You Survived. Now What?

In today's episode, Tyler shares his experience of growing up in the wrong body. Tyler had to navigate how to become his authentic self before there was social media, before there were LGBTQ internet influencers, and before transgender was really a word in our vocabulary.

In the US, we're getting better at having more open conversations about infertility and miscarriages, but it isn't as common to hear a story of someone who made it to the final week of their pregnancy before everything went wrong.  As a warning, this episode discusses grief and loss.

It’s Okay that You’re Not Okay by Megan Devine

Pregnancy After Loss by Carol Corulli Lanham

Saying Goodbye by Zoe Clark-Coates

Support Groups:

Star Legacy Foundation

https://starlegacyfoundation.org/

Home Birth Education:

The Business of Being Born Documentary

Many of us hold the antiquated idea that Multiple Sclerosis is a disease that affects people as they age. This is many times far from the truth. Today's guest shares her diagnosis journey and what life with a chronic illness in your 20s is like.

The Lord's Resistance Army, led by Joseph Kony, sexually assaulted, mutilated, and murdered people en mass in Uganda and one of their most defining moves was child abduction. By 2004, the LRA had abducted more than 20,000 children and today's guest was one of them.

The Lord's Resistance Army, led by Joseph Kony, sexually assaulted, mutilated, and murdered people en mass in Uganda and one of their most defining moves was child abduction. By 2004, the LRA had abducted more than 20,000 children and today's guest was one of them.

While using an IUD, Mackenzie developed an unwanted and life-threatening ectopic pregnancy. In today's episode, we learn about her "saga," the life saving medical treatment she received, and the physical and emotional trauma of this experience.

https://www.reddit.com/r/EctopicSupportGroup/

Illness doesn't choose people based on their political party and unfortunately, treating illness has become one of the most politically divisive issues in America. One of the biggest issues we face today is whether or not insurance companies will have the right to deny coverage to those with preexisting conditions. Today's guest is a stage-4 cancer survivor and activist fighting to keep the Affordable Care Act in place.

In this episode, we hear from Nadija Mujagic, an author and survivor who lived as a teenager in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Bosnian War. Her neighbors named her for death, but she survived.

In this episode, we hear from Tonya, an African American woman with a seat at the table. Tonya shares the daily jabs of trauma related to the intersectionality of her race, her gender, and her position of power.

https://zora.medium.com/when-black-women-go-from-office-pet-to-office-threat-83bde710332e

Ignore the politics, and note how many other black women chimed in with a “Yes, and…” Kamala Harris is not a unicorn – just your basic, above average Olympian for the games we’ve all been trained for.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kamala-harris-black-women_n_5f7f343ac5b600470a9955b8

And believe it or not: Nightflyers by George R. R. Martin. It’s only a novella, so read it twice: Once with your eyes, and then once with mine. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/67958.Nightflyers

In today's episode, host, Sam McLaren-Fahey shares the next chapter in her survival story. In Episode 1, "Too Much Lyme in the Coconut," Sam shared her 5 year journey with Lyme Disease, co-infections, and other chronic illnesses. Today, she shares her experience with COVID and the Lyme Disease flare that followed.