My blurred opinion

The three INs

Sara Shalom was a person that I stumbled across one night and once I read her story I had to have her on. She has become a good friend, and we try to look out for each other when the other is down. She is a writer and a speaker. She's lives her life by these three words which are integrity, intention, and inspiration. She speaks in depth about what those three words mean to her. She suffers from a chronic illness called fibromyalgia, and chronic depression. She's also had multiple spinal surgeries, and was recently diagnosed with a functional neurological disorder. She has a person that has overcome many things and has to fight every day to stay on the right path, which is one of the reasons why she's such an inspiration to me. She has a person that constantly shows strength even when she's at her worst, she struggles with how she feels about herself and the perception of others sometimes. She shows me shows what is like to be human and have a disability. Her honesty he's really what we need more of in this world.
sarashalom.inbox@gmail.com
 

Wild and well

This episode has my friend Dani, she is a persona that I admire, and ask for advice when it comes to taking health supplements to better my life. She is a nurse practitioner call has a functional medical clinic and she helps people with their bodies from the inside out, by dealing with their mental health and coming up with good exercises and a good diet for a Better Life. She was diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome, lupus, and depression. She wanted to find a way to heal her own body without a pill, and once she started to do so for herself, that's when she found a job that allowed her to help others similar to her situation. She talks about her concerns about suicide for the younger generation because during the pandemic the stats went way up. And she said her passion for mental health by laying out how important the first 18 years of your life are, and I what she does is so veil to those who are struggling mentally. 
Please support her new book because she's doing a lot of good out here, and we need more like her.
https://wild-well-a-wellness-emporium.myshopify.com
https://www.instagram.com/daniwilliamsonwellness/
https://daniwilliamson.com
 

Metal lord

This episode is with a father name Richard McDeid, his sons name is Mason McDeid, and their journey is absolutely connected in many ways. Mason has Sarabel palsy and is now 25 years old, and Richard has raised him his whole life. One day he was trying to find a way to calm Mason down, and for some reason when he played MacArthur he noticed Mason's demeanor completely change she's a point where he was absolutely calm and relaxed. through this  eventually and idea sprung from Richard's mind, that he would try to get local bands to perform for not only his son but other children with cerebral palsy and mental disabilities. It's growing so big that he gets thousands of bands to perform at his own festival that not only makes mason happy but all of his friends as well.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/masonsmetalfest
 
 

Abnormal pain scale

Jessica Velasquez starts off very shy, but when she warms up and you gets going, you realize she's a very sweet and strong person. She struggles with a chronic illness called lupus. She talks about the treatment that you can get that mitigate the pain to some degree, and how lupus affects her on a daily basis. Can you talk about the sexualization of women, specially women with disabilities on Instagram, and how she goes about it being a very attractive woman ca on her platform. She talks about the good and bad days, and how they can wait on you mentally. Talked about her mental health and the treatment that helps with the pain.
https://www.instagram.com/tinycreatvre/
 

The proactive goofball

Kevin is a guy I have a lot of respect for, because he's been through so much and no matter how much he has been through he continues to keep moving. He's battled mental illness, homelessness , a crystal meth addiction, he survived cancer twice, and had three strokes. His honestly is not only refreshing, but beautiful. We go periodically throughout his entire life, and showing all the ups and downs, the goods and the bads, and it truly shows how resilient a person can be if they stay strong. Believe it or not there's also more to his story, so sit back and go on this journey with me
https://franklykev.com
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/frankly-kev/id1584060947
Instagram @franklykevpodcast
 

38DDD

This episode is with Michaela Cox, she is an author who writes mainly nonfiction, and has published many books.  Her first 38 years on this planet were very challenging including the three Ds, which are three different stages in her life that she had to overcome, and eventually thrive. Disability, divorce, death which were all challenging by themselves, but between the three of them they made for one hell of a come back story. She goes in detail about her sight loss and all the challenges that come with that and how she had to adapt to her disability. She talks about having kids, and how they help her not only emotionally but also a helping her with daily tasks
https://www.myheartfeltmeditations.com /https://www.thrivinginallthingsinlife.com/
 
 

The TikTokcter

This episode is with a guy who is pretty famous on TickTock, but he's also a doctor, DR. Carlton is a specialist that deals with HIV, and STDs. This conversation was very informational, but also personal for DR. Carlton because he's also a gay man who talks about his personal views and knowledge of how HIV has played the gay community. We also discuss in detail how medicine has come a long way in the last 10 years so that HIV, and AIDS is not a death sentence anymore. 
He is @DoctorCarlton on TikTok and Instagram

Reaching for Normal

This episode was a great conversation, but very sad for me, so much so that I actually took a week from any podcast recordings. Amy Daniels is a mother who lost her daughter Emily from a complex medical condition which was a tumor in which she received many treatments over the years, Which also lead to cognitive issues, and physical issues. Her daughter inspired her to write a book which is her memoir to her daughter through the eyes of her mother/caregiver. And we get to hear the dynamic between her and the rest of her family and how Emily's passing affected not only Amy but also her sister, and father. When you listen to this episode you really get to hear how strong Amy is, and how she still lives the best life she can but not only for her and her family but also for Emily as well
https://www.amazon.com/Reaching-Normal-Mothers-Raising-Chronic-ebook/dp/B09514Y2GW/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=YQP5UZEHLXQE&keywords=reaching+for+normal+amy+daniels&qid=1636297354&qsid=130-6200530-0758927&sprefix=reaching+for+nor%2Caps%2C90&sr=8-1&sres=1476685355&srpt=ABIS_EBOOKS
https://www.amazon.com/Reaching-Normal-Mothers-Raising-Chronic-ebook/dp/B09514Y2GW/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=YQP5UZEHLXQE&keywords=reaching+for+normal+amy+daniels&qid=1636297354&qsid=130-6200530-0758927&sprefix=reaching+for+nor%2Caps%2C90&sr=8-1&sres=1476685355&srpt=ABIS_EBOOKS
 

ChronicBabe

In this episode we have Jenni Grover, we're also known as ChronicBabe, Which she is known by that name from her 15 years of advocacy through her blog. She has multiple chronic illnesses such as fibromyalgia, hypothyroid, depression, and more. We discuss her journey of being in the best shape of her life, and then out of nowhere she started feeling fatigued and having no ambition, and her body throughout was littered with pain. She informs me about having the right treatment plan to manage your pain so that you could have some resemblance of relief to make your life better. She also believes a change in your environment could not only help your mental state but also physically as well. Through her journey, she wanted to start helping people with disabilities in the workplace, by sharing her story and owning her disability to help inspire those who are afraid to come out about their's.
https://linktr.ee/jennigrover
http://instagram.com/hyper.scrappy
 

Empowerment

In this episode I get to have a wonderful conversation with my great friend Kendra. Kendra is a woman I met on Instagram and I did a live on her channel.. She is an entrepreneur, a disability advocate, and an overall kind hearted woman. She does not have a disability herself, but she has had friends, and incidences in her life where she stood up for those who either were afraid to, or just didn't have the voice that Kendra did. Her goal is to empower and create safe spaces so that there is some fairness when it comes to people with disabilities. She discusses all the things as she is passionate about, and all the things that she is working on to help make this a better world.
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/empowermentapparel531/
 
Website https://thehello.llc/EMPOWERMENTAPPAREL531