{"podcast":{"title":"Brain Health Podcast","slug":"brain-health-podcast-5132604","podcast_index_feed_id":5132604,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/404186/rss","website_url":"https://www.brainandlife.org","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/9/e/f/3/9ef3cdc965e91a57d959afa2a1bf1c87/BH-Podcast-Standard_Show_Art.png","author":"American Academy of Neurology","episode_count":237,"summary":"Ready to take control of your brain health? Neurologists Dr. Daniel Correa and Dr. Katy Peters have deep conversations with other neurology experts, celebrity advocates, and people with unforgettable stories. You'll leave each week's episode knowing something new about the brain. The Brain Health Podcast is brought to you by the American Academy of Neurology. Want more? Visit BrainHealth.com to start your journey today.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-03T18:17:13.889227+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/brain-health-podcast-5132604"},"episode":{"title":"It's All in Your Head with Author and Advocate Sabina Nordqvist","slug":"it-s-all-in-your-head-with-author-and-advocate-sabina-nordqvist","published_at":"2026-06-04T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/brain-health-podcast-5132604/it-s-all-in-your-head-with-author-and-advocate-sabina-nordqvist","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/brain-health-podcast-5132604","url":"https://1d7f6fc0-5408-4eb0-9f9b-a5fd60b11020.libsyn.com/its-all-in-your-head-with-author-and-advocate-sabina-nordqvist","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/1d7f6fc0-5408-4eb0-9f9b-a5fd60b11020/20260624_BL_220_Nordqvist_V2.mp3?dest-id=3339905","summary":"In this episode of the Brain & Life Podcast, co-host Dr. Katy Peters is joined by novelist and disability advocate Sabina Nordqvist. Sabina discusses her personal 12-year battle with idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH), POTS, and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. She shares the profound impact of misdiagnosis, the importance of self-advocacy, and how her experiences in support groups led her to write a novel called It's All in Your Head that puts disabled characters front and center. Dr. Peters is then joined by Dr. Jeremy Cutsforth-Gregory, an Assistant Professor of Neurology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, working in the Division of Neurologic Education. Dr. Cutsforth-Gregory explains cerebrospinal fluid and IIH, highlighting the treatments that are available and where research is going next. Additional Resources Sabina Nordqvist- It's All in Your Head Understanding the Mysteries of POTS and Other Autonomic Disorders A Swimmer Returns to the Pool After Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Diagnosis Brain & Life Podcast Episodes on Similar Topics Parenting and Writing While Disabled with Jessica Slice Outdoors Woman Crystal Gail Welcome on Nature and Chronic Pain Author Samantha Lee Schmall on Life Beyond the Shunt We want to hear from you! Have a question or want to hear a topic featured on the Brain & Life Podcast? · Record a voicemail at 612-928-6206 · Email us at BLpodcast@brainandlife.org Social Media Guests : Sabina Nordqvist @nordqvistbooks; Dr. Cutsforth-Gregory @mayoclinic Hosts: Dr. Daniel Correa @neurodrcorrea; Dr. Katy Peters @KatyPetersMDPhD","meta_description":"In this episode of the Brain & Life Podcast, co-host Dr. Katy Peters is joined by novelist and disability advocate Sabina Nordqvist. Sabina discusses her…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3111,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/brain-health-podcast-5132604/episodes/it-s-all-in-your-head-with-author-and-advocate-sabina-nordqvist/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/brain-health-podcast-5132604/it-s-all-in-your-head-with-author-and-advocate-sabina-nordqvist.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}