You Don’t Have to Be Perfect at Life

MeSsy with Christina Applegate & Jamie-Lynn Sigler

Wishbone Production

Society & Culture, Personal Journals, Comedy, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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This week, Christina and Jamie read listener emails and discuss how to open up about your diagnosis, the stress of trying to be perfect, finding balance, and more. Executive Producers: Christina Applegate, Jamie Lynn Sigler, and Allison Bresnick Audio Engineer: Josh Windisch Join our discord channel: https://discord.com/invite/3SPT9c7Atc This episode is sponsored by: Fatty15 - Fatty15 is on a mission to replenish your C15 levels and restore your long-term health. You can get an additional 15% off their 90-day subscription Starter Kit by going to fatty15.com/MESSY and using code MESSY at checkout. Function - Function currently has a waitlist, but they are offering my audience the chance to skip it! Head to functionhealth.com/MESSY or enter code MESSY when signing up to skip the waitlist!” OneSkin - Get 15% off OneSkin with the code MESSY at https://www.oneskin.co/ #oneskinpod GoPure - Get 25% Off @goPure with code MESSY at https://www.gopurebeauty.com/messy #goPurepod

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Christina Applegate.
0:02.0	And I'm Jamie Lynn Sigler.
0:04.0	And this is messy.
0:07.0	The following message is brought to you by Novartis.
0:17.0	Since partnering with Novartis, I have been thinking a lot about when I was diagnosed with relapsing MS.
0:22.6	I kept it a secret at first, and that robbed me of the support I really needed.
0:27.6	I finally found the courage to open up about it and quickly learn the importance of speaking up.
0:32.6	That means making your voice the loudest in the room.
0:35.6	You have to find an MS specialist who's the right
0:38.2	fit, who makes you feel seen and heard. It's kind of like dating. That's why I partnered with
0:43.8	Novartis to create a three-step guide, to inspire others to own their RMS journeys, recognize
0:50.2	their needs, and find a treatment that works for them. Learn more about my story at reframing
0:55.8	MS.com.
1:01.0	Hi, everybody. It's Christina.
1:07.5	And Jamie. And welcome to Messy. And today is like our favorite thing to do where we read emails
1:15.1	from our listeners um acknowledge them and learn something about ourselves in the interim sometimes
1:22.1	so here goes our first message is from kate hi christina and Jamie. I'm Kate and live in the UK, Cornwall.
1:29.7	I was diagnosed with MS back in 2007 at the age of 27. Seems like an age ago. Since then,
1:37.6	I've had a son, become an artist, bought houses, and after refusing treatment for many, many years,
1:43.3	I started Acrovis two years ago. I haven't told
1:46.3	anyone that I live with MS, which I call Marks and Spencer's. Yeah, we call it middle school over here,
1:53.4	a food and clothing shop over here. I like to give it very little energy whilst being quietly
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