I'd Like to Unsubscribe

Welcome back, and today we’re diving into one of the quietest but heaviest tensions many people carry: trying to work while living in a body that doesn’t always cooperate. This episode is for anyone who’s ever woken up and immediately started the mental math: How much energy do I have today? What can I realistically give? What happens if my body has other plans? Because chronic illness doesn’t jus...

Get ready - today we’re talking about sex. The real kind. Not the candlelit, slow-motion, rom-com version. The “we love each other but I’m exhausted, inflamed, hormonally confused, and my joints sound like bubble wrap” version. This episode is for the couples who deeply love each other… but feel like intimacy has gotten complicated. Not because the spark is dead. Not because anyone’s failing. But...

Hey friends, welcome back...and congratulations , you survived another year. Which means you’re probably tired, reflective, and already being pressured to know what your “goals” are before you’ve even finished processing what last year cost you. Today’s episode is I’d Like to Unsubscribe from New Year, New Me Pressure. January has a way of showing up like an uninvited life coach, demanding optimis...

Hey friends. And welcome back to I’d Like to Unsubscribe — the podcast where we lovingly roast our own coping mechanisms and admit that sometimes… we are not a delight. Today’s episode is I’d Like to Unsubscribe from My Negativity. Because let’s be honest: when you live with chronic illness, trauma, or long-term stress, negativity isn’t a personality flaw — it’s often a survival skill that oversta...

Welcome back to I’d Like to Unsubscribe — the podcast where we finally talk about the things women are Googling at 2 a.m. while sweating through the sheets and wondering who hijacked their body. Today’s episode is for anyone who’s thought, “Is it just me, or did my entire system change without warning?” Spoiler: it’s not just you — it’s perimenopause and menopause, and no one handed us the manual....

Welcome back to I’d Like to Unsubscribe , the podcast where we gently unstick the emotional gum from the bottom of your soul — and today, we’re unsubscribing from infertility … or rather, from the shame, silence, and self-blame that tend to come with it. This episode is for anyone who has ever lived in the monthly cycle of hope → symptom-stalking → heartbreak. For the ones who’ve smiled through ba...

Season 3 is starting off spicy, holy, and slightly unhinged — because today we are unsubscribing from our bad boundaries . You know, the ones that convinced us we were being “kind” when really we were being walked on like a welcome mat at Costco. This episode is for anyone who has ever said “Sure, no problem!” while their soul quietly curled up in the fetal position. If you’ve ever answered a text...

Welcome to I’d Like to Unsubscribe , where today’s episode comes with a complimentary gift: dark circles, puffy eyes, and a dash of existential fatigue. Yep, we’re talking insomnia. This isn’t about one late night of scrolling or stressing — this is that long-term, toxic relationship with your pillow. You’re together every night, but it never gives you what you need. And if you live with autoimmun...

Welcome back to I’d Like to Unsubscribe , where we courageously unpack the hard things… and cope with sarcasm, snacks, and zero copays. Today’s episode comes with a trigger warning —because we’re literally talking about triggers. You know the story: life was fine-ish and then BAM —pregnancy, a loss, burnout, an accident, trauma, or a stress avalanche later—your body went from “we’re thriving” to “...

Hey Tribe, welcome back to I’d Like to Unsubscribe —and today’s episode? Oh, it’s a juicy one. We’re talking comparison —the thief of joy, peace, and probably your last shred of self-esteem after three hours of doom scrolling. You know the drill: someone on Instagram’s out there juicing kale, glowing like a seraphim, running a 5K, and somehow managing to look “effortlessly undone.” Meanwhile, you’...

Hey Tribe, welcome back to I’d Like to Unsubscribe — Today’s topic? Energy Vampires. (Cue the garlic.) You know them: the people, patterns, or pressures that suck the life out of you faster than a phone at 3% with no charger in sight. Maybe it’s the friend who calls only to dump their drama, the coworker who “just has a quick favor,” or that one family member who thinks chronic illness is cured by...

Hey Tribe—today we’re unsubscribing from one of the most backhanded “compliments” in the chronic illness playbook: “But you don’t look sick.” Because apparently, unless we’re limping into Target with an IV pole, mascara streaked down our cheeks, and a hospital gown flapping in the breeze, our pain doesn’t count. Spoiler alert: that mindset isn’t empathy—it’s dismissal dressed up in polite small ta...

If you’ve ever had an autoimmune flare that politely came and went in a few days with some naps and Netflix—consider yourself lucky. Today, we’re talking about the other kind. The ones that move in like an unwanted roommate, eat all your snacks, hog the blankets, and overstay their welcome for weeks—or even months. Yep, the dreaded long-haul flare. In this episode, we’re pulling back the curtain o...

Somewhere along the way, positivity stopped being a healthy mindset and turned into a sparkly prison. Enter today’s episode, where we lovingly take a sledgehammer to the “Good Vibes Only” sign hanging over your emotional life. Because let’s be honest — if smiling really cured everything, most of us would have glowing skin, six-figure bank accounts, and bodies that don’t require three specialist ap...

Welcome back to I’d Like to Unsubscribe, the podcast where we call out bad theology and send it packing with a passive-aggressive fruit basket. Today we’re diving into one of the heaviest lies chronic illness sufferers wrestle with: “God is punishing me.” Yep. That one. The one that sneaks into your brain at 2 a.m. after a scary diagnosis or during yet another pain flare, whispering, “What did I d...

Hey friends! Today we lovingly call BS on the lie that you’re “not creative,” just because your third-grade art teacher didn’t hang your glitter-glued macaroni giraffe on the bulletin board. In this episode, we’re diving into the sneaky, soul-sucking myth that creativity is a luxury—or worse, that it’s only for “artsy” people with matching paint sets and energy. We unpack why so many of us stop cr...

Welcome back to our first episode of Season 2 of I'd Like to Unsubscribe, where today we lovingly roll our eyes at the phrase “everything happens for a reason." In today’s episode, we’re talking about the weird, foggy no-man’s-land after you’ve just been hit with a diagnosis, trauma, or life crisis. You know the one—when your brain is like “Abort mission!” but your calendar still expects...

Ever been told to “just relax” while your body is staging a full-on rebellion? Welcome to the chronic illness rite of passage we didn’t ask for: medical gaslighting. In this episode of I’d Like to Unsubscribe , we’re rolling our eyes (lovingly) at every doctor who’s ever said, “You're fine - your labs are normal,” while you’re over here feeling like a science experiment gone wrong. We’re unpac...

Let’s be real—society's push that we need to be resilient 24/7 is overrated. It's also unsustainable. In this week’s episode, we’re talking about what happens when you're tired of being the strong one. The dependable one. The "wow, you’re so inspiring" one. Spoiler alert: it’s exhausting. This episode is a love letter to the chronically ill humans who’ve mastered the art of smiling through chaos—b...

So, last week we tackled the fear of being abandoned. This week? Plot twist: sometimes we’re the ones doing the leaving. Emotionally, at least. Welcome to Episode 8 of I’d Like to Unsubscribe and Part 2 of our Sick Love Series —where we lovingly call ourselves out for the emotional backflips we do to avoid intimacy while sick. Chronic illness can jack up your self-worth, mess with your nervous sys...

Let’s get real: nothing tests the vows of “in sickness and in health” like actually getting sick. In this powerful (and painfully honest) first episode of our two-part Sick Love series, Marisa and Britt rip the bandaid off a huge fear lurking in many chronically ill relationships: What if they leave? This episode dives deep into the gnarly, unspoken anxiety of abandonment when illness crashes the...

This week on I’d Like to Unsubscribe, Britt and Marisa are diving into the tendency to self-blame after diagnosis. Yep, we did it too! Ever had your immune system turn on you like a frenemy at brunch? Welcome to the club no one asked to join—autoimmune and/or chronic illness life. In this week’s episode Britt and Marisa are pulling back the curtain on one of the most common and quietly destructive...

This week on I’d Like to Unsubscribe , Britt and Marisa are ripping up the imaginary contract that says we must be perfect at everything—caregivers, youth icons, chefs, employees, runway-ready models—and somehow do it all while managing a chronic illness. Spoiler alert: It’s a scam. Join us as we take a nosedive into the dumpster fire of unrealistic expectations —the kind that leave you feeling gu...

Alright, be honest—have you ever spiraled into the existential crisis of Am I too much? Are you oversharing? Over-feeling? Over-existing? Well, guess what? It’s not you. It’s them. (Okay, maybe not always , but like…a lot of the time.) In this episode of I’d Like to Unsubscribe , Britt and Marisa are hitting “unsubscribe” on the guilt trip that tells us to shrink ourselves to make other people com...

Chronic illness can feel like being stuck in a toxic relationship—with surprise flare-ups, random pain, and doctors telling us our body is literally fighting against us. It’s no wonder we start thinking of our bodies as the enemy. But what if that narrative is all wrong? What if your body isn’t at war with you, but is actually trying its hardest to keep up and survive? In this episode, we’re flipp...