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  • Bridging smart, approachable, fun and chic into advocacy isn’t easy, but our special guest has carved out a lane for herself in the content creation world. It’s advocate, content creator and reporter for Accessible Media Inc, Mara Hutchinson. Living with Retinitis Pigmentosa and Usher Syndrome, Mara deals with hearing loss along with being legally blind, Mara has shared a lot of her journey using her confidence and voice. From Canada, Mara uses her platform to share about her life with her husband and son, her incredible advocacy work raising awareness, along with all the intersections of her life being legally blind, like her love of travel, fitness, reporting and so much more.

    Here’s the Four Hot Takeaways:
    0:00 - Intro and Meet our Guest!
    3:41 - Mara goes through a Rapid-Fire Round-Up of questions and tells all about her favorite food to buy, why she’ll always have coffee in the house, the staple in her closet, and her favorite charity experience that’s continued for years deals with some tandem cycling.
    14:31 - Dominique and Mara give all the tips on how to have confidence on your social media posts, how reflecting on the dark and challenging times can help you find your strength, acceptance and power in your chronic illness/disability, how open communication that evolves has created a strong bond with her son, Bronx, and more tips for parenting and disability, and the two things that have strengthened the foundation of her relationship with her husband, Bas, as they have navigated her journey becoming legally blind.
    33:27 - STORY TIME Intermission is a big moment for Mara and Bronx when a recent trip on the bus, and a packed disability seating section brought out the inner advocate in her son and made a major proud momma moment.
    39:43 - And we end the podcast asking all the questions about how representation for visual impairment and blindness has evolved and could still grow, the two things Mara wishes the general public understood about the blindness spectrum, how to find confidence and accessibility in situations when fear of the unknown with your chronic illness/disability could heighten, and how allies and support networks could best support those living with visual impairment/blindness to thrive and find their intersectional communities.

    Please like, comment, subscribe and share this episode, follow Mara @atemara, on Instagram! Please check out the InvisiYouth Charity Shop to buy yourself or someone you care about our limited edition Subtle Activist Color Block bracelet on www.etsy.com/shop/invisiyouthcharity with free shipping globally, and please support InvisiYouth Charity by donating, following and joining our programs and community @invisiyouth!

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  • 21st InvisiYouth Chat Sessions: Audio Flash Files gives you a boost of life advice and perspectives that’ll provide empowering tools you can practically incorporate into your life for more success and joy.

    It’s the second addition from our “InvisiYouth Galaxy Question Box Series” for 2024, where all episodes will be InvisiYouth answering questions submitted by our InvisiYouth Galaxy Community that are life challenges they need some advice and guidance.

    Our question this month is one we get all the time because it’s how to cope with the waiting periods between doctor appointments and test results. And so many living with a chronic illness/disability go through a diagnosis period, tests and waiting for results is a common worrying period. Learn the steps on how you can recognize how the waiting period in relation to your health can actually play a role in your daily life, the ways you need to pause with a proactive nature when that worry spiral can happen to achieve optimal success, and why it’s important to note that having different thinking patterns and styles actually makes waiting for results and doctor appointments different reaction-wise for everyone.

    Gain the ideas behind our Waiting Room Theory, why it’s important to be mindful the waiting period brings strain and your ability to lower that anxiety comes from you honing in on your thought processing style in a proactive manner, why you need to focus on what you control in your thoughts in the present instead of the future what-ifs our minds can take us down, and what ways each person can untangle their emotional and logical reactions to the waiting period with doctor appointments/test results so they can process the potentials in a more manageable fashion so you never invalidate your feelings, but you hold the most power in the actionable thinking so you can be empowered in the present as you head into any doctor visits, appointments and tests.

    Plus, founder Dominique talks about one of her first experiences having to go through the waiting game of test results in the early stages of her chronic illness journey, and how she had to work through the initial worries and what-ifs by pausing to focus on the present, and the ways she handled the emotions and logic of the waiting game.

    Let's get talking and learn how to incorporate as many elements of this life-improving technique as possible for your optimal for success and comfortability so there’s a sense of ease, success, and joy being added into all aspects of your life living with chronic illness/disability!
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  • Season 6 begins today! And we’re excited for an entirely new set of special guests, fun segments, empowering life advice and great stories. And we have an epic first guest of Season 6, it’s the owner and designer of the popular walking stick and cane company, Neo-Walk, Lyndsay Watterson. Launched in 2013, Neo-Walk creates handmade acrylic walking sticks that fuse individuality, comfortability and stylish for the mobility aid community. This was sparked by Lyndsay’s journey with disability after developing a MRSA infection and later needing an above-knee amputation. Now sending canes to over 25 countries, Lyndsay had created a company that’s touched thousands of lives.

    Here’s the Four Hot Takeaways:
    0:00 - Intro to Season 6!
    3:34 - Lyndsay and Dominique get real on how to have mobility aid confidence, how the evolving journey played a huge role in Lyndsay’s life, advice on moving past self-consciousness of trying out mobility aids and dealing with the general public stars or comments.
    20:32 - Get empowered by the fusion of fashion, confidence and chronic illness/disability as Lyndsay talks about how an oven, wine bottle and a dream fused style with mobility, the best reactions of people who’ve purchased Neo-Walks, what’s the main reason you gotta add some style to boost your personal and social confidence, and ways to make stylish upgrades on a budget to your mobility aids.
    36:15 - STORY TIME Intermission gets celebratory as Lyndsay talks about her time doing trapeze and aerial performance work for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2012 London Paralympics. And she might have flipped arounds in 50 meters/164 feet in the air above Coldplay!
    42:07 - We end the podcast when Lyndsay and Dominique talk about developing a chronic illness/disability later in life, and how do you not focus on the loss but instead think of how the transition into a new way of living can bring beautiful new thing, Lyndsay expressing how adapting to continue during things she loves like evolving to hand-pedal-cycling has been so valuable, and all the tips and advice on trying new things when you might worry of injury or self-consciousness because fear stems from the same place they would have without any diagnosis.

    Please like, comment, subscribe and share this episode, follow NeoWalk @neowalksticks, on all social media platforms and their website! Please check out the InvisiYouth Charity Shop to buy yourself or someone you care about our limited edition Subtle Activist Color Block bracelet on www.etsy.com/shop/invisiyouthcharity with free shipping globally, and please support InvisiYouth Charity by donating, following and joining our programs and community @invisiyouth!

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  • 20th InvisiYouth Chat Sessions: Audio Flash Files gives you a boost of life advice and perspectives that’ll provide empowering tools you can practically incorporate into your life for more success and joy.

    It’s the first episode from our “InvisiYouth Galaxy Question Box Series” for 2024, where all episodes will be InvisiYouth answering questions submitted by our InvisiYouth Galaxy Community that are life challenges they need some advice and guidance.

    Our first question is fitting for February’s love month…we’re talking about dating. More specifically, how to take that fresh relationship and make sure you can actually open up to one another and if your partner can actually fit into your daily routine. That’s a big deal when part of your routine incorporates your chronic illness/disability and you want to make sure they’re ready to be in your full life. Learn the steps on how you can recognize when you’re at that stage in dating someone that you want to open up, why blaming your diagnosis for any failed dates is a huge no, and how you can understand why it’s important to date with the mindset that it’s more about finding partners that thrive in supporter roles versus finding someone that fits a specific mold to your diagnosis, and not everyone will.

    Gain the ideas behind our Leader Taste Tester Method, what are the steps you can proactively add into dating life in those new relationships to lead with your confident communication style to slowly share parts of your chronic illness/disability life with your partner without overloading or involving, the ways you can dissipate their ignorance and answer questions without intimidating them, and how your leaderships gives a taste test to your romantic partner so they cannot spiral in the ‘what if imagination’ and learn if you’re mutually interested and suited for one another. Plus, founder Dominique drops a success story of how a friend of her did some major Leader Taste Tester Method with her new boyfriend (now husband) to share your chronic illness and that slow reveal actually made him super confident that he could be a supporter, their relationship could be balanced, and they were ready to commit.

    Let's get talking and learn how to incorporate as many elements of this life-improving technique as possible for your optimal for success and comfortability so there’s a sense of ease, success, and jo being added into all aspects of your life living with chronic illness/disability!
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  • 19th InvisiYouth Chat Sessions: Audio Flash Files gives you a boost of life advice and perspectives that’ll provide empowering tools you can practically incorporate into your life for more success and joy.

    As the final episode for our “Mediator Communication Series” for 2023, we are focusing on the communication dynamic that every single one of us deals with…our self-talk. That’s right, we’re focusing on the steps anyone can take to bring a positive outlook to how we communicate with ourselves, and once you do these steps, you’ll never want to have that inner dialogue any other way.

    As we end the year and get ready for any of those resolutions or ways to improve ourselves, we gotta look inward and figure out how to communicate better with ourselves. With 96% of adults having inner dialogue every day, we need to take just as much time learning how to talk to ourselves with more kindness, realness and respect so we can have a better mental wellbeing and better outlook on life situations. Learn the steps on how you can recognize when your self-talk has gone from fleeting thoughts and pondering to actual tints of negativity, doubt, worry or judgement so you’re actually looking at life, yourself and situations in a tinted framework. Gain the ideas behind our Pseudo Full Tank Mindset, what are the four steps you can proactively add into your thought processing so you can be more productive and kind to yourself, why you need to challenge the negativity in order to be more productive in how you view and tackle life, and why gaining a pulled back view on the negative layers your subconscious can add to your self-talk can actually speak with respect and kindness to yourself while fusing realism and positivity into your communication style with yourself. Plus, founder Dominique drops how her previous self-talk used to be framed in some frustration and negativity when she was in the early stages of her chronic illness journey, and how she utilized that pseudo full tank to reframe and gain some positivity in how she communicates with herself for a better life outlook.

    Let's get talking and make your communicate style with yourself optimal for success and comfortability so there’s a sense of ease, success, joy, and always add your type of chatting style to the forefront so productivity thrives along with your health’s wellbeing!
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  • Season 5 Finale episode, let's get into it! Sharing your life on a public and personal level when you’re also living with a chronic or progressive illness is a daily balancing act, so it’s important to find the ways you’re able to thrive personally and with those around you. Our special guest knows exactly how to do that and has made us a fan of hers from the beginning. Gerry Langan, a public speaker and paid patient consultant has been living with a rare disease and progressive illnesses like severe Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Congestive Heart Failure since she gave birth to her twin sons. Now, she helps other find hope and inspiration during their journeys with chronic illness through her work and social media platform.

    Here’s the Four Hot Takeaways:

    At 3:11 have some fun with Gerry as she answers rapid questions all about herself like the adventures of Hawaii, who mails her letters, a great date night and when she laughed so hard she cried. Get your relationship advice flowing at 10:29 when Gerry and Dominique share the best tips on how to maintain autonomy when getting outside opinions, why you don’t need “one-size-fits-all friends” in your life, the best tips of navigating a strong romantic relationship when chronic illness/disability are in the mix, and how to talk to kids about your chronic illness/disability so it doesn’t too scary for them. STORY TIME Intermission at 30:21 brings all the laughs at the realities of living with an invisible illness as Gerry shares how one time opting for the stairs instead of an elevator with her friend that has a prosthetic leg brought humorously misplaced reactions from those around them. And we end the podcast episode (and Season 5!) at 34:25 with all the insider techniques and mindsets to bring balance and inner advocacy into your world. Gerry and Dominique share how to balance a public/private life on social media, what ways help you navigating digesting information about your chronic illness, especially if it’s a progressive illness, and so many great tips on how to bring balance and confidence into your self-advocacy with your medical teams and facilities so you can thrive with those people like all the other relationships in your life.


    Please like, comment, subscribe and share this episode, follow Gerry @itsgerrylangan, on all social media platforms and her website! Please check out the InvisiYouth Charity Shop to buy yourself or someone you care about our limited edition Subtle Activist Color Block bracelet on www.etsy.com/shop/invisiyouthcharity with free shipping globally, and please support InvisiYouth Charity by donating, following and joining our programs and community @invisiyouth!

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  • 18th InvisiYouth Chat Sessions: Audio Flash Files gives you a boost of life advice and perspectives that’ll provide empowering tools you can practically incorporate into your life for more success and joy.

    We’re focusing on the relationship and communication within the family gatherings. Since a lot of our lives deal with the process of going to family gatherings of all sizes, it can be super important to make sure that we have the communication tools to be successful in these settings and feel the most confident.

    Holiday season is upon us, and with that comes something that some of us enjoy and others do not…the family gatherings. We are surrounded by family and friends from all levels of closeness and involvement in our daily lives at these gatherings, so it can be overwhelming how we are trying to navigate catching up with keeping our boundaries when conversations can become invasive.

    This podcast gives our steps on how to navigate when you need to redirect conversations but maintain that respect and inner comfort. Gain the steps of implementing our Ice-to-Simmer Chat Syndrome in your next family gathering when the conversation focuses on parts of your chronic illness/disability that are too personal, nosy or invasive for your boundaries. You will gain the ability, with your own conversational style as the focal point, to develop your own verbal “ice” cues and discover how redirection in conversations, when done correctly, can simmer any conversation or emotional heat to make it more comfortable and enjoyable for all involved. Plus, founder Dominique drops the details about a Thanksgiving in her past when the extended relatives were asking way too many questions about her chronic illness issues and how she used some metaphorical ice conversation cues about KTape to redirect and allow for both her comfort and social ease to build into the family gathering.

    Let's get talking and make your communicate style within those family gatherings optimal for success and comfortability so there’s a sense of ease, success, joy, and always add your type of chatting style to the forefront so productivity thrives along with your health’s wellbeing!
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  • Director of Family Support and PTSD Services for the nonprofit, Ryan’s Case for Smiles, Katie Holcomb, knows the importance of caregivers and siblings for young people with chronic illness/disability and how to best serve this bond professionally and personally. The nonprofit is inspired by her late brother, Ryan, who passed away at 17 from osteosarcoma, and Katie’s passion to have initiatives and sibling programs to help families cope when loved ones struggle with health issues is deeply impactful.

    Here’s the Four Hot Takeaways:

    At 3:25, Katie does a Rapid-Fire Round on what’ the deep meaning being RCFS’s pillowcase and her favorite design, guilty pleasure to unwind from a long day and why she’d want to learn some piano skills. Give their empowering POVs at 14:22 as Dominique and Katie share the major struggles siblings can face, how we can provide outlets of support for them and tops to make sure there’s no “struggle ranking” but rather the nudge of intentional fun times between siblings. STORY TIME Intermission at 29:32 gets the laughs going as Katie describes a sibling day at Hershey Park with her brother, Ryan, and how his prosthetic leg and rented wheelchair made for a fun, memorable day at the candy-themed amusement park. And final segment at 36:36 reveals all the advice for caregivers to fuel independence while playing a major role in your young adult’s life, how to strengthen your communication to add some grace, the value of mutual apologies and why caregivers deserve some self-care and Dominique’s three types of support beams each caregiver should have in their lives.


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  • 17th InvisiYouth Chat Sessions: Audio Flash Files gives you a boost of life advice and perspectives that’ll provide empowering tools you can practically incorporate into your life for more success and joy.

    We’re focusing on the relationship and communication with people in positions of power, like teachers and bosses. Having to spend so much time between schooling or work life, it’s super vital that we learn how to communicate our needs with these individuals, while also putting out the best results and being successful in our lives.

    It can become so nerve-wracking to imagine how we can build a successful dynamic with individuals in positions of power when we’re also balancing our chronic illness/disability and wanting to be given the equal playing field to fully show our worth and be understood. During this podcast episode, we’re going to be diving deep into what makes this power dynamic and why it’s vital for those in positions of power to maintain open-communication and fairness in the way they lead so their staff or students will feel confident to express how they can adapt to work their best and create the best results.

    We teach about the Slow Burn Syndrome, and the multi-step process you can take to improve your communication with your boss or teacher so they can slowly become aware of your health or disability needs, without allowing them to overstep and make decisions without your input and without understanding the full capability you have. The proactive nature of Slow Burn Syndrome is laid out in steps so you can learn how to prepare before talking with a boss, how to slowly integrate your adaptations or accessibility needs into conversation to spark your boss/teacher’s curiosity so they’ll be more responsive to assist you in thriving, and how to maintain open-minded communication so the dynamic is fair and successful. Plus, founder Dominique drops the details about her other work life…besides her daily InvisiYouth life, and how she’s gotten the goodness of a slow burn with her boss so she’s understood and supported as an employee and communicates openly with her boss always.

    Let's get talking and make your communicate style with those in positions of power optimal for success and fairness so there’s a sense of ease, success, joy, and always add your type of chatting style to the forefront so productivity thrives along with your health’s wellbeing!
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  • We LOVE nurses, and they are a fundamental part of the lives of teens/young adults living with chronic illness/disability. So having a nurses where we get to chat with nurses, talk about improving their mental health wellbeing, and getting to connect better in our visits is a goal! We have two incredible podcast guests that took their experience as nurses and amplified it to empower and help others. Both from the nonprofit, Operation Happy Nurse, founder Shannon McPeek and board president Mallori Walker, have the aim of helping those in the nursing profession battle work-related stress, anxiety and depression and end the stigma around mental health. And it’s been a rockstar-level of success ever since!

    Here’s the Four Hot Takeaways from this podcast episode:

    At 4:23, Shannon and Mallori answer a rapid-fire of questions about how they got into nursing, why the origin story of OHN’s name would make all the sibling energy proud, and each of their favorite resources that the nonprofit provides. At 15:20 we dive deep into the origin story about how Shannon created Operation Happy Nurse, Mallori gives the facts on what can be the pitfalls of working in nursing and mental health, and how to provide self-care and wellbeing into nurse’s lives on and off the clock. STORY TIME INTERMISSION at 31:07 lets Shannon and Mallori talk about two of their mentors that led to two of the biggest life changes and impacts on their careers as nurses. Shoutout to Purdue University’s School of Nursing in this segment! The podcast ends at 40:40 with getting Mallori and Shannon’s advice on how to improve our communication and dynamics with our nurses and medical teams, and their tips on how to advice for yourself, and what fellow nurses/and nursing students can learn to make their experience with their future patients that are young adults all the better and successful!

    Make sure to take part in the #ShowMyStarChallenge, raising awareness and funds to support the young adult chronic illness/disability community of InvisiYouth.

    Please like, comment, subscribe and share this episode, follow Operation Happy Nurse @operationhappynurse and on Facebook/LinkedIn! Please check out the InvisiYouth Charity Shop to buy yourself or someone you care about our limited edition Subtle Activist Color Block bracelet on www.etsy.com/shop/invisiyouthcharity with free shipping globally, and please support InvisiYouth Charity by donating, following and joining our programs and community @invisiyouth!

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  • 16th InvisiYouth Chat Sessions: Audio Flash Files gives you a boost of life advice and perspectives that’ll provide empowering tools you can practically incorporate into your life for more success and joy.

    We’re focusing in on the relationship and communication with the general public. So many times, we encounter those instances when random people will ask us questions or make comments, especially about chronic illness/disability, so knowing how to react with confidence creates success.

    While it might seem odd to focus on communication mediator advice for the dynamic with the general public, it’s important to remember it’s the group of people that’s fleeting, evolves, and is everywhere you go. So it is important to sharpen your communication with this dynamic.

    This podcast episode brings to the forefront why it is so vital to understand how to encounter communicating with the general public, and why those experiences can impact us deeply. And the reasoning behind our reactions to their commentary holds more value than what is actually said because it allows us to know where our confidence stems from about ourselves, and what to tap into when our insecurities are touched upon by random people.

    We teach you all about the Inner Litmus Test Method and what you need to know about mental and reactive litmus tests in order to know why having an inner test to know how you feel about something or someone can lead to your success. We give all the steps about how to instantaneously react when the general public gives you that question or comment that stops you in your tracks, how to check your wellbeing and how full your cup or handling others with verbal education truly is, and when to dip in your metaphorical litmus test to see if it’s positive or negative and how to proceed with either result.

    Plus, founder Dominique spills the tea on the two instances she was using her cane and had public questions so she had to pull out her own litmus tests with two different reactions, so you’ll see how to communicate with confidence in both instances.

    Let's get talking and make your communicate style with the general public’s moments of questions and curiosity a time of ease, success, joy, and always add your type of chatting style to the forefront so productivity thrives along with your health’s wellbeing!
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  • We’re joined by disabled content creator, inclusive activist, model and speaker, Paula Carozzo, and she brings the energy, positivity and motivation. At 5 years old, Paula was diagnosed with cerebral palsy after anoxic episode from surgery during her childhood living in Venezuela. Living in Miami for most of her life, Paula studied PR and went to pursue a career in fashion PR but the calling to work among and represent the disability community was so strong that she fueled a new direction, and it’s been a major success. She’s been a spokesperson for disability, adaptive fashion and inclusive right and uses her platform as a brand that connects with many. Plus, she’s been part of campaigns for brands like Google, Clinique and Tommy Hilfiger to name a few!

    Here’s the Four Hot Takeaways from this podcast episode:

    At 3:23 Paula and Dominique go through some of Paula’s popular Instagram highlights. She gives some behind-the-scenes from working with Tommy Adaptive as an influencer and model, her tips on dating with disability—and why the dating apps haven’t been part of that equation for her, and what’s some of the most impactful parts of sharing and advocating for her Latina disability community. At 20:31 we’re building a fun toolkit for life as Paula shares how her confidence of using her cane has grown as she’s gotten older (and you get a peek at some of her gorgeous canes), why having her golden-doodle Luna provides companionship, drive and independence that fuels her days, and so many tips on how to navigate New York City as someone with a chronic illness or disability. Intermission is STORY TIME at 42:46 when Paula goes full empowerment and shares her rationale about how to chase your dreams and go for the things that’ll bring you joy as part of the chronic illness/disability community.We wrap up at 47:15 getting questions answered about how to choose what you share on social media, why looking at yourself as a brand and what you truly want to say in the world matters no matter how public or private your platform is, and Paula’s advice on how to maximize your schedule to get all the work-life and fun-life goals met while being flexible to your health needs.

    Please like, comment, subscribe and share this episode, follow Paula @pauuzzo! Please check out the InvisiYouth Charity Shop to buy yourself or someone you care about our limited edition Subtle Activist Color Block bracelet on www.etsy.com/shop/invisiyouthcharity with free shipping globally, and please support InvisiYouth Charity by donating, following and joining our programs and community @invisiyouth!

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  • 15th InvisiYouth Chat Sessions: Audio Flash Files gives you a boost of life advice and perspectives that’ll provide empowering tools you can practically incorporate into your life for more success and joy.

    We’re focusing in on the relationship and communication with the online friends and digital relationships in your life. Yes, we’re giving you a proactive and reactive-based tool that you can go back to when dealing with those finicky comments and DMs that sometimes get too personal or rude from people in your online circle.

    With the GenZ population spending over nine hours daily in front of screen, and almost three hours of that is on social media platforms, we have to credit that communicating with others via social media has taken a large amount of our time. It’s even altered the way we communicate into a solely receiving end form of communication because we’re either giving content or receiving comments that can even be public to people beyond the conversation. So it’s important to know how to communicate and respond successfully to those online people, that outer layer of people that fill your digital sector of life. In this episode, we give our tips on how to decipher the ‘online’ and ‘friend’ portions of having ‘online friends,’ what it means to make your social media a safe space for you, and how to create boundaries.

    We go over the Fence and Bushes Practice, teach you the steps on how to proactively create boundaries of what you won’t share about your chronic illness/disability online, and reactively set up your confident communication style of how to ‘beat around the bushes’ when those comments and DMs are thrown your way that make you anxious or uncomfortable so you know how to communication with online people in a way that’s mutually respectful and protecting your peace. Plus, Founder Dominique drops a story from one of the few instances she’s on social media, and it’s a great example of how to communication successfully with online people in our lives.

    Let's get talking and make your relationship with the online people in our comments and DMs one of ease, success, joy, and always add your type of chatting style and compromise skills to the forefront so productivity thrives along with your health’s wellbeing!

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  • Get in the groove with your inner strength, finding your joy and being empowered to celebrate the diversity from this stellar chronic illness/disability community. Our special guest had created a life and career fusing their calling of dance and supporting others to reach their full potential. It’s motivational speaker, inclusivist stroke survivor and founder of the nonprofit and professional dance company, Infinite Flow Dance, Marisa Hamamoto. This company employs dancers with and without disabilities with a mission to use dance as a catalyst of promotion inclusion.

    Here’s the Four Hot Takeaways from the podcast episode:

    3:04 - Marisa and Dominique give the reasons to swipe right on some of the many dance styles from Marisa’s life. She chats about the indirect way she got into ballet, why roller skating brought a lot into her life besides movement, and why wheelchair partner dancing can teach you lots about yourself and creating bonds on and off the dance floor. 24:16 - The ladies dive deep into what it means to experience chronic illness/disability later in life and how to not just tackle those moments of frustration and the mental/emotional struggles of health changes, and the ways you can still incorporate the hobbies and activities of your past, but reframing their role and direction in your life moving forward so it still serves you. 42:46 - Intermission is STORY TIME and Marisa brings us back to her senior year of high school and how what happened with the final dance project led to Marisa making one bold move with a pencil that impacted the way she lives her life and work to this day. 52:22 - And final segment gets talking about inclusivity and diversity, the value of bringing more of that into your inner community, and what simple acts you can take that’ll not just be more inclusive, but also can truly empower more of the chronic illness/disability community to thrive.

    Please like, comment, subscribe and share this episode, follow Marisa @marisahamamoto and Infinite Flow Dance @infiniteflowdance! Please check out the InvisiYouth Charity Shop to buy yourself or someone you care about our limited edition Subtle Activist Color Block bracelet on www.etsy.com/shop/invisiyouthcharity with free shipping globally, and please support InvisiYouth Charity by donating, following and joining our programs and community @invisiyouth!

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  • 14th InvisiYouth Chat Sessions: Audio Flash Files gives you a boost of life advice and perspectives that’ll provide empowering tools you can practically incorporate into your life for more success and joy.

    We’re honing in on the relationship and communication with your coworkers and classmates. It’s all about utilizing compromise in different strategies in order to optimize your professional and academic relationships because they are settings and people that evolve with time and spend a lot of your time with in life.

    When you think about spending a third of your life at work, and over 10% of your life in school, that’s a lot of time just being with coworkers and classmates, so you gotta strengthen your way of communicating with this group of people. We explain what makes this outer layer of relationship different to work on improving than others and why the work-from-home/online class structure can be tailored to optimize communication. The steps are given for you to make sure that both parties mutually give and receive information and support one another’s end goals by compromising on matters that’ll optimize your success in academic and professional settings. Plus, you’ll be able to utilize compromise on a personal level—in independently choosing what details about yourself you want/need to share—with the interactive level—in working with your coworkers and classmates on how they can mutually compromise on this two-way street so they can support you in an equal way to still productively get things done.

    And founder Dominique gives the life story about how she got to utilize InvisiYouth’s Compromise Avenue Theory so she could create a better strength and growth in the dynamic with coworkers so going to the office went from strength to strength.

    Let's get talking and make your relationship with your classmates and coworkers one of ease, success, joy, and always add your type of chatting style and compromise skills to the forefront so productivity thrives along with your health’s wellbeing!
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  • Founder of The Diabetes Football Community, Type 1 Diabetes advocate and member of the Wales National Futsal Team, Chris Bright, decided that allowing the power of community and sport to create growth in young people living with Type One Diabetes was a perfect combo. After being diagnosed with T1D as a kid, Chris worked hard to continue playing football, even joining the Wales Futsal International team. But he knew this fusion could tackle stigmas associated with the diagnosis and create positive peer support, so in 2017 he founded The Diabetes Football Community, and this combination has grown ever since.

    Here’s the Top Four Takeaways from the podcast:

    At 3:44 Chris and Dominique get real on what makes community-based support uniquely valuable for young people living with chronic illness, how creating community through interest over diagnosis could be the more valuable mindset, and how Chris works hard to advocate for young men with T1D diagnoses to break down stigmas. At 22:49 Chris reveals the superlatives in his life, like working with the T1D, what makes their activism unique, and major memorable moments with the football players that’ve come through The Diabetes Football Community. Intermission is STORY TIME at 39:55 and Chris brings us back to when he was playing for the Wales Futsal International team and the race against the clock to get his T1D numbers to get down to the right number to play. And we wrap up the episode at 48:08 with Chris and Dominique talking about what ways young people living with chronic illness/disability can recognize their unique stressors and find ways to be empowered to handle those stressors, and the best piece of advice for those with chronic illness/disability that want to give sports a try.

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  • 13th InvisiYouth Chat Sessions: Audio Flash Files gives you a boost of life advice and perspectives that’ll provide empowering tools you can practically incorporate into your life for more success and joy.

    We’re honing in on the relationship and communication with our doctors and nurses. But even more so, we’re emphasizing the dual-usage technique that works for both groups in this dynamic so going to the doctors can be successful for you and for your medical team.

    Dropping the primary point of what makes communicating with doctors and nurses vital, beyond the obvious medical reason, is primary to set the podcast. We dive into why both points of view need to be supported and understood in order for conversation to be more successful with medical teams, and how these doctors and nurses can also be supported by us to bring their best in our chats. We get real on the history of health literacy, what makes it unique to each person, and how part groups can sharpen that unique form of communication to make our medical visits all the better. The quick steps are developed in our technique for you to easily follow on why you need a pre-action of bookended kindness before talking, what’s the point in discovering your communication style that exudes confidence, and how to maintain the open-ended note at the end of your points to growth can happen.

    And we switch points of view to explain for the doctors and nurses, and healthcare students, what they can sharpen and improve in their Messenger Mindset tools to be able to communicate successfully and more open-mindedly with their young adult patients given the realities of having the hard health talks. And founder Dominique gives a great life story about her time going to her now staple cardiologist for the first time and how there was so much Messenger Mindset actions happening from everyone in the visit that it is a prime example of how to infuse our teaching into your next doctor visits or conversations with your nurses so those miscommunications or frustrations can be eased for everyone.

    Let's get talking and make your relationship with your doctors and nurses one of ease, success, joy, and always add your type of chatting cushion so both parties are getting their points across and the ultimate goal of your health’s wellbeing is constantly in the forefront!
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  • Get all the goodies (both food and life-related) with our special guest, award-winning home cook, TV personality and creator of Dish it Girl, Dina Deleasa Gonsar. With Dina’s approach of creating recipes that fuse her Italian family traditions with a modern twist, she’s made the prospect of having fun in the kitchen approachable to her over 129k Instagram followers! And she uses her platform to connect with other young people and parents being open and honest in advocating about the journey of postpartum depression, anxiety and how to empower yourself to keep growing.

    Here’s the Top Four Takeaways from the podcast:
    At 3:28 Dina and Dominique get talking about why Dina decided to completely shift careers away from being a school counselor to a professional home cook, the traits that carried over from education to culinary work, and why it’s valuable for all future entrepreneurs to know how to evolve their schedules based on their seasons in life and create their own ‘flex hours’ for each day.
    At 19:57 the ladies open up with advice on how to find ways to be empowered when bouts of anxiety or depression come into your days, the reasons Dina opened up about her journey with postpartum depression and believes removing the absolutes of “always” and “never” are game-changers in your well-being.
    Intermission is STORY TIME at 42:03 and we get the behind-the-scenes treatment when Dina shares about some fun stories about her time filming the reality TV show “Married to Jonas” and one particular camping episode that exemplifies why Dina won’t be camping anytime soon.
    Final segment at 49:27 we get into the kitchen—sorta—and talk all things cooking, Dina’s first mastered dish, cooking disasters that actually shape her growth as a cook, fan favorite recipes, what type of cooking Dina still wants to try and her top tip for all new cooks.

    Please like, comment, subscribe and share this episode, follow Dina @dishitgirldina on Instagram and her website. Please check out the InvisiYouth Charity Shop to buy yourself or someone you care about our limited edition Subtle Activist Color Block bracelet on www.etsy.com/shop/invisiyouthcharity with free shipping globally, and please support InvisiYouth Charity by donating, following and joining our programs and community @invisiyouth!

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  • 12th InvisiYouth Chat Sessions: Audio Flash Files gives you a boost of life advice and perspectives that's honing in on the relationship and communication with romantic partners. That’s rights, this is a love-fest podcast episode where we’re gonna give you the lowdown on how to strengthen bonds with your boyfriends/girlfriends and partners.

    Founder Dominique gets real on what makes vulnerability a key ingredient in successful romantic relationships, and what the actual teaching behind that theory instills in both parties in the relationship for there to be continuous success. We get real on what road blockers come up in romantic relationships, the why’s of what makes those blockers happen, and our technique on how to reduce those scenarios from happening.

    Dropping our technique of Vulnerable-Positive Method establishes the ground rules of how maximize getting your needs meet, being seen and heard in a relationship, and how to empower your partner to be the best support and equally-vulnerable with you so that open-minded and open-hearted result comes through. We give the step-by-step way you can feel confident sharing vulnerabilities and how to infuse positive tones when delivery can actually improve your psyche on talking about heavy subjects while also making your partner feel equally positive to reflect goodness and vulnerability back.

    And founder Dominique shares a dating story from her two friends that will be the perfect “fluffy love story” to cap off teaching you how to use this technique to manifest positive growth in your own personal love life.

    Let's get talking and make your relationship with your romantic partners one of ease, success, joy, and always sprinkling in some vulnerability with that positive delivery in order for that love to keep serving you both so you have fun and continuous growth in strengthening the bond!
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  • Have a podcast with podcast hosts as your guests, you know you’re gonna have an episode packed with great content, all the pockets of wisdom and…some great audio quality! Creators and hosts of Two Disabled Dudes Podcast, Sean Baumstark and Kyle Bryant on the episode, both live with a rare disease called Friedreich’s Ataxia, and competed in several long distance bike rides like Race Across America, which was featured in the award-winning documentary “The Ataxian.” Since starting Two Disabled Dudes in 2016, Kyle and Sean have released over 200 episodes, framing their show around having insightful conversations with humor with special guests across the rare disease, public speaking, athlete space and beyond to show anyone can live a life defined by their own terms.

    Here’s the Top Four Takeaways from the podcast:

    At 3:56, Sean, Kyle and Dominique get chatting about the origin of Two Disabled Dudes and what’s kept them excited for over 200 episodes, how being diagnosed in young adulthood framed the way they’ve grown in life, and lots of great pieces of advice on being a multi-hyphenated worker and needing to find success in that all important work-life balance. At 23:32 the trio dishes out the topic and guest they’d love to have on their show, how the best tools to get into podcasting are the most affordable (and free!) and each give their advice on how to best be prepared when starting a new passion project like a podcast show. Intermission is STORY TIME at 42:03 gets real as they share stories about their experiences with taxis and why those complicated yet humorous situations may even lead to a feature film about taxis and disability. And we end the episode at 49:03 Sean and Kyle get majorly empowering and talk about how prominent cycling has become in their lives and why every person, especially those with a chronic illness or disability, should find their activity that lets them feel freedom, and give their tangible advice for how to find fun and accomplishment in your work when you’re doing it for a long time.

    Please like, comment, subscribe and share this episode, follow Sean and Kyle @2ddpodcast on Instagram and “Two Disabled Dudes Podcast” on all podcast platforms. Please check out the InvisiYouth Charity Shop to buy yourself or someone you care about our limited edition Subtle Activist Color Block bracelet on www.etsy.com/shop/invisiyouthcharity with free shipping globally, and please support InvisiYouth Charity by donating, following and joining our programs and community @invisiyouth!

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