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Most people don’t know what a flare is.
They just know something feels off, and they blame themselves.

Low energy. Brain fog. Pain.
Plans change. Work gets harder. Things feel out of sync.

𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘂𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆:
What did I do wrong?

For many of us, especially in communities where pushing through is expected, rest is seen as weakness, and symptoms are often dismissed, that pressure runs even deeper.

A flare is not failure.
It’s your body responding.

But it doesn’t just affect your body, it affects how you see yourself.

This is what we explored in our recent 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝘆 𝗕𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗲 workshop, in collaboration with Positive Express, co-led by Tosha Dearbone.

A different way to understand flares.
A different way to respond.
And a different way to define your worth.

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗽:

Worthy Beyond the Flare: Reframing Autoimmune Disease, Identity, and Self-Worth in Community What if a flare isn’t failure, but feedback? This recap of Worthy Beyond the Flare explores autoimmune disease, lived experience, and how community and tools like AIP shift how we respond to our bodies.

If you’ve ever pushed through exhaustion, ignored what your body was telling you, and kept going because you felt like you had to, you’re not alone.

For many people living with autoimmune disease, that’s the pattern. Push through, adjust, keep showing up, until the body forces a stop.

This weekend, The AIP BIPOC Network and Positive Express, founded by Tosha Dearbone, came together in Houston for Worthy Beyond the Flare, our first community workshop centered on that experience.

This was intentional.

Gathering in community is a core part of how we do this work.

This collaboration was grounded in lived experience. Both Tosha and I are navigating autoimmune disease ourselves, which shaped not just what was shared, but how the space was held.

At The AIP BIPOC Network, AIP means Access, Inclusion, and Prevention, and it also reflects the Autoimmune Protocol (AIP) as a tool for understanding patterns in the body. This space brought both together.

For many in BIPOC communities, we’re taught early to push through, work harder, and not slow down, even when our bodies are telling us something isn’t right. That pressure shows up physically, in stress, inflammation, and the cycles so many of us are trying to break.

This space was about interrupting that.

➡️Understanding flares as feedback, not failure.
➡️Recognizing patterns earlier.
➡️Using tools like AIP to better understand what the body is responding to.
➡️Separating our worth from what we can produce.

Grateful to everyone who showed up and leaned into the conversation.

This is community care in action.

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