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Dr. Erin Hayford
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Episode 62: "You Don't Have to Work So Hard to Heal”: A Story of ME/CFS, Panic, and Neuroplastic Rewiring with Teresa Hobbs
When Teresa Hobbs was left bed-bound after a minor fender bender, she couldn’t be near a computer, read a book, or even receive a phone call without blacking out. Her world had shrunk to staring at…
Ep. 61: “What are You Doing for You?”: Cancer as a Return to the Self with Kassondra Walters
When Kassondra Walters was diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma, she was told the standard protocol: eight rounds of IV chemo, radiation, and five years of hormone therapy. But something in her…
Ep. 60: Your Body is Your Friend: A Story of Autoimmunity, Having Faith, and Reclaiming Identity with Allison Hampton
When Allison Hampton was diagnosed with lupus, Sjogren’s, fibromyalgia, and arthritis, she realized she had been speaking negatively about her body—saying it wasn’t on her team, that it was fighting…
Ep. 59: Your Body is a Map — Learning to Read It Through Ritual and Attunement with Shayla Covington
What happens when the very people meant to care for you tell you that you’re not experiencing what you know you’re experiencing?When Shayla’s body began to collapse—down 68 pounds, unable to speak,…
Ep. 58: Pain is a Stuck Emotion with Lyn Cole
When Lyn Cole looked up at a small whiteboard in a chiropractor’s office and read the words “Pain is an emotion,” everything shifted.After more than two decades of severe chronic pain that left her…
Ep. 57: What You’re Trying to Heal is Here to Heal You with Shenal Arimilli
What if the thing you’re trying to heal is actually here to heal you?When Shenal Arimilli was diagnosed with breast cancer, she did everything “right”—she changed her diet, eliminated toxins, and…
Ep. 56: Radical Alignment: Cancer as the Path to Knowing Oneself
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sacredillness.substack.comWhat happens when the “wellness girl” gets a cancer diagnosis at 36? Natalie Emmer shares how a rare salivary…
Ep. 55: Learning to Receive: On Caretaking, Kidney Transplants, and Unbecoming with Shelby Hanson
In this profound episode, Shelby Hanson—a speech-language pathologist, kidney transplant recipient, and nervous system coach—shares her harrowing and transformative journey through sudden kidney…
Ep. 54: From Cancer Diagnosis to Sacred Awakening — How Vivian Quintana Found Healing Beyond the Body
When Vivian Quintana was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2017, she faced the terrifying whirlwind of biopsies, mastectomy, chemotherapy, and radiation—but it was in the enforced stillness of “chemo…
Ep. 53: From RA to Remission: A Journey Back to the Heart with Teresa Smith
What if the fiercest, most healing thing you could do is to stop fighting? When Teresa Smith was told her rheumatoid arthritis was incurable, degenerative, and would require aggressive medication, a…
Ep. 52: Releasing the Womb: Hysterectomy as the Holistic Path to Healing with Oriana Broderick
In a world that often pits holistic healing against conventional medicine, the bravest choice is often the one that honors the sacred message of your illness, even when it leads to surgery. This is a…
Ep. 51: The Womb as a Wound and a Sanctuary — Healing Uterine Fibroids by Re-mothering the Self with Claire Hickson
What if a diagnosis was not a sentence to be carried out, but an invitation to come home to the most fractured parts of yourself?When Claire Hickson was advised to have a hysterectomy for a large…
Ep. 50: Healing Multiple Sclerosis: On Rewiring Your Brain and Embracing Illness as a Teacher with Matt Rowe
In this milestone episode, I sit down with Matt Rowe, a master neuroplastician and author of Belief to Heal, who overcame paralysis and a primary progressive multiple sclerosis diagnosis. Together,…
Ep. 49: Labor and Deliverance: Healing, Empowerment, and the Medicine of Self-Advocacy with Dr. Tracy Shevell
What if healing isn’t about finding the right doctor, but learning to become an active participant in your own care?In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Tracy Shevell, a board-certified OBGYN and…
Ep. 48: Anchored to Hope: Rewriting the Story on Illness with Author James Wright
In this powerful episode, I sit down with James Wright—author, father, speaker, and 11-year survivor of ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease)—who was originally given just 3 to 5 years to live. He refused to…
Episode 47: Anticipatory Grief, Skin as a Signal, and the Search for True Reciprocity with Dr. Kristin Wing
In this raw and reflective episode, Dr. Kristin Wing, a naturopathic doctor and mother of two, shares her deeply personal journey through chronic skin issues, anticipatory grief, and the ongoing…
Ep. 46: Fast Clocks, Slow Clocks: What Dissociative Identity Disorder Reveals About Illness and Identity
In this fascinating solo episode, I dive into the research on Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)—formerly called multiple personality disorder—and explore what it reveals about the mind-body…
Episode 45: The Inputs That Shape Illness: Nervous System Programming and the Root of Chronic Disease
What if illness isn’t random—or genetic—but a result of the messages your body has received over a lifetime?In this solo episode, I invite you into a radically simple framework that cuts through the…
Ep. 44: "What if it's Different for Me?"- Defying the Diagnosis with Lizzie Dunn
In this extraordinary episode, I sit down with UK-based creator, podcaster, and healer Lizzie Dunn, whose journey with the rare genetic condition MEN-1 defies all odds.At just 13 years old, Lizzie…
Ep 43: When the Body Speaks — Healing Through Touch and Story with Audrey Burke
What if your body remembers more than your mind ever could?In this powerful conversation, I’m joined by Audrey Burke — a somatic experiencing practitioner, transforming touch practitioner, and…
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