Meghan O'Rourke on The Challenges of Chronic Illnesses

<p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Meghan O&rsquo;Rourke is a journalist, poet, and New York Times Bestselling author.&nbsp; Her work often tackles challenging subjects like grief, illness, and more. Her previous books include the best-selling memoir&nbsp;<a href="https://bookshop.org/a/16850/9781594485664">The Long Goodbye</a>, and the acclaimed poetry collections Sun in Days, Once, and Halflife. Meghan is passionate about advocating for those living with chronic illness and is the recipient of Guggenheim Fellowship and many other awards.</p> <p>Today, Eric and Meghan discuss her book&nbsp;<a href="https://bookshop.org/a/16850/9781594633799">The Invisible Kingdom:&nbsp; Reimagining Chronic Illness</a></p> <p><strong><em><a href="http://oneyoufeed.net/text">Get Text Messages from Eric</a> that will remind and encourage you to help stay on track with what you&rsquo;re learning from the week's episodes released on Tuesdays and Fridays.&nbsp; To sign up for these FREE text message reminders, go to oneyoufeed.net/text.</em></strong></p> <p>But wait &ndash; there&rsquo;s more! The episode is not quite over!! We continue the conversation and you can access this exclusive content right in your podcast player feed.&nbsp;<a href="https://oneyoufeed.net/support">Head over to our Patreon page and pledge to donate just $10 a month.&nbsp;</a>It&rsquo;s that simple and we&rsquo;ll give you good stuff as a thank you!</p> <p>Meghan O'Rourke and I Discuss The Challenges of Chronic Illnesses and...</p> <ul> <li>Her book,&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://bookshop.org/a/16850/9781594633799">The Invisible Kingdom:&nbsp; Reimagining Chronic Illness</a></li> <li>Her experiences of illness and various diagnoses</li> <li>The importance of validating a diagnosis of chronic illness</li> <li>How diagnosis is just the small part of chronic illness</li> <li>The common stigma of "invisible" illnesses</li> <li>Her fears of her illnesses being in her head</li> <li>The many complex factors that make up autoimmune illnesses</li> <li>How different bodies wi