Othering podcast first interview and guest will be on May 5th, but join us today while we talk a little about why we're doing this podcast! Your hosts Mike and Dory discuss their personal battles with disabilities and what they hope the podcast will be and achieve. May 5 will be our first guest, Ali Cameron, a paraplegic with a coaching business to help disabled entrepreneurs. Instagram: @otheringpodcast Tik Tok: @othering.podcast YouTube: @otheringpodcast
In this episode, we talk to Seren, known online as Bedside Arts, a genderqueer artist, activist, chronic illness warrior, and parent who creates from their bedside. What starts as a conversation about glasses and cookies spirals into raw, hilarious, and deeply important territory covering disability, medical neglect, trans healthcare, social media activism, and the absurdist joy that keeps us going. Social media: search for Bedside Arts Othering Instagram: @otheringpodcast | YouTube: @OtheringPodcast Merch: https://www.otheringpodcast.com/category/all-products Produced by LoudCore Productions | Music by Jordie James (sin) | Graphics by Josh (@supergaming19yt)
Katie Burns, mindset coach and former high school teacher, joins us to talk about neurodivergence, masking, and self-compassion. coachkatieburns.com, @CoachKatieBurns on TikTok, Instagram, and Threads Othering Instagram: @otheringpodcast | YouTube: @OtheringPodcast Merch: https://www.otheringpodcast.com/category/all-products Produced by LoudCore Productions | Music by Jordie James (sin) | Graphics by Josh (@supergaming19yt)
Cyndii Sinex, public health practitioner and founder of the Chronic Illness Hotline, joins us to discuss the free, confidential, text-based peer support line for people navigating chronic illness, pain, injury, disability, and neurodivergence. The conversation covers healthcare system failures, insurance industry accountability, medical racism, and Cindy's own journey through 20+ years of misdiagnosis that inspired her to build a support resource that didn't exist for this community. chronicillnesshotline.org Othering Instagram: @otheringpodcast | YouTube: @OtheringPodcast Merch: https://www.otheringpodcast.com/category/all-products Produced by LoudCore Productions | Music by Jordie James (sin) | Graphics by Josh (@supergaming19yt)
We sit down with Dr. Jeff Bone to discuss his journey through chronic illness, misdiagnosis, and how it reshaped his life's work supporting others living with pain, invisible illness, and neurodivergence. Website: DrBone.live Latest book: The Restless Human (available on Amazon) Threads: Restless Human Studio Othering Instagram: @otheringpodcast | YouTube: @OtheringPodcast Merch: https://www.otheringpodcast.com/category/all-products Produced by LoudCore Productions | Music by Jordie James (sin) | Graphics by Josh (@supergaming19yt)
In this episode, we sit down with Khushi, a psychology and IR postgraduate, project manager, and ADHD advocate who was diagnosed at 27 after moving from India to the UK, and who recently received an autism diagnosis as well. Instagram: @RealBrainsRealTalk Othering Instagram: @otheringpodcast | YouTube: @OtheringPodcast Merch: https://www.otheringpodcast.com/category/all-products Produced by LoudCore Productions | Music by Jordie James (sin) | Graphics by Josh (@supergaming19yt)
Child actress Ellen Latzen, known as Ruby Sue in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation and Michael Douglas's daughter in Fatal Attraction, joins us for a wide-ranging conversation about life in Hollywood as a kid, what it's really like to be "frozen in time" in a beloved film, and her return to acting after a 30-year hiatus. @ellenlatson on Instagram & Threads Othering Instagram: @otheringpodcast | YouTube: @OtheringPodcast Merch: https://www.otheringpodcast.com/category/all-products Produced by LoudCore Productions | Music by Jordie James (sin) | Graphics by Josh (@supergaming19yt)
In this conversation, hosts Mike and Dory welcome Aniqa, therapist, founder of The Allegory Practice, and co-director of the soon-to-launch Disabled Voices, a free, confidential emotional support service for disabled people across the UK. Aniqa shares her deeply personal journey from a high-achieving, extroverted life to navigating long COVID, grief, ableism, and ultimately a transformative rebirth into her most authentic, purposeful self. The Allegory Practice: @theallegorypractice (Instagram, TikTok, Threads, LinkedIn, Facebook) Disabled Voices: @disabledvoices Othering Instagram: @otheringpodcast | YouTube: @OtheringPodcast Merch: https://www.otheringpodcast.com/category/all-products Produced by LoudCore Productions | Music by Jordie James (sin) | Graphics by Josh (@supergaming19yt)
Zian, a Spanish Indigenous New Mexican queer non-binary neurodivergent artist, activist, art therapist, and film producer, joins us to discuss their groundbreaking disability documentary We Are the Most Beautiful People: Adults With Disabilities. Diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1993 and living with chronic pain, anxiety, and depression, Zian shares how their lived experience inspired a film featuring disability representation from around the globe, including Ghana, India, Taiwan, Chile, the UK, and cities across the US. Instagram & Facebook: @WeAreTheMostBeautifulPeople Personal Instagram: @XianneChavez Website: werethemostbeautifulpeople.com Othering Instagram: @otheringpodcast | YouTube: @OtheringPodcast Merch: https://www.otheringpodcast.com/category/all-products Produced by LoudCore Productions | Music by Jordie James (sin) | Graphics by Josh (@supergaming19yt)
In this episode, we chat with Monica Munson, founder of Restorative Healing Haven in South Haven, Michigan. Monica shares her deeply personal journey navigating late-diagnosed PTSD, autism, hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (hEDS), POTS, and mast cell activation syndrome. And how those lived experiences shaped her trauma-informed healing practice. Website: restorativehealinghaven.com Facebook, Instagram & Threads: @restorativehealinghaven Othering Instagram: @otheringpodcast | YouTube: @OtheringPodcast Merch: https://www.otheringpodcast.com/category/all-products Produced by LoudCore Productions | Music by Jordie James (sin) | Graphics by Josh (@supergaming19yt)