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How do you not get overwhelmed when you have a chronic illness/disability and work in the chronic illness/disability space? Well, it’s easy to say “find some balance” and not know some tangible steps to do it, so we’ve got a podcast all about the tips and tricks to making sure work and play and personal life are not overwhelming. Our special guest has fused her professional life, health life and personal life within the chronic illness/disability community, its physical therapist, chronic illness mindset coach and content creator of Days with Dani Nicole, Dani Fusaro. Living with complex chronic illnesses and working to empower young people with chronic illnesses to live fulfilled, well-rounded lives, Dani has created a lane in work and life that can show people you can work and live in the same space. 

The Top Five Takeaways from the podcast are: 

At 2:55, join the podcast for “Path to Power” as Dani and Dominique talk about the ways you can separate mindsets between work and health life and the top six ways you can handle the moments of feeling like chronic illness/disability is a 24/7 part of your life in all aspects. 

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At 21:43, we’re building a toolkit for life that’s all about balance for the body and mind and you’ll want to take all the notes. Learn all the work and health apps, scheduling products, go-to medical bags, and TikTok accounts to unplug or stay on task, and how Dominique and Dani both love color-coding and fiction stories. 

Intermission with STORY TIME is at 38:46 and Dani gets really about her physical therapy school years when an incident with a sticky mason jar may have been the catalyst to discovering her chronic illnesses. 

Second half of the podcast starts at 46:05 and gives you the advice on tackling imposter syndrome, how to do your best working in the chronic illness/disability space when your chronic illness/disability is taking a front row seat, and how you can disconnect to set boundaries when there’s overload. 

And finally at 1:00:24, Dani answers the rapid-fire questions to learn about the expert like her favorite wedding dance song, best family game night, and a piece of advice to work with chronic illness/disability while living with one that will get you empowered to start. 

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Second addition to this new audio resource, InvisiYouth Chat Sessions: Audio Flash Files, and get ready for another boost of life advice and perspective that’ll provide a new empowering tool you can practically incorporate into your life for more success and joy.

This Audio Flash File is all about our mindset of how to share and tackle those life moments when you know you gotta share some details but also want to keep some privacy. Whether it’s social media, jobs, classes, friends, dates, family gatherings or a random person in a store…we’ll all get asked questions that make us feel we gotta share the details, especially if you’re chronically ill or disabled young adult and those questions are about your health. And it’s important to learn a quick tactic to decipher how much to share. We’re teaching the independence of having flexible control when sharing your personals, and founder Dominique’s gonna reveal our latest addition to #InvisiYouthGalaxyGlossary that’ll get your mind flowing with ideas you can immediately implement the next time someone asks too much.

Get ready to be a pro in those TMI moments with others and stand in your power, plus have fun while you learn and grow on this quick podcast!

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Drop into the world of books, and let’s get storytelling as we chat with a book characters living with chronic illnesses while having their stories being authentically told by writers with chronic illnesses. The power of reading stories representing the diversity and humorous lives of young people is so valuable. Debut young adult fiction writer Kristen O’Neal and her novel Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses, tells the story of Priya, living with Lyme disease, and her virtual friends on Discord as she goes on her coming-of-age road trip to meet one of her virtual friends, Brigid, who might be more “teen wolf” than chronically ill. Kristen has a fresh and funny take on authentic well-rounded life with chronic illnesses and is passionate lives like hers living with two autoimmune disorders, should be told in all its facets.

The Top Five Takeaways from the podcast are:

1. At 4:14 let’s dive deep into Kristen’s author tactics, how she came up with the concept that werewolves really resonate with a chronic illness experience, and why many story arcs like fitting in during your youth resonate with the chronic illness character experience.
2. At 23:34 Dominique and Kristen play around with “Life Tinder Challenge” and swipe left and right on different books to read, which fall into the “chronic illness troupes” and which books could make their protagonists the best characters with chronic illness/disability in a rewrite.
3. STORY TIME at 42:02 Kristen tells us a story that explains why wearing a sparkly jumpsuit and using a paper bag at an airport can definitely complicate your life.
4. At 46:13, the ladies jump to breaking the stereotypes and stigmas that you’ll find when reading novels or absorbing media when it pertains to the perception of chronically ill/disabled young people. Kristen talks about the value of authentic storytellers being behind the books, and the benefits of having more diversity in books for young adult readers so they can get representation in the stories they read and full lives they live.
5. End the podcast 1:00:24, we go through a rapid-fire of questions to learn all about Kristen like what’s her favorite way to spend the day, if she handwrites or types her books and her best advice for young people with chronic illness wanting to be writers. 

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In the premiere episode from the newest audio resource from InvisiYouth Charity, InvisiYouth Chat Sessions: Audio Flash Files, we’re giving you a monthly boosts of life advice and perspectives that’ll provide empowering tools you can practically incorporate into your life for more success and joy. AND we’ll be doing it in 20 minutes or less, so you can get the boost and go on with your days for all of the “medically adult-ish™” young people.

Today’s Audio Flash File is all about our practice of choosing daily serenity of chasing happiness! We know, a life improvement and empowerment nonprofit stating they’re not advocates for optimal happiness, shocking! But our methodology of why a state of serenity is the most practical and beneficial mindset to have is revealed. Along with the steps of how you can find your personal style of serenity, host (and founder of InvisiYouth Charity) Dominique will give you the latest addition to our #InvisiYouthGalaxyGlossary, and how this theory can become a game-changer in your daily life.

Get ready to choose daily serenity over happiness like hundreds of other young people at InvisiYouth Charity, and have some laughs with Dominique while you’re empowered along the way!

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Class is in session, but it’s a lesson you’ll never want to end because we have double trouble leading the show. It’s an episode dedication to education, and how young people with chronic illness/disability can get all the academic support, modifications, accommodations and empowerment they need to thrive in any level of academia they choose. Being in school and living with chronic illness/disability is a major portion of time in life, so getting all the inner secrets and tips to make your school years enjoyable and successful is crucial. And our special guest is not only an expert on academic accessibility and advocacy, but she’s also founder Dominique’s older sister, Erica-Lee Viel DeSimone. Being a special education teacher for over nine years, Erica’s passion has been giving students tools, individualized advocacy skills and support to excel in their education. She’s even been an education advocate for young people with disabilities and illnesses from elementary through university years, taking her advocacy to social media with her co-founded platform Special Space in Our Heart.

The Top Five Takeaways from the podcast are:

1. At 3:56, get all your questions answered in “Top Search” when Erica explains the basic levels of accommodations and adaptions that you can get in school, the reason you need to research one particular topic, and why university academic support allows your independence to shine when you utilize it.
2. At 22:22, the sisters get chatting about handling talks with teachers when you need support because your illness/disability is impacting the school days and work. And Erica explains her top four ways you can try communicating with your teachers when you need some modifications to achieve success, from extended deadlines, physical needs supports and more, PLUS, while emailing teachers early helps you in the long run.
3. Intermission Story Time at 40:02, Erica brings up a story from her childhood, about how positive reinforcement got Dominique to go from a basketball wallflower to a major shooter…and made Erica’s childhood allowance go down quite a bit.
4. Second half starts at 43:10, when Dominique and Erica talk about how social side of being in school can impact when young people will utilize their accommodations and supports. We tackle how to handle classmates making comments about her medical equipment or modifications, Erica gives the different ‘response personas’ you can take when people ask questions, and they discuss how asking for different tips on privacy with your teachers ahead of classes can actually curb the social strains.
5. Final segment at 58:01 is a blast of fun as the Viel sisters answer questions about each other, and you’ll learn why they have very different dance styles, and a favorite sister memory. Let’s make going to school and university enjoyable and not another task we gotta accommodate. 

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Season Four officially begins with a major refresh and incredible lineup of special guest experts on topics to empower your life the way you want. This episode is all about self-care…and not the façade of Insta-worthy self-care but real, authentic and attainable self-care that can adapt to your daily routine. And this is a major asset when you live with chronic illness/disability/mental health because self-care can bring pride and balance into life.

Our special guest, creator of the platform Bun Undone and Self-Care Society, Morgan Raphael, is a specialist on advising others on authentic self-care you can maintain that’s focused on instilling inner confidence for your wellness journey. This podcast episode feels like a fun chat with friends that’s full of the widest range of self-care practices and changing your mindset for the better. The Top Five Takeaways from the podcast are:

1. At 4:51, Dominique and Morgan break down all the stigmas around the self-care we see (and can be intimidated by) on social media and give you their insider tips on how to authentically add self-care practices that you’ll individually enjoy in your routine. Plus, Morgan explains how her work gives five hot tips that’ll impact the way you view self-care!
2. At 27:16, it’s toolkit-building time as you’ll learn creative self-care practices for the extroverts, the social butterflies, the inner reflection lovers, and the cozy homebodies, while also sharing how to take self-care from indulgence to a five minute hack (and perhaps why a shower meditation or soundtrack with your morning coffee will be added to your routine).
3. With Intermission Story Time at 43:01, Morgan gets deep about the origin story behind Bun Undone and Self-Care Society, and how breakups actually fueled two major life perspective and career upgrades she’s thankful for.
4. Second half at 50:51 is all about the life hacks as Dominique and Morgan dish out the benefits of what InvisiYouth defines as passive and active self-care (plus their mutual love of subtitles is revealed!) and how journaling isn’t just a niche tool of self-care, but a tool that has variety, flexibility and lets you feel proud of your documented life evolution.
5. Final rapid roundup at 1:09:32 let’s up get to know our guest Morgan better with her life superlatives, like the unique reason she’s most likely to travel to Bali, how she’s most likely to spend her Friday nights, best Instagram style post and best piece of life advice.

Please like, comment, subscribe and share this episode, follow Morgan @bun_undone and @selfcaresociety_. And exclusive promo code INVISIYOUTH for 10% off all Morgan’s e-books and journals at www.bunundonescs.com.

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Let’s get back outdoors, go exploring, and improving our sustainability for the environment. These are bolder-sized topics to tackle, and especially for those of us in the chronic illness/disability community, the concepts of adventuring outdoors or being an environmentalist can be complicated by our health struggles. But the truest fact is that exploring outdoors and being part of supporting the environment are experiences everyone with a chronic illness or disability should be able to have in life. Our guest, Kelcie Miller-Anderson, is a Canadian environmental scientist and disability outdoor adventuring specialist. Her complex chronic illnesses like Mitochondrial Disease, EDS and Mast Cell Activation Syndrome affect every aspect of her life, but her passion for science has maintained as she’s adapted with innovation. She’s founded two companies, MycoRemedy and Bumblechain, both aiding different aspects of the environment, and runs the popular Instagram account, The Chronic Explorer, showcasing how her treks outdoors with awesome mobility aids.

Check out these five fun segments:

1. At 4:00, we’ve got Five Second Challenge as Kelcie rapidly let’s off fun facts about herself, like her favorite science word to use, why Canada is truly a tourist’s dream, and why Kelcie might have a love-hate relationship with winter.
2. At 10:05, get chatting about all things science, sustainability and innovation…but make it disability and chronic illness-friendly. Kelcie dives into her multi-year long career as an environmental scientist, explaining how her brother impacted her love of science, what are the intersections of sustainability and disability we can tap into so helping the environment can be accessible, and the innovative ways we can all get more knowledgeable on helping the planet.
3. STORY TIME at 31:05 takes us on an epic story of humor and realness of a time Kelcie was a young leader in London dealing with hectic travel and a unique introduction with Sir Richard Branson and her wheelchair.
4. Second half takes us on an adventure at 36:48 when Kelcie and Dominique give all the needed facts and advice to make nature and adventuring accessible and friendly no matter your experience level, and how to make outdoor activists affordable and fun with mobility aids.
5. And hang in for our final segment at 52:15, building a playlist for adding spice of innovation, outdoor activities and sustainability into your life. With the best accessible travel apps, great outdoor adventuring hashtags, and documentaries/books to check out, Kelcie also digs into the multifaceted power of the IG Geo-Tag and you WILL BLOW YOUR MIND getting this tip!

Let’s get outdoors accessible and safely with some fun to lead into 2022! Please like, comment, subscribe and share this episode, follow Kelcie @thechronic_explorer. Please check out the InvisiYouth Charity Shop to buy yourself or someone you care about our limited edition Subtle Activist Color Block bracelet on www.etsy.com/shop/invisiyouthcharity with free shipping globally, and please support InvisiYouth Charity by donating, following and joining our programs and community @invisiyouth!

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Taboo topics are hard to talk about because it brings up nerves, pain and discomfort, and one topic in particular that doesn’t get talked about much is grief, bereavement and death. Especially for young adults, talking about the concept of grief can feel intimidating and ominous, but when you have a chronic illness, it can become part of our personal and social conversations. It’s important to not just normalize talking about how to grieve, but also building that relationship with talking about death and health. Someone breaking down the stigmas around grief is the founder and host of the popular, The Grief Gang Podcast, Amber Jeffery. After losing her mom unexpectedly at 19, Amber was thrust into grief, but her journey stemmed beyond personal and wanting to connect with others, thus creating her successful podcast. Now Amber’s goal is to remind everyone how grief and happiness can coexist. Check out the episode five hot sections: At 5:02, get to know Amber outside the podcast host as she reveals what she loves most about travelling to Thailand, why she got nostalgic at an arcade, and how long ago it was when Amber went deviceless. At 15:22, bringing back a fan favorite segment of “Life Tinder Challenge” as Amber and Dominique gave their hot takes, and quick advice on grief topics like buying floral arrangement or condolence cards, and how they truly feel about the concepts of ‘grieving being a phase.’ They have some major opinions that’ll spark some thoughts and lots of laughs, trust us! And STORY TIME INTERMISSION starts at 39:22, Amber shares her story about a moment from her mom’s funeral that she says only 19-year old Amber would react like, and it’s filled with the range of sadness, anger and laughter that comes from these moments of grief. It’s a realness when you can look back and laugh at times of sadness. Second half starts at 48:10 when Amber and Dominique break all the glass ceilings about grief and death, sharing what makes young adult bereavement different, tips on talking about your grief and supporting friends, and the major ways young people with chronic illness can work through their fears and compartmentalize when death hits close to home. And we cannot wrap up this jam-packed episode without giving you the ultimate grief guide at 1:12:23 to feel supported and successful in handling grief. They chat what’s the best times of bereavement therapy (and no, it’s not one-on-one counseling), favorite books and charities to utilize, and the best phrases to avoid AND use when you don’t know what to say when someone passes away. Just like life, this episode is filled with chatting about grief and having fun times while doing it, learning how to live with both feelings at once, and you’ll learn so much while listening to this episode, promise. Please like, comment, subscribe and share this episode, follow Amber @amber_jeffery, her podcast @thegriefgangpodcast. Thank you to our charitable sponsor Tee Spoonies for partnering for this episode (and visit @teespoonies to buy their products that donate directly to InvisiYouth), and please support InvisiYouth Charity by donating, following and joining our programs and community @invisiyouth!

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It’s all about your deep, burning questions today as we have founder and podcast host Dominique lead her very first solo episode!  And in Dominique’s signature sarcastically optimistic style, she brings the heat when answering all questions so you’ll have advice to interpret into your daily living growing and thriving with your chronic illness or disability. With a plethora of questions and topics anonymously submitted from the InvisiYouth community, Dominique had never seen any of the questions before reading them aloud (with some mega-shock reactions, you’ll laugh out loud) this is the podcast episode to dive deep into those burning questions you never wanna ask. In this episode, Dominique answers some rapid-fire questions about herself so we can finally learn some more about the woman behind the mic hosting the podcast. And you’ll learn all about her quirky nicknames, guilty pleasures, what else she wished she majored in university, dream podcast guests and favorite childhood costumes! When class comes into session, Dominique teaches practical life-improving advice sharing our staple InvisiYouth Theories! You’ll learn how to be the best communicator, improve your outlook on health flare ups, get better results from doctor visits, and have some fun in your days by each InvisiYouth theory Dominique teaches. This is a class session you don’t wanna miss. And with STORY TIME being focused on Dominique, we get some laughs when Dominique talks about her secret university life, and how one hospital bracelet led to an entire lecture hall learning about her secret chronic illness/public speaking life. Second half of the episode is all about YOU and your submitted questions that are some of the funniest, most intriguing, and most personal questions. And with Dominique having no preview, all her reactions are fresh and humorous.  She’s chatting about aliens (yes, you read that correctly), the reason society feels inclined for the chronic illness/disability community to smile often, what kind of DETAILED ice cream flavor would be the best representation of Dominique, her appreciation of safe words (and no, it’s not the kind you’re thinking, trust us), our stance of ‘superficial’ struggles of living with health issues, her best tip for newbie entrepreneurs, and why she’d describe her chronic illness life like a circus. And she ends off with Dominique piece of advice on how you thrive when you are teammates and not competitors with our chronic illness/disability. This episode is super funny, impactful, teachable and quirky, so you’ll love every minute. And SPOILER: you get TWO sneak peek announcements about InvisiYouth 2.0 programming.  Please like, comment and share this episode by making sure you DOWNLOAD and SUBSCRIBE. AND support InvisiYouth Charity by donating, following and joining our programs and community @invisiyouth!

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Win the gold medal, it's the Olympic and Paralympic season and we’re celebrating our appreciation for sports, and the power of para-sports by having two special guests that have been athletes at the Paralympic Games. Talk about getting elite athletes that are competing for medals in Tokyo 2020! Say hello to Team Great Britain’s returning Track and Field athletes, Polly Maton and Livvy Breen. Both Polly and Livvy are para-sprinters and long jumpers (competing in different categories) and were introduced to sports at a young age. Their talents combined with determined hard work have made both of these ladies forces in the track and field community, both winning medals in international competitions and both being on Team GB’s Paralympic teams in Rio 2016 with Livvy also being on the London 2012 Paralympic team too! With these ladies being teammates and friends for many years, travelling the world competing in para-athletics and thriving, this episode feels like you’re hanging out with three friends laughing and giving advice. In this episode, Dominique, Polly and Livvy bring the humor as they answer our rapid fire questions, like why the Team GB Paralympic gear needed to have that bucket hat for Polly, and what other sport Livvy would love to compete in. We get our journalist hats on with our “Medical Pop Headlines” Paralympics News Edition segment as these Paralympians and Dominique give their hot takes on some of the biggest news stories, like the discussion of athletes’ mental health needs after Simone Biles and Naomi Osaka bring mental wellbeing to light in Tokyo 2020, their thoughts on combining the Olympics and Paralympics in Paris 2024, and how female athletes’ uniforms got way to much scrutiny this summer—including Livvy’s uniform briefs. We hit the middle of our episode with TWICE the Story Time with our guests about competing at the Paralympic Games. Polly remembers how she may not have been invited to an Olympic/Paralympic party at her school when she returned from Rio 2016. And Livvy talks about when she was the leader in the 4x100 relay at her first games in London 2012---and how it felt to have a full stadium and 300 classmates cheering in the stands.  Second half of this episode will give everyone life advice, humor and example stories for those wanting to get active with a chronic illness/disability. Livvy and Polly talk about how sport has boosted their confidence as they’ve grown into young women with their respective chronic illness/disability, and what are the different options YOU can take if you’re wanting to try a new sport for the first time with your chronic illness/disability. They chat on why doing your Google homework on how other young people have played sports with disabilities/chronic illnesses will give you the advantage in getting to join school sport teams or clubs. And we give our thoughts on how to reply when you’re told you’re “inspirational and brave” for nothing but existing in your sport uniform. We end the episode with a burst of energy as these Paralympians drop some major nuggets of motivation. Learn how to combat stigmas of what doing “sports with a disability/illness” looks like, why these para-athletes make the BEST Instagram follows, how failure is the best thing to happen to you, give the details on why your relationship with your body strengthens through sports, and why you are just as capable as anyone to do sports.  Polly and Livvy are reminding you in this podcast that you can do ANYTHING as long as positivity, humor, hard work and teamwork are attributes of your sporting experiences, from your backyard to the world stage. We’re cheering on these two elite para-athletes for gold medals in Tokyo 2020 and we hope you give this episode cheers too!  

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