UNHINGED N LOUD™ PODCAST

What happens when chronic illness turns into years of trying to prove you’re not crazy?

In this deeply emotional episode of Unhinged N Loud™, Amber Tay sits down with Stephanie Sherouse — author, entrepreneur, advocate, and creator of The Phoenix Within Journey — for a raw documentary-style conversation about survival, medical gaslighting, neurological trauma, grief, rebuilding identity, and learning how to live after your life changes completely.

After years of being dismissed, misdiagnosed, and told her symptoms were anxiety or stress, Stephanie eventually suffered a mild stroke that uncovered a much bigger medical reality — including epilepsy, traumatic brain injury complications, chronic neurological damage, severe spinal deterioration, chronic migraines, and years of overlooked suffering.

Together, Amber and Stephanie discuss:

• Chronic illness & invisible illness

• Medical gaslighting

• Delayed diagnosis trauma

• Neurological complications & epilepsy

• Grieving your old self

• Survival mode exhaustion

• Emotional healing after devastation

• Why “truth before hope” matters

• Rebuilding life after trauma

• Turning pain into purpose

This episode is not about toxic positivity.

It’s about honesty.

Because real hope doesn’t come from pretending pain doesn’t exist — it comes from finally being seen, heard, and understood.

💜 If you’ve ever felt dismissed, doubted, exhausted, or invisible… this conversation is for you.

Follow Stephanie Sherouse:

Website:

https://phoenixwithinjourney.com/

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Spotify Artist Profile:

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Apple Music:

https://music.apple.com/us/artist/stephanie-sherouse/1830280341

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🎙️ The Whispers Before the Storm™

Unhinged N Loud™ Advocacy Series

Before the diagnosis… there were whispers.

The exhaustion nobody understood.

The brain fog.

The random pain.

The inflammation.

The nights spent researching symptoms at 2AM wondering why your body suddenly felt unfamiliar.

This episode dives deep into the invisible phase of chronic illness — the years before answers, before validation, and before understanding what was really happening beneath the surface.

In this emotional documentary-style episode, Amber Tay shares the reality of:

• medical gaslighting

• invisible illness

• grieving the old version of yourself

• autoimmune symptom patterns

• isolation and emotional burnout

• learning to trust your body again

• turning survival into advocacy

This is more than a podcast episode.

It’s for every person who was told “your labs are normal” while silently falling apart.

🎧 Listen now to The Whispers Before the Storm™ on Unhinged N Loud™ Podcast.

Because sometimes the body whispers long before the storm arrives. 💜

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There’s a moment in your health journey that nobody prepares you for…

When your body is clearly telling you something is wrong —

but every test… every appointment… every conversation…

comes back the same:

“Everything looks normal.”

And that’s where the confusion starts.

In Episode 2 of the Unhinged N Loud™ origin story, I take you into the phase where nothing made sense… but everything was trying to tell me something.

This isn’t just about symptoms.

This is about the disconnect between what you feel… and what the system can prove.

It’s about working inside healthcare while slowly realizing it wasn’t built to handle complexity like autoimmune disease and chronic illness.

It’s about the mental battle… the doubt… the late-night searching…

and the moment everything shifted.

Because this is where I stopped asking

“What’s wrong with me?”

…and started asking:

“What am I missing?”

If you’ve ever been told you’re “fine” when you know you’re not…

this episode is for you.

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What happens when you tell the truth…

and still get hurt?

In Part 2 of this powerful conversation, we go deeper into the reality of being unheard — not just in the medical system, but within family, identity, and self-worth.

This isn’t just about autoimmune disease.

This is about what it does to you when your voice isn’t protected.

💥 In this episode, we talk about:

– Being blamed for telling the truth

– Childhood trauma & parentification

– Setting boundaries (even with family)

– The emotional toll of not being believed

– Discipline, healing & rebuilding your identity

– Faith, mindset & finding strength in the process

💬 “Your voice was never the problem… it just wasn’t protected.”

From Graves’ disease and Hashimoto’s to advocacy and self-discovery — this episode is a reminder that you are not crazy, you are not overreacting, and you are not alone.

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🧠 If you’ve ever been:

❌ Dismissed

❌ Misdiagnosed

❌ Made to feel like your truth didn’t matter

This episode is for you.

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🎧 Unhinged N Loud™ is an autoimmune education and patient advocacy platform dedicated to helping you understand your body, decode your symptoms, and learn how to advocate for yourself.

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💜 Follow & share to help spread awareness

Because someone out there needs to hear this.

Your voice was never the problem. It just wasn’t protected. This episode is for the patients who were dismissed, gaslit, or told they were “too much” for asking basic questions about their own bodies. We unpack what really happens when your symptoms get minimized, how systems benefit from your silence, and the mindset shifts that help you take your power back without burning yourself out. Expect real stories, unapologetic advocacy strategies, and language you can use in the exam room so you stop doubting your voice and start protecting it.

There was a moment that changed everything for me…

The night I realized something was wrong with my body—

and no one was coming to figure it out for me.

Not the doctors.

Not the system.

Not the labs.

Just me.

In this episode of Before Unhinged N Loud™, I share the early signs that something wasn’t right, the confusion of being dismissed, and the turning point that led me to stop waiting for answers… and start understanding my body in a completely different way.

If you’ve ever:

• been told “your labs are normal”

• felt like something was wrong but couldn’t explain it

• questioned yourself because no one else saw it

This episode is for you.

This is where awareness begins.

This is where advocacy starts.

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What happens when you’re doing everything “right”…

but your body still feels completely off?

In this episode of Unhinged N Loud™, I sit down with Amy — someone who not only lives with autoimmune, but also helps other women navigate it as a coach.

This is a real conversation about what living with autoimmune actually looks like… beyond the surface.

We talk about:

• Why “eating healthy” isn’t always enough

• What’s really happening when labs come back “normal”

• The hidden role of stress and the nervous system

• Why so many women feel stuck despite trying everything

• How trauma can impact the body in ways most people don’t realize

And most importantly…

what women actually need to start understanding their bodies and advocating for themselves.

If you’ve ever felt dismissed, confused, or like you’re not being heard…

this conversation is for you.

💬 I also bring in a question from the community about pulmonary sarcoidosis and navigating conflicting medical information — because your voice matters here too.

You are not crazy.

You’ve just never been given the full picture.

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Unhinged N Loud™

Where your symptoms are not random… and your voice matters.

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What happens before the diagnosis…

before the podcast…

before the advocacy?

This episode takes you back to the beginning.

Before Unhinged N Loud™ existed — there was confusion, dismissal, and a quiet knowing that something wasn’t right.

In this episode, we break down the reality so many women live through but rarely talk about:

• the early symptoms that didn’t make sense

• being told “everything looks normal”

• the mental battle of questioning your own body

• searching for answers when no one is listening

• the moment you realize… this isn’t random

This is the part of the journey most people skip —

but it’s where everything starts.

Because autoimmune disease doesn’t begin with a diagnosis.

It begins with patterns.

This episode connects directly to what we now teach through the Autoimmune Storm Map™ —

that symptoms are not isolated… they are signals.

And through The UNLOUD Method™, we show you how to:

• understand what your body is trying to tell you

• recognize patterns before they become diagnoses

• stop dismissing your own experience

• start advocating with clarity and confidence

If you’ve ever felt like something was wrong…

but couldn’t prove it — this episode is for you.

You are not imagining it.

You are not alone.

And your story deserves to be understood.

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🎧 Listen, learn, and start connecting the dots.