E132 Becoming Alive & Well with chronic and terminal illnesses with Elanie Welch

About this episode

Elanie Welch returns to discuss her documentary on chronic and terminal illnesses and the importance of listening to one's body.

Welcome back to your two favorite girlies!! Today we have back friend of show, Elanie Welch!! We are so excited to have Elanie back to talk about her rebrand and all about her documentary! Just a note- we have a few technical difficulties so please bear with us!! We talk about some deeper aspects of health, terminal illnesses, and what it truly means to listen to your body. A little bit about our guest: Documentary director and producer Elanie Welch brings both professional expertise and lived experience to the field of chronic and terminal illness. Her work centers on translating complex health topics into accessible, compassionate storytelling while maintaining scientific integrity. Her current project, a documentary film called Alive & Well - Healing from Within, follows families diagnosed with incurable and terminal illnesses as they pursue alternative healing pathways and defy the odds. After healing herself from years of infertility and conceiving naturally despite less than a 1% chance, Elanie knows intimately the physical, mental, and emotional work it takes to trust the body's innate healing potential and quiet the voices that say it cannot be so. She is the creator and…

People in this episode

Hosts: Maddy Martinez, Ali Larrabee

Guest: Elanie Welch

Topics covered

• chronic illness
• terminal illness
• health
• documentary
• patient advocacy

Keywords

• chronic illness
• terminal illness
• documentary
• health
• patient advocacy
• nutrition
• integrative health

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Renegade Remission

Books & works: Alive & Well - Healing from Within

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