In this episode, Susie talks about how she has navigated life living with a chronic illness since the age of nine. She touches on many of the other health issues that she has lived through along the way and why the cliches like, "it could be worse" or “look on the bright side”, don’t sit well with her and how to reframe them. Susie talks about how living with chronic illness is hard, but how she has found a way to see the beauty in each day. Susie also shares how she's taken her health journey and used it to pour into a book she’s written called “ Help the doctor help you- 31 secrets and tips for self- advocacy to get the best from your appointments.
Susie is a Canadian author, public speaker and singer-songwriter currently living in the UK with her husband Don and Chihuahua Carlos. She was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at the age of 9 almost dying, and has been collecting illness ever since (including temporary blindness - saved by a good surgeon with an eyeball vacuum!) and even a brain tumour she had removed in her early twenties!) With a regular newspaper column called, 'Expert Patient Here to Help!' Susie is passionate about helping people go from being a patient (just a number), to a person at the doctor's office. She has just finished a manuscript called, She has a book called, 'Help the Doctor Help You! 31 secrets and tips for self-advocacy to get the BEST at your appointments' and is working on a memoir about her chronic illness life. She also regularly releases music under her two artist names: Susie Bird and Suschwa.
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Candace Dunaway is the Host of the All Things Relatable podcast. Candace practices daily gratitude and believes that this practice is the key to living a joyful life. Candace sees the world through an optimistic lens and looks for the silver linings, even in the most difficult of times. She believes that life is a collection of simple moments of joy that compound to create a happy life.
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