Dungeons & Diagnoses

Have you ever wondered what Dungeons & Dragons would be like if it were a little more like real life where healing potions and quick fixes weren’t the norm?

Come check out Dungeons and Diagnoses, a 5th edition podcast with a twist from Global Healthy Living Foundation.

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Our heroes explore the cast kingdom of Gaedia. A land filled with the same perils and monsters you may be familiar with as the traditional Dungeons and Dragons, but with Grumm, a Half-Orc Barbarian, Sailor, and Bard, who struggles with his half-bred heritage and its lingering effects on their body. Taakrand, an Aasimar Druid and Monk whose near-featureless form made their adoptive parents send them to train at a druidic monastery.

And then there’s me, Elrohir – a Wood Elf Ranger who transitioned into adulthood and was rejected by their Coven as a result. Think a trans version of Robin Williams’ Peter Pan in Hook and you’re pretty close to picturing El.

Will our heroes overcome the evil invasion of eldritch Nihil and its armies? Can they discover and cure what ails an elder Dragon before it’s too late? Tune in to find out and hear for yourself the mystical adventure of Dungeons and Diagnoses!

You can find the pod on the GHLF website or wherever you catch your pods!

Election Reminders

With the election today, I wanted to offer some reminders and grounding techniques. I’m sure I’m not the only one who could use it.

7 Tips for Calming Election Anxiety We Could All Use Right Now

7 Simple Grounding Techniques For Calming Down Quickly

30 Grounding Techniques to Quiet Distressing Thoughts

Transcript

Welcome to the chronic sex podcast, chronic sex talks about how self-love relationships, sex and sexuality are all affected by chronic illness and disability. That’s not all though. We’ll also touch on intersectionality, social justice, empathy, current events, and much, much more give you a range of subject matter. This podcast is not suitable for those under the age of 18. And unless you have headphones, you probably shouldn’t be listening to us at work. My name’s Kirsten Schultz and I am your host.

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Tony Robinson and how white folx can do better

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For the latest edition of the podcast, I crossposted from my true crime/paranormal pod Spooky Sconnie. I talk about the local-to-me 2015 murder of 19-year-old Tony Robinson by Madison officer Matt Kenny, how he’s still on the force, and how this relates to BLM.

This episode is a way for me to hopefully help some white folx understand topics like police brutality, BLM, and more.

A rough transcript along with sources and resources is up at the Spooky Sconnie page for the episode.

I’ll be addressing other topics soon, like why I wasn’t around for a bit here, etc. Right now, I want to focus on BLM activities, though, and we should all be focused on how we can end the state-sanctioned brutality and murder of Black folx, Indigenous folx, and other people of color.

The Podcast Is Back (Soon)!

I owe people an update on my life, so here it is!

I’m happy, safe, and very loved <3

Transcript

Welcome to the chronic sex podcasts, chronic sex talks about how self love relationships, sex and sexuality are all affected by chronic illness and disability. That’s not all though. We’ll also touch on intersectionality, social justice, empathy, current events, and much, much more. Give you a range of subject matter, this podcast is not suitable for those under the age of 18 and unless you have headphones in, you probably shouldn’t be listening to us at work. My name’s Kirsten Schultz and I’m your host.

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S3E2: Dr. Ginevra Liptan

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Content note: I briefly mention substance misuse, eating disorders, and abuse – skip 6 minutes in to avoid. Throughout our convo, we discuss suicide, sexism and ableism in healthcare, cannabis use, the opioid crisis, and use some ableist language.

Welcome to April! It was sunny and windy as all get out here in Wisconsin, so here’s to spring.

In this episode, I speak with author, doctor, and fibro friend Dr. Ginevra Liptan. Together, we talk about the pain of fibro, pain management, Frida Kahlo, and how to get Lady Gaga to fund an institute or organization to study fibro – #GagaForFibro?

Links from the episode

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Kahlo’s The Broken Column (1944)

Wanna support the show?

Here are a few links for that:
Target list
Amazon list
Paypal
Patreon
Ko-fi
Cash app: $chronicsex
Venmo: chronicsex

You can also support the show by buying merch on Zazzle or shopping from one of my affiliates listed on the sidebar.

I’m also booking talks for the rest of the year. Please shoot me a note at kirsten at chronicsex dot org if you wanna book me! The topics I cover are listed here, and I’m always happy to create anything from writing to podcasts.

Transcript

Welcome to the chronic sex podcast! Chronic sex talks about how self love, relationships, sex, and sexuality are all affected by chronic illness and disability. That’s not all though. We’ll also touch on intersectionality, social justice, empathy, current events, and much, much more. Given the range of subject matter, this podcast is not suitable for those under the age of 18 and unless you have headphones in, you probably shouldn’t be listening to us at work. My name’s Kirsten Schultz and I’m your host.

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S3E1: Dr. Lee Phillips

Yesterday, I spoke with Dr. Lee Phillips. He’s a licensed social worker and sex therapist currently working on a book called ‘Sex and Love When You Are Sick’ (which I am SO EXCITED ABOUT).

You can keep up with Dr. Phillips below:
Site: www.drleephillips.com
IG: instagram.com/drleephillips
FB: facebook.com/drleephillips

If you heard the first part of the episode and want to help me out a bit, here are a few links for that:
Target list
Amazon list
Paypal
Patreon
Ko-fi
Cash app: $chronicsex
Venmo: chronicsex

You can also support the show by buying merch on Zazzle or shopping from one of my affiliates listed on the sidebar.

I’m also booking talks for the rest of the year. Please shoot me a note at kirsten at chronicsex dot org if you wanna book me! The topics I cover are listed here, and I’m always happy to create anything from writing to podcasts.

Transcript

Welcome to the chronic sex podcast! Chronic sex talks about how self love, relationships, sex, and sexuality are all affected by chronic illness and disability. That’s not all though. We’ll also touch on intersectionality, social justice, empathy, current events, and much, much more. Given the range of subject matter, this podcast is not suitable for those under the age of 18 and unless you have headphones in, you probably shouldn’t be listening to us at work. My name’s Kirsten Schultz and I’m your host.

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2019 Chat and Podcast Updates

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Over the last few months, my health has gone from ‘meh’ to ‘oh no.’ Add in a three month saga of a critically ill guinea pig and it has been a wild ride.

Now that I have a grant I’m working on in addition to freelance writing for sites like Allure (stay tuned!), I have to be more mindful of time.

I’ve put a lot of pressure on myself to try to hold chat and the podcast too often… which leads to executive dysfunction on top of feeling gross. That just leads to a lot of me binging Nailed It! and daydreaming about being Nicole Byer’s best friend/make out buddy.

Anyway, it’s not necessarily that I have to slow down. I do need to readjust and manage my time better. Sometimes self-care is holding yourself accountable for things and making changes. My hope is that changing things up a bit will make it easier to keep a regular schedule for everything.

Chat

It’s been a long minute since we had chat. What I would like to do is move chat to once a month.

To keep things easy, I’m going to hold chat on the first of every month from now on. Setting a firm and unchanging date will help a lot. Reducing the frequency should help, too.

On top of that, it’ll make it easier for more people to join as some of the dates will be weekends.

Podcast

I think the Chronic Sex podcast needs to reduce in frequency, too. I don’t record sometimes because I know two weeks from now I might not be able to release a new episode.

To keep everything easy, I’m going to keep all the dates the same.

From now on, expect to participate in chat and listen to a new podcast episode on the first of every month.

That means the next chat will be on February 1st. Make sure to follow the tag #ChronicSex as times may change month to month. That’ll allow more people to participate from around the world.

If you haven’t joined chat before, check out this guide.

That also means the next podcast episode will be out on the first. You can find it on SoundCloud, Podbean, iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, and a ton of other places. Since the timing is changing, we’ll be in the third season. I think it makes it easier to manage.

Like I said, I think narrowing this stuff down will help me put out content. I stress about this stuff way too much. It isn’t that it’s not fun, but I really do treat it like the work it is.

If you miss hearing my voice more often and enjoy true crime or paranormal stuff, check out the Spooky Sconnie Podcast. It’s all about the spooky, paranormal, criminal, and just plain odd Badger State of Wisconsin.

S2E14: Mari of Sick Sad World

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Today, I’m talking with Mari. They are a writer, podcaster, and model living in Toronto. We talk about their spooky podcast, Sick Sad World, and how it got started. Like all great conversations, we touch on languages, colonialism, bullying, and the hope we both have in the younger generation.

Make sure to check out their site, Indivisible Writing, and their Twitter. You can listen to Sick Sad World here (or wherever you catch your pods) and stay in the loop by following the show’s Twitter account. Consider supporting Mari & Jasmine’s work on Sick Sad World on Patreon.

Pieces mentioned in the show:

Oh! And don’t forget to take this survey on chronic pain & kink!

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S2E13: Galia of Cerebral Sexuality

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Today, I’m talking with Galia – a sexual behaviorist and communication coach. She wrote a guest post a few weeks ago about her work and consent with intellectual disability. Make sure to check out her site and follow her on Twitter.

We also talk about Kate Kenfield’s Tea and Empathy cards – she’s currently running a Kickstarter!

At the end, I suggest learning about trigger warnings. Thankfully, I wrote a post about that!

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S2E12: The Problem with Woodhull and Tantus

TW discussion of sterilization, and mentions of rape and incest.

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Today, I’m rambling about the Woodhull Foundation and Tantus – and how they’ve messed up big time.

And, finally, on a happy note: Kate over at Girly Juice wrote a great post about the 25 Sex Educators/Writers of Color You Should Follow Right Now.

PS my sound gets crappy. I’m not sure why, but I’m going to look at a new mic today.

Transcript

Welcome, so the chronic sex podcast, chronic sex talks about how self love relationships, sex and sexuality are all affected by chronic illness and disability. That’s not all though. We’ll also touch on intersectionality, social justice, empathy, current events, and much, much more. Given the range of subject matter. This podcast is not suitable for those under the age of 18 and unless you have headphones You probably shouldn’t be listening to us at work. My name’s Kirsten Schultz and I’m your host.

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