Life With Maka follows the lives and stories of those living with chronic & mental illness, exploring faith, life, disability and accessibility with work and teaching on the side. You can find me over on Instagram @chronicallyfatiguedmaka
The wonderful Dee from @dee.zoe and Emma from @gingerjello_ join me on this episode. We discuss how recovery can be scary when you have a chronic illness and the views healthy people can have on chronically ill people when it comes to recovery or simply how we look on the outside without taking into consideration that inside is a much harder place to be. Finally we chat about accessibility aids, Emma and Dee share their experiences with accessibility aids and how they have given them freedom to do so many more things.
15 Mar 2023
Navigating Chronic Illness When It’s All New
Rachel from over at @byracheltrusty joins me to discuss what chronic illness looks like when it’s all new. We chat about how difficult it is to go from a life we’d planned that flowed with what everyone else around us was doing, to a life that we didn’t plan for ourselves. Rachel chats about her book and how writing helped her in her journey with learning how to live a new life with chronic illness.
22 Feb 2023
A Conversation About Empathy In Friendship
For this episode I had THREE lovely ladies joining me, I know, THREE! Mahalah @throughtfulflutterings, Erika @erikajoysneath and Lica @your.sick.friend came back on the podcast to chat about friendship. We chatted how seasons change not only when you become chronically ill but also when you might get married or have a baby and what friendship looks like during those times. We discussed the importance of empathy in friendships and meeting each other where we’re at. Adult friendships are hard to navigate, I hope that you feel seen and heard during this episode as we each share our experiences with making friends inside and outside of the internet (cause let’s be real, Internet friends are the real deal). If you’re interested in listening to previous episodes these lovely ladies have joined me in, here are the titles of them! Mahalah: A Rainy Conversation with Mahalah - Fibro & Mental Illness. Lica: Chronic Illness, Teaching & Studying with Lica. Erika: Chronic Pain, Working From Home & Erika’s Children’s Book.
15 Feb 2023
The Unspoken Grey Area of Chronic Illness
Elisabeth and I discuss the unspoken grey area of chronic illness. Elisabeth brought this topic to our discussion and I immediately jumped on board. When it comes to chronic illness, there is no handbook, we are all walking this journey blindly. The grey area can be messy and it isn’t talked about often. I hope you feel seen and heard listening to this episode! Here is the link to Elisabeth’s blog: https://beingmolded.wixsite.com/throughallofit
22 Jan 2023
Navigating Friendships when Living with Chronic Illness
Anna Belle joins me for this episode, she shares her experiences with friendships when living with chronic illness, we also touch on relationships towards the end! Friendships can be hard to navigate, so whether you’re the friend who has a chronic illness or the friend who has a friend with a chronic illness, give this episode a listen to hear how to navigate each of these individually unique situations.
5 Jan 2023
Studying & Faith while Living with PoTS
Kiara from @thechronicallyillnetfitter joins me on this episode to discuss how studying in high school with PoTS has impacted her and gives some helpful tips and tricks on how to manage living with a chronic illness when studying, whether in high school or university. We also discuss faith and the important part that plays in recognising where Kiara’s identity lies.
18 Dec 2022
Research & Advocacy with Chronic Illness
Emma joins me from @gingerjello_ for this episode. We discuss how important research and advocacy are and how oftentimes presenting research we’ve done to doctors can be the only way to get answers, of course that brings frustration which Emma also addresses. We also discuss how there is no rule or handbook to chronic illness, and how navigating that can be so incredibly lonely. Validation is such a huge part when living with a chronic illness and it’s so important we find spaces to validate what we’re going through!
3 Dec 2022
Chronic Pain, Working from Home & Erika’s Children’s Book
Welcome back everyone once again. For this episode Erika from @erikajoysneath joins me, we chat about her journey with chronic pain and what her life looked like before and after chronic pain, working from home and how that has changed her life immensely. We also get to hear about her children’s book featuring an adult with chronic pain. I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I did!
28 Nov 2022
Expectations, Faith & Healing when Chronically Ill
Shannon from @crps.fighter.shannon joined me for this episode. We discussed the expectation that chronically ill people go through when they’re expected to live life as a healthy person would and how damaging it can be to our health physically, emotionally and mentally. We also discuss faith and healing, what faith looks like even when you’re not healed and how showing up as you are when sick to God is just what He wants.
17 Nov 2022
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome & Working in Mental Health Industries with Lived Experience
Dee from @dee.zoe joins me again to chat about Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and her experience of working in a mental health industry with lived experience with mental health. Dee’s story is real and honest, sharing the details of chronic illness that are so difficult. P.S. apologies again for the audio on occasion, I need to work out how to fix it!
10 Nov 2022
Lyme Disease & Chronic Illness Grief
Rach from @rachbeewell joins me for this episode. Rach and I have connected for a few years now and have even had the privilege of meeting in person a few times. On this episode we discuss Lyme Disease, Mental Health (I loved this part of the episode so skip to about 15 mins in if you want to tune in for that bit), especially her point of view from a counsellors perspective on chronic illness and mental health. I apologise that we lost connection at the end, so I had to put my editing skills to the test (with little patience 😂). I hope you enjoy this episode with us!
4 Nov 2022
Chronic Illness, Teaching & Studying with Lica
In this episode Lica from @your.sick.friend and I talk all things chronic illness, teaching and studying. We discuss how to manage chronic illness while working and studying and ways you can make working and studying easier. Lica and I have so much in common and this was such a fun episode to record!
31 Oct 2022
Endometriosis + Motherhood with Lauren
Lauren from @motherhoodandendometriosis jumps on to chat about endometriosis and motherhood in this episode. We discuss what endo is, why it is so commonly misunderstood, how Lauren juggles chronic illness and motherhood as well as advice to those seeking a diagnosis and those who have a new diagnosis.
27 Oct 2022
Chronic Illness Misconceptions with Chelsea & Kiara (Part 2)
For this episode, a part two from the following episode, I am joined by Chelsea and Kiara. Chelsea and I chat about the misconception that ‘chronic illness doesn’t vary daily’, as well as ‘you can fix it IF you try hard enough’. To follow along on Chelsea’s journey, head over to her Instagram @a_girl_and_two_pups. Second up is Kiara, we chat about the misconceptions that you can just ‘push through and think positive’ along with the idea that ‘resting makes things better’. If you want to follow along with Kiara’s journey, her Instagram handle is @thechronicallyillnetfitter. … P.S. not too sure why it sounds like I have a lisp at the beginning of Chelsea’s episode, just roll with it!
24 Oct 2022
Chronic Illness Misconceptions with Melanie & Dee (Part 1)
Join myself, Melanie and Dee as we discuss some of the chronic illness misconceptions. Melanie and I discuss the chronic illness misconception that ‘chronic illness is caused by anxiety, depression + trauma’, while we do believe these things do influence and impact chronic illness, it’s always important to look for more of a root cause. We also discuss the misconception that it’s ‘easy for people with a chronic illness to get help for mental health’. If you’d like to follow Melanie’s Instagram her handle is @melaniefoulkescounselling. I am also joined by Dee from @dee.zoe, we discuss the misconception of ‘you need to look sick to be sick’ as well as ‘being too young to be sick’.
17 Oct 2022
A Rainy Conversation with Mahalah - Fibro & Mental Illness
Join Mahalah and myself as we discuss Mahalah’s life with fibromyalgia and mental illness. We cover a wide range of topics from what fibromyalgia is, to the difficulty of accessibility when you live with a chronic illness. You can find her over @thoughtfulflutterings on Instagram.
13 Oct 2022
Life With Maka - Welcome Introduction
Here I welcome you to my podcast with a little about me and what the podcast will entail. It’s a little messy, but that just sums life up! I’m not great at editing, but hey, real is good too!
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