Dear body, I'm listening
Dear Body, I'm Listening is the podcast for women living with chronic pain, mysterious symptoms, and invisible illness.
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Invisible Illness, Visible Clues: Tuning Into Your Skin, Your Labs, and Your Inner Wisdom Differently with Dr. Jonathan Carp (opens the original)
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"You are fully capable of becoming your own authority in your health." —Dr. Jonathan Carp Invisible illness rarely announces itself with a clean diagnosis — but the body often leaves clues, if you know where to look. In this conversation, board-certified dermatologist and lifestyle medicine physician Dr. Jonathan Carp joins Donna Piper to talk about what 25 years of practice have taught him about the connection between skin, gut health, and insulin — and why so many of these clues get missed in
Ground Control for Bendy Bodies: How to Move Without Pain (Finally!) with Dr. Melissa Koehl (opens the original)
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"You have to give your body the time to repair between sessions and respect, from a cellular perspective, how much energy it can effectively produce on any given day." —Dr. Melissa Koehl Hypermobility exercise isn't supposed to leave you in more pain than when you started — but for most bendy bodies, it does, because nobody ever taught them the rules were different. In this episode, Donna sits down with Dr. Melissa Koehl, a Doctor of Physical Therapy, Pilates instructor, and founder of Chimera H
Dear Body, It Runs in the Family: What Lipedema Genetics is Finally Revealing (opens the original)
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"This is fascinating, and is also exactly the kind of science we need to handle responsibly because epigenetics is not a new way to blame yourself. If future research shows environmental or epigenetic factors and how they influence lipedema expression, that is exciting. But that does not mean that you caused the disease to come out when you were stressed, that you ate wrong, that you failed to regulate your nervous system. No. Susceptibility, predisposition, hormones, biology, environment, and g
Move Smart, Not Hard: The Movement Mindset Chronic Illness Actually Needs with Tyler Bramlett (opens the original)
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"It's not about pushing yourself and judging yourself and trying to change how you look. It's about accepting yourself and learning how to appreciate your body and using that as fuel to show up and take care of it at the end of the day." —Tyler Bramlett Chronic illness movement doesn't have to mean choosing between pain and progress — and this episode makes the case for a third option. Donna sits down with Tyler Bramlett, co-founder of WeShape, whose own body forced him to rebuild everything he
Dear Doctor, Please Look Again | Dear Body Book Club: Chapter 2 (opens the original)
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"Dear Body… I will remember that I am not only a patient. I am your witness. I am your advocate, and I am your partner." —Donna Piper In this episode of the Dear Body Book Club, Donna explores Chapter Two of the new medical textbook Lipedema: Principles and Practice of Diagnosis and Treatment, edited by Stanley G. Rockson, MD; Leslyn Keith, OTD; and Catherine Seo, PhD. "Chapter Two, Addressing Lipedema: Challenges to the Primary Care Physician," was written by Matthew Carmody, MD. This chapter l
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