Healing Space
Where chronic illness meets mental health advocacy.
Join Cara Nethery (HS activist, social media influencer, and lived-experience advocate) for raw, unfiltered conversations about life with Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS).
As a host who navigates HS themselves, Cara bridges the gap between medical expertise and real-world resilience.
Each episode dives into:
🔥 Mental health struggles and triumphs
🔥 Unspoken realities of flares, stigma, and self-advocacy
🔥 Expert interviews with dermatologists, therapists, and HS warriors
🔥 Practical tips for emotional wellness and community connection
This isn’t just a podcast—it’s a lifeline for the 4% living with HS.
Subscribe for stories that validate, resources that empower, and a space where isolation turns into solidarity.
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Healing Space
Latest Episodes
It’s Not Your Fault: Rewriting the Stories HS Teaches Us to Believe
In one of the most impactful episodes of Healing Space yet, Cara speaks directly to the quiet fears and crushing self-blame so many people with HS carry alone. With honesty, clarity, and tenderness, she walks listeners through the harm...
HS & Secrecy — Why We Hide It, and How to Stop Punishing Ourselves
Living with hidradenitis suppurativa often means carrying more than physical pain — it means carrying it quietly. In this episode of Healing Space, we talk about the part of HS that rarely gets named: secrecy.Why so many of us h...
You Were Just Diagnosed — Start Here
If you’ve just heard the words hidradenitis suppurativa, this episode is for you.A new diagnosis can feel overwhelming, confusing, and frightening — sometimes all at once. In this Healing Space episode, we slow everything down a...
Special Episode with Brindley Brooks, MD Experts, & UCB
Special Episode with Brindley Brooks, MD Experts, & UCBIn this special Healing Space episode, Healing Space Host, Cara Nethery, is joined by HS Connect Founder & CEO Brindley Brooks and leading experts. for a powerful conversati...
Capability vs. Capacity: Understanding Your Limits With Compassion
In this powerful episode of Healing Space, host Cara opens up a conversation many people living with chronic illness have never been given language for: the difference between capability and capacity. Drawing from real-li...
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