Healing Out Loud With Jackie Shea

Natasha Cecere, self-advocacy hero    "You are allowed to be demanding and annoying about your health"    Self- Advocacy: This is a topic near and dear to my heart. Probably because it saved my life. I have always said that I am my own primary care-taker and everyone else is supplemental—including doctors. Someone I agree with once said, “the days of doctor knows best are OVER.” For the first episode of 2018, I chose to bring on Natasha Cecere a knowledgeable and fierce self-advocate. It’s the resolution time of year, many of you are grabbing life by the balls—taking control where you’ve regrettably released the reins. As far as I’m concerned life= HEALTH. Take your health into your own hands, don’t simply surrender your most precious self to the “white coats in charge.” In this episode, you’ll learn some easy self-advocacy tips and hopefully feel inspired to take control of your health. Natasha Cecere: After facing her own mortality due to a rare reaction to Hepatitis A, Natasha began educating herself