Flare up & fight back, or maybe take a nap.

About Flare up & fight back, or maybe take a nap.

Welcome to Flare Up & Fight Back or maybe take a nap, where rest is sacred, chaos is inevitable, and honesty is the only rule. Hosted by Mari and Angie, two sisters keeping it real about life with autoimmune disease. This podcast is a soft landing spot for big feelings, deeper conversations, and all the things we’re taught to keep quiet. Some days we rise up and advocate. Other days, we cancel everything and rest. Either way we’re showing up with humor, heart, and a whole lot of honesty. Join us as we talk about flares, fatigue, friendship, and figuring it all out one messy, magical day at a time. Whether you’re in the thick of it or just trying to understand, you’ve got a place here with us. New episodes every Monday. Come as you are. Leave when you’re ready.

Publisher

rheumasisters

Category

health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

22 Jul 2025

Latest episode

28 Dec 2025

Latest episodes

8 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   28 Dec 2025

   Happy holidays, now what?

   We are back! After so many life changes in the last few months, we took a break from life to talk about taking time for yourself during the holidays, avoiding family drama and the insurance chaos that is approaching us in the new year.

2. 

   10 Sept 2025

   Triggers of inflamation and video for the first time!

   We are giving a trial to using videos and we talk about triggers of inflammation. The changes in diet and lifestyle that annoy us. We are excited to have a new way to create and learning in the process, check us out in our YouTube channel: @RheumaSisters PS. we will be taking a hiatus and we will see you back in October.  Please reach out to us in instagram @rheumasister or Facebook : Flare up and flare back or maybe take a nap or at "rheumasisters".

3. 

   25 Aug 2025

   Angry is not a bad word.

   Going through the motions of anger and frustration is part of having a chronic illness, let's talk about it.

4. 

   16 Aug 2025

   Hospital selfies and the Backstreet Boys conversation.

   In this new episode we discuss an article by "The mighty Contributor", at the Huffpost (of the Hufflepuff post as Angie pronounces). Article link: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/chronic-illnesses_b_8055560

5. 

   3 Aug 2025

   Psychosomatic or med seeking? The gaslighting of patients with chronic diseases.

   Mari and Angie talk about the difficulties of being taken seriously in the ER and other medical environments.  From nurses thinking you are "medication seeking" to docs that keep diagnosing pain as "psychosomatic".

6. 

   28 Jul 2025

   From Lupus, to cancer, to RA; Angie's long story.

   Angie shares the story of surviving cancer multiple times and then getting diagnosed with RA.

7. 

   24 Jul 2025

   Why is rest so uncomfortable?

8. 

   22 Jul 2025

   Introductions, intentions, and a little chaos

   We are very excited to share our first episode ever! We hope you enjoy

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

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