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The 2024 Tripping On Air Holiday Gift guide is here and it’s bigger and better than ever, because we know that the right gift can make MS, or any chronic illness, suck just a little bit less. This list is full of gifts for people with MS as well as incredible giveaways from brands like Cadense Adaptive, Aille Design, Cheekbone Beauty, byAcre, FUMS and IZ Adaptive! You do not want to miss it!
Highlights
• Show Open (00:00)
• Holiday Gift Guide Introduction (00:30)
• Are You Ready for the Holidays? (00:59)
• Gift Guide Item 1 - Barbie™ x Aille Design Black Satin Scarf with White Braille Beadwork (02:42)
• Gift Guide Item 2 - Pink Portable Bidet (06:23)
• Gift Guide Item 3 - Cheekbone Beauty Glow-Up Pack (10:13)
• Gift Guide Item 4 - Hairdryer Stand (12:18)
• Gift Guide Item 5 - Cadense Adaptive Sneakers (15:34)
• Gift Guide Item 6 - Accessible Jewelry Makeover (21:32)
• Gift Guide Item 7 - Aligned as Designed 3rd Foot Cane (24:11)
• Gift Guide Item 8 - E-Reader Accessories (27:37)
• Gift Guide Item 9 - Fallosophy: My Trip through Life with MS by Ardra Shephard (30:19)
• Gift Guide Item 10 - Hot Water Bottle for Feet (33:12)
• Gift Guide Item 11 - ByAcre Rollator (35:45)
• Gift Guide Item 12 - FUMS 6-Pack (39:45)
• Thank You’s & Closing Remarks (42:34)
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Find more about Ardra's upcoming book "Fallosophy" out March 2025
trippingonair.com/fallosophy
Twenty-three year old Ardra Shephard is sleeping with the wrong guy, living in a crappy apartment, and spending money she doesn’t have on designer shoes, boozy brunches and weekends in NYC. She hates her office job but it pays for the lessons she needs to make it as an opera singer. She isn’t thrilled about her current situation but she isn’t panicked. Making mistakes while you figure stuff out is what your twenties are all about. But when a doctor tells Ardra she has MS, those two letters split her life into a Before and After.
While more than a million people in Canada and the US live with Multiple Sclerosis, there is no certainty when it comes to the progression of the disease. By her mid-thirties, Ardra is struggling to walk and it’s terrifying. When she starts using mobility aids she faces feelings of otherness like never before. As Ardra’s deepest fears keep coming true, she starts to learn the most important lesson: Having so far survived all her worst-case scenarios she begins to realize that a difficult life doesn’t have to be a joyless life.
Now, more than wenty years after her diagnosis, Ardra’s journey isn’t over. MS will always be a force to be reckoned with, but the woman Ardra is, day after day, is no longer negotiable.
Fallosophy serves up wisdom like a seasoned bartender who’s seen it all and doesn’t try to sugarcoat what’s it’s really like to live with a progressive, disabling illness in a world that would rather not build a ramp.
About Tripping On Air:
Tripping on Air is a video podcast that brings Ardra Shephard's part-confessional, part-informational blog Tripping on Air to the podcast airwaves! Ardra and co-host Alex Hajjar discuss what it's like to live with MS, from the best products for those with chronic illness, to successfully navigating a disability benefits claim.
Ardra Shephard is a writer, consultant, and speaker, whose award-winning blog Tripping On Air, enjoys an international reach and reputation.
Ardra is the creator and host of AMI-tv's lifestyle series Fashion Dis. Ardra has a regular column with BezzyMS (Ask Ardra Anything), and is a reporter with LivedHealth where she leads informative and educational conversations with leading MS specialists.
Ardra is on a mission to change minds about what it means to live with chronic illness and to have disability positively reflected as part of a diverse society. Accessible bars in Toronto would also be nice.
Follow Ardra on Twitter: @tripping_onair and Instagram: @ms_trippingonair
Alex Hajjar is the host, producer, and creative overthinker behind Social Animals, a podcast about friendship.
A civil engineering technologist by trade, Alex is also a punk-rock bass guitarist whose hobbies include world travel, hanging with his cat Nacho, and figuring out how to find chill about his beautiful wife Nicole's MS diagnosis.
Find 2 seasons of the Tripping on Air podcast on TH-cam or wherever you get your Podcasts. For more information, visit www.ami.ca/Tripping-On-Air