Hi, nice to meet you! I'm Sasha and I'm a human. I'm a human who has struggled with that fact and the reality of that for a really long time. I have a couple of chronic illness, and I've supported my family through their health challenges such as when my Mum had Breast Cancer. For so long I had been struggling to give my body the attention it needed feeling that it wasn't important enough or bad enough. I was shocked to see that as I was supporting my Mum we had SO much in common! A lot of our symptoms and struggles were the same even though the biology of our illnesses were different. It really blew my mind and made me realize that we should all be considered important. Whether your struggle is life threatening or quality of life threatening they are both just as IMPORTANT. What would happen if rather than having chronic illness and critical illness on opposing side of our empathy we realized that both are valid? We can build more effective systems, utilize our resources better and build stronger communities that are not diagnosis or experience based. In this podcast I brainstorm with guests on how we can recognizing our similarities to build a more proactive, inclusive world. I will be speaking to medical professionals along with people who have lived experience delving into these very human issues. This is not just an illness podcast, it's a human podcast. No one is Too Human For Words.

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