Episode 35: Building Spoonie Friendships

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EPISODE OVERVIEW

Jasmine Szantyr is a chronic illness blogger & advocate, founder of a production company with her husband, and loving dog mom. Embracing her life with an autoimmune disorder, she used her unique blend of holistic healing and radiant positivity in the face of disbelief to create DrugFreeSpoonie.com -- a blog detailing her health journey with Lyme disease with as few prescription drugs as possible.

In this episode, Jasmine discusses how her challenges with Lyme led her on a journey to finding community, mourning her old life, confronting that grief, and overcoming doubts about her illness. She recounts her frustrations with the years-long process of getting a diagnosis, how impactful a chronic illness can be on relationships, and the importance of trusting your intuition.

“You just kinda have to mourn the parts of your life that are gone, but embrace the parts that are still there and figure out how to incorporate them into your new life.” — Jasmine szantyr

Highlights

This episode was filled with strengthening inspiration and refreshing honesty. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did! A few of my favorite insights that Jasmine shared include:

The difficulty of diagnosis with a misunderstood chronic illness

The “Spoon Theory”

The importance of finding your community

Why she started her own blog even before finding a diagnosis

Trusting your intuition about your body and addressing your symptoms

Forging new friendships and embracing life with your illness

Mourning your old life and moving through the grief

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