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The Pyjama Interviews

The Pyjama Interviews

Hosted by: Michelle Irving (Podcast)

It's time to talk about what it is really like to live with chronic illness and how to create a life that works for you and your body. Join host Michelle Irving in this weekly podcast for every woman experiencing...

Episodes

Ep 14: Chronic Illness and Living with Uncertainty (with Eva Minkoff)

Season #2

What do you do when you are a dancer diagnosed EDS (Ehlers-Danlos syndrome)? In this episode Eva Minkoff shares how she is:  Preparing for a life filled with uncertainty and finding a way through the fears. Making...
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Ep13 Unwell Women with Elinor Cleghorn

Season #2

Why do women remain undiagnosed and treated like it's all in our heads? In this episode the amazing Elinor Cleghorn (author of Unwell Women) shares with us both her personal experience of living with lupus, and also...
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Ep 12: Career and Chronic Illness with Fatemeh Khatibloo

Season #2

How do you manage your career while also living with chronic illness? In this interview we dive deep with Fatemeh Khatibloo, Director of The Office for Ethical and Human Use at Salesforce. You'll learn how to navigate...
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Episode 11: Mental Health and Chronic Illness with Lauren Freedman

Season #2

How do you take care of your mental health when you are living with chronic illness? In this interview with Health Coach Lauren Freedman you'll learn about the toxicity of hustle culture and its impact on those of us...
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Episode 10: Sustainable wellness with Flic Manning

Season #1

What is sustainable wellness when you are living with chronic illness? In this episode spoonie and wellness expert Flic Manning shares with us her personal strategies for navigating treatment, drugs, side effects and...
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Episode 09: Work, Marriage and ME/CFS with Ashely Kalagian Blunt

Season #1

What happens in a marriage when a vibrant author experiences chronic fatigue? In this episode author Ashley Kalagian-Blunt shares about the long diagnosis process for her chronic fatigue condition. Hear her wisdom...
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Episode 08: How do I tell other people about my diagnosis? with Kath Elliott

Season #1

  How to manage other people's reactions to your diagnosis? In this episode breast cancer advocate Kath Elliott shares how she used her PR skills to share her shock diagnosis and tell other people how she wanted them...
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Episode 7: Badass Boundaries for women living with chronic illness Michelle Irving

Season #1

How do you have boundaries when you are living with chronic illness? In this interview Sarah Ramey turns the tables and interviews Michelle Irving - in a raw, real and bold conversation. Michelle talks about how she...
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Episode 6: Managing a career while living with chronic illness

Season #1

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Episode 5: Managing my spoons with therapist Lauren Selfridge

Season #1

How do you tell people you have a chronic illness? Lauren Selfridge is San Fransisco based therapist who lives with remitting multiple sclerosis. In this episode of The Pyjama Interviews podcast she shares with...
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Episode 4: In search of a diagnosis - my EDS journey with Izzy Kornblau

Season #1

Ever wondered how to navigating relationships, schooling, travel and healthcare, all while chronically ill. Izzy Kornblau is 23 year old New Yorker with a wealth of experience about living with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome,...
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Episode 3: Business, love and living with endometriosis with Samantha Wills

Season #1

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