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“Girls With Guts...Or What’s Left of Them” is a new podcast created by two "twisted sisters" o One Emmy award-winning TV News Personality. Really!

One Hollywood Movie Actress. Two strangers, living across the country from each other, sit next to each other at a wedding... and find out they both suffered from an incredibly rare intestinal disorder. That's how it happened. Find out more about these vivacious young women and why they feel like it's more important than ever to share their experience and knowledge on how to thrive while also trying to survive.

07/07/2022

On this week’s episode, Alanna and Nicole are joined by Lauren Nichols () whom Alanna found on Instagram via hashtags, in the middle of COVID lockdowns. Lauren suffers from and is an advocate for Long COVID – in fact, she is one of the first persons known to be suffering from this disorder.

In this episode, she explains her optimal health prior to having COVID (she was healthy other than having insomnia). She shares with us how she was one of the first people in the country to be infected with COVID – and doctors didn’t take her seriously at first because she presented with severe GI issues and not respiratory symptoms. From there, she continued to get worse instead of better – and hasn’t been “normal” since.

Her symptoms didn't start there. As the conversation builds, we learn about the consequences of her lingering symptoms, including her stroke, how it takes her hours just to get out of bed each day, and so much more.

Lauren also revealed to us details about the toll that COVID takes on the reproductive system, especially in women, which many tend to ignore.

This is a timely episode with summer gatherings and barbecues here for the next couple of months, and it may make you think twice about meeting with large groups unmasked.

22/06/2022

On this week’s episode, Nicole and Alanna are joined by Leslie Jacobs Toole, a local Cincinnati momma with a story to tell. She had actually followed Alanna for a while on social media and once she learned of GWGP, she reached out to share her BRCA Gene story with the gals. Being a topic both Alanna and Nicole were not very familiar with, it was a no-brainer to have her on the show.

In this episode, Leslie shares with us about her long family history with breast cancer - including her mother, who was diagnosed with breast cancer at the young age of 34. After witnessing her mother's suffering, she reconized the very real possibility she could have the BRCA Gene and also develop cancer like her mother. Against her mother's blessing, Leslie got tested - and the test came back positive. Then, in 2012 at the age of 24, she took her own health into her hands and got a double mastectomy. We were so blessed that Leslie felt comfortable enough to share the vulnerable details of how cancer and BRCA has affected her life - and we think others who are in a similar position will feel comforted and seen by her kind testimony - including how neglecting her emotional healing led her down a path that eventually led to her sobriety (7 years now!)
If your family has been touched by breast cancer and you're curious about the BRCA gene, then this is a wonderful conversation that you absolutely won’t want to miss!

15/06/2022

🌟𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭!!🌟
S2/EP9//Krista Deveau: My Pregnancy with an Ostomy!

Our first-ever guest on the podcast is back and better than ever! If you haven’t listened to the first episode with .gut.instinct, now is a great time to do just that (Note: it’s not necessary to listen to the first one to understand this episode, it will just give you more of an overview on Krista’s health story/background).

In her second round with the Alanna and Nicole, Krista shares with us what it is like being pregnant with her ostomy bag. She tells us how she discovered she was pregnant, how her food tolerances have changed (i.e. she can eat A LOT MORE now!) and sooo much more. If you have ever thought getting pregnant with an ostomy bag can’t happen, Krista is here to prove to you it absolutely can, without issue.

This is a wonderful episode that you won’t want to miss, because Krista is just so darn likable! She makes everyone want to be her friend and we know you’ll leave the episode feeling the same.

Listen to her full episode, available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, iHeart Radio, or wherever you listen to podcasts!

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03/06/2022

Whew! Be ready to laugh, to cry, to feel all the feels in this week’s episode!
Alanna and Nicole are joined by Nicole’s friend Alyssa Sabo, who is a comedian/actress/writer based in LA. What many people don’t know about Alyssa is that she received a life-saving liver transplant in 2011 due to liver failure from Wilson’s Disease.

In this conversation, Alyssa shares with us her wild story of the emergent diagnosis, how she was in a coma for weeks and her healing following the liver transplant.

She discusses her lifestyle following transplant, stories of relapsing, the sign she received to follow her dreams and so much more.

You’ll leave this episode absolutely adoring Alyssa and wanting to root for her (and wanting to watch her on the STARZ! tv show, Gaslit). This is a can’t-miss episode!

27/05/2022

This is probably the wildest episode yet. Truly. We get pretty raw about all things p**p-related. It's even hard to type.....such a taboo subject!

Alanna and Nicole are joined by Megan Marsiglio -- a mom, wife, entrepreneur, gut health advocate, and along with Nicole, a fellow Crohn-y.

This episode gets real down and dirty! For years, Megan felt extremely isolated and humiliated about having a digestive issue - feeling like she was the only person who was anxious about making it to the bathroom "in time." As she slowly began opening up about her Crohn's Disease and what she was dealing with, she discovered how many others dealt with the same issues, and how many kept it to themselves due to embarrassment. It was then that she realized she had to do something to increase the conversation and push awareness - and became the founder of The Gut Gazette.

In this episode we chat about bathroom anxiety when it comes to going at the workplace, when you’re dating, when you’re driving on a highway and have GOT TO GO NOW, etc. We even cross the lines of p**ping your pants.

This episode is not for the faint of heart, BUT it is so incredibly important to realize our bodies NEED to p**p to survive and it should be something that is celebrated and not frowned upon!

If you want to learn more about the podcast and the hosts, visit our website at www.girlswithgutspodcast.com!

11/05/2022

In Episode 6, Nicole and Alanna are joined by Lindsay Mitchell, the creator of Vital Side — which is (as Lindsay puts it) an innovative approach to intentional brain re-training. After successfully healing herself from crippling chronic symptoms from Lyme disease, Lindsay invested all of her energy into creating this four-step method in order to help others who are suffering to find relief and achieve long-term results from all kinds of chronic illnesses - including IBS, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, depression, Hashimoto's and more.

In our conversation, Lindsay reveals the process that led her from her work as a certified physician's assistant to discovering and then fully investing in the power of neuroplasticity. We discuss how she created Vital Side to focus on neuroscience, mental exercises and visualization, which in turn helps to regulate the nervous system and calm symptoms.

If you're looking for relief of any kind of ongoing ailment, you're going to want to tune in - this episode truly illustrates the connection of the body & mind and how our trauma and mental state can really affect our physical state.

You won’t want to miss this!

04/05/2022

S2/EP5// Amy Suto: Ghostwriting Around the World w/ Rheumatoid Arthritis

On this week’s episode, Nicole and Alanna are joined by Amy Suto, who was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis during the pandemic. This conversation is extremely interesting, as Amy is in her 20s (most people with RA are diagnosed between the ages of 30 to 50!) Similar to the experience of many women with chronic illnesses, her college clinic doctors didn't take her early RA symptoms and pain seriously -- which caused her symptoms to go undiagnosed for several years until they became full-blown.

In this fast-paced, honest, motivational conversation, Amy discusses her early challenges in functioning and healing with RA. Besides inflammatory food, she also reveals the most common cause for a flare up -- you guessed it -- stress! (Being that Amy is always out conquering her business world, stress is something that is tricky for her to manage -- so she shares her tips with us!) She also shares how she handles her RA while traveling (she is a freelance writer, ghostwriter and founder so travels A LOT), the importance of having an understanding/supportive partner while battling a chronic illness, the reality of losing friends during the healing process, changing our relationships to food, and SO MUCH MORE! *Pass the castor oil liver packs*

29/04/2022

In this week’s episode, the Gutsy Gals are joined by Vanessa Bighinatti, a holistic health and wellness coach who takes pride in helping others heal their bodies naturally through nutrition and mindset.

Vanessa was only in her twenties when she received her Lyme diagnosis, and she revealed to us the debilitating symptoms she lived with for YEARS (and how she was even bound to a cane at one point!) Then, one day she decided enough was enough. She changed her diet and witness dramatic results - and the rest is history!
In this conversation, she explains to us how food can be medicine for any ailment (sweet potatoes to help with trauma?!), the importance of being your own advocate, even the importance of mindset. Vanessa also adds in a little chat about Reiki, which Alanna is a BIG advocate of!

20/04/2022

S2/EP3// Moyna John: Healing Through Sharing My MS Journey

This week on the podcast, we’re chatting with ! Moyna John is a writer and popular content creator living with Multiple Sclerosis.
In this week's episode, Moyna shares with us her journey since being diagnosed – which happened relatively recently – and how it has impacted life with her then-fiancé/now husband (hint: not much has changed!) After receiving her diagnosis, Moyna sought out an MS community to learn and heal with; however, she was unable to find people close to her age or with much diversity at all. Thanks to her creativity, skill and realness, Moyna was able to blow up in the digital space and carve a path of her own, chronicling her journey battling a chronic illness as a POC and encouraging young people of all backgrounds to come together and learn about their MS.

In this episode, she gets real on the struggles of balancing flare-ups with being a mom, and she even reads us excerpts from her most popular published articles that discuss various tips and tricks for living and thriving with MS.

You’ll leave this episode feeling as if you just listened to a close friend - because Moyna is SO DARN RELATABLE!

Listen to the full episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeartRadio, Amazon Music, or wherever you listen to podcasts!

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12/04/2022

A brush with death can completely change your entire way of thinking!

On this week’s episode, Nicole and Alanna are joined by Chloe Temtchine, an award-winning singer, songwriter and philanthropist who is one of the most inspiring and positive people that has ever graced the waves of this podcast. Seemingly out of nowhere, Chloe was diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension/PVOD - and was given little time to live. However, with oxygen tank in tow, she sang through her 12 year struggle that resulted in cardiac arrest and a coma... which ultimately resulted in her having a double-lung transplant.

In this uplifting episode, tells us how her lung transplant has impacted her life and career, how she copes with the unknowns following a transplant, and how very little can shake her after all she’s been through.This is definitely one episode you do NOT want to miss. You’ll leave feeling in awe of the way Chloe views life and her illness and will be inspired to live the same - no matter where you are in your journey.

06/04/2022

Welcome back to SEASON 2 everyone!

We hope you are happy, healthy and as excited as we are to launch this next chapter of GWGP!
To kick off Season 2, Nicole and Alanna are joined by Andrea Lausell – a Los Angeles-based actress, influencer and activist who was born with Spina Bifida.

In this episode, Andrea discusses the role Agent Orange played in her disability and how she has used her platform on social media to create videos featuring tips and tricks to thrive, despite the challenges stacked against her (hint: check out her YouTube & Instagram…she is incredible!)

Andrea reveals to us the challenges of being an influencer for the disabled community, and the pressures that coincide... as well as how she has made it her mission to dismantle ableism.
She also touches on how she was told at an early age she won’t make it to 30 – something she talks about openly (and makes many jokes about throughout the episode.)

This is an episode that will shed new light on being born with a disability and a warrior spirit – Happy Season 2, everyone!

S2 EP1: Andrea Lausell: Spina Bifida and Dismantling Ableism

Available on , , , , and wherever you listen to podcasts! (Links in bio 😉)

01/04/2022

No fools here, we’re serious! Join us for episode one of the Girls with Guts Podcast, dropping on Tuesday 04/05, available wherever you listen to podcasts!

Here are just some of the episodes we’ll be starting with:

- Life as Spina Bifida Influencer (as a result of Agent Orange)

-Traveling the world as a Ghost Writer while learning to heal from Ankylosing Spondylitis

- Creating my own POC Healing Community as a young mother with MS

-The Struggles of Bathroom Anxiety with IBD

-Healing My Crippling Lyme Disease and more through harnessing the Power of Food

-Eliminating my Chronic Illness symptoms through Brain Neuroplasticity training

…it’s going to be interesting, hilarious, and as always, uplifting! Please share with your healing communities, so we can all feel supported and heal together!

Xoxo,

Nicole & Alanna

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