Ep 40 Finding Peace with Endometriosis, a Conversation with Amy Corfeli
Episode description
Welcome back, dear listeners. I’m so glad to bring you this conversation with my guest Amy Corfeli, about living with endometriosis and using mind-body tools to manage the symptoms of a physical, biological condition.
Amy, whose pronouns are she/her, is an endometriosis advocate who was diagnosed with endo at thirty-three, sixteen years after her symptoms began. She’s the host of the podcast In Sixteen Years of Endometriosis, which explores endometriosis with a multidisciplinary focus, including interviews with excision surgeons, discussions on mental health, and more.
Amy is also the author of Finding Peace with a Devastating Disease. It's a beautifully raw and honest collection of seventy-six reflections on acceptance, meaning, and self-compassion. Amy’s advocacy goals are to help empower patients to make informed decisions about their care, and to open discussions on how to improve our quality of life on both a physical and emotional level.
I think this conversation is important for so many reasons. There’s far too little understanding and knowledge about endometriosis, and I personally learned a ton about it from Amy. But beyond this specific condition, we spoke about the limitations of black-and-white, all-or-nothing thinking when it comes to distinctions and intersections between our physical and our emotional experiences, which is something that I think every listener will relate to in some way.
You can find Amy at:
Instagram: @in16yearsofendo
En español: @endo.en.lo.profundo
Website: www.insixteenyears.com
Podcast: In Sixteen Years of Endometriosis
Spotify podcast link: https://open.spotify.com/show/5t49D3WuwGZjON2secRNAK
Book: Finding Peace with a Devastating Disease (available on Amazon worldwide)
And you can find me at:
Instagram: @anna_holtzman
Email: anna@annaholtzman.com
Website: www.annaholtzman.com