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TWO SICK CHICKS IN NEW YORK SPILLING THE TEA ON CHRONIC ILLNESS. Amanda (@amandanovawellness) and Melanie (@everybodybymel) have both been dealing with chronic illness for almost a decade. Together, they have found a space to feel like themselves discussing all things alternative healing, nutrition, and celebrity gossip. Join them to hear about living life in New York while balancing symptoms, jobs, relationships, and their own businesses.
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Monday Feb 22, 2021
Monday Feb 22, 2021
In this weeks episode, SATC spotlights the important topic of how to cope with anxiety and depression while living with chronic illness. Amanda & Mel share their own experiences with mental health. We also interview therapist and expert, Beth Renov, who takes us through her personal experience with chronic illness and how she helps patients use exercises to cope with stress, anxiety, and depression. This rollercoaster of an episode ends on a light note with new TV addictions and steaming hot goss.
Topics:
- Winter storms in Texas (donation sites below) (1:20)
- Stress, life changes & entrepreneur struggles (7:00)
- Amanda's big announcement (8:00)
- Galentine’s weekend – To All The Boys I Loved Before: Always & Forever (10:21)
Spotlight on Anxiety & Depression - Amanda & Mel’s Personal Experience (13:39)
- Therapy experience (14:20)
- Doctor gaslighting (17:42)
- Loss of identity with chronic illness and pain (19:41)
- Guilt and the feeling of being a burden (23:30)
- Relationships with significant others, friends & family (25:00)
- Breaking Points (26:25)
- Not giving up & turning points (28:56)
- Building a community & how to cope (33:28)
- Listener questions (nutrition connection to mental health, reducing inflammation, feeling emotions) (36:46)
Interview with Beth Renov, LCSW (46:26)
- Beth’s Background & Experience (47:27)
- Autoimmune & Chronic Illness (55:24)
- Fight or Flight, Body/Mind Connection (58:07)
- Trauma Loop Escape, Safe Space Exercise (59:38)
- Container Exercise for Carrying Emotions (1:06:48)
- Where to find Beth (1:11:20)
- Instagram: @bethrenovlcsw Website: Psychology Today
Hot Goss (1:13:20)
- Amanda’s Love Island UK Addiction (1:13:40)
- Firefly Lane (1:18:05)
- Framing Britney (1:21:09)
- Riverdale Time Jump (1:24:00)
- Mel’s Recs: Ted Lasso, Love and Monsters (1:31:47)
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