Entrepreneur Interview: Cyndii Sinex with the Chronic Illness Hotline
b'Today we are speaking with Cyndii Sinex, found of the Chronic Illness Hotline. The hotline provides a listening ear for those with chronic illness during the current pandemic and beyond. Chronic Illness Hotline gives a safe place to vent negatives, celebrate positives, practice advocating, build a journey story, set goals, help identify resources, and much more. \\n\\nViewer challenge! Donate via PayPal to chronicillnesshotline@gmail.com ... Every amount helps small nonprofits like this continue to provide critical services, and I know personally your donation will be put to good use and be responsibly used. Send the cost of a cup of coffee a week!\\n\\nYou can connect with the Chronic Illness Hotline: \\nText "care" to 202-596-6520\\n\\nVisit https://chronicillnesshotline.org/\\nLike the Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/chronicillnesshotline/\\nFollow on Twitter https://twitter.com/IllnessHotline\\nFollow on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/chronicillnesshotline/\\n\\nSUBSCRIBE so that you always receive the latest marketing updates. Or visit our website at https://vickywu.us/blog for a ton of great marketing information!\\n\\nShow notes:\\n0:20 Introducing Chronic Illness Hotline\\n1:09 Cyndii\'s background, and how one small slip and fall took her down a healthcare rabbit hole\\n2:10 Diagnosis #1 - fibromyalgia\\n2:45 Prescribed anti-depressant SSRIs, which put serotonin at a toxic level\\n3:10 Nerve damage, cardiac arrest, respiratory failure caused by medication were attributed to anxiety\\n3:50 Medical community was aware of serotonin syndrome but it wasn\'t widespread understanding\\n4:30 Eight years to diagnose serotonin toxicity, several more for additional diagnoses\\n4:47 The toll it took on her life\\n5:27 With other hotlines, callers want to take their life, but Cyndii calls because she\'s afraid her life is being taken, so she felt like she didn\'t fit\\n7:00 It must be in your head\\n7:45 Just prescribe medicine\\n8:30 Why another hotline? How CIH is different and why a specific hotline is important \\n9:45 Why even our most supportive and loving friends and family can\'t always provide the support we need\\n10:15 Why would a hotline caller want to celebrate?\\n11:05 Five of the common reasons people reach out to the hotline\\n12:00 Why it\'s hard when someone asks "how are you?"\\n15:15 Getting the nonprofit started\\n16:39 What sparked the idea\\n18:11 Nonprofit work is like 10 full-time jobs (don\'t I know this!)\\n18:42 The impact of Covid-19 on their startup plans\\n26:55 What it takes to recruit\\n27:46 Your challenge ... even small donations add up - paypal link\\n30:55 There\'s two types of people on social media\\n33:03 Social media fairy, please visit\\n34:00 The best thing you can do for a friend who has a chronic illness or pain\\n35:00 One of the best things you can do if you\'ve been diagnosed or are going through trying to be diagnosed\\n37:00 General mental health tip\\n39:00 Stages of grief when your body is failing you\\n39:30 How to connect with the CIH\\n40:30 Why not to share our social posts by tagging a friend - send a private message instead\\n41:21 All aspects of your life affect your chronic illness\\n43:04 Information on how you can support the cause\\n43:53 Cyndii\'s question for me about the beast that is SEO'