Starting the Autoimmune Conversation with Lilly Stairs

Lilly Stairs is an entrepreneur and autoimmune "triple threat" who turned her experience with chronic illness into a successful career. She is the founder of Patient Authentic and Chronic Boss Collective.We discuss the challenges of obtaining a diagnosis, how it feels to experience medical gaslighting, and the lengths we have gone to feel seen and heard. We share our personal experiences with restrictive dieting as a means to address our autoimmune symptoms and the toll it took on us both mentally and physically. We also stress the need for less judgment in both traditional and alternative medicine and embracing the notion that every person's health journey is unique.Lilly reflects upon her struggle to find a place in the chronic illness community as a highly success-driven woman whose symptoms are predominantly invisible. Because of this she is passionate about creating a positive, motivational, and supportive community for women who can relate. She is an inspiring force for change, and I know listeners will feel heard and motivated after listening to this episode. Find Lilly:https://www.chronicbosscollective.com/https://patientauthentic.com/Instagram: @lillystairs  @chronicbossco  Find your host:https://www.paigelavell.com/Instagram: @paigelavellofficial  Have questions about the episode, a guest you'd love for me to interview, or a topic you'd like for me to cover? Email me at [email protected]! If you enjoy this podcast, please click Follow to get all new episodes and write a five-star rating & review on iTunes or wherever you listen to podcasts. This truly helps the show to grow and reach more audience members and potential guests. I appreciate you and am honored to have you as a listener!