Calling In Sick

Should You Share Your Chronic Illness Journey Online? (ft. Shayla Talei McCain)

This week on Calling in Sick, Shayla Talei McCain is back and we are breaking the fourth wall on what it actually costs to share your chronic illness life online — the em

Can you be a good parent even with chronic illness? (ft. Shayla McCain)

This week on Calling in Sick, I'm sitting down with chronic illness content creator, Shayla Talei McCain. She was diagnosed with CRPS at 17, and a decade later her body p

Scoliosis & Hypermobility Myths Debunked — With the Founder of Jelliebend ft. Ellie Klein

Ellie Klein is back for this week’s Calling in Sick Wednesday episode — and we are myth-busting the most common and most maddening things the internet says about scoliosi

Ballet, Scoliosis & Hypermobility — The Story Behind Jelliebend ft. Ellie Klein

This week on Calling in Sick, I'm sitting down with Ellie Klein — founder of Jelliebend, former competitive ballet dancer, contortionist, and someone who has been navigat

Chronic Illness Life Hacks from an Occupational Therapist: Pain, Sleep and Energy Management (ft. Cheryl Crow)

This week on Calling in Sick, Cheryl Crow is back and we are getting into the most practical, OT-approved, chronic illness tested life hacks I have ever covered on this p

Do you have to accept your chronic illness to live your life? (Ft. Cheryl Crow)

This week on Calling in Sick, I'm sitting down with Cheryl Crow — occupational therapist, founder of Arthritis Life, host of the Arthritis Life podcast, creator of the Rh

Bikini Medicine, Clinical Trial Gaps & Companies Changing the Game ft. Amanda Berk

This Wednesday on Calling in Sick, Amanda Berk is back for and we are getting into the systemic conversation underneath everything we talked about on Monday. Why the heal

Patient Advocacy: One Thing Every Chronically Ill Woman Needs (ft. Amanda Berk)

This week on Calling in Sick, I'm sitting down with my dear friend Amanda Berk — co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of LIORA Health, dual Master's candidate in Social

Why Hypermobility and hEDS is NOT Just Flexibility: Mythbusting with Dr. Linda Bluestein

This week on Calling in Sick, Dr. Linda Bluestein is mythbusting the biggest hypermobility and hEDS misconceptions circulating online right now!! Some of these are coming

The 411 on Hypermobility + why it’s NOT just flexibility (ft. Dr. Linda Bluestein)

This week on Calling in Sick, I'm sitting down with THE Dr. Linda Bluestein (!!!). She’s a board-certified physician, hypermobility specialist, host of the Bendy Bodies p

How a #1 NYT-Bestselling Author Manages Chronic Pain, Deadlines & a Hulu Deal (ft. Sheila Masterson)

This week on Calling in Sick, #1 NYT-Best Selling author, Sheila Masterson (The Poison Daughter), is back to talk about the ONE thing I think every chronically ill person

Chronic Illness in Media & Entertainment with Author, Sheila Masterson (The Poison Daughter)

This week on Calling in Sick, I'm sitting down with Sheila Masterson — #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Poison Daughter, a fantasy-romance novel that has taken

Revisit: Motherhood with Chronic Illness (ft. Cortney Gensemer)

This week on Calling in Sick, we are RE-RELEASING a fan favorite!!! I was joined by Cortney Gensemer, PhD - scientist, chronic illness patient and mom - to talk about the

Revisit: The 411 on Chronic Illness Research (ft. Cortney Gensemer, PhD)

This week on Calling in Sick, we are RE-RELEASING a fan favorite!!! I got to sit down with someone who lives this chronic illness life from both sides of the equation… Co

Autoimmune Myths DEBUNKED: ANA Tests, Pregnancy & Biologics (ft. Dr. Alexis Barbut)

This Wednesday on Calling in Sick, Dr. Alexis Barbut is back and we are debunking the most common autoimmune myths circulating online right now. Some of these are coming

Preparing for a Rheumatology Appointment (ft. Dr. Alexis Barbut)

This week on Calling in Sick, I'm sitting down with Dr. Alexis Barbut — double board-certified in internal medicine AND rheumatology, with a clinical focus on reproductiv

It’s "Just Anxiety": Reacting to Medical Gaslighting With Kevin Crosson

This week on Calling in Sick, Kevin Crosson is back and we’re getting into a NEW SEGMENT… "This Cannot Be Real” where we talk through some of the most unhinged things peo

When Politics Enters the Exam Room (ft. Kevin Crosson)

This week on Calling in Sick, I'm sitting down with Kevin Crosson — advocate, speaker, and one of the most documented cases of vaccine-induced cardiac and immune injury i

Can you use GLP-1s to treat chronic illness?? (ft. Dr. Zach Spiritos)

This week on Calling in Sick, Dr. Zach Spiritos is back for to chat about one of the most exciting developments in chronic illness treatment that almost nobody is talking

The EDS , MCAS & POTS Trifecta Explained with Dr. Spiritos

This week on Calling in Sick — it’s EPISODE 100!!! And for this milestone, we brought back the MOST REQUESTED guest in the history of this podcast… Dr. Zach Spiritos. He’