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
You Were Just Diagnosed — Start Here
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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 and focus on what actually matters in the very beginning.
We talk about:
- Why your emotions feel big and contradictory
- What a diagnosis really means — and what it doesn’t
- What you don’t need to figure out yet
- How to take your first next step without urgency or panic
- How to protect your mental health from information overload
You are not broken. You are not failing. And you do not need to become an HS expert overnight.
This episode is paired with a gentle “Start Here” worksheet available at hsconnect.org, created to help newly diagnosed patients process, breathe, and find their footing — without pressure.
Sponsored by UCB, thank you for supporting Healing Space and helping ensure newly diagnosed patients don’t have to navigate this moment alone.
This podcast was made possible by UCB.
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