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We've partnered with Healthline to host a series of live chats on "Managing Grief After an MS Diagnosis"...⠀ Join us today as we reflect on our most recent chat on the MS Healthline app! We talked about what it looks like to mourn your "old self". Tune in as we do some debriefing. The remainder of our hour-long live chat schedule is ⠀ as follows:⠀ Tuesday, 7/28, 4PM EST:⠀ - PTSD & Continuous Trauma⠀ ⠀ Tuesday, 8/4, 4PM EST:⠀ - Reframing Productivity and YOUR New Narrative ⠀ ⠀ **A bonus podcast episode will air the Thursday after each chat.⠀ ⠀ The link to download the app is in our bio on IG, or here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1040195462?mt=8⠀ You can find us on the web at myelinandmelanin.com, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @myelinmelanin. You can also subscribe to us on YouTube. Consider supporting us through our Patreon -- patreon.com/myelinmelanin. Patrons can gain access to exclusive content, Myelin & Melanin swag & more. Your support helps us offset the cost of maintaining our website

Join us today as we chat and reflect on grief after an MS diagnosis. It's layered -- it's a process. We've partnered with Healthline to host a series of live chats on "Managing Grief After an MS Diagnosis"...⠀ The hour-long live chat schedule is ⠀ as follows:⠀ ⠀ Tuesday, 7/21, 4PM EST:⠀ - Mourning Your Former Self⠀ ⠀ Tuesday, 7/28, 4PM EST:⠀ - PTSD & Continuous Trauma⠀ ⠀ Tuesday, 8/4, 4PM EST:⠀ - Reframing Productivity and YOUR New Narrative ⠀ ⠀ **A bonus podcast episode will air the Thursday after each chat.⠀ ⠀ The link to download the app is in our bio on IG, or here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1040195462?mt=8⠀ You can find us on the web at myelinandmelanin.com, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @myelinmelanin. You can also subscribe to us on YouTube. Consider supporting us through our Patreon -- patreon.com/myelinmelanin. Patrons can gain access to exclusive content, Myelin & Melanin swag & more. Your support helps us offset the cost of maintaining our website, paying for our remote recor

Today we are joined by professional basketball player, Chris Wright. Chris was the first player in NBA history to be diagnosed with MS. We chat about his diagnosis story, basketball, and his unmatched perseverance. Don't miss this engaging conversation. Chris Wright is an American professional basketball player for Twarde Pierniki Toruń of the Polish Basketball League (PLK). When he played for the Dallas Mavericks in 2013, he became the first known player in National Basketball Association (NBA) history to have been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Find Chris on Twitter @SELF_MADEest89 and Instagram @chriswright_11. Check out his podcast Dawg Talk wherever you find podcasts. You can find us on the web at myelinandmelanin.com, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @myelinmelanin. You can also subscribe to us on YouTube. Consider supporting us through our Patreon -- patreon.com/myelinmelanin. Patrons can gain access to exclusive content, Myelin & Melanin swag & more. Your support helps us offset the cost o

Join us for the 4th of July conversation everyone needs to be having. We are joined by former guests Dr. Linda Chavers, Damian Washington, and Carlos Kareem Windham and chat about racism, antiracism, white folks doing the work, and saving their apologies. Find Carlos on Twitter @caballonegrito and Instagram @elcaballonegrito. Check out his show, "Smoke and Mirrors" on Facebook. Find Linda on Instagram @lindachaverslovesherdog, Twitter @dorismariahphd, and at her website: www.lindachaverswrites.com . You can find Damian on Instagram @damianwashington, Twitter @deedubs57, and his MS YouTube vlog "No Stress MS". You can find us on the web at myelinandmelanin.com, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @myelinmelanin. You can also subscribe to us on YouTube. Consider supporting us through our Patreon -- patreon.com/myelinmelanin. Patrons can gain access to exclusive content, Myelin & Melanin swag & more. Your support helps us offset the cost of maintaining our website, paying for our remote recording technology

Join us for a bonus episode with Anna Sweeney, MS, RDN, CEDRD-S. We talk about Black lives matter, muting whiteness, and the responsibility that white influencers have to use their platforms for justice. You can find Anna on Instagram and Twitter @dietitiananna as well as her website: http://wholelifeRD.com You can find us on the web at myelinandmelanin.com, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @myelinmelanin. You can also subscribe to us on YouTube. Consider supporting us through our Patreon -- patreon.com/myelinmelanin. Patrons can gain access to exclusive content, Myelin & Melanin swag & more. Your support helps us offset the cost of maintaining our website, paying for our remote recording technology, music, podcast & merchandise production, and more. As we do not get paid to produce the podcast, these are costs that come out of our pockets. This can often be a struggle. Also, if you enjoy the podcast, please take a minute to leave us a 5-Star rating on Apple Podcasts. Stream the podcast on Apple P

Today we are joined by Dr. Linda Chavers, Ph.D. We chat about her MS story, racial "healing" in 2020, and a recent article she wrote in the Boston Globe on race, racism, and white people.  Linda Chavers is a Lecturer in the Department of African and African American Studies at Harvard. She completed her Ph.D. in African American Studies with a focus on literature in 2013 from Harvard University. She writes essays and memoir for various publications such as Gawker, Dame, Elle, The Offing, and Rumpus. She's also a fellow MSer. Find Linda online at her website: www.lindachaverswrites.com; find her socials there. The article we discuss in the episode can be found here: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/06/09/magazine/what-too-many-white-people-still-dont-understand-about-racism/  You can find us on the web at http://myelinandmelanin.com, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @myelinmelanin. You can also subscribe to us on YouTube. Consider supporting us through our Patreon -- http://patreon.com/myelinmelanin. Patrons

Today we are joined by MS advocate, white ally (we don't use that word frivolously) and fellow MSer, Meggie Young. We chat about white privilege, representation, and being a good human. Find Meggie on Instagram and Twitter @meggieandms. Check her out. Side note: She posts the most creative Instagram "Stories"... You can find us on the web at http://myelinandmelanin.com, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @myelinmelanin. You can also subscribe to us on YouTube. Consider supporting us through our Patreon -- http://patreon.com/myelinmelanin. Patrons can gain access to exclusive content, Myelin & Melanin swag & more. Your support helps us offset the cost of maintaining our website, paying for our remote recording technology, music, podcast & merchandise production, and more. As we do not get paid to produce the podcast, these are costs that come out of our pockets. This can often be a struggle. If you enjoy the podcast, please take a minute to leave us a 5-Star rating on Apple Podcasts. Stream the podca

Join us as we continue the intimacy conversation with YouTuber and fellow MSer, Tanya-Marie Paul. We discuss dating, cringe-worthy reflections, and the fear that accompanies all of it. Find Tanya-Marie on Instagram and Twitter @tanyamarie_p. Check her YouTube channel -- just search "Tanya-Marie P" You can find us on the web at http://myelinandmelanin.com, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @myelinmelanin. You can also subscribe to us on YouTube. Consider supporting us through our Patreon -- http://patreon.com/myelinmelanin. Patrons can gain access to exclusive content, Myelin & Melanin swag & more. Your support helps us offset the cost of maintaining our website, paying for our remote recording technology, music, podcast & merchandise production, and more. As we do not get paid to produce the podcast, these are costs that come out of our pockets. This can often be a struggle. If you enjoy the podcast, please take a minute to leave us a 5-Star rating on Apple Podcasts. Stream the podcast on Apple Pod

The murder of George Floyd and the subsequent "awakening" of white America has caused folks and organizations to take inventory of how Blackness operates (or not) in their spaces. Join us for a conversation about the concept of "representation". What does it really mean? You can find us on the web at http://myelinandmelanin.com, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @myelinmelanin. You can also subscribe to us on YouTube. Consider supporting us through our Patreon -- http://patreon.com/myelinmelanin. Patrons can gain access to exclusive content, Myelin & Melanin swag & more. Your support helps us offset the cost of maintaining our website, paying for our remote recording technology, music, podcast & merchandise production, and more. As we do not get paid to produce the podcast, these are costs that come out of our pockets. This can often be a struggle. If you enjoy the podcast, please take a minute to leave us a 5-Star rating on Apple Podcasts. Stream the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play

We're keeping the intimacy going. Join us for a conversation with poet, spoken word artist & author Sonya Renee Taylor (The Body Is Not An Apology) and Registered Dietitian and fellow MS Warrior Anna Sweeney about intimacy, disability, and the body. How does radical self-love fit into the equation? Find Sonya on Instagram @sonyareneetaylor and on her website http://sonyareneetaylor.com You can find Anna on Instagram and Twitter @dietitiananna as well as her website: http://wholelifeRD.com You can find us on the web at http://myelinandmelanin.com, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @myelinmelanin. You can also subscribe to us on YouTube. Consider supporting us through our Patreon -- http://patreon.com/myelinmelanin. Patrons can gain access to exclusive content, Myelin & Melanin swag & more. Your support helps us offset the cost of maintaining our website, paying for our remote recording technology, music, podcast & merchandise production, and more. As we do not get paid to produce the podcast, th

It's World MS Day. It's also the series finale of our 10-part series "That Part: Intimacy and MS". We are joined, today by one of our favorite people -- neurologist and MS specialist Dr. Aaron Boster, MD. Don't miss this frank, funny, and important episode. Find Dr. Boster on Twitter @aaronbostermd and YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkQopiiFbAo0zS_9BmRF3Bg You can find us on the web at http://myelinandmelanin.com, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @myelinmelanin. You can also subscribe to us on YouTube. Consider supporting us through our Patreon -- http://patreon.com/myelinmelanin. Patrons can gain access to exclusive content, Myelin & Melanin swag & more. Your support helps us offset the cost of maintaining our website, paying for our remote recording technology, music, podcast & merchandise production, and more. As we do not get paid to produce the podcast, these are costs that come out of our pockets. This can often be a struggle. If you enjoy the podcast, please take a minute to lea

Our series on sex, intimacy & MS continues. Join us for our second ever Myelin & Melanin Party Line featuring veteran partiers Ardra Shephard (http://trippingonair.com), Damian Washington (http://youtube.com/nostressms), Carlos Kareem Windham (https://www.facebook.com/Smoke-Mirrors-103308618043063)  & our newest guest Beth (http://bethybrightanddark.com). Stay tuned for an after-hours, unfiltered conversation about sex, and more. You won't want to miss it. You can find us on the web at http://myelinandmelanin.com, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @myelinmelanin. You can also subscribe to us on YouTube. Consider supporting us through our Patreon -- http://patreon.com/myelinmelanin. Patrons can gain access to exclusive content, Myelin & Melanin swag & more. Your support helps us offset the cost of maintaining our website, paying for our remote recording technology, music, podcast & merchandise production, and more. As we do not get paid to produce the podcast, these are costs that come o

Our Intimacy series continues. We are diving deeper! Join us as we talk with Occupational Therapist, Audra Indermuehle, and Physical Therapist, Dr. Gretchen Hawley, about -- you guessed it -- SEX. Yep, THAT part. You don't want to miss these engaging conversations. You can find Dr. Hawley on IG @doctor.gretchen, on YouTube and on her website http://doctorgretchenhawley.com. You can find us on the web at http://myelinandmelanin.com, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @myelinmelanin. You can also subscribe to us on YouTube. Consider supporting us through our Patreon -- http://patreon.com/myelinmelanin. Patrons can gain access to exclusive content, Myelin & Melanin swag & more. Your support helps us offset the cost of maintaining our website, paying for our remote recording technology, music, podcast & merchandise production, and more. As we do not get paid to produce the podcast, these are costs that come out of our pockets. This can often be a struggle. If you enjoy the podcast, please take a minute

Our intimacy series continues. Join us for another engaging conversation with the always amazing Dr. Mitzi Joi Williams, MD. We talk about MS, intimacy, and adapting to "new normals". You can find Dr. Williams on Instagram @thenerdyneurologist and on her website at https://joilifewellness.com/ You can find us on the web at http://myelinandmelanin.com, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @myelinmelanin. You can also subscribe to us on YouTube. Consider supporting us through our Patreon -- http://patreon.com/myelinmelanin. Patrons can gain access to exclusive content, Myelin & Melanin swag & more. Your support helps us offset the cost of maintaining our website, paying for our remote recording technology, music, podcast & merchandise production, and more. As we do not get paid to produce the podcast, these are costs that come out of our pockets. This can often be a struggle. If you enjoy the podcast, please take a minute to leave us a 5-Star rating on Apple Podcasts. Stream the podcast on Apple Podcast

Join us for Layer 6, Part 2 of our Sex Therapy Roundtable with some of our former guests and friends in the MS community. Episode 69, apropos. You can find Carlos on IG @elcaballonegrito, Kerry @spicemankmd and Rosani @rosanichristy. You can find us on the web at myelinandmelanin.com, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @myelinmelanin. You can also subscribe to us on YouTube. Consider supporting us through our Patreon -- patreon.com/myelinmelanin. Patrons can gain access to exclusive content, Myelin & Melanin swag & more. Your support helps us offset the cost of maintaining our website, paying for our remote recording technology, music, podcast & merchandise production, and more. As we do not get paid to produce the podcast, these are costs that come out of our pockets. This can often be a struggle. Also, if you enjoy the podcast, please take a minute to leave us a 5-Star rating on Apple Podcasts. Stream the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play, and everywhere you listen to podcasts. Peace

Over the past several weeks, we've been discussing self-love, self-acceptance, honesty, transparency -- all of the things that set the foundation for a healthy intimate relationship. This week, we're changing positions. Join us for Layer 6, Part 1 of our Sex Therapy Roundtable with some of our former guests and friends in the MS community. You can find Carlos on IG @elcaballonegrito, Kerry @spicemankmd and Rosani @rosanichristy. You can find us on the web at myelinandmelanin.com, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @myelinmelanin. You can also subscribe to us on YouTube. Consider supporting us through our Patreon -- patreon.com/myelinmelanin. Patrons can gain access to exclusive content, Myelin & Melanin swag & more. Your support helps us offset the cost of maintaining our website, paying for our remote recording technology, music, podcast & merchandise production, and more. As we do not get paid to produce the podcast, these are costs that come out of our pockets. This can often be a struggle. Also,

We're getting deep. Honesty, truth, and transparency are key elements in a loving relationship -- and absolutely essential for an intimate relationship. What happens when they're missing? Join us for Layer 5 -- a conversation with Amir Ali, as he reflects on his experiences with Daana. You don't want to miss this engaging discussion. You also get a sneak peek of Amir's poetry, as we close our National Poetry Month... You can find Amir on IG @a_mans_inner_reflections. His chapbook, 'Granddaddy's Soul and Some of Mine" is forthcoming. You can find us on the web at myelinandmelanin.com, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @myelinmelanin. You can also subscribe to us on YouTube. Consider supporting us through our Patreon -- patreon.com/myelinmelanin. Patrons can gain access to exclusive content, Myelin & Melanin swag & more. Your support helps us offset the cost of maintaining our website, paying for our remote recording technology, music, podcast & merchandise production and more. As we do not get paid

We're peeling back the layers of self-love, self-acceptance, and other elements that help nurture a healthy intimate relationship. Today we are joined by a near and dear friend of Dawn's -- Byron Fogan. We discuss a very important question: "Can you truly receive love if you don't love yourself?" You can find Byron on Instagram @sober_shyt. You can find us on the web at myelinandmelanin.com, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @myelinmelanin. You can also subscribe to us on YouTube. Consider supporting us through our Patreon -- patreon.com/myelinmelanin. Patrons can gain access to exclusive content, Myelin & Melanin swag & more. Your support helps us offset the cost of maintaining our website, paying for our remote recording technology, music, podcast & merchandise production and more. As we do not get paid to produce the podcast, these are costs that come out of our pockets. This can often be a struggle. Also, if you enjoy the podcast, please take a minute to leave us a 5-Star rating on Apple Podcas

We continue our series, That Part: Intimacy & MS with a bonus episode about self-acceptance with singer, motivational speaker and disability advocate A Hot MS -- Britt Quiroz. We know that self-love is the first step to forming an intimate relationship, but how can you love yourself if you haven't accepted yourself? Tune in to this engaging conversation. You can find A Hot MS on her website http://ahotms.com, on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @ahotms. You can find us on the web at myelinandmelanin.com, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @myelinmelanin. You can also subscribe to us on YouTube. Consider supporting us through our Patreon -- patreon.com/myelinmelanin. Patrons can gain access to exclusive content, Myelin & Melanin swag & more. Your support helps us offset the cost of maintaining our website, paying for our remote recording technology, music, podcast & merchandise production and more. As we do not get paid to produce the podcast, these are costs that come out of our pockets. This ca

Welcome back to our series "That Part: Intimacy & MS" -- we're peeling back the layers, and this is Layer 2. Join us for our first ever self-love round table featuring Keyonna Renea, Jasmine & Dr. April Moreno, Ph.D. You won't want to miss this engaging conversation. You can find Keyonna on IG @keyonna.renea or her website http://keyonnarenea.com. Find Jasmine on IG @poetic_khaos. You can find April on her website at http://doctoraprilwellness.com and IG @doctoraprilwellness. You can find us on the web at myelinandmelanin.com, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @myelinmelanin. You can also subscribe to us on YouTube. Consider supporting us through our Patreon -- patreon.com/myelinmelanin. Patrons can gain access to exclusive content, Myelin & Melanin swag & more. Your support helps us offset the cost of maintaining our website, paying for our remote recording technology, music, podcast & merchandise production and more. As we do not get paid to produce the podcast, these are costs that come