We continue our invisible illness and mental health-themed shows with the second installment, and founder, Dominique, brought in special guest, social media influencer and co-founder of The Breasties, Paige More, better known as Paige Previvor. A breast cancer “pre-vivor” or “pre-cancer survivor”, Paige learned she had the BRACA 1 mutated gene and at 24 had a preventative double mastectomy. With Instagram to document her journey, Paige now has over 25,000 followers in less than four years. This activist knows exactly what it can be like to live with an illness that is visible to the entire world, and then invisible while at other parts of the recovery journey. With Dominique, Paige gets to the nitty-gritty on how to become a social media activist, what are the best gifts and ways to offer support to your friends with health struggles, and even plays some Life Tinder on how she feels about illness-promoting t-shirts, illness-themed parties, and those get well soon cards. It’s lots of life hacks, lots of laughs and lots of advocacy tips with two powerhouse young women in the philanthropy world.

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One of the largest groups of chronic illness and disability is a community you would never notice. That’s right, invisible illnesses. All over the media this past year, it seems invisible illnesses, both for physical health and mental health, are finally getting the visible recognition they deserve. We’re so lucky our first guest is Canadian motivational speaker, 20-year-old Ashley Rose Murphy. As her Twitter bio explains, “I’m 20, HIV+, public speaker, singer, and family ambassador.” Talk about owning your truth! Living with one of the most universally-known invisible illnesses, Ashley speaks to thousands of youth at WE Day and the United Nations, breaking misconceptions about living with HIV and improving the way people associate HIV/AIDS with the youth population. In this episode, Ashley joins the chat show to talk about how she’s become a rebel game-changer, ways to help others talk about illness and disability, sharing her life playlist of tips and tricks to living with invisible illness, and play a few games that’ll definitely bring some laughs while opening minds.

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