S2E1: with Laura Leigh Chapman : On Connection, Communication and Embracing Your Whole Self.
Having open, honest, compassionate conversations with your closer and wider circle is something that many living with a chronic illness struggle with, for fear of being met with judgement, expectation and a lack of understanding about their lived experience.
Today I’m chatting to Laura Leigh Champman, a genius communications mentor about how to have these conversations in open, constructive ways. Plus some other wonderful things which you can read about in the show notes.
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EPISODE NOTES:
2:43 - What is means to show up as your whole self.
3:49 - How that connects to living with a chronic illness.
5:06 - Connection and finding your right people to help you on a journey of acceptance and embracing who you are.
07:01 - Help and support when breaking free from the chronic illness struggle cycle.
08:52 - Reclaiming the word ‘fat’.
10:20 - Both losing and redefining the relationship you have with yourself.
11:23 - The power of finding people who are like you.
13:41 - TW, burns accident.
15:04 - Having open conversions and how to keep an evolving dialogue going.
19:29 - The important part of living with a chronic illness that is so ignored.
21:35 - What illness and medical facing systems can strip you of.
23:45 - Taking responsibility for the bigger picture.
25.21 - Reconnecting yourself with all the parts of you, and how your chronic illness can help you do that.
28:03 - Inner dialogue and the way you speak to yourself.
30:44 - The cost of suppressing parts of yourself.
31:57 - Not being a fan of hierarchy; human connection, one human to another. Collaboration over direction.
36:05 - Trying to heal according to someone else’s brief and tick-list.
38:51 - TV that helps you feel your feelings and Schitt’s Creek LOVE!
YOU CAN FIND LAURA HERE:
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