InvisiYouth Chat Sessions

Check in for a dose of stigma-break, humor-filling, empowerment building life hacks and motivation for all the “medically-adult-ish” young people. The InvisiYouth Chat Sessions, is part of InvisiYouth Charity. This international nonprofit helps teens and young adults with various chronic illnesses and disabilities gain the right lifestyle programs, empowerment and interactive activism to learn how to keep living life. Twice a month, our founder, Dominique Viel, will bring guest experts from all illness/disability fields to have a chat show video podcast series, and our quick Audio Flash Files of 15 minutes of Self-Improvement techniques. Join this series, as it will be a one-of-a-kind chat show that clusters motivation and advocacy, entertainment and humor, and life hacks and tips.

E99: InvisiYouth Chat Sessions with owner and principal interior designer of Blue Copper Design, Maegan Blau

It’s the Season 6 FINALE episode, so we had to celebrate in style not only bringing on a brand new special guest, but someone that had created a business of interior design that’s beautiful and functional. It’s the founder and principal designer of Blue Copper Design, Maegan Blau. After an accident 15 years ago left Maegan with a spinal cord injury and became a wheelchair user, Maegan took her love of interior design and her challenging experience of finding an accessible and beautiful home a...

11-20
55:24

E98: IYCS-Audio Flash Files #29 "Do the Homework, Do the Research And Get Those Accommodations"

29th InvisiYouth Chat Sessions: Audio Flash Files gives you a boost of life advice and perspectives that’ll provide empowering tools you can practically incorporate into your life for more success and joy.It’s the final addition from our “InvisiYouth Galaxy Question Box Series” for 2024, where all episodes have been InvisiYouth answering questions submitted by our InvisiYouth Galaxy Community that are life challenges they need some advice and guidance.Our final 2024 question dives deep into h...

11-13
15:56

E97: InvisiYouth Chat Sessions with burn survivor, physiotherapist for Katie Piper Foundation, model and public speaker, Catrin Pugh

Bringing back an old friend always brings the fun on a podcast, and this episode doesn’t disappoint. It’s returning guest, burn survivor, physiotherapist for Katie Piper Foundation, model and public speaker, Catrin Pugh. After surviving a coach crash and fire in the French Alps in 2013, Catrin was left with 96% burns on her body, and along her journey, Catrin has found great work sharing about her life and getting to charity work, public speaking, and modeling in campaigns for Avon Beauty, or...

10-21
57:16

E96: IYCS-Audio Flash Files #28 "How To Make Sure That Your One "No" to an Invite Doesn't Mean Forever"

28th InvisiYouth Chat Sessions: Audio Flash Files gives you a boost of life advice and perspectives that’ll provide empowering tools you can practically incorporate into your life for more success and joy.It’s the latest addition from our “InvisiYouth Galaxy Question Box Series” for 2024, where all episodes will be InvisiYouth answering questions submitted by our InvisiYouth Galaxy Community that are life challenges they need some advice and guidance.Our latest question dives deep into ...

10-10
16:28

E95: InvisiYouth Chat Sessions with sisters and deaf/cochlear implant advocates, Abigail Heringer (from Season 25 of The Bachelor and Season 7 of Bachelor in Paradise) and her older sister, and commercial insurance accounts manager, Rachel

We’ve got one of our favorite sister duos back on the podcast, and we’re celebrating all of their achievements! It’s Rachel and Abigail Heringer! You’ll remember Abigail from Season 25 of The Bachelor and Season 7 of Bachelor in Paradise (where she met her fiancée Noah) but now she’s a published author to her new memoir, The Deaf Girl! Abigail and Rachel have grown so much in the years since they were on the podcast in Season 3, both now living in Tulsa with their dogs, and they’ve been achie...

09-23
58:21

E94: IYCS-Audio Flash Files #27 "The Ways You Don't Have to Feel Bad For When You Feel Good"

27th InvisiYouth Chat Sessions: Audio Flash Files gives you a boost of life advice and perspectives that’ll provide empowering tools you can practically incorporate into your life for more success and joy.It’s the latest addition from our “InvisiYouth Galaxy Question Box Series” for 2024, where all episodes will be InvisiYouth answering questions submitted by our InvisiYouth Galaxy Community that are life challenges they need some advice and guidance. Our latest question dives deep...

09-12
15:42

E93: InvisiYouth Chat Sessions with charity social media manager and social lead at The Children’s Society, and disability/chronic illness advocate, Ali Hemsley

It’s all about hanging with the besties on this podcast episode as our host, and InvisiYouth’s founder/executive director Dominique, brings back a returning podcast guest that’s also one of her closest friends, charity social media manager and social lead at The Children’s Society, and disability/chronic illness advocate, Ali Hemsley. Ali has a plethora of experience in social media and the chronic illness community, and has evolved her career from being an influencer to now being in the char...

08-21
58:39

E92: IYCS-Audio Flash Files #26 "Look At Life's Problems and Unpredictability like Playing with Legos"

26th InvisiYouth Chat Sessions: Audio Flash Files gives you a boost of life advice and perspectives that’ll provide empowering tools you can practically incorporate into your life for more success and joy.It’s the latest addition from our “InvisiYouth Galaxy Question Box Series” for 2024, where all episodes will be InvisiYouth answering questions submitted by our InvisiYouth Galaxy Community that are life challenges they need some advice and guidance.Our latest question dives deep into ...

08-15
15:34

E91: InvisiYouth Chat Sessions with award-winning British disability blogger and freelance writer, cerebral palsy activist, Chloe Tear

It’s great to catch up with old friends and our special guest has been part of the InvisiYouth community for over six years! We have award-winning British blogger and freelance writer and cerebral palsy activist, Chloe Tear. With over 11 years of blog/freelance writing experience, and years of working in the cerebral palsy community, Chloe has carved a lane for herself as someone with wit, intelligence and passion to support the disability community, and share her life experiences along the w...

07-23
59:22

E90: IYCS-Audio Flash Files #25 "How Doctors and Nurses Can Improve Visits By Asking "Whys" More Often"

25th InvisiYouth Chat Sessions: Audio Flash Files gives you a boost of life advice and perspectives that’ll provide empowering tools you can practically incorporate into your life for more success and joy.It’s the latest addition from our “InvisiYouth Galaxy Question Box Series” for 2024, where all episodes will be InvisiYouth answering questions submitted by our InvisiYouth Galaxy Community that are life challenges they need some advice and guidance.Our latest question is a shoutout to...

07-12
17:38

E89: InvisiYouth Chat Sessions with the co-founder and executive director of Claire's Place Foundation, Melissa Yeager

Such a full-circle moment to have our Season 1 finale special guest on the podcast five seasons later! And it’s such a special episode because we have special guest, co-founder and executive director of Claire’s Place Foundation, Melissa Yeager. The mom of Elle and Claire, Melissa has continued Claire Wineland’s legacy of cystic fibrosis activism and philanthropy with her foundation, now impacting over 5,000 people with $1,000,000 in extended hospital stay grants, and even more programs. Meli...

06-20
56:27

E88: IYCS-Audio Flash Files #24 "Don't Be a Martyr to Make Others Comfortable with Your Health"

24th InvisiYouth Chat Sessions: Audio Flash Files gives you a boost of life advice and perspectives that’ll provide empowering tools you can practically incorporate into your life for more success and joy. It’s the latest addition from our “InvisiYouth Galaxy Question Box Series” for 2024, where all episodes will be InvisiYouth answering questions submitted by our InvisiYouth Galaxy Community that are life challenges they need some advice and guidance.Our next question that we’re a...

06-12
18:46

E87: InvisiYouth Chat Sessions with British actress, co-founder of TripleC, series regular as Miss Scott on ITV’s Grantchester, and disability activist, Melissa Johns

Bringing back old friends and celebrating all the things that have flourished in their lives is a great feeling. InvisiYouth Chat Sessions is now going to be bringing back former podcast guests and catching up with them during the next two seasons…and we’re starting with one of our Celebrity Ambassadors. It’s British actress and disability activist, Melissa Johns. Evolving her career through the years, Melissa has been part of expanding her cofounded nonprofit, TripleC, to assist disabled cre...

05-22
01:02:24

E86: IYCS-Audio Flash Files #23 "What’s Successful About Allowing Yourself to Fail Five Times a Day"

23rd InvisiYouth Chat Sessions: Audio Flash Files gives you a boost of life advice and perspectives that’ll provide empowering tools you can practically incorporate into your life for more success and joy. It’s the fourth addition from our “InvisiYouth Galaxy Question Box Series” for 2024, where all episodes will be InvisiYouth answering questions submitted by our InvisiYouth Galaxy Community that are life challenges they need some advice and guidance.Our next question that we’re a...

05-10
17:36

E85: InvisiYouth Chat Sessions with videographer for the NFL and NWSL, senior video producer for UCLA Athletics, and Lupus warrior, Suzi Mellano

Bringing sports videography to life and seeing athleticism through the lens brings so much high energy that the person behind the camera has to have the passion. And our special guest has that passion! It’s videographer for the NFL and NWSL, senior video producer for UCLA Athletics, and Lupus warrior, Suzi Mellano. Doing sports videography work that’ll get all sports fans crazy, Suzi also has contracts with the NFL and NWSL, capturing athletes achieving great success and teamwork. And r...

04-22
01:01:01

E84: IYCS-Audio Flash Files #22 "Why Learning Third Person POV Can Limit Thinking About Outsider Opinions"

22nd InvisiYouth Chat Sessions: Audio Flash Files gives you a boost of life advice and perspectives that’ll provide empowering tools you can practically incorporate into your life for more success and joy.It’s the third addition from our “InvisiYouth Galaxy Question Box Series” for 2024, where all episodes will be InvisiYouth answering questions submitted by our InvisiYouth Galaxy Community that are life challenges they need some advice and guidance. Our next question that we’re an...

04-14
16:13

E83: InvisiYouth Chat Sessions with advocate, content creator and reporter for Accessible Media Inc, Mara Hutchinson

Bridging smart, approachable, fun and chic into advocacy isn’t easy, but our special guest has carved out a lane for herself in the content creation world. It’s advocate, content creator and reporter for Accessible Media Inc, Mara Hutchinson. Living with Retinitis Pigmentosa and Usher Syndrome, Mara deals with hearing loss along with being legally blind, Mara has shared a lot of her journey using her confidence and voice. From Canada, Mara uses her platform to share about her life with her hu...

03-20
57:02

E82: IYCS-Audio Flash Files #21 "Lessen the Stressors at Doctor Appointments and Visualize a Waiting Room"

21st InvisiYouth Chat Sessions: Audio Flash Files gives you a boost of life advice and perspectives that’ll provide empowering tools you can practically incorporate into your life for more success and joy.It’s the second addition from our “InvisiYouth Galaxy Question Box Series” for 2024, where all episodes will be InvisiYouth answering questions submitted by our InvisiYouth Galaxy Community that are life challenges they need some advice and guidance.Our question this month is one we ge...

03-12
19:02

E81: InvisiYouth Chat Sessions with the creator of the popular walking stick and cane company NeoWalk, Lyndsay Watterson

Season 6 begins today! And we’re excited for an entirely new set of special guests, fun segments, empowering life advice and great stories. And we have an epic first guest of Season 6, it’s the owner and designer of the popular walking stick and cane company, Neo-Walk, Lyndsay Watterson. Launched in 2013, Neo-Walk creates handmade acrylic walking sticks that fuse individuality, comfortability and stylish for the mobility aid community. This was sparked by Lyndsay’s journey with disability aft...

02-19
57:18

E80: IYCS-Audio Flash Files #20 "It’s About Following the Lead Taste Tester to feel Carefree Joy When Dating"

20th InvisiYouth Chat Sessions: Audio Flash Files gives you a boost of life advice and perspectives that’ll provide empowering tools you can practically incorporate into your life for more success and joy.It’s the first episode from our “InvisiYouth Galaxy Question Box Series” for 2024, where all episodes will be InvisiYouth answering questions submitted by our InvisiYouth Galaxy Community that are life challenges they need some advice and guidance.Our first question is fitting for Febr...

02-09
18:36

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