#77 My Month of Awareness & Why It Matters

Send us Fan MailIn this solo episode, I’m wrapping up an incredibly meaningful awareness month by taking you behind the scenes of the advocacy events, conferences, legislation, research, and community moments that left me feeling hopeful about the future of food allergies and chronic illness care.From the Food Allergy Fund Summit in New York City, to advocacy days in Washington DC and Albany, this episode explores the intersection of mental health, medical advocacy, innovation, storytelling, and policy change across the food allergy, celiac, asthma, eosinophilic disease, and alpha-gal communities.I also share personal reflections from traveling with loved ones, bringing my son to advocacy events, and witnessing children and teens become the next generation of leaders in this space, as well as the challenging emotions of acknowledging the tragic losses our advocacy honors.This episode is both a recap and a reminder: progress is happening because people continue to care, speak up, and advocate together.Please follow and support the families and organizations below mentioned in this episode that are creating the changes we need:https://www.elijahalavifoundation.org/https://www.loveforgiovanni.org/https://www.adinaact.com/https://aafa.org/https://allergyasthmanetwork.org/https://www.addietellsall.com/https://maycontainfilms.org/https://allergyadvocatesny.org/https://foodallergyfund.org/And off-topic but a highlight of my month:https://forward-space.com/Special thanks to Kyle Dine for permission to use his song The Doghouse for the podcast theme!www.kyledine.comFind Dr. Whitehouse:-thefoodallergypsychologist.com-Instagram: @thefoodallergypsychologist-Facebook: Dr. Amanda Whitehouse, Food Allergy Anxiety [email protected]