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
HS & Secrecy — Why We Hide It, and How to Stop Punishing Ourselves
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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 hide our diagnosis.
The difference between healthy privacy and punishing silence.
Why your story can feel fragile — like an egg — after diagnosis.
How to recognize who is actually safe to tell.
And what gentle disclosure can look like in real life.
If you’ve ever felt pressure to explain yourself, guilt for staying quiet, or shame for protecting your story, this conversation is for you. You are not weak for keeping HS private — you were surviving.
This episode is paired with a reflective worksheet available at hsconnect.org, designed to help you process secrecy without shame and take one small step toward connection, on your own terms.
Sponsored by UCB, with gratitude for supporting patient-centered conversations and the HS community.
This podcast was made possible by UCB.
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