Healing for Hoes
Hi! We're Aly & Emily, two imperfect vegans, homeschooling moms, and sisters, who are raising four littles side-by-side. We're each on our own healing journey... so on this platform we explore modalities of healing for Lyme disease, PCOS, PANS/PANDAS, and PTSD. Healing for Hoes is all about creating a community of women through challenging times of life. Our aim is to share our experiences and help you feel validated, supported and less alone ♥
✿ Contact us at HealingForHoes@gmail.com ✿
Episodes
32 episodes
Ep.204 How Em's "Menty B" Lead to us BOTH Getting Diagnosed with ADHD
In a wild turn of events, we've BOTH been diagnosed with ADHD in our 30s! Hear about how Em's doing, get the update on Luke's PANS adventure (nightmare), and hear how we found out that we both have ADHD and apparently always have. Women getting...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 204
•
1:08:35
Ep.203 LymeStop : Cured of Chronic & Congenital Lyme Disease!
One more solo podcast episode by Aly! In this episode I talk all about where I'm at on my Lyme recovery journey and what a HUGE part LymeStop played in my healing, and my kids as well! Skip to 1:12 to just hear the update on how I'm feeling 15 ...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 203
•
1:31:16
Ep.202: 5-Month IVIG Update, Interview with a PANS/PANDAS kid & More!
Welcome back to Season two of Healing for Hoes Podcast! This is Aly's first (and hopefully only) solo podcast episode! Hear all about where we've been, where Emily's is, and how Luke is doing five months out from his first (and maybe only) IVIG...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 202
•
58:25
Ep.201 Q&A With Therapist Lydia Kratovil, tLMHC
Welcome to Season TWO of Healing for Hoes Podcast! Can you believe we've made it this far?! In this episode, we sit down with our other sister, Lydia Kratovil, a licensed mental health therapist and ask her all kinds of questions about being a ...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 201
•
1:31:44
Ep.128 Healing Mind, Body & Soul with Brooke Henning (Reiki, Sound Healing, Yoga, Crystals!)
Happy Wednesday, hoes in healing! In this episode we sit down to chat with our friend, Brooke Henning. Brooke is a sound healer, Reiki master, certified yoga instructor, and licensed esthetician—Our local expert in all things holistic! Brooke t...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 128
•
1:13:05
Ep.127 Deconstructing Our Faith ?!
Happy Wednesday, Friends! In this episode we talk about the process of deconstructing our faith. "Faith Deconstruction" is defined as: taking apart and examining our practices and beliefs to determine their truthfulness, usefulness, and impact....
•
Season 1
•
Episode 127
•
1:07:25
Ep.126 Marriage & Sex After Kids, Chronic Illness & Special Needs
Happy Wednesday, Friends! In this episode we talk all about how our marriages have changed and evolved since having kids & chronic illnesses. We get into all the details on date nights, respite, sex aversion & more, which we may or may ...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 126
•
1:24:00
Ep.125 Healed from Chronic Lyme : Mariah Althoff's Recovery Story!
Welcome back, ladies! This week we sat down with entrepreneur Mariah Althoff to hear more about her lyme disease story and her **lyfe after lyme**! (Mariah's story starts at 48:02!) Emily and Mariah met in high school and have been besties ever...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 125
•
1:22:25
Ep.124 Our Experience with IVIG for PANS PANDAS - All the Dirty Details: Why, How, Cost & More!
Aly & Emily discuss IVIG for PANDAS & PANS and Aly tells all the details of Luke's first (maybe only?) experience with IVIG! As always we also discuss how we've been healing from our Lyme Disease & PCOS, what media we've been enjoyi...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 124
•
1:25:04
Ep.123 PTSD with PANDAS & PANS + Being a Hermit + Meals On Wheels
Aly & Emily discuss PTSD and how it can manifest for PANS/PANDAS parents... apparently it's not just for war veterans! Who knew? Aly talks in depth about her PTSD "avoidance" symptoms and how it's starting to impact life in a negative way. ...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 123
•
58:09
Ep.122 Nursing Through Toddlerhood & Tandem Breastfeeding
Aly & Emily discuss their breastfeeding journeys, which varied greatly among the four kids. We discuss tandem nursing, pumping, nursing aversion, and the phrase "fed is best". One thing we forgot to bring up when recording this episode was ...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 122
•
1:05:56
Ep.121 First Female in IA diagnosed with PANDAS, Gracie Ditch : 15 Years After Onset
Aly & Emily have a conversation with Gracie Ditch, now 24, who was the first female diagnosed with PANDAS in Iowa (or at least one of the first... no way to verify)! We have been so excited to have this conversation with Gracie and hear wha...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 121
•
1:15:35
Ep.120 Why We Gave Our Beloved Dog Up for Adoption
Aly explains why they gave their dog up in the midst of the PANS/PANDAS crisis. Emily helps to explain how Ernie had "the greatest rise and fall of any dog in history." Giving up Ernie was not an easy decision to make, but we felt we had no cho...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 120
•
1:12:55
Ep.119 Working Moms & Stay-at-Home-Moms: Hoes & Cons
Emily & Aly discuss their experiences as stay-at-home-moms, working moms, and work-from-home moms. Pros? Cons? What's next for us? We also talk a bit about kid sleep and creating boundaries in the otherwise boundary-free-zone that is parent...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 119
•
59:29
Ep.118 How I Was Gaslit by Our Pediatrician When My Child Was Suffering with PANS / PANDAS
Emily & Aly discuss the topic of medical gaslighting and Aly's experience being gaslit by Luke's (now former) pediatrician. Aly also discusses feeing gaslit by close family and even herself. Don't gaslight yourself about PANS & PANDAS! ...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 118
•
1:07:32
Ep.117 Spring, Easter, Sunshine, Hope!
Emily & Aly's musings on Easter, spring, and getting outside more! As well as the various ways we're healing, Luke's DNA test, daylight savings, media and more.Please submit questions, comments or suggestions to HealingForHoes@gmail...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 117
•
1:01:06
Ep.116 Ending the Cycle of Self-Medicating & Surviving (Thriving?!) Through Periods of Extended Trauma
In this episode Aly & Emily discuss Aly's various phases of self-medicating through the trauma of PANS/PANDAS, as well as better methods of coping and even thriving through this challenging season of parenthood. This one goes out to all the...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 116
•
1:01:31
Ep.115 BONUS EP: Our Kids Answer the Weekly Questions!
In this episode Aly & Emily interview their kids and ask them the "weekly questions"! Thanks for helping us make it all the way to 15 episodes... we love you!Please submit questions, comments or suggestions to HealingForHoes@gmail.c...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 115
•
8:28
Ep.114 Managing Anxiety as a Mom - of PANS Kids, Neurotypical Kids & Anxious Kids
In this episode Aly & Emily discuss managing anxiety before and after becoming parents. We also address anxiety in our children, PANS/PANDAS, PTSD, panic attacks, helpful tips and tricks... and some not so helpful tips and tricks :P
•
Season 1
•
Episode 114
•
55:27
Ep.113 How We Got Our PANS / PANDAS Kid Back to Baseline in Less Than 6 Months (with no IVIG) & So Can You!
In this episode Aly & Emily discuss getting Luke back to baseline after having PANS for three years as well as lyme disease, which he was born with. We did this with the help of his amazing clinician, Karn Johansen, PA-C. Find her here:
•
Season 1
•
Episode 113
•
1:21:15
Ep.112 Why We No Longer Participate In Diet Culture & Neither Should You
In this episode Aly & Emily discuss their experiences growing up steeped in diet culture, and finding their way out while learning to feed their kids as toddlers. Join us as we re-think everything we thought we knew about weight, food, diet...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 112
•
1:02:27
Ep.111 - PCOS, Cushings & More OH MY! Happy V-Day, Hoes!
This episode was recorded on Valentine's Day 2023... Sending love to all the hoes in healing! <3 We discuss in depth Emily's experience with PCOS, how she got diagnosed, and how she's currently treating it. Thanks for tuning in!
•
Season 1
•
Episode 111
•
50:49
Ep.110 - LYMESTOP : Chronic Lyme Diagnosis + Treatment... With Magnets?
In this episode we discuss ALL the details about LymeStop: from diagnosis to treatment and more! As always we also discuss gratitude, media, motherhood, vegan food and homeschooling our little ones.DISCLAIMER: This is just a sharing of our ...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 110
•
59:32
Ep.109 Talking About Our Trauma: What Is It & How Do We Heal? with Maddy Burnham, tLMHC
In this episode we chat with mental health therapist, Maddy Burnham about trauma—What is it? And how do we process it? We discuss different types of trauma, what causes it, who has it, and different therapies used to move past your trauma and o...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 109
•
52:52
Ep.108 Our All Time Favorite Things - Girl Talk *Uncensored* & *Entirely Unhinged*
In episode 108 we are "on location" in a hotel on our kids-free girls' weekend getaway. Join our chat about our all time favorite books, movies, activities, games, memories and more. Links below:https://heimiowacity.comhttps://www.t...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 108
•
1:01:47