Living with chronic illness is not just battling physical pain daily, it's also managing the mental load that comes with fighting a mind-body connection constantly on the fritz. On this episode, we talk with the hosts of The Chronic Sisters Siân Gannon and Jess Swanson about navigating life with multiple chronic illnesses, coping with the disappointment of our bodies habitually letting us down, and learning how to love something despite the pain and grief it causes because of the joy it brings us.

Sian Gannon: My body has tried to kill me many times, but it's also healed me and gotten me through. And the experiences that I've had is because of my body and I'm amazed by it and I'm trying to actively learn how to love it. And it is a process.

Jess Swanson: I have to love my body because it's the only one I've got. And unfortunately, I can't sit in the dark and think, "What if?" All the time. And if I was to do that, I would not be the nurse that I am able to be now. I would not be the dancer that I am, despite the pain. And I would not have the connections that I have with people, if I lived in that. So, I don't like my body and I have to realize that I have to love it because it's all I have, but it's acknowledging that I can still love it and not like it all the time.

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