Ep. 71 - Navigating Life as a Biracial and Bicultural Latina with Invisible Illness with Talia Miele

<p class="" data-pm-slice="1 1 []"><span style= "font-size: 10pt;">Today’s episode is a <em>gooooooood</em> one. I was so happy to have Talie Miele on my podcast to talk about her life with fibromyalgia, but our conversation took a turn to focus on current events around racism. Talia is a biracial and bicultural Latina woman, so we talked about how that affected her as a woman AND as a person living with a chronic illness.</span></p> <p class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;">This podcast was eye-opening to me in SO many ways and I’m forever grateful for Talia for being so open to discuss the implicit and explicit bias and racism in this world. We talk about racism, ableism and her life experience with both. We also talked about becoming an advocate for yourself with chronic illness and what is available to you. I know you’re going to love this episode and you’ll learn so so much!</span></p> <p class="" data-pm-slice="1 3 []"><span style= "font-size: 10pt;"><strong>In today’s episode we chat about:</strong></span></p> <ul data-rte-list="default"> <li> <p class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Talia's takes us through living with Primary Juvenile Fibromyalgia, what that is and how she’s dealt with it throughout her life</span></p> </li> <li> <p class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Talia's story as a biracial and bicultural Latina woman living with chronic illness</span></p> </li> <li> <p class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;">When implicit bias becomes explicit bias</span></p> </li> <li> <p class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Jessie's learnings with her own privilege and what she's started learning during the Black Lives Matter movement</span></p> </li> <li> <p class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Color blindness vs. color acceptance</span></p> </li> <li> <p class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;">How race effects those within the chronic illness community </span></p> </li> <li> <p class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The privilege of finding a doctor that works for you</span></p> </li> <li> <p clas