109. “Deadly Diagnosis” or Misunderstood Label? Questioning Hepatitis C, Testing & the Viral Narrative with Autumn McLees

About this episode

The episode explores the implications of medical labels and the journey of questioning a Hepatitis C diagnosis with guest Autumn McLees.

What if the most dangerous part of a diagnosis isn’t the condition itself… but the label you’re given? In this episode, I’m joined by Autumn McLees, host of Know Better | Do Better and a bold voice in the holistic health space. After being told she had a “deadly” diagnosis of Hepatitis C, Autumn experienced what so many people do—an immediate shift in how she saw her body, her future, and her health. But instead of blindly accepting that label, she paused. And what followed was a multi-year journey of asking deeper questions about how diagnoses are made, what lab testing is actually measuring, and how much of what we accept as “medical certainty” is built on assumptions most people are never taught to question. In this conversation, we talk about the emotional and spiritual weight of a diagnosis, the role fear plays in medical decision-making, and how shifting into a stewardship-based approach to health can change the trajectory of your healing. This episode is not about creating fear or rejecting all medicine. It’s about discernment. Because your future should never be decided by a label you were never taught how to question. Connect with Autumn: Website…

People in this episode

Host: Susan Gladstein

Guest: Autumn McLees

Topics covered

• Hepatitis C
• medical diagnosis
• holistic health
• fear in medicine
• health stewardship
• emotional impact of illness

Keywords

• Hepatitis C
• diagnosis
• holistic health
• medical testing
• fear in healthcare
• health decisions

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Know Better | Do Better, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, autumnmclees.com

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