Inside FLARE: The Art of Endo

Big FLARE updates! Today I'm taking you behind the scenes of the exhibition, introducing two incredible artists joining the show, and announcing a brand new initiative that I am ridiculously excited about! In this episode, I’m bringing you behind the scenes and sharing updates of FLARE’s art exhibition, that's slowly (and very excitingly) coming together. We talk about why I refuse to settle for "...

In this episode of Inside FLARE, I sit down with Chelsea Hardesty, patient advocate, artist, mother, founder of Getting the Better of Endo , and one of the first people who truly understood the vision behind FLARE when I shared it with the world. Chelsea shares the reality of living with symptoms for sixteen years before finally being diagnosed with endometriosis after one doctor completely missed...

This episode feels really special to me. I’m joined by Sophie, a member of the FLARE team, our unofficial “Substack Queen,” and an incredibly talented writer and creative. Sophie shares her experience being diagnosed with endometriosis at young age, and what it was like trying to understand something so complex at the time. We talk about what it means to grow up with a condition that most people a...

For the first time, we’re welcoming a mental health professional onto the podcast, someone who doesn’t just understand chronic illness clinically, but works closely with patients living with endometriosis and other long-term conditions. I sit down with Danielle Sampson, trauma therapist and founder of Aligned Connections , to talk about the emotional and psychological reality of living with chroni...

For the first time, we’re welcoming a mental health professional onto the podcast, someone who doesn’t just understand chronic illness clinically, but works closely with patients living with endometriosis and other long-term conditions. I sit down with Danielle Sampson, trauma therapist and founder of Aligned Connections , to talk about the emotional and psychological reality of living with chroni...

In this episode, I sit down with Sam Edgington from the UK to talk about her journey with endometriosis, from her first symptoms as a teenager to finally receiving a diagnosis years later. Sam shares what it was like experiencing severe pain from a young age and being repeatedly dismissed, told that what she was going through was “normal,” and left without the support or answers she needed. We tal...

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In this episode, I’m sharing my story for the first time. Here is the full story of my journey with endometriosis. From my first emergency surgery at 13 years old to multiple surgeries over the years, and now living in surgical menopause at 34, this episode is the most personal one I’ve recorded so far. I talk about what it was really like growing up with endometriosis, how it affected my identity...

What if the word “flare” didn’t have to mean pain anymore? For a long time, the word flare meant one thing to me: pain, fear, and the feeling that my life was suddenly being taken away from me again. In this episode, I’m sharing the story behind BLAZE — what the project is, why I created it, and why I feel so deeply passionate about what it represents. BLAZE didn’t come from a business idea or a c...

Summary Welcome to the very first episode of Inside FLARE — Flourish in Life through Art and Resources for Endometriosis In this episode, I’m taking you behind the scenes of not just , but — the messy, honest, emotional, sometimes chaotic reality of living with endometriosis and building something meaningful in the middle of it. We talk a little about my surgery, the moments that broke me, the one...