the loss of a loved one, cancer, heart disease, financial stress / job loss. This isn’t to make you feel better about Fibromyalgia, but to make you feel better that you are not alone.-

- Dr. Casey Sinclair

EPISODE LINKS

Website:

www.familyhealthadvocacy.com + https://www.streetsvillechiropractic.com/

Instagram: @drs.sinclair —> https://www.instagram.com/drs.sinclair/

PRE ORDER/ORDER NOW! BOOK: ‘FREE YOURSELF FROM THE SHACKLES OF FIBROMYALGIA’

Other Links

Brene Brown’s talk with Tim Ferris (SO AMAZING, A MUST LISTEN!)

GUEST QUESTIONS

What is your profession?

Chiropractors & Functional Medicine Practitioners

What’s your business?

Our private practice is called Streetsville Chiropractic & we are also co-founders of Family Health Advocacy.

What types of patients/conditions do you work with?

We work with patients who are of all ages that come in for general wellness and those with a myriad of conditions. Many patients come to us experiencing chronic pain of various causes and among them, people who are suffering with Fibromyalgia.

What makes your approach to care unique?

We take a natural approach to healing. We believe that the body has an ability to heal if given the opportunity to however we understand that is more difficult for some people than others. We look at the entire body and how it is connected as a whole. Emotional, chemical and physical stress causes interference to the body’s ability to heal. We help patients identify and peel back the layers of healing interference.

How did illness shape your career?

For Casey, his injury and chronic pain brought his empathy to the next level and allows his him to relate to people who struggle with their simple tasks of daily life.

What do/did you do when you don’t know what to do about patient?

We have a strong network of practitioners that we are connected with through Family Health Advocacy in addition to having the two of us plus our father and brother who are also natural healthcare practitioners. We use this network to bounce ideas, share success stories and motivate each other to serve greater. It’s easy to get a 2nd opinion within our clinic but also from other practitioners.

Are/were you open about your illnesses with your patients?

Absolutely. We are very transparent with our patients and community. We prefer to be authentic and honest. We find this builds stronger relationships which is what life is all about.

What does “trust” mean to you in the patient-practitioner relationship?

Trust means that the patient knows that unconditionally the doctor will provide a non-judgement, safe and loving space for the patient to be comfortable and open in. We tend to attract these types of relationships with our patients. They tell us everything, sometimes even unrelated to conditions they present with and that we know they haven’t told anyone else. We feel that it’s an honor to serve them and we treat the relationship like its sacred. Our patients know we will go to bat for them!

What are you most passionate about in regard to your work/helping people? We are passionate about getting results and celebrating them every step of the way. This is what drives us and our team.

How do/did you handle being a practitioner, patient and personal life?

We have a unique set up in that we spend most weekends together at the cottage and can debrief the week or bounce ideas off of each other. So even when we leave the office, we have an outlet to express emotions, ideas, frustrations, stories that we experienced during the busy week prior. If a patient is in need or urgent care, between the three of us (Casey, Morgan & our father) we are able to deliver support. However, most of the time, when we are not at the office, we check out and indulge in hobbies we love and are passionate about. For Casey, he has a partner, 2 kids and a dog. He enjoys running, playing hockey, golfing, surfing, boating and reading. For Morgan, she is married and 6 months pregnant. She runs a dog rescue charity, enjoys doing interval training, wake surfing, long boarding and spending time with her two rescue dogs. To be honest, it took us awhile to get work-life balance in our life. For many years we were work horses and were unstoppable. Thankfully life experience and wisdom has brought us to a more balanced life.

Do you tell your patients what you tell yourself/do you practice what you preach?

For the most part. 80% yes. We are Not perfect and there is room for improvement. It is nice that we can hold each other accountably otherwise we may not be 80% there J

How do you research conditions? On your own? Drug companies? Medical journals? Colleagues?

How do you convey this knowledge to patients?

We research on our own. We do read peer reviewed research. We came out of chiropractic college and functional medicine university with a lot of knowledge. However, we learn additional details or information through research ourselves. We discuss what we have learned on a weekly basis.

Tell us about a special experience with a patient that you found to be inspiring.

Page 38 in our book is Lucas’s Testimonial. Pretty moving experience, he had with Fibromyalgia!

We focused on removing nerve interference when Lucas would come into the office. We educated him on mindset, nutrition, exercise and toxicity and guided him through the small steps to take to remove healing interference and making his body a healing machine. We provided him hope, when no one else would.

What is one message you want to send out to every chronic illness patient out there?

Have HOPE, and if you can’t, find someone to have hope for you! This is usually the case with many patients when they walk into our office.

Also know that most people have something going on in their life that is challenging, and they have their battles. For some it may be mental illness, the loss of a loved one, cancer, heart disease, financial stress / job loss. This isn’t to make you feel better about Fibromyalgia, but to make you feel better that you are not alone.

BONUS Q’s

What purchase of $100 or less has most positively impact your life in the last 6 months? Or in

recent memory?

For Casey, 3 pairs of sunglasses for $30 on Amazon. They feel great, they look great. Morgan liked them so much, she bought two packs. We both were constantly losing sunglasses so we decided spending money on them resulted in us feeling frustrated when we misplaced them. Now we have little attachment to these!

In the last 5 years, what new belief, behavior or habit has most improved your life?

Casey: Intermittent fasting.

If you could have a giant billboard (metaphorically speaking) that could get a message out to

millions or billions of people, what would it say and why? It could be a few words, a sentence or

a few. It can be your quote or, if helpful, someone else’s quote. Are there any quotes you think of

often or live your life by?

“You never know how far reaching something you think, say or do today, will affect the lives of millions tomorrow.” -BJ Palmer

"We’re all put on this earth for different reasons…when things get hard, don’t give up" - Hannah Olson

SITE: https://www.wearecapable.org/
IG: @hanrosols @chronicallycapable
TW: @hanrosols @chroniccapable
FB: https://www.facebook.com/chronicallycapable/

Today my guest is Hannah Olson. She is the co-founder and CEO of Chronically Capable, a platform that connects people with chronic illness or disability to flexible work opportunities.

Hannah’s own experience navigating her career while undergoing intensive treatment for Lyme disease sparked the idea for her company, which was founded last year in Washington, D.C. Recently Hannah and Chronically Capable were featured in Forbes, Fast Company, and HR Dive. (Not too shabby!)

GUEST QUESTIONS

What is/are your disorder(s) (illness/condition/ailment)?

Chronic Lyme

Is there anything you are afraid to tell people in your life?

I think I’m afraid to admit my fear of failing. There’s a lot of pressure for me to succeed (both internally and from the people around me) so I really just don’t want to fuck up.

What is your best coping mechanism?

Taking breaks!!!!!

What is the hardest and/or best lesson your disorder has taught you?

You can do whatever the fuck you want and use your neg experience to do good in this world!!! (Lots more to say)

What are you the most concerned about and the most hopeful for in the future?

I'm most concerned about not getting funding and failing. I have a lot of internal pressure and I just cannot fail. I'm most hopeful for taking this bad larry to the next level and continuing to create systemic change for my community.

In your opinion, in what way does the health system work for patients? In what way does it fall short / require improvement?

lots to say, quick talking points:

-im grateful that we do have a health system in the first place but generally speaking its pretty flipped

-invisible illnesses are called invisible for a reason

-every dr will tell you something different -insurance sucks

What are your top 3 tips for someone who is undiagnosed but they know that something is “off”?

1. listen to your body

2. dont give up on your quest for answers

3. it might take time to figure shit out, so try to be patient

BONUS: Rapid-Fire Questions

CREDIT: Tim Ferriss Podcast

What purchase of $100 or less has most positively impact your life in the last 6 months? Or in recent memory?

my one night solo getaway during COVID

How is a failure (or a perceived failure) set you up for success? Do you have a “favorite failure?” of yours?

It makes me want to get back up and try again. I'm know if I'm have a fav failure but I'm been turned down by a lot of investors. I'm gonna keep trying though

If you could have a giant billboard metaphorically speaking that could get a message out to millions or billions of people, what would it say and why? It could be a few words, a sentence or a few. It can be your quote or, if helpful, someone else’s quote. (i.e. Is there any quote you think of often or live your life by?)

It's nice to be nice to the nice.

I’m Eva Minkoff - a chronic illness warrior, #Spoonie, person with a chronic illness – whatever you wanna call me, and I have fibromyalgia and hypermobility syndrome (possibly EDS, but still figuring that one out).

I have been passionate about health since a young age and I have dabbled in the professional world of health for over a decade with degrees in neuropsychology, nutrition science and working in clinical, laboratory, corporate and startup healthcare.

At the same time, for the past 20 years I have been living with chronic illness, and for the first 10 of those 20 years, I went undiagnosed. I was confused and in pain with no answers for 10 years all while being called a hypochondriac and bouncing around from doctor to doctor around Manhattan. At the time I had also been professionally training as a ballet dancer and therefore was deemed a drama queen without the recognition that my love for ballet may actually have been leading me to suffer physically, mentally and emotionally. Once I was finally diagnosed the search for the right support was still a huge struggle and I found that at the foundation of my struggle to find the right diagnoses and the right care had one big, fundamental issue in common: HUMAN connection.

We often don’t give enough credit to the influence of the relationship between a doctor and a patient in terms of proper care including diagnosis, treatment and outcomes. There is more than enough research out there that without a doubt demonstrates the impact of a positive vs a negative doctor-patient relationship. These interactions (short or long term) have the ability to shape our overall health as patients but also the quality of life of the health professionals on the other end.

In this podcast, I aim to lift the veil over the blinded eyes of healthcare from both sides. Patients are people. Practitioners are people. As people we have our humanity in common and it’s time that we started treating our interactions as those with humanity in common.

As a quick disclaimer, I love doctors. Not all, but in general, I have enormous respect for them. I wanted to be a doctor, I have many friends who are doctors, hell I even ended up marrying a doctor! So its important to note that I don’t choose sides. Like I said, we’re all people with humanity in common, which means that our default is to live in our own worlds and sometimes that leads to making mistakes.

The conversations in this podcast are meant to challenge the status quo of ALL relationships related to our healthcare journey. The Relationships with our healthcare providers, the relationships with our friends and family, the relationships with our colleagues, and in my mind most importantly, the relationships we have with ourselves along our health journey.

In fact, in every episode we touch upon the relationship to ourselves – if not focus on it fully – because that is a non-negotiable relationship. In my opinion, understanding yourself as human and being compassionate to yourself as human is the best thing you could ever do for your health.