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Podcast: The Aging Project
Episode: When Life Changes Overnight: Brooke Campbell Bayes on living with Chronic Illness
Description: Today’s conversation might just shift the way you see the world — and the people in it.
Because chronic illness isn’t rare. It’s everywhere. It’s the invisible battle so many people are fighting — quietly, bravely — while going about their everyday lives.
And when it strikes, it doesn’t just touch the body. It reshapes everything: careers, relationships, dreams, even how you move through a single day.
The truth is, most of us are already connected to chronic illness — either living with it ourselves, or loving someone who is.
But we don’t...