The Chronic Fighter
The Chronic Fighter is a podcast for teens and young adults navigating chronic illness, disability, life-changing health challenges, and unexplained symptoms who are ready to take their lives back.
Hosted by Liv Winkler, a health and nutrition coach with a BS in psychology and a lifetime of lived experience with chronic illness, this podcast is the space she wishes she had growing up. For years, she always felt so different, going through things no one could explain. Yet she learned how to live a meaningful life: going to school, playing competitive soccer through college, and staying connected to life by learning how to make intentional lifestyle choices.
Each episode shares empowering stories and practical tools to feel safe in your own body, build mental resilience, regulate your nervous system, navigate the healthcare system, advocate for yourself when you feel dismissed, and rediscover your purpose beyond your illness. We have honest conversations about the realities of chronic illness — the kind that are hard to fully understand unless you’ve lived it.
No matter where you are in your health journey, you can start building a life you are excited about now.
The Chronic Fighter
Latest Episodes
Episode 6 - The Reality of Invisible Illness
People living with invisible illness often carry challenges others never see.In this episode of The Chronic Fighter, I sit down with Signe Libbon, who was diagnosed with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (RA) at just three years old. For mo...
Episode 5 - Reducing Medical Anxiety
After years of doctor’s appointments, testing, and searching for answers, I developed a lot of medical anxiety. Certain parts of medical settings became triggers for me: hearing my legal name, getting my vitals taken, sitting under bright fluor...
Episode 4 - Navigating Athletics and Friendships with Chronic Illness
What is it really like to navigate chronic illness while being a college athlete, and what is it like to support a friend through it?In Episode 4 of The Chronic Fighter, I sit down with two of my best friends and former college...
Episode 3 - Understanding PNES: From 3 Seizures a Day to Reclaiming My Life
PNES can be confusing, overwhelming, and scary, especially when you're experiencing symptoms for the first time.In this episode of The Chronic Fighter, I'm sharing my personal experience with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures ...
Episode 2 - Raising a Child with Chronic Illness
Living with chronic illness doesn't just affect the person who's sick. It affects the entire family.In this episode of The Chronic Fighter, I'm joined by my parents, Dan and Missy, to share our family's story from all three perspectives...
