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Stable But Symptomatic: What Your MRI Results Actually Mean

The MRI results are in. And I’m incredibly grateful to tell you that after 10 years of living with Multiple Sclerosis, my MRI remains stable. No new lesions. No active lesions. No evidence that the disease is actively progressing. It’s the news every woman with MS hopes to hear. And I celebrated. But after I […]

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10 Years Later, MRI Results Still Scare Me

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Your Ambition Survived the MS Diagnosis… But Your Energy Didn’t.

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My New Rule for Holiday Weekends with MS (And Why It Changed Everything)

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Most MS advice is either outdated, overwhelming, or straight-up impossible to follow.

I’m Alene, a Functional Nutrition Practitioner and your MS sister. I’m here to give you strategies that actually work in real life. Think practical MS nutrition, habits you can stick with, and mindset shifts that change everything. Because you don’t need more noise.
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Woman with bike at the beach enjoying a holiday weekend with MS

When everyone else unplugs for a holiday weekend, I feel the pressure to do more. Three whole days? That’s three days to catch up. When the rest of the world slows down, I wanted to optimize. Finally do everything I haven’t had the time or energy to do. If you’re living with MS, you probably […]

My New Rule for Holiday Weekends with MS (And Why It Changed Everything)

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Woman standing at a forked road during sunrise, symbolizing the overwhelm of making health decisions with MS

Ever feel like you’re one wrong decision away from making your MS worse? Between your doctor’s advice, endless Google rabbit holes, and everyone on social media swearing by a different protocol… it’s enough to make anyone freeze. You’re exhausted. And the stakes feel sky-high. But learning how to make MS health decisions doesn’t have to […]

How to Trust Yourself to Make MS Decisions—Without the Overwhelm (S8E5)

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White cake with pink happy birthday candles to celebrate MS Nutritionist and Wahls Protocol Practitioner Alene Brennan

Living with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) teaches you a lot about time – how to manage it, how to spend it, and how to give yourself grace when it feels like it’s slipping away. In this episode of My MS Podcast, I’m celebrating my 46th birthday with a personal reflection on three powerful questions that changed […]

S8E4: Birthday Reflections – 3 Questions to Realign Your MS Journey with What Matters Most

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A person walking through a dense fog, visually representing the often invisible and unpredictable symptoms like fatigue and brain fog associated with Multiple Sclerosis.

Apple Podcasts | Spotify  What does it feel like to have Multiple Sclerosis? Ask ten different people with MS and you’ll get ten different answers. Ask one person with MS on ten different days and you’ll still get ten different answers. It’s not about being indecisive or exaggerating symptoms. MS is unpredictable and often impossible to describe. […]

What It Feels Like to Have Multiple Sclerosis (S1E11)

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If there’s anything certain about MS, it’s the uncertainty of the disease. Energy, strength and mobility can fluctuate over the years – especially if you’re living with Relapsing Remitting MS. So it’s important, when considering an exercise plan, to have options that you can scale and honor your body. Personally, I’ve always loved exercising. So my […]

Exercising & MS

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Calm, cozy bedroom with soft pink bedding and pillows representing a peaceful sleep environment for improving sleep with MS.

Living with MS often means sleep doesn’t come easily. Maybe your legs won’t settle, your mind won’t stop racing, or you wake up exhausted even after a full night in bed. If you’ve experienced this, you’re not alone, sleep problems are incredibly common for people living with multiple sclerosis. But sleep is more than just […]

5 Simple Habits to Improve Sleep with MS  (S9E2)

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Wahls Protocol Practitioner Alene Brennan and family at a pumpkin patch in fall, smiling together among pumpkins and Halloween decorations representing MS holiday fatigue tips and healthy fall habits.

Everyone tells you to wait until January for a fresh start. “That’s when you’ll finally have the discipline, the willpower, the reset you need.” Wrong. For women with MS, waiting is the most expensive mistake you can make. Your body doesn’t pause just because the calendar says December. In this episode, I’ll show you why […]

Fall Fresh Start: How Small Habits Can Give You More Energy for the Holidays with MS (S8E1)

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A stack of colorful candies with a question mark overlay, symbolizing common questions about sugar cravings and offering answers for managing them, especially with Multiple Sclerosis.

Apple Podcasts | Spotify  How to Manage Sugar Cravings and MS Without Feeling Deprived Living with multiple sclerosis (MS) brings a long list of daily challenges, and for many, sugar cravings rank near the top. Whether it’s Halloween candy calling your name or the urge to reach for something sweet at the end of a long, exhausting […]

How to Manage Sugar Cravings with MS Without Feeling Deprived (S6E3)

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Illustration of diverse people forming a supportive circle, representing how to build a strong care team with both conventional and functional medicine when living with Multiple Sclerosis.

Apple Podcasts | Spotify  If asking for help feels unnatural to you, you are not alone. Most people living with Multiple Sclerosis are women, and many of us identify as Type-A overachievers. That is not exactly the profile of someone who feels comfortable admitting they need support. Add to that the fact that MS is an invisible […]

How to Build a Strong Support Team When Living with MS (S1E20)

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A serene image of a mother taking a moment to rest, representing giving oneself permission to rest without guilt, especially for moms with Multiple Sclerosis.

Apple Podcasts | Spotify  If you’ve always been the one who gets it done—the one who wakes up early, stays up late, checks the boxes, and holds it all together, Mother’s Day can bring up more than just flowers and cards. And if you’re now navigating motherhood with MS? There’s a good chance today feels heavy. Because […]

Permission to Rest (Without the Guilt): A Mother’s Day Message for Moms with MS (S7E7)

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  Sugar cravings. They can sabotage our best of intentions to eat healthy. They can leave us with such regret and feeling like crap. So why do we give into them time and time again? Because we’re not getting the root of the problem. Our bodies aren’t designed to crave sugar. There is NEVER a […]

Why We Crave Sugar

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Beating the MS Biological Clock Starts With One Habit

MS has its own biological clock, and it doesn’t stop while we wait for the “right time.” But you can slow it, with small, sustainable habits that are realistic and powerful enough to change your future.

You’ll learn how to beat the MS biological clock with science-backed habits that protect your brain and give you back a life that feels good.

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