Normal Adjustments with Nicole Faccio

Pablo Corredor vive obsesionado con la energía solar y su potencial para cambiar la manera que consumimos energía desde sus años en la universidad, y hoy nos educa sobre el tema, sus beneficios, mitos y mayores restos. También nos cuenta su historia como emprendedor en esta industria con su compañía Sprightful. Tenemos una gran conversación sobre la sustentabilidad y que podemos hacer todos para poner nuestro granito de arena para ...

In this episode I sit down with 3 breast cancer survivors that narrate their experiences of going through their breast cancer diagnosis and treatment, and the important to their state of mind to continue working and how that support of their workplace played a big role in their lives. This panel was part of an event I moderated called "Me and breast cancer at work" as part of a series of events of the WFFC foundation called Pink No...

Hoy me siento con mi querida amiga Blanca, para hablar sobre un tema que nos apasiona a ambas, el Feminismo. Como mujeres, nuestra imagen, valor, importancia y rol en la sociedad ha sido históricamente marcado por lo que el género masculino ha modelado para nosotras. Por muchos años colectivamente llevamos batallando por la igualdad de derechos y oportunidades, pero aún queda mucho camino por recorrer. Así que aquí, puestas para el...

Just in time for Mental Health awareness week in the UK, this week we bring the topic of mental health in men with my friend and Dr. Louis Akindele. 

Louis, no stranger to anxiety and its effects not only on his patients, but also on himself, sits today with us to talk about his experiences and the events that made him realise he had to take some action. Louis wrote a blog post earlier this year called Love and Anxiety in the ...

¿Pensarías que te pudieran diagnosticar con cáncer colorrectal a los 33 años? Pues hace exactamente un año Gaby recibió un diagnóstico que cambio su vida. Hoy nos sentamos con Gabriela, una de las hermanas que me regalo la vida para contarnos su diagnóstico, tratamiento y como ha cambiado su vida desde entonces. 

El cáncer colorrectal es el 4to cáncer más diagnosticado en el mundo. Se estima que en 10 años será el cáncer más l...

Today we meet with the creator of the most satisfying cookie making account in social media - The Graceful Baker. Grace Gaylord is the face, hands and creative talent behind The Graceful Baker, and newsflash... she is also a primary Lymphedema patient. Grace tells us about herself, her lymphedema journey, and how The Graceful Baker was born and exploded to now becoming her full-time gig. Did Lymphedema play a part in this decision?...

La vida te da sorpresas, y de esa misma manera puede cambiar de un momento a otro. Hoy nos sentamos con Tony Domenech, un compositor y profesor de música moderna, que recientemente pasó por un derrame cerebral que puso en riesgo su profesión y movilidad para siempre. Tony nos cuenta su historia y sus anécdotas no tan solo del suceso, pero del proceso de recuperación que ha cambiado su vida, un proceso motivado por su pasión a la mú...

Welcome to Normal Adjustments, Season 3! And I'm delighted to open a new season with my Lymphie sister, Olivia Eggers. We are here to talk about how it has been for both of us being born with a disability, our acceptance of that word, and the similar struggles that we have faced on that journey. When you are born with a chronic illness and/or disability, the standards via what society operates do not really accommodate to us. Reali...

Hi everyone, my name is Nicole Faccio and this Normal Adjustments podcast. I'm a Primary Lymphedema patient and advocate, in a life mission to normalize imperfection. As a Chronic disease patient since birth, I am passionate about bringing awareness not only to Rare Diseases, but to the fact that all the challenges we face in life are not unusual, but actually normal.

With Normal Adjustments, I bring first-hand accounts of stories ...

Es el final de la temporada 2 y también el podcast cumple un añito hoy! Que mejor manera de cerrar la temporada reviviendo y reiterando el propósito y la misión que establecí en el primer episodio que salió en junio 9 del 2020, pero en Español para mi comunidad de habla hispana y a mis hermanos latinoamericanos que entiendo que tanto necesitan de este tipo de contenido. Como de costumbre, debato y reto el concepto de la normalidad ...

Today we have musician, life enthusiast, and my friend, Rafael Rosa. Rafa lives with type 1 diabetes since he is 21 years old. Little did I know that underneath his 6'4'' height and big wonderful smile, I was going to get such an inspiring story of pure drive, focus and resilience. Rafa decided to take charge of his health and went into a very strict journey to educate himself on nutrition, his disease and think like a pancreas, to...

Part 2 is here! We heard our ladies talk about their births stories on the last episode, now it's time to talk about what happens post birth, and that doesn't only mean having a baby in your arms. Raquel and Rachel both agree and elaborate on the massive gap of information that exists of the days after giving birth and how hard, challenging and overwhelming it is during the recovery period of both natural births and C-sections...

Having a child is one of the most wonderful things in life, but is not always that glamorous. Comes in Normal Adjustments to demystify a topic that is very under-represent and for which women get a lot of pressure to fulfil. My lovely friends Rachel and Raquel both join me today to talk about their experiences giving birth and in the pregnancy process. Both have very different stories and challenges but with a common theme: It...

El vientre de alquiler (surrogacy por su término e ingles), gestación subrogada, maternidad subrogada, gestación por sustitución, o subrogación (entre otros términos) es la práctica por la que, previo acuerdo con otra persona o pareja, una mujer se queda embarazada, lleva la gestación a término y da a luz a un bebé para esa otra persona o pareja, las cuales se convierten en progenitores del bebé. La práctica solo lleva en uso desde...

Neurodiverse applies to a community of people whose members are neurodivergent. Neurodiversity is an approach to education and ability that supports the fact that various neurological conditions are the effect of healthy changes in the human genome. Conditions such as ADHD, Autism, Dyspraxia, and Dyslexia make up 'Neurodiversity'. 

Today Dom joins me to tell his last 5 years exposed to this topic due to his daughter's diagnosi...

Lipedema isn't rare, but it is rarely diagnosed. It is estimated that more than 11% of the women population might have this fat deposit disorder, known by the pain patients experience with it. Today we have blogger, speaker, podcaster, Lipedema patient, compression garment model and eternal optimist, Caroline Sprott to tell us her story with Lipedema, her life with the chronic condition and her journey to acceptance. Caroline got d...

Globally, 107 million people are estimated to have an alcohol use disorder. Alex joins us today to tell us his story with alcoholism, or as he describes it, 'Alcoholic Career'. With a wonderful use of worlds, a willingness to learn and an inspirational recovery journey, today we learn a bit more of what it means to be an alcoholic and the important decision of being sober and staying sober. With a new respect for the small things, ...

Yari es conocida por su espíritu aventurero y los viajes de los que tanto habla en su blog. Detrás de las sonrisas y las fotos de la naturaleza, hay una historia de superación y de búsqueda de sanación. Batallando con Fibromialgia desde los 25, ha enfrentado muchos retos con medicamentos y agotamiento extremo, para los que ha tenido que ajustar su vida de muchas maneras para mantenerse saludable y funcional. Hoy nos cuenta su histo...