Roles de género está definido como esas conductas, trabajos, actividades, comportamientos, etc. que socialmente pertenecen o son adecuados para un género. Aunque mucho ha cambiado, por ejemplo, que el hombre trabaje y la mujer se quede en la casa haciendo las tareas del hogar y cuidando a los niños, aún hay mucho camino que recorrer para retarlos. Pero para Pancho, nuestro invitado de hoy, las circunstancias lo llevaron a que fuera él el "Amo de casa a tiempo completo", como él lo llama. Sintoni...
Jun 08, 2022•43 min•Season 3Ep. 10
Today with sit with José, and Im going to tell you very little because everything you need to know is that you have to listen to this wonderful conversation. José was born in a very religious background that shaped his beliefs, but also, made him neglect his true self. 9 years later, José is here with us to tell his story that transcended from a life of fear and shame of being gay, to a story of love for yourself and other. Jose Vega, born and raised in Puerto Rico, conversion therapy survivor, ...
Jun 01, 2022•53 min•Season 3Ep. 9
Pablo Corredor vive obsesionado con la energía solar y su potencial para cambiar la manera que consumimos energía desde sus años en la universidad, y hoy nos educa sobre el tema, sus beneficios, mitos y mayores restos. También nos cuenta su historia como emprendedor en esta industria con su compañía Sprightful . Tenemos una gran conversación sobre la sustentabilidad y que podemos hacer todos para poner nuestro granito de arena para contribuir a un mejor futuro. ¿Sabes lo que es el impuesto al ca...
May 25, 2022•41 min•Season 3Ep. 8
In this episode I sit down with 3 breast cancer survivors that narrate their experiences of going through their breast cancer diagnosis and treatment, and the important to their state of mind to continue working and how that support of their workplace played a big role in their lives. This panel was part of an event I moderated called "Me and breast cancer at work" as part of a series of events of the WFFC foundation called Pink Notes. Globally, in 2020, 2.3 million women were diagnosed with bre...
May 18, 2022•56 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Hoy me siento con mi querida amiga Blanca, para hablar sobre un tema que nos apasiona a ambas, el Feminismo. Como mujeres, nuestra imagen, valor, importancia y rol en la sociedad ha sido históricamente marcado por lo que el género masculino ha modelado para nosotras. Por muchos años colectivamente llevamos batallando por la igualdad de derechos y oportunidades, pero aún queda mucho camino por recorrer. Así que aquí, puestas para el lío, como dos mujeres independientes de este siglo, debatimos co...
May 11, 2022•45 min
Just in time for Mental Health awareness week in the UK, this week we bring the topic of mental health in men with my friend and Dr. Louis Akindele. Louis, no stranger to anxiety and its effects not only on his patients, but also on himself, sits today with us to talk about his experiences and the events that made him realise he had to take some action. Louis wrote a blog post earlier this year called Love and Anxiety in the times of covid , in which he exposes his personal struggles with anxiet...
May 04, 2022•55 min•Season 3Ep. 5
¿Pensarías que te pudieran diagnosticar con cáncer colorrectal a los 33 años? Pues hace exactamente un año Gaby recibió un diagnóstico que cambio su vida. Hoy nos sentamos con Gabriela, una de las hermanas que me regalo la vida para contarnos su diagnóstico, tratamiento y como ha cambiado su vida desde entonces. El cáncer colorrectal es el 4to cáncer más diagnosticado en el mundo. Se estima que en 10 años será el cáncer más letal en los adultos de menos de 50 años. Nacida en San Juan, Puerto Ric...
Apr 27, 2022•42 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Today we meet with the creator of the most satisfying cookie making account in social media - The Graceful Baker. Grace Gaylord is the face, hands and creative talent behind The Graceful Baker, and newsflash... she is also a primary Lymphedema patient. Grace tells us about herself, her lymphedema journey, and how The Graceful Baker was born and exploded to now becoming her full-time gig. Did Lymphedema play a part in this decision? Tune in and find out. If you are curious about content creation,...
Apr 20, 2022•1 hr 20 min
La vida te da sorpresas, y de esa misma manera puede cambiar de un momento a otro. Hoy nos sentamos con Tony Domenech, un compositor y profesor de música moderna, que recientemente pasó por un derrame cerebral que puso en riesgo su profesión y movilidad para siempre. Tony nos cuenta su historia y sus anécdotas no tan solo del suceso, pero del proceso de recuperación que ha cambiado su vida, un proceso motivado por su pasión a la música y dejar un legado con su enseñanza que ejemplifica la normal...
Apr 13, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Welcome to Normal Adjustments, Season 3! And I'm delighted to open a new season with my Lymphie sister, Olivia Eggers. We are here to talk about how it has been for both of us being born with a disability, our acceptance of that word, and the similar struggles that we have faced on that journey. When you are born with a chronic illness and/or disability, the standards via what society operates do not really accommodate to us. Reality is that it all disable us more. So we are here to talk all abo...
Apr 06, 2022•1 hr 31 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Hi everyone, my name is Nicole Faccio and this Normal Adjustments podcast. I'm a Primary Lymphedema patient and advocate, in a life mission to normalize imperfection. As a Chronic disease patient since birth, I am passionate about bringing awareness not only to Rare Diseases, but to the fact that all the challenges we face in life are not unusual, but actually normal. With Normal Adjustments, I bring first-hand accounts of stories that validate the fact that the truth about normality is that it ...
Mar 30, 2022•1 min
Es el final de la temporada 2 y también el podcast cumple un añito hoy! Que mejor manera de cerrar la temporada reviviendo y reiterando el propósito y la misión que establecí en el primer episodio que salió en junio 9 del 2020, pero en Español para mi comunidad de habla hispana y a mis hermanos latinoamericanos que entiendo que tanto necesitan de este tipo de contenido. Como de costumbre, debato y reto el concepto de la normalidad y exhorto a todos a vivir su normal - sea la que sea. Gracias una...
Jun 09, 2021•43 min•Season 2Ep. 13
Today we have musician, life enthusiast, and my friend, Rafael Rosa. Rafa lives with type 1 diabetes since he is 21 years old. Little did I know that underneath his 6'4'' height and big wonderful smile, I was going to get such an inspiring story of pure drive, focus and resilience. Rafa decided to take charge of his health and went into a very strict journey to educate himself on nutrition, his disease and think like a pancreas, to be able to follow his passion. He used his love and admiration f...
May 28, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 12
Part 2 is here! We heard our ladies talk about their births stories on the last episode, now it's time to talk about what happens post birth, and that doesn't only mean having a baby in your arms. Raquel and Rachel both agree and elaborate on the massive gap of information that exists of the days after giving birth and how hard, challenging and overwhelming it is during the recovery period of both natural births and C-sections. Hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did! Thank you baby Lu...
May 19, 2021•53 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Having a child is one of the most wonderful things in life, but is not always that glamorous. Comes in Normal Adjustments to demystify a topic that is very under-represent and for which women get a lot of pressure to fulfil. My lovely friends Rachel and Raquel both join me today to talk about their experiences giving birth and in the pregnancy process. Both have very different stories and challenges but with a common theme: It was not easy and no one talks about how hard it is. A shout-out to al...
May 05, 2021•49 min•Season 2Ep. 10
El vientre de alquiler (surrogacy por su término e ingles ), gestación subrogada , maternidad subrogada , gestación por sustitución , o subrogación (entre otros términos) es la práctica por la que, previo acuerdo con otra persona o pareja, una mujer se queda embarazada, lleva la gestación a término y da a luz a un bebé para esa otra persona o pareja, las cuales se convierten en progenitores del bebé. La práctica solo lleva en uso desde el 1970 gracias el nacimiento de la inseminación artificial ...
Apr 28, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Neurodiverse applies to a community of people whose members are neurodivergent. Neurodiversity is an approach to education and ability that supports the fact that various neurological conditions are the effect of healthy changes in the human genome. Conditions such as ADHD, Autism, Dyspraxia, and Dyslexia make up 'Neurodiversity'. Today Dom joins me to tell his last 5 years exposed to this topic due to his daughter's diagnosis and recently a turn of events he didn't expect. With a wonderful abil...
Apr 21, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Lipedema isn't rare, but it is rarely diagnosed. It is estimated that more than 11% of the women population might have this fat deposit disorder, known by the pain patients experience with it. Today we have blogger, speaker, podcaster, Lipedema patient, compression garment model and eternal optimist, Caroline Sprott to tell us her story with Lipedema, her life with the chronic condition and her journey to acceptance. Caroline got diagnosed with Lipedema at 21 and after going through very challen...
Apr 14, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Globally, 107 million people are estimated to have an alcohol use disorder. Alex joins us today to tell us his story with alcoholism, or as he describes it, 'Alcoholic Career'. With a wonderful use of worlds, a willingness to learn and an inspirational recovery journey, today we learn a bit more of what it means to be an alcoholic and the important decision of being sober and staying sober. With a new respect for the small things, a great sense of gratitude towards his new life, and a renewed re...
Apr 07, 2021•53 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Yari es conocida por su espíritu aventurero y los viajes de los que tanto habla en su blog. Detrás de las sonrisas y las fotos de la naturaleza, hay una historia de superación y de búsqueda de sanación. Batallando con Fibromialgia desde los 25, ha enfrentado muchos retos con medicamentos y agotamiento extremo, para los que ha tenido que ajustar su vida de muchas maneras para mantenerse saludable y funcional. Hoy nos cuenta su historia y en que ha constituido este camino que ella ampliamente desc...
Mar 31, 2021•54 min•Season 2Ep. 5
There are over 130 different types of brain tumours. Tumours can start in any part of the brain or spinal cord. They are usually named after the type of cell they develop from. Of the nearly 80,000 brain tumours diagnosed in the U.S. each year, approximately 32% are considered malignant Only 20% of people with a high grade Astrocytoma survive for 5 years or more. In 2015, my colleague Chris was one of them. Join me today as Chris tells us his fascinating story after being diagnosed with a brain ...
Mar 24, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Season 2Ep. 4
So excited to welcome Danny Defreitas to the Normal Adjustments family! This fabulous make-up artist, hairstylist, content creator and as most of you better know him, ' Influencer' joins me today to talk about his career journey that has not been short of challenges and haters, but how he has persevered with his vision to achieve success. Beyond the social media person we get to know and admire, there is also this wonderful and empathetic human I'm so honoured to have as a guest and call my frie...
Mar 17, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 3
March 6 is World Lymphedema Day and to celebrate the writer and creator of Loving life with Lymphedema blog, Allie Callahan, joins me this week. Wife, stay at home Mama, domestic extraordinaire, dog Mom, Melanoma survivor and secondary lymphedema patient due to her multiple episodes with cancer, including a current one. Regardless of life’s challenges, Allie is the definition of a fighter and faces it all with her amazing sense of humour and a beautiful smile. She also has the most positive mind...
Mar 10, 2021•55 min•Season 2Ep. 2
It is the season premier! And what better way to introduce the first episode of 2021 than recapping the last year (aka the pandemic year) and how it has affected all of us. I invited my lovely friend and is also a Mindset Coach and Healer, Rachel Hamlin, to give us some insight on the consistent themes she has observed, such as the blurred boundary lines. If you are interested on a session with Rachel, you can get in touch with her on Instagram: @rhamlin Enjoy!...
Mar 03, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Subscribe today and get ready to listen to Season 2 of Normal Adjustments. Nicole brings you wonderful stories of inspiration, resilience, and most of all, “Normal Adjustments”.
Feb 28, 2021•52 sec
It is the Season Finale! So I thought it was only appropriate to take my turn in the hot seat and tell everyone my story. This is not a story about Lymphedema, but how Lymphedema has shaped by life and allowed me to discover a life beyond the norm. ---------------------- Check out more on Normal Adjustments on www.normaladjustments.com Follow us on Instagram: www.instagram.com/normaladjustment Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/normaladjustments Or Nicole Faccio, the host, on Instagram www.instagra...
Sep 16, 2020•1 hr 27 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Bianca, besides being my cousin (I swear this is not a biased opinion), is a fighter, a go getter and wonderfully resilient, and she joins me today to speak and educate us about her journey with Primary ovarian insufficiency (POI). POI is one of the causes of what is known as Early Menopause (EM), which is said to have a prevalence of only 3% worldwide, but increases with age from 35 and older. Interestingly enough, it is said that around 12% of the population might experience EM. Tune in as we ...
Sep 09, 2020•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 11
My fave joins me again, but this time to tell us his story and to speak about his truth: Homosexuality. Don't have much more to say but - you have to listen to one of the most amazing conversations I've ever had. Enjoy! You can find Andy on www.instagram.com/andymarshall2 ________________ Check out more on Normal Adjustments on www.normaladjustments.com Follow us on Instagram: www.instagram.com/normaladjustment Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/normaladjustments Or Nicole Faccio, the host, on Inst...
Sep 02, 2020•56 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Naiara Falto - Supermujer, psicóloga y paciente de diabetes tipo 1 desde los 4 años. !Bienvenida Naiara! Hoy ella es la experta y nos educa sobre la diabetes y relata sus experiencias de vida con esta enfermedad que afecta a 1 de 11 personas de la población mundial. Tenemos una conversación espectacular y en la que compartimos anécdotas de crecer con una discapacidad - los momentos difíciles, el proceso de aceptación, y los sustos por tratar de ser rebeldes - que nos ha enseñado que se puede viv...
Aug 26, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 9
There are over 300 million people living with one or more of over 7,000 identified rare diseases around the world - Lauren and I are two of them.Lauren has a chronic condition known as MHE - Multiple Hereditary Exostosis, which affects 1 in 50,000...
Jul 31, 2020•43 min•Season 1Ep. 8
