Today, I have an excerpt from a free Webinar with Catherine Seo and Dr. Matthew Carmody that was provided by Lipedema Simplified during Lipedema Awareness Month in June 2021. In this excerpt, Catherine and Dr. Carmody talk about their collaboration to discover about lipedema. Dr. Carmody shares how you can collaborate with your own physician to better manage your health.

Today, I have an excerpt from a Fireside Chat Webinar with Kathy Dwulit in July 2021. Kathy is a retired nurse, the fitness coordinator for our membership group - the lipedema Tribe and she has stage 4 lipo-lymphedema herself. In this excerpt, Kathy talks about why exercise is beneficial for women with lipedema.

Today, I have an excerpt from a free webinar with Kathy Park that was provided by Lipedema Simplified during Lipedema Awareness month in June 2021. Kathy is a Zen master now living in Seoul, Korea. In this excerpt, she shared a story about a Zen master in Japan named Bankei to illustrate how self-care can be a path of self-discovery.

Today, I have an excerpt from a free webinar with Siobhan Huggins that was provided by Lipedema Simplified during Lipedema Awareness month in June 2021. Siobhan is a young woman in her 20's who discovered she had lipedema just recently in September 2020. In this excerpt, Siobhan compares and contrasts obesity fat and lipedema fat. She also discusses the possibility that lipedema is a connective tissue disorder.

Today, I have an excerpt from a free webinar with Jean Coletti that was provided by Lipedema Simplified during Lipedema Awareness month in June 2021. Jean is a physical therapist in private practice in Asheville, NC. She talked about different treatment modalities she uses with her patients who have lipedema. In this excerpt, she discusses the properties and benefits of MLD, the Hivamat, and near-infrared modalities.

Kathy Park is a Zen master now living in Seoul, Korea.

In this excerpt, she shared the importance of community on self-care.

Today, I have an excerpt from a free webinar with Shoosh Crotzer that was provided by Lipedema Simplified during Lipedema Awareness month in June 2021. Shoosh has been a yoga instructor for more than 45 years and she is certified as a yoga therapist and as a cancer exercise specialist. In this excerpt, Shoosh explains some of the basics about yoga, how it benefits the lymphatic system, and how it may be beneficial for someone with lipedema and its common comorbidity of Ehlers Danlos Syndrome.

Today, I have an excerpt from a free webinar with Siobhan Huggins that was provided by Lipedema Simplified during Lipedema Awareness month in June 2021. Siobhan is a young woman in her 20's who discovered she had lipedema just recently in September 2020. At the time of her diagnosis, she was already using a keto diet and had lost a great deal of weight. In this excerpt, she wonders if she was only diagnosed because of the weight loss, and are there many women who are misdiagnosed as obese? Additionally, she speculates that a selection bias may result in a bias in lipedema research.

Today, I have an excerpt from a free webinar with Karen Ashforth that was provided by Lipedema Simplified during Lipedema Awareness month in June 2021. Karen is an occupational therapist with more than 20 years of experience in treating lymphedema and lipedema. In this excerpt, Karen talks about fibrosis, or the hardening and thickening of tissue, that can be experienced in all stages of lipedema. She draws the link between inflammation and the formation of fibrosis and how diet may be instrumental in preventing the onset or progression of fibrosis.

Today, I have an excerpt from a free webinar that was provided by Lipedema Simplified during Lipedema Awareness month in June 2021. In this excerpt, Gail Straker and Catherine Seo talk about what makes a community or a Tribe? And what makes us want to stay in a particular Tribe? They discuss the many benefits of being in a Tribe Community.