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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.
Episodes
Monday Mar 08, 2021
Monday Mar 08, 2021
In a light-hearted fourth episode, Amanda & Mel talk about all things coffee enemas and poop. With a side of humor and hot goss, the duo spends time covering all the dirty details, benefits, and dos & don’ts of doing coffee enemas for health. Strap yourself in for a hilarious episode filled with laughs, learning, and favorite pandemic TV shows!
TOPICS:
- Amanda’s vegan peanut butter pie (1:30)
- Mel’s Chiropractic/Muscle Testing experience (4:00)
- Amanda’s big job news (5:16)
- Where to find A & M’s blogs & businesses (7:45) @everybodybymel @grabaspoonwellness
- A year of quarantine (8:30)
Coffee Enemas & All Things Poop
- Amanda & Mel profess their love for coffee enemas (16:48)
- Coffee enema benefits & recommendations (22:02)
- How to do coffee enemas step by step (31:10)
- Ileocecal valve- what is it & why its important (44:07)
- Embarrassing poop stories (46:17)
Hot Goss (58:51)
- Top 5 shows from quarantine (59:08)
- Ginny & Georgia vs. Taylor Swift (1:11:56)
- Bridgerton: The Musical (1:16:49)
Disclaimer: Please seek medical attention from a doctor if concerned about your health. We are sharing our experience about what has helped us, but are not doctors and can't advise you on what will work for your body. Consult with your practitioner if considering our recommendations.
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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Monday Feb 08, 2021
Monday Feb 08, 2021
In this week’s episode we get to hear from our cohost, Melanie, as she tells the story about how she decided to move to NYC, her recovery after 6 years of chronic illness, and her journey creating her own program for those struggling with symptoms. By creating her Nutritional Therapy practice, Everybody By Mel, she’s been able to help others dealing with the same health issues as they discover what it takes to heal. From skull fractures, to our recap of the bachelor, this is sure to be a wild episode.
Topics:
- First episode reviews and reactions (0:45)
- Chronic illness and the snow (6:50)
- Ayurveda doshas (7:30)
- Amanda’s new camera adventures (17:45)
Interview with Melanie Shafranek:
- Why Mel decided to move to NYC (19:08)
- When did chronic symptoms begin? (27:50)
- The big bang skull fracture (30:30)
- Gallbladder flushes & complications (43:30)
- Going back to school for FNTP certification (53:33)
- Mold Toxicity (57:23)
- DNRS (1:03:19)
- Mel’s course: The Everybody Program (1:10:29)
HOT GOSS:
- The Bachelor mid-season thoughts and predictions (1:18:24)
- Fate: The Winx Saga review (1:25:30)
- Palmer with Justin Timberlake (1:28:19)
- Riverdale time jump thoughts (1:29:47)
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Sunday Jan 24, 2021
Sunday Jan 24, 2021
Get to know our journeys through chronic illness, meeting each other, living in New York City, and falling in love with Riverdale.
In our first two episodes we are interviewing each other, and first up is Amanda: a local New Yorker who has dealt with chronic illness for over 7 years currently running Grab A Spoon Wellness and Olive + Grayce Apothecary as she gets her Masters in Clinical Nutrition.
Topics:
- Fluctuating body weight as we get older (5:58)
- Our experience with Jenny Craig and Weight Watchers creating toxicity around calorie counting
- How to eat a balanced diet (10:08)
Interview with Amanda Tiberi: (19:23)
- How we met (20:43)
- Where Amanda lives now, her COVID wedding, and her time living in NYC (28:48)
- Amanda's certifications and schooling: (40:43)
- Creating community with Grab A Spoon Wellness (51:10)
HOT GOSS: (57:56)
- Riverdale obsession (58:30)
- Cobra Kai (1:02:33)
- Teenage Bounty Hunters and The Society both being cancelled (1:03:32)
- Olivia Rodrigo, Joshua Basset, Sabrina Carpenter drama (1:08:02)
- Bridgerton Season 2 (1:14:16)