Embracing Joy: Discovering Moments of Happiness Amidst ALS | Emma Terry

The Lindsey Elmore Show

Lindsey Elmore

Health & Fitness, Nutrition, Alternative Health, Medicine

5.0 • 529 Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Emma Terry is an accounting and finance student at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She is the current Miss UAB where she uses her influence associated with this title to be an advocate for ALS. Her community service initiative is called Stomping Out ALS One Step at a Time. She created this platform in 2017 and her efforts and passion have continued to grow. Her social media presence has reached international audiences. She is the Chair of the upcoming Central Alabama Walk to Defeat ALS and also works to defeat ALS by being a member of the Legislative Affairs Team through I AM ALS. Topics covered in this episode: ALS Causes and Management of ALS Diagnostic Process Having Patience Finding Joy Advancing Care of Patients The Cost of Care Big Pharma Finding Resources Evolution of Body Image Overcoming Eating Disorders Beauty Standards Miss America Referenced in the episode: The Lindsey Elmore Show Ep 124 | Pharma: Greed, Lies, and the Poisoning of America | Gerald Posner To learn more about Emma Terry and her work, head over to https://stompingoutalsonestepatatime.com/ __________________________________________________________ Somavedic is a device that can reliably mitigate unwanted influences of: EMF radiation (4G/5G, WiFi, phones) Geopathic stress, water crosses Curry and Hartmann lines Oxidative stress / Free radicals Head over to www.somavedic.com and use the code: LKE to save 10% off. __________________________________________________________ Wellness Made Simple is my functional medicine education website where you can learn the practical skills that you need to build a healthy lifestyle. If you want to live healthy, but you're over temporary diets and exercises, you don't know where to find reliable health information, you don't know what wellness options are even out there, and you definitely don't have enough time to cook or go to the gym every single day. Wellness Made Simple is for you. Get access to the site, watch the courses, and feel better as you implement simple daily changes that can positively transform your health. When you go to http://www.wellnessmadesimple.us and shop the code "Pod", you can save 20% off a monthly subscription or $100 off an annual subscription. Head over to http://www.wellnessmadesimple.us to start learning more about what functional medicine is and how you can implement simple daily changes that will lead you towards a path to health! __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ We hope you enjoyed this episode. Come check us out at www.lindseyelmore.com/podcast.

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0:00.0	Welcome everybody to this very special edition of the Lindsay Elmore show. I am so excited every time that I get to have someone in studio. And Emma Terry is here. She is an accounting and finance student at the University of Alabama, Birmingham. She is also the current Miss UAB, where she uses her influence associated with the title to be an advocate for ALS.
0:23.9	Her community service initiative is called Stomping Out ALS One Step at a Time.
0:30.2	She created this platform in 2017, and her efforts and passion have continued to grow.
0:36.7	Her social media presence has reached international
0:39.2	audiences and she is the chair of the upcoming Central Alabama walk to defeat ALS and also
0:46.5	works to defeat ALS by being a member of the legislative affairs team through I Am ALS. You guys know that on the show we typically have
0:57.4	physicians, we have pharmacists, but if you've been listening to me for a little while, you know
1:03.4	that I also am a former Miss UAB, loved competing in Miss Alabama and so, so value what the Miss America system does for young women in this country.
1:17.4	So I am so excited.
1:18.7	Emma Terry, welcome to the Lindsay Elmore show.
1:21.9	Oh, my goodness.
1:22.8	I'm so excited to be here.
1:24.7	I know that you've interviewed for Miss America.
1:26.7	So to have just little old Miss
1:28.8	UAB right here on your show, I am so honored. Well, we have interviewed several Miss Alabama's,
1:35.0	as well as the Miss Americas, because as I said, you know, I only competed for Miss Alabama one time,
1:41.1	and I just decided, you know, this isn't the job that I really want to do,
1:45.0	but the women that you meet and the variety of interests that people have and the way that we
1:52.8	carry these skill sets and continue to follow each other for years and years and years.
1:58.2	It's extraordinary what former Miss America's Miss state level winners.
2:04.4	And really and truly, you think about it, you know, now as a judge within the Miss America system,
2:10.2	they teach us Miss America as chosen at the local level. And that's so extraordinary because
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