Checking In | SELF
Jul 5, 2021
Bonus: Busting Myths About COVID-19 Vaccines and Black and Latinx Communities
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In this bonus episode, we’re continuing our coverage of the COVID-19 vaccines. We revisit a panel that Zahra hosted with David Kaufman, digital director at Architectural Digest, about myths and myth-busting around the vaccines and Black and Latinx communities. Along with experts Dr. Leon McDougle, Dr. Gbenga Ogedegbe, and registered nurse Sandra Lindsay, they discuss how to address inequitable vaccine access, the valid questions many people may have about these vaccines, and much more.
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Jul 12, 2021
Bonus: Get Grounded: Tips and Techniques for Staying More Relaxed
In this bonus episode, Dr. Mariel Buquè is back, sitting down with Zahra to talk about how to stay more relaxed throughout our workdays. Dr. Buquè talks about why reducing stress can be such a challenge, offering tips and techniques for staying grounded. She then takes us through a guided mindfulness exercise.
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May 17, 2021
Becoming Your Own Advocate
In our last episode of the season, we hear from Victoria, an archivist who was forced to find answers on her own about her endometriosis. Like many others diagnosed with a chronic illness, she’s faced multiple hurdles while navigating the medical system. Even though she’s learned a lot along the way, she wants to know how to continue to advocate for herself to her doctor—and how she can advocate for others in similar positions as well. Zahra consults Lauren Selfridge, L.M.F.T., a psychotherapist with multiple sclerosis and the host of This Is Not What I Ordered, a podcast about “full-hearted” living with chronic illness. Lauren shares her experience with multiple sclerosis, and how to find empathetic medical professionals who take you seriously, and the power of a good second opinion.
You can learn more about Lauren’s work at her website (https://laurenselfridge.com) and you can follow her on Instagram @laurenselfridgeofficical (https://www.instagram.com/laurenselfridgeofficial/?hl=en).
You can listen to her podcast This Is Not What I Ordered wherever you get your podcasts.
Here are some SELF resources and articles about navigating life when you have a chronic illness:
Opening Up About Your Chronic Illness
(https://www.self.com/story/checking-in-podcast-multiple-sclerosis)
Writing A Chronic Illness Elevator Pitch Has Made My Doctor’s Appointments So Much Easier
(https://www.self.com/story/chronic-illness-elevator-pitch)
Let’s Talk About Dating and Relationships When You Have a Chronic Illness
(https://www.self.com/story/checking-in-podcast-sex-love-sleep-apnea)
For People with Chronic Illness, Social Isolation Is Nothing New
(https://www.self.com/story/chronic-illness-social-isolation-coronavirus)
I’m Furious That It Took Almost a Decade to Diagnose My Chronic Pain
(https://www.self.com/story/chronic-pain-ankylosing-spondylitis)
If It Isn’t Chronic Lyme, What Is It?
(https://www.self.com/story/chronic-lyme)
How to Support a Friend Who’s Just Been Diagnosed With a Chronic Illness
(https://www.self.com/story/support-friend-chronic-illness)
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May 10, 2021
The (New) Rules of Dating
In this episode of Checking In, we hear from Loree, who is unsure about how to navigate dating right now. Online dating could be difficult even before the pandemic. Now, trust is even trickier to establish when it comes to things like vaccination status, caution levels, and boundaries. Not to mention how daunting dating again can be after so much social isolation. To help Loree figure it all out, Zahra first consults SELF senior health editor Patia Braithwaite about what she’s noticed in her coverage of dating life since the pandemic began. Then Zahra chats with Traci Medeiros-Bagan, L.M.F.T., a relationship therapist based out of California. They give advice on how to have these tricky conversations with someone you’re interested in, and how to figure out your own boundaries during this time.
You can read Patia’s work at SELF here, and follow her on Twitter @PdorBRaithw8.
You can learn more about Traci’s work on their website: http://compassionaterevolt.com/
Check out these SELF articles about dating during this time and the many questions it brings up:
Pandemic Dating Is Hard--But Hasn’t It Always Been Difficult? (https://www.self.com/story/dating-during-pandemic)
9 Ways Non-Monogamous People Are Dealing With the Pandemic (https://www.self.com/story/non-monogamous-pandemic-dating)
How To Deal If Being Single Has You Worried About “Biological Clocks” and Timelines (https://www.self.com/story/being-single-stress-about-the-future)
16 Quarantine Date Ideas That Are Actually Really Great
(https://www.self.com/story/quarantine-date-ideas)
I Book Club with Bumble Matches--Here’s What I’ve Learned
(https://www.self.com/story/bumble-book-club)
Road Test: I Tried Hinge’s Virtual Date Night Kit
(https://www.self.com/story/hinge-virtual-date-kit)
Is Your Rebound Relationship Actually Harmful?
(https://www.self.com/story/rebound-relationship)
Yes, Your Situationship Breakup Is Real
(https://www.self.com/story/situationship-breakup)
16 Intriguing Dating Apps To Try If You Want To Meet Someone New
(https://www.self.com/story/16-dating-apps)
Everything Isn’t A Red Flag--Here’s How to Tell the Difference
(https://www.self.com/story/red-flag-green-and-yellow-flags)
8 Cute Date Ideas to Try If you’re Tired of Staying Inside
(https://www.self.com/story/outdoor-date-ideas)
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