https://youtu.be/dxiXjt0yD3kWhen you think about it, we talk about everything else. We talk about our families, our jobs, our vacations. But when it comes to chronic illness, we clam up. Why is that? Over 157 million people in the US have

Dennis Hurley: Actor, Advocate, and Albino – His life with albinism and info about the upcoming N.O.A.H. conference

Apr 20th, 2022 23m 50s

https://youtu.be/zMPAqhrKlc8Dennis Hurley is an actor, advocate, and albino. He has been living with albinism since birth and has spoken about his experiences in the media. Dennis will be participating at the upcoming N.O.A.H. conference J

Why Your Man Spends So Much Time in the Bathroom

Mar 18th, 2022 12m 31s

https://youtu.be/vgRRFJ1a2nwUrination is an important function of the body, but as men age it can become more difficult, time consuming, and frustrating. Urination may be painful, difficult, or impossible for men due to various causes such

Why Me? How Did I End Up Diagnosed with a Chronic Illness?

Mar 15th, 2022 8m 47s

https://youtu.be/MMYJZaRkQIgHey everybody. It's Matt Cavallo from Situation Positive. I want to talk to you today about putting together the pieces of your chronic illness, where it might've come from. How did it get diagnosed? Why was it

What Drug Companies Don’t Want You to Know

Mar 15th, 2022 6m 8s

https://youtu.be/6APzLI9wskcIntroduction: The high cost of prescription drugsPrescription drug prices have been increasing at alarming rates in recent years, leaving many people struggling to afford the medications they need. The high

I am not a Model

Mar 3rd, 2022 2m 6s

https://youtu.be/tJfe-4kYrz4Hey everybody, it's Matt from Situation Positive and I'm not a t-shirt model, but I've been getting a lot of comments lately about the t-shirts I wear in my videos. And at Situation Positive, we developed a line

Belly Fat and Chronic Illness Week 5

Mar 2nd, 2022 5m 51s

https://youtu.be/DjEGWJcXma4Hey everybody. It is Matt Cavallo and I'm checking in with you on my weight loss journey. Now last week ended our medical weight loss journey. That was the first month of the program. Where we were eating certai

What It’s Like to be Diagnosed with MS

Mar 2nd, 2022 16m 43s

https://youtu.be/OUV3751nbGII remember it like it was yesterday. It was May 2005. My wife just woke me up because she was going to work. She was a school counselor and she would leave a lot earlier than I did. So she would wake me up befor

Happy Rare Disease Day!

Feb 28th, 2022 2m

https://youtu.be/BibMDvd_cuAHey everybody. It's Matt from Situation Positive, and I want to wish you all a Happy Rare Diseases Day! Did you know that across the world, there are more than 300 million people living with a rare disease? And

How to anticipate stressful events

Feb 27th, 2022 4m 44s

https://youtu.be/q75X1V6e3A0Hey everybody, it's Matt from Situation Positive. If you're living with a chronic illness, like I am, you know, that stress is the enemy. So what are some of the ways you could combat stress? One of the ways, an

Walking Stairs with a chronic illness

Feb 26th, 2022 45s

https://youtu.be/1LD-LcQHeOAHey, it's Matt from Situation Positive out here on a jungle hike. And we're on a lot of stairs. Stairs are increasingly tough. Make sure you use the rails. Make sure you look where you're stepping and if you're

How to turn weakness into strength

Feb 25th, 2022 13m 30s

https://youtu.be/ZCKvdh4b4dAFitness expert, champion bodybuilder, and MS advocate, David Lyons, teaches Matt and Tara the importance of community when starting (and sticking to) a fitness routine when you have a chronic illness. David talk

Finding a rare disease specialist when all else has failed

Feb 24th, 2022 9m 8s

https://youtu.be/DP8ZOKAgY_MHey everybody, it's Matt from Situation Positive. Do you believe that people are put in your path for a reason? I know that I do. I want to share with you a story about a chance encounter I had at a salon a coup

Belly Fat and Chronic Illness Week 4

Feb 23rd, 2022 11m 13s

https://youtu.be/dxItcN1XdEMHey everybody. It is Matt Cavallo checking in with you at the end of week four of my weight loss journey. Just to recap, in week one, I started at 243 pounds by BMI and body fat percentage standards. I was obese

How to avoid surprise medical bills

Feb 21st, 2022 7m 43s

https://youtu.be/geC5FHhs8FkHey everybody. It is Matt from Situation Positive. And I want to talk to you about something that we all worry about, and that's a surprise bill from a medical encounter. Now, why might you receive a surprise bi

Why Community is important to a Fitness Routine

Feb 18th, 2022 10m 27s

https://youtu.be/OVhPYf47oP4Fitness expert, champion bodybuilder, and MS advocate, David Lyons, teaches Matt and Tara the importance of community when starting (and sticking to) a fitness routine when you have a chronic illness. David talk

Chronic Illness Got You Down? Go Be In Nature

Feb 17th, 2022 53s

https://youtu.be/mKpydK7EJoQHey everybody. It's Matt from Situation Positive here, watching the tide roll in and out, kind of like Otis Redding did. Listening to the sound of the waves crashing, feeling the spray at my back. These simple m

Belly Fat and Chronic Illness Week 3

Feb 16th, 2022 11m 8s

https://youtu.be/pu2AtrONHSQHey everybody. It is Matt Cavallo checking in with you at the end of week three of my weight loss journey. Just to recap, in week one, I started at 243 pounds by BMI and body fat percentage standards. I was obes

It's Not In My Head

Feb 16th, 2022 37m 55s

Why it took 12 years for Savannah to get a diagnosishttps://youtu.be/YEPQd_SpcRgSavannah Hunt knew at a young age that there was something wrong with her health. The problem was that the doctors could not pinpoint an accurate diagnosi

Inconvenient Vacation

Feb 14th, 2022 51s

https://youtu.be/LVO5QV1auxEHey everybody. It's Matt from Situation Positive. Earlier this week, I was telling people that I had an inconvenient vacation coming up. I had so many things going on at home. I had so many projects I had to do.

How to Make a Skilly (Skinny Philly)

Feb 13th, 2022 6m 19s

https://youtu.be/o2xcd5cIQPcHey everybody, it's Matt from Situation Positive. For those of you who've been following my weight loss journey. I wanted to share a recipe that, that my wife and I came up with. So one of the foods that I reall

How to Build the Mind-Body Connection with a Chronic Illness

Feb 11th, 2022 11m 13s

https://youtu.be/6hMIXA8f3uQFitness expert, champion bodybuilder, and MS advocate, David Lyons, teaches Matt and Tara how to form the mind-body connection when you have a chronic illness. David talks about mindset, goal setting, and the im

Things I Learn from My Son

Feb 10th, 2022 41s

https://youtu.be/jw4uG7LIZ6wMatt: Hey everybody. It's Matt from Situation Positive. We are at Hapuna Beach on the Big Island of Hawaii. And my son thinks I made very risque for taking the camera in the water. And so I wanted to bring him o

Belly Fat and Chronic Illness Week 2

Feb 9th, 2022 7m 5s

https://youtu.be/i_I6vMO4QtEHey, it is Matt Cavallo from Situation Positive checking in at the end of week two of my medical weight loss journey. Now, if you remember last week, it was, it was week one. We had just kind of started it. I me

Don’t Overpay for Prescriptions

Feb 9th, 2022 4m 19s

https://youtu.be/gVJ8RcwbhKIHey everyone. It's Matt from Situation Positive. And I want to share with you a story of one of our community members that called us in crisis, and we were able to turn the situation positive. So this community