Managing Long Term Illness and Chronic Conditions with Dr. Jill Carnahan

What if your most challenging moments were valuable teachers? Today on The Woman’s Doctor, we redefine resilience with our guest Dr. Jill Carahan: a former workaholic who reevaluated her priorities after an aggressive breast cancer diagnosis. Her constant stress and self-doubt severely crippled her immune system and made her susceptible to severe health issues. Dr. Carahan describes how she used work as a coping mechanism and what her life-threatening diagnosis taught her about living life to the fullest. 

 

These moments of turmoil can make or break you. Dr. Carnahan recalls the moment she realized that there was a purpose behind her illness and that it was a wake-up call. She teaches you how to shift your mindset around tragedy and hardship, build resilience and embrace your full potential. For Dr. Carnahan, work was her self-worth, but after her diagnosis, she reconnected with joy and permitted herself to enjoy moments of unproductivity.

 

Dr. Carnahan addresses the increase in autoimmune disease, toxicity, and infectious burden that plagues the Western world. She teaches you how to limit your toxic exposure and toxic thoughts. Your mindset and habits direct your immune system, and with a weakened immune system, your body becomes susceptible to environmental toxicity. She shares how you can build resilience in your mind and body to live a long and joyful life. Join us to discover the true meaning of health, resilience, and self-love. 

 

 

Takeaways:

[3:20] When a Diagnosis Uproots Your Life

[6:20] Finding Meaning in The Suffering

[9:00] Overworking as a Coping Mechanism

[16:10] Embracing Resilience and Loving Yourself

[18:50] Shame Destroys Resilience in The Body

[22:50] Infectious Burden and Environmental Toxicity

[27:00] Detoxifying The Body and Reducing Exposure

[31:50] Our Cultures Weakened Immune System 

[36:45] What is A Healthy Immune System

 

 

Mentioned in This Episode

Dr.JillCarnahan.com

Dr.JillHealth.com

Book: Unexpected

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“I needed to be aware because something important in this process was going to be a lesson to me. If I have to  go through something that’s suffering and painful; there’s gotta be something good here.” [6:37] -Dr. Carnahan

 

“If we have either, attack of self, self-hatred, or self-loathing, or parts of ourselves that we don’t like, metaphorically it can lead to the immune system being more prone to attack self.” [21:45] -Dr. Carnahan

 

“It’s literally our own body’s immune system that makes us feel like I’m getting sick. So when someone says I never get  sick, I never feel that; it might actually be a completely suppressed immune response, where they’re not producing any fighting chemicals.” [37:54] -Dr.Carnahan