EPISODE OVERVIEW

This week on This is Not What I Ordered, I am so excited to share my recent chat with a very special guest: Latasha Doyle. Latasha owns her own copy and content writing agency, but she’s also the resident show notes writer here on the NWIO Team. She has Marfan syndrome, a connective tissue disorder, and opens up about her experience living with this condition her whole life.

Latasha brings her humor and her honesty to the table, and talks candidly about echocardiograms, being “out” with her condition, and how she’s learned to embrace her quirks (read: a passion for productivity tools and schedulers) to help her balance health, work, and life.

This was such a fun conversation, and Latasha’s advice about interrupting social narratives really spoke to me. As a community of people living with health challenges, we internalize so much about what it means to be “healthy” or “normal,” and Latasha shared her process for working through it.

She also shared how her chosen family — her husband and her friends — are constantly showing her what it means to show up and truly love someone. I am so excited to share this interview with all of you, and for you to hear Latasha’s love for life and the deep, deep respect she holds for the condition that many people would consider a burden.

“I do really believe that this is a way for me to build a structure that I need to take care of myself and to do what I love doing.”
— LATASHA DOYLE

Highlights

I was so excited to finally have Latasha on the show and to ask her to share her experience. Unlike many of us in this community, Latasha has known about her condition and lived with its effects for her entire life. Family tragedies, day-to-day fluctuations in her health, and limitations are all part of her story, but what really stands out is her joy and her humor. I also love that she gives listeners so many tools to work through their own experiences, and that she leaves space for us to not have it all figured out.

Just a few of my favorite things from my chat with Latasha include:

How she took control of her healthcare experience even when she couldn’t control everything
Why she’s “out and proud” with her condition
Her tip to stop us from internalizing the harmful, hurtful things people can say to those with health challenges

The idea of a cassette tape to play over the lies we’re told about our conditions and our worth

Productivity and why Latasha thinks it’s so important to create structures within her day

How she’s built her own business by using her limitations in her favor

Why it’s OK to say “This sucks”

The importance of finding your people… and why not everyone is going to be the right fit

LINKS

LATASHA on social media + BEYOND

Latasha’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/latashadoyle/

Uncanny Content: https://www.instagram.com/uncannycontent/

Website: www.latashadoylewrites.com

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

The Enneagram Personality Test: https://www.9types.com/rheti/index.php

Marfan syndrome: https://www.marfan.org/about/marfan

“The Color of Fear” documentary: https://www.stirfryseminars.com/store/products/cof1.php

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