Podcasts by Spooning with Spoonies
Noa is a 20 something Spoonie trying to make sense of life with chronic illness, especially the daunting world of dating & relationships. When Google failed to answer questions about dating with chronic illness, Noa turned to the amazing chronic illness community to hear their stories. Each episode, Noa chats with other Spoonies and relationship experts about communication, vulnerability, caregiving, self love, and more! Spooning with Spoonies is a community space aimed at normalizing and changing the narrative around dating and relationships with chronic illness.
Further podcasts by Noa Porten
Podcast on the topic Beziehungen
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14. Writing & Portraying Chronically Ill Love Stories in Theatre | Ali Hardy from 2021-04-27T08:00
What’s a chronic illness storyline you wish was shown more in the arts or on TV? The confident chronically ill teen who’s dating? The nurse who just happens to have a picc line and a chr...
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13. Closing the Communication Gap with LCSW Kristine Hoestermann from 2021-04-13T08:00
People are not mind readers... today’s episode explores communication between partners throughout the chronic illness journey and is full of tips on ways to reconnect when your normal shifts. Krist...
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12. Pregnancy, Motherhood, & Marriage with IBD | Melodie N Blackwell from 2021-03-30T08:00
What would parenthood with chronic illness look like?
For Melodie N. Blackwell, wife to a cancer fighter, mom of 2, serial entrepreneur, health advocate, & fo...
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11. Asking for What you Need Amidst Mold & Lyme Disease | Lauren Keller from 2021-03-16T08:00
“All you can do is ask for what you need , and if the response isn’t what you had hoped for, that’s fine too because you still get information from it”- Lauren Keller
10. Redefining Masculinity in Relationships | Ijmal Haider from 2021-03-02T09:00
“Being a man is just being comfortable in exactly who you are.” -Ijmal Haider
What does being a man really mean? Today Ijmal Haider, a man living with Ulcerative ...
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9. Helpful Humor for Dating w/ Chronic Illness | Caroline Rock from 2021-02-16T09:00
“That lightning the mood can be so so valuable when you’re dealing with this really heavy depressing life long incurable illness that you’re carrying around with you”- Caroline Rock Listen
8. The Intimacy of Caregiving Relationships | Jessi Smith from 2021-02-02T09:00
“Relationships that involve caregiving, require a type of intimacy that a lot of relationships between able bodied people don’t ever have”-Jessi Smith
You d...
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7. First Date Fashion & Other Statements w/ Disability Fashion Designer | Keisha Greaves from 2021-01-19T09:00:04
You’re using your carefully allotted spoons to get ready for a first date. You survey your closet. Jeans or bloatproof joggers, which do you go for? In today’s episode, Keisha Greaves, a...
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6. Dating Yourself & Discovering True Self Love | Nitika Chopra from 2021-01-05T09:00
What is self love really beyond the facemasks, and green smoothies? Nitika Chopra, a chronic illness advocate, podcaster, former TV show host, blogger, and founder of Chronicon, who live...
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5. Traveling with your Partner While Managing EDS & Co | Katya from 2020-12-01T09:00
Katya, a chronic illness travel blogger, sits down with Noa to share her experiences traveling the world, pre covid, with her partner while managing Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, Chronic Fatig...
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4. Moving in & Planning a Future Together w/ Chronic Illness | Jake Mayers from 2020-11-17T09:00
When COVID-19 hit, Jake Mayers, a musician and chronic illness coach, and his gf Jess' relationship accelerated fast when they moved in together to keep each other safe while staying tog...
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3. Accepting Life w/ Lyme & Inviting your Hinge Match into it: w/ Jake Mayers from 2020-11-10T09:00
Join Noa as she chats with Lyme Disease coach, drummer & 10+ yr Lyme warrior Jake Mayers from Jake Mayers Coaching! Similar to Noa, Jake spent years pretending to be healthy so that ...
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2. Embracing your Poops & Procedures as a Couple Even When your Community Doesn’t: with Tina Aswani Omprakash from 2020-10-27T08:00
Tina Aswani Omprakash is an award-winning patient expert, health advocate, and Public Health Masters student who has been living with Crohn's Disease for 14 years now. Tina works to crea...
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1. Telling Cute Strangers you're Chronically Ill: with Natalie Kelley from 2020-10-20T08:00
Natalie Kelley is the CEO and founder of Plenty and Well where she is a full-time chronic illness blogger, podcaster, and IBD mindset and lifestyle coach. Nat, who has been living and th...
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How Do I Date with Chronic Illness? from 2020-10-13T09:00
In this bonus pre launch mini episode, host and founder Noa shares a little about her chronic illness story, her journey with dating, and what happened when she googled "how to date with...
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