It has been an intense couple of weeks. With the crisis in India it has been devastating to see the lack of care and support from the government in India and from the wellness industry. It has been devastating and for those of you who are interested and able, there are so many ways you can offer support. If you’re able to donate, The Desai Foundation has been doing a lot to get resources to rural areas that need it the most and even if you’re not able to offer support financially, sharing...

Today’s conversation is with the beautiful, powerful Aycee Brown. I’ve been following Aycee for a while and I really wanted to have this conversation with her on the podcast to hopefully help each of you open a door to spirituality, what that can mean for you and your life and how it could support you. Aycee Brown is a psychic channel, spiritual confidante and teacher, entrepreneur, and your favorite human design bae. She serves entrepreneurs, executives, thought leaders, and people who are...

One week ago I had my 40th birthday and coming up to that big milestone brought up so many feelings and reflections for me. Whatever age you might be, we all go through things in our lives that make it hard for us to feel like we can fully accept ourselves. As I looked back at the past four decades, I realized that I’ve learned a lot about what acceptance looks like for me. Wherever you are on your acceptance journey, I really hope that this episode will be supportive for you and help you...

Today I'm sitting down with my dear friend and one of our Chronicon community members, Tiffany Yu. Tiffany and I connected last year through her company, Diversability, and the incredible work that she's been doing for the disabled community for over 12 years. More recently, we’ve been getting to know each other better through Clubhouse and I wanted to have Tiffany on the show, spotlighting her as one of our beautiful community members. Tiffany Yu is the CEO & Founder of Diversability,...

Suleika Jaouad has been my friend for many years and it was such a pleasure to be able to talk with her on today's episode. When we met, Suleika was in the middle of her treatment and I was so taken aback by what she was going through and how she was dealing with it. In this conversation, we go deep into her personal journey and details she hasn’t even shared in her memoir. Suleika Jaouad is the author of the instant New York Times bestselling memoir, Between Two Kingdoms. She wrote the Emmy...

As I bring you this very special episode, I feel so many emotions. I haven’t done an episode with you since May 2020 and it’s the understatement of the year to say a lot has happened since then. In this first episode of season 4, I want to have a conversation about the cycles that we have all been in this past year and how they’re tied to the cycles of life that we are constantly going through.   To learn more, visit the show notes.   Want to continue the love-fest? Follow me on Instagram!

It's hard to believe, but we’ve officially reached the end of our third season. Obviously, so much has happened and changed since this season started and it seems like the perfect time for me to connect with you one-on-one. Some of the things I want to share with you in this special episode are the hobbies and other things I’ve been leaning on during this pandemic, what I’m feeling about the future of Chronicon and how I’ve been navigating work in this time of uncertainty, and how I’ve been...

Alok V. Menon is as much of a light in this world as they are willing to hold and be with the darkness and I am so honored that they took the time to speak with me. Alok has been very open and generous with making sure that the conversation around pain and chronic illness is shared with as many people as possible and that we open that conversation to the world, whether it’s ready or not. Alok is a gender non-conforming writer and performance artist. Their distinctive style and poetic...

Ruthie Lindsey is someone I’ve been following for a long time. I wanted to share Ruthie with all of you because she has been through a profound story that has a lot of devastation and heartbreak and she shares it in such a heart-warming way that I think it will lift your spirits even though the darkness. Ruthie Lindsey is a speaker, podcast host, social media figure and author of There I Am: The Journey from Hopelessness to Healing. She travels the globe sharing her story, empowering others...

Minna Lee is a wellness entrepreneur who I’ve been fangirling over online and she produces meaningful content that spreads education on well-being for all. Our conversation took some twists and turns that I wasn’t expecting and that were beautiful and insightful. Minna Lee is a digital creator, a certified trainer, and a nutrition coach. By sharing her own colorful health history with her autoimmune disease and her mental health on her platforms, she empowers people to dig deeper into their...

Sarah Ramey is the incredible author of The Lady's Handbook for Her Mysterious Illness. Her book opened up a part of the world of health and chronic illness for me that I haven’t had a lot of exposure to and her story is so impactful and eye-opening. Sarah is also a writer and musician living in Washington, DC. She graduated from Bowdoin College in 2003, received an MFA in creative nonfiction writing from Columbia in 2007, and worked on President Obama’s 2008 campaign. She is also the...

Komal Minhas is a changemaker, a cancer survivor, a chronic illness advocate, and a very dear friend of mine. Komal was also included on Oprah’s SuperSoul 100 list and she is the host of the Lessons Learned podcast. She also works in partnership with Startup Canada, Scotiabank, and the Business Development Bank of Canada to host the Thrive Podcast for Women Entrepreneurs. In this episode, we talk a lot about Komal’s professional and health journeys and the flow of business. I really hope...

Ingrid Nilsen a New York City creative and an online video personality with over 8 million followers across her social media channels who's spent ten years pioneering an industry that has changed the way media and advertising is consumed. Ingrid uses her platform to challenge the beauty and wellness industry through informative content and interviews with some of the world's most influential people, including President Barack Obama and Bill Gates. Her CoverGirl ambassadorship was the first...

Hello, my loves. I'm excited to share this episode with you because it's one where we really just allow ourselves to examine what it's like to be a solopreneur, how our health can impact us as we're going on the solopreneur journey, and how to align our joy and nourish ourselves while we're chasing and running after our dreams. This week’s guest is the amazing Amina AlTai and, not only am I inspired by her, but I’m also fortunate enough to call her a friend. Amina is a holistic leadership...

We’re officially in a new decade and a new season of the podcast! I wanted to start season three of The Point of Pain with Mira Mariah because she is someone I admire so much and she is breaking through ceilings I didn’t even realize were there. Mira is an amazing tattoo artist (in fact, she’s Ariana Grande’s tattoo artist!), a mother, a former speaker at Chronicon, and an amazing woman who has been featured in places like Allure, Nylon, Refinery29, etc. She also happens to have only one...

Being that it's the end of the year and the end of season two, I decided to do something a little different for this episode. For the first time, I'm doing a completely solo episode. By the time we return for season three in February 2020, The Point of Pain will have officially turned one year old. So, what better way to end season 2, the calendar year, and the first year of the podcast than by sharing some lessons learned throughout this year that I'll be taking with me into 2020 and season...

Kara Lowentheil is a Master Certified Coach with a B.A from Yale University and a J.D. from Harvard Law. In the past three years, she’s pivoted from her legal career and has grown her life coaching business from zero to seven figures. She is the definition of owning who you are and, in this episode, she’s going to help you better understand the way your brain works.

Ksenia Avdulova is the Founder of Breakfast Criminals. She's been named one of the “35 Under 35 in Wellness” by Wanderlust and “the fashion world’s most in-demand breakfast chef” by MyRecipes. In this episode, the transition she’s been going through in her life, her many Instagram handles that allow her to reach over 300,000 people and how she experiments with them, the value in muting accounts that bring up negative emotions for you, and more!

Sex educator, Gigi Engle, discusses how masturbation can help you get into your body in a positive way and learn what you find pleasurable, the shocking state of sex education in our schools today, how to communicate with your partner about your sexuality, whether or not it’s okay to m********e when you’re in a relationship, and more!

Paloma Kemak was diagnosed with Type I Diabetes as an adult and it’s been her mission ever since to change the way people see diabetes. In this episode, Paloma discusses why she traveled to another country to get her insulin, what it was like being married to someone who wasn’t up for the chronic illness journey, how she found the man that was right for her, our mutual love for positivity and keeping things super real and raw, and so much more!

Liz Plank is an award-winning journalist and the Executive Producer of Divided States of Women at Vox Media, where she also hosts Facebook Watch’s Consider It. In this episode, we talk about how Liz became interested in activism and journalism, the massive learning experience from writing her book, Liz’s personal experience with dealing with mental health issues, and so much more!

Amy Lacey is the Founder and CEO of Cali’flour Foods and, in this episode, we’re talking about the difficulties she had changing her habits after being diagnosed with Lupus, how she grew her company to $20 million in sales in less than two years and to being worth $40 million today, the five P’s of her business, and so much more!

Chronic illness advocate and wellness and beauty vlogger, April Christina, talks about how our identity is not our illness, dating with a chronic illness, how doctors used her race to dismiss her medical concerns, the importance of loving yourself enough to be your own patient advocate, and so much more!

Eliz Martin was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis about seven years ago and she’s now a chronic disease and disability advocate. In this episode, Liz talks about her health journey and what it was like to receive that diagnosis in her early 20’s. We also talk about toxic positivity, the ways that we’ve both learned to work with our bodies’ limitations, the ways we’ve learned to lean on medications at times and then not, and so much more.