Chronic Wellness

Chronic Wellness

Hosted by: Annette Leonard

Are you one of the millions living with a chronic illness? Our illnesses may be very different, but we have many of the same experiences, obstacles and frustrations. We are all working for a better quality of life...

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Episode 254: An Act Of Courage And Trust

What are the impediments to dismantling systems of injustice? Why are conversations about race so difficult? When I'm held accountable for my 1) racist 2) privileged or 3) non-ally behaviors it's painful and so easy...
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Episode 253: Conversations Are Key

What are my reflections on whiteness? How does being in touch with my whiteness inform my perspective? White privilege is based on whiteness being invisible. We have likely not been told we have to represent our...
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Episode 252: Commitment

Commitment is required for the work of dismantling white supremacy. How is today's uprising going to be different from those in the past? For change to occur, this work is a long game. When I say and do things in...
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Episode 251: What's Love Got To Do With It?

Can we solve a problem with the same energy that created it? I don't think we end hate by meeting it with hate. I think love is required. We must love ourselves and one another. Self-love because we white people are...
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Episode 255: How Can We Handle Shame?

How is shame like vampires? Why is it so difficult to hear information about ourselves that doesn't fit with what I believe to be true? How should we receive race related criticism? We shouldn't manage our white guilt...
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Episode 250: Curiosity

What skills are required for dispute resolutions? A mind that stays curious -- remains open, engaged, questioning, able to see the possibilities. Can you hear about another's lived experience? Curiosity is a key skill...
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Episode 249: Steps Toward Change

How do we change our habits? First we must see and name them. Individuals cannot change what is happening in our nation until we acknowledge what has been happening. While these systems predate us, we now all play a...
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Episode 248: How Do We Disarm?

What does it mean to personally disarm? How do we do that? How do I embody practices of love? This relates to what's happening in the world right now in the wake of George Floyd's death because the more I can become...
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Episode 247: White Is A Race

How do systems of injustice get dismantled? We, the powerful, must decide it's time. Are you fluent in race conversations? Do you think of yourself as having a race? How is talking about it critical to change? White...
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Episode 246: Who Are We?

chronic illness and quality of life,chronic wellness,white supremacy,George Floyd murder,unlearning racism,how do we change the power in this country?,blackoutTuesday,Black Lives Matter,BlackLivesMatter,Chronic...
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Episode 245: TABs

chronic illness and quality of life,chronic illness and self-worth,chronic illness and lack of control,chronic illness and grief,chronic illness and autoimmune disease,chronic illness and self-talk,illness and...
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Episode 244: Disability And Change

In England, the leaders and community members that we met said, "I am disabled." Not, "I am someone with a disability," or "I have a disability," but "I am disabled." That was challenging for every member of our...
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