Inspired Living with Autoimmunity

Updated: 29 Sep 2025 • 212 episodes
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The podcast for high achievers who want to stay sharp, focused and full of energy despite their diagnoses. Those who know there has got to be something better than simply accepting decline. Hosted by Julie Michelson, a National Board Certified Functional Medicine Health Coach who used to suffer from crippling Rheumatoid Arthritis until she learned the tools and strategies to take her power back from autoimmunity. In this podcast, Julie brings you interviews with thought leaders in the Functional Health and Wellness space. You will get actionable recommendations to Take Your Power Back and catapult your health. No fluff, just concrete, useful steps to improve your health!

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"When my oncologist looked me in the eye and said there's nothing I could do for myself, I knew I had to find another way." In this episode I'm sharing Heather's incredible story of refusing conventional cancer treatment and choosing the metabolic approach instead. At 37, facing vulvar cancer, she declined surgery and

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Meet Jess Faulds, who was diagnosed with MS at just 15 years old. After failing four different disease-modifying therapies, she underwent an intense stem cell transplant at 26 that essentially wiped out her immune system. Six years later, she's living symptom-free with no relapses or progression. As a personal trainer

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This week I'm joined by Dr. Dan Pardi, Qualia's Chief Health Officer, for a fascinating dive into your body's repair system. We explore what's really happening to your stem cells as you age - spoiler alert: they don't disappear, they just get stuck in toxic environments that prevent them from working. Dr. Pardi breaks

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I'm sitting down with mental health advocate Brian Sachetta to discuss something that affects so many of us: how chronic stress triggers autoimmune flares. Brian breaks down why our nervous systems evolved for acute threats but now struggle with constant modern stressors like social media and work pressure. The key ins

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I'm obsessed with this conversation. Hali Laricey taught me how to read my CBC with differential like a detective - and you probably already have years of these sitting in your patient portal right now. Those "normal" labs everyone dismisses?  They're actually hiding specific patterns that can predict autoimmune flares

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I've watched it happen over and over… high-achieving women who appear to have it all together while their bodies are quietly screaming for help through autoimmune symptoms. My guest Tori Jenae, a trauma-informed coach with multiple psychology degrees, reveals why the very traits we think make us "good" might actually b

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