How to Identify and Treat Mold Illness (CIRS) | Ariana Thacker EP 228
From The Mikhaila Peterson Podcast by Mikhaila Peterson
February 12, 2026 · 1h 26m
About this episode
Mikhaila Peterson interviews Ariana Thacker about mold-related illness and treatment options.
In this episode, I had a conversation with Ariana Thacker, founder and CEO of MoldCo, to discuss mold-related illness and Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (CIRS). In 5-10 years everyone will know and understand how pervasive this is.Ariana shares her personal journey from chemical engineer and venture capitalist to patient—and ultimately founder—after severe mold exposure left her cognitively impaired, exhausted, and searching for answers the conventional medical system couldn’t provide. We break down how mold illness actually presents in the body, why it’s so often misdiagnosed or dismissed, and how inflammation can affect the brain, hormones, immune system, and mental health.We also discuss genetic susceptibility, what proper testing actually looks like, and how treatment protocols like the Shoemaker approach work in practice. Ariana Thacker is the founder and CEO of MoldCo, a healthcare technology company and virtual care clinic redefining how medicine approaches environmental illness, starting with mold. My experience with CIRS: Biotoxin.comFree evidence-based questionnaire to help make the mold-health connection and determine your environmental risk score…
People in this episode
Host: Mikhaila Peterson
Guest: Ariana Thacker
Topics covered
- mold illness
- Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome
- healthcare technology
- environmental illness
- treatment protocols
Keywords
- mold illness
- CIRS
- Ariana Thacker
- MoldCo
- health risks
- treatment protocols
- environmental illness
Sponsors
MoldCo
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: MoldCo, Biotoxin.com
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