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Chronically Capable is the podcast for anyone living with chronic illness, disability, or invisible battles who’s tired of being dismissed.Host Elisa Michelle shares raw stories, practical self-advocacy tools, and honest conversations with guests who get it — because they’re…
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E17: Choosing Quality of Life: Sara's Life With a Stoma (opens the original)
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After years of living with a severe gastrointestinal motility disorder, medical dismissal, and being told she was “too young,” registered nurse Sara made the decision to undergo ileostomy surgery and choose her quality of life. Sara joins Chronically Able to talk about life with a stoma, ostomy body image, chronic illness, relationships, patient advocacy, and what it took to finally be believed. She also shares why she now speaks openly about her ileostomy to help break the stigma surrounding yo
E16: Letting Go of Who You Thought You’d Be (opens the original)
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What happens when the person you keep trying to become… is a version of yourself that no longer exists? In this episode of Chronically Able , we’re talking about the grief that can come with chronic illness, disability, and changing capacity, from “but I used to be able to…” to waiting to live your life until you’re “better.” We unpack identity, invisible grief, adaptation, and why doing things differently isn’t giving up. Maybe moving forward isn’t about getting back to who you were. Maybe it’s
EP 15:Disabled & Ambitious: Why Do I Feel Like I Have Something to Prove? (opens the original)
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What happens when you’re ambitious, driven, and disabled, and you’ve spent your life trying to prove what you’re capable of? In this episode of Chronically Able , we unpack the complicated relationship between disability, ambition, hustle culture, and the pressure to prove people wrong. From doctors placing limitations on our futures to feeling guilty for resting or needing accommodations, we ask: Am I chasing my dreams, or am I still trying to prove that I can? Because being disabled doesn’t me
EP 14: Disability Pride Month: Rights, Resilience & the Future We’re Building (opens the original)
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Disability Pride Month is more than a celebration, it is a reminder of the rights disabled people fought for, the barriers that still exist, and the future we are responsible for building. In this episode of Chronically Able , Elisa explores the disability rights movement, the activists who helped shape history, and the laws designed to protect disabled people in employment, education, housing, healthcare, travel, and public life. We break down real-life situations, surprising “Did You Know?” fa
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