A Body Rebels: A Chronic Illness Podcast
A Body Rebels is a lived-experience podcast about sarcoidosis, heart failure, rare disease, chronic illness, and the strange daily reality of living in a body that does not always cooperate.
I’m Tate — a private chef, writer, husband, pet parent, and long-term sarcoidosis survivor. This podcast is not about miracle cures, medical lectures, or pretending a positive attitude fixes everything. It is about the honest middle of chronic illness: the fatigue, fear, grief, humor, stubbornness, absurdity, and small victories that come with surviving day after day.
These are first-person stories about illness, identity, marriage, work, memory, resilience, and learning how to live inside a life that changed without asking permission.
This podcast is for people living with chronic illness, sarcoidosis, rare disease, heart failure, autoimmune conditions, invisible illness, or any body that feels like it has gone off-script. It is also for caregivers, spouses, family, and friends who want to understand illness from the inside.
If you are tired of toxic positivity, pity, miracle-cure noise, and being told to “just stay strong,” you are in the right place.
This is for the sick, the tired, the stubborn, the scared, the sarcastic, the hopeful, and everyone trying to build a life in a body that rebels.
A Body Rebels: A Chronic Illness Podcast
Latest Episodes
The Bad Day I Fear Won’t End: Chronic Illness and an Uncertain Tomorrow
When a chronic illness flare sends me back to bed with oxygen, physical exhaustion can quickly become fear about my future. I start wondering whether I’ll recover or whether my independence is slipping away permanently. I used to hide those fea...
Medical Honesty, Driving, and the Fear of Losing Independence
In this episode, I talk about a driver’s license renewal that turned into an unexpected panic at the DMV. One question on one form forced me to think about my AICD, heart medication, and the fear of losing the independence I count on every day....
When Time Speeds Up With Chronic Illness And All You Need Is Peace
Why does time seem to move faster once chronic illness becomes part of your life? In this episode of Surviving Chronic Illness: Life In A Body That Rebels, I reflect on the strange speed of adulthood, the emotional weight of creating s...
Living With Chronic Illness Without Living in Fear of Death
In this episode, I’m sharing what went through my mind after someone newly diagnosed with neurosarcoidosis told me that hearing my voice helped calm their fear. I’ve lived with sarcoidosis for twenty years, and during that time, my relationship...
Chronic Illness and Hope: Why Positivity Isn’t Pretending
In this episode, I talk about an email accusing me of sounding too positive to be believable. I’m looking at why hope doesn’t erase pain, why gratitude isn’t denial, and why sick people shouldn’t have to perform despair to prove they’re sufferi...
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