Your Life Lived Well

Chronic illness changes our identity. Sometimes we feel like we’re losing ourselves, but we don’t have to.

Danielle Ripley Burgess was a two-time cancer survivor before 25 — and she's devoted her life to making lives better. Join us on your favorite podcast app!

Chronic illness is no joke, but a sense of humor does help! We all need a little grace and a bit of fun in the face of something awful. Join us on your favorite podcast app!

Caring for one another needs planning and conversation. It requires rethinking and renegotiating the relationships we value most. Here's how. Join us on your favorite podcast app!

Fatigue is not just being tired. We need to recognize what's happening and use different tools. Here’s the difference and what to do so that fatigue doesn't always get the best of you.

Kevin & Don discuss care giving and making sense of a confusing healthcare system with CaRessa Hutchinson, RN, Founder and CEO of ModRN Health. Discover some resources you can use to get the best from your healthcare.

The ongoing distress of chronic illness and caregiving erodes the foundations of our most important relationships: trust, respect, and hope. We must learn to recognize these effects and work together to preserve the relationships that give our lives joy and meaning.

Self-advocacy is part of life with a chronic condition. We find ourselves against a healthcare system that doesn’t have our full interests in mind. It can leave us feeling like a victim, and it’s exhausting to battle as a warrior. But there may be some better options. We invite you to get involved, so visit us at our website, email us, and follow us on Facebook, Twitter & Instagram.

Don and Kevin open a discussion about coping with chronic conditions. It’s surprising and overwhelming. There’s a lot more to cope with than you ever imagined there will be. This is where you start. We invite you to get involved, so visit us at our website, email us, and follow us on Facebook, Twitter & Instagram.

Don & Kevin introduce themselves, talk about their journeys with chronic illness, and discuss where this podcast is heading. They also get into the tricky balance between the need of the healthcare system for us to be "good patients" and our need to be seen first as real people with concerns that go far beyond our medical care. We invite you to get involved, so visit us at our website, email us, and follow us on Facebook, Twitter & Instagram.