is a writer and influencer who used to be, in her words, "properly successful". She racked up book deals, big media interviews, and hundreds of thousands of social followers, until her chronic fatigue and narcolepsy became too severe to deny. Sara shares this experience with us in the latest episode of The Lady’s Illness Library.“I mean, so many of the things I'm talking about here really are just me worrying about what other people think of me, and I feel like if I could drop that, I would be able to spare myself so much anxiety in life. But it does matter. And I think I know the worst of what people might think because I used to think it.”
—Sara Tasker
In this episode, Sara speaks honestly about the changes she has had to make in her life, her inner critic, and how she copes with the uncertainty of her condition. The conversation is full of honest moments and darkly funny anecdotes that will feel familiar to anyone with symptoms that medicine has yet to explain.
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The Lady's Illness Library is a collection of conversations with women who have mysterious or undiagnosed chronic conditions--the types of illnesses that are so common today, particularly among women. Find more episodes here.
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