Diets & Wellness Advice That Can Actually Harm Chronic Illness Patients (ft. Mickey Trescott)
In this Calling in Sick x Ask Alex, I’m joined by Mickey Trescott to talk about one of the most confusing parts of living with chronic illness: figuring out what’s actually helping… and what might be ...
22 Apr 24min
AIP Diet Explained: What It Is, How It Works + Where to Start (w/ Mickey Trescott)
This week on Calling in Sick, I’m sitting down with Mickey Trescott (@mickeytrescott), one of the original voices behind the Autoimmune Protocol (AIP), to talk about what AIP actually is, who it’s for...
20 Apr 1h 13min
The Conversation Chronic Illness Patients Are Terrified to Have With Family (ft. Shamekka Marty)
In this Calling in Sick x Ask Alex, I’m joined by Shamekka Marty to discuss the deeply personal and often invisible impact of living with chronic illnesses… how the diagnosis and disease ripples throu...
15 Apr 22min
Medical Gaslighting, Racial Bias & a Kidney Transplant: Shamekka Marty's Unfiltered Chronic Illness Story
This week on Calling in Sick, we are honored to sit down with one of the most resilient and powerful voices in the chronic illness community: Shamekka Marty, better known as Mika or the “Pretty Sick L...
13 Apr 1h 23min
The Truth About Sushi, CBD, and Hair Dye During Pregnancy; Q&A with Dr. Natalie Crawford
In this Calling in Sick x Ask Alex, Dr. Natalie Crawford and I are diving into a rapid-fire round of fertility "hot takes" and essential pregnancy "no-gos". We cut through the noise of social media tr...
8 Apr 18min
Trying to Conceive With Chronic Illness (ft. Dr. Natalie Crawford)
This week on Calling in Sick, I'm sitting down with Dr. Natalie Crawford, fertility specialist, reproductive endocrinologist, and someone who gets it on a whole different level because she's been on h...
6 Apr 1h 38min
Brands Ignore the Chronic Illness Community; Q&A with Ashton McGrady
In this week’s episode of Calling in Sick x Ask Alex, accessibility consultant Ashton and I are diving deep into the world of inclusive beauty and why the industry needs a major shake-up. We cover:...
1 Apr 40min
Accessible Beauty: The Billion-Dollar Market Beauty Brands Ignore (ft. Ashton McGrady)
This week on Calling in Sick, we're talking about something that affects 1 in 6 people... but somehow, the beauty industry still hasn't gotten the memo. I'm sitting down with Ashton McGrady, disabled ...
30 Mar 1h 14min
