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Very Nearly Almost

Lindsey Sullivan

51 episodes

2 weeks ago

In this episode, Lindsey speaks with Tyrone Folliard-Olson. Tyrone is a husband, father and Vice Chair of the board for the National Alopecia Areata Foundation. He has had alopecia since age 13. Tyrone shares openly about not only coming to terms with his alopecia but about simultaneously coming out of the closet as gay. He details meeting his now husband in college and adopting their son Declan. Plus, Tyrone talks about getting to a place where he felt strong enough to want to help others st...

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In this episode, Lindsey speaks with Tyrone Folliard-Olson. Tyrone is a husband, father and Vice Chair of the board for the National Alopecia Areata Foundation. He has had alopecia since age 13. Tyrone shares openly about not only coming to terms with his alopecia but about simultaneously coming out of the closet as gay. He details meeting his now husband in college and adopting their son Declan. Plus, Tyrone talks about getting to a place where he felt strong enough to want to help others st...

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Self-Improvement

Episodes (20/51)

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Shedding Hair, Secrets and JAK Inhibitor Grief with Tyrone Folliard-Olson

In this episode, Lindsey speaks with Tyrone Folliard-Olson. Tyrone is a husband, father and Vice Chair of the board for the National Alopecia Areata Foundation. He has had alopecia since age 13. Tyrone shares openly about not only coming to terms with his alopecia but about simultaneously coming out of the closet as gay. He details meeting his now husband in college and adopting their son Declan. Plus, Tyrone talks about getting to a place where he felt strong enough to want to help others st...

2 weeks ago

44 minutes

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Becoming Authentically You with Alopecia Therapist and Coach Alison Mann

In this episode, Lindsey speaks with alopecia therapist and coach Alison Mann. Alison has had alopecia since she was very young and is thus a great help to those with alopecia as well as to parents supporting children with alopecia. In addition to discussing her hair loss journey as well as therapy, the ladies also discussed Alison's pursuit of gymnastics from an early age. She opened up about leaving the gymnastics world and how she had to meet her alopecia head on when she finally shed that...

4 weeks ago

56 minutes

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Alopecia and Parenthood with Ashley Kaplan

In this episode, Lindsey talks alopecia and parenthood with Ashley Kaplan. Like Lindsey, Ashley was diagnosed with alopecia at age 2. She takes us through her own childhood journey that ultimately brought her to wearing wigs. For awhile, they had to be the same cut and color every single year when she’d get them prepped for school. Falling in love with her now husband and giving birth to her daughter really informed how she views her alopecia these days. Ashley has great insights and fun stor...

1 month ago

39 minutes

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Life of a Showgirl: Hiding Under Wigs for 13 Years with Kalayna Walker

In this episode, Lindsey sits down with Kalayna Walker. Kalayna is a former NBA dancer, a published author and a senior at LSU. At age 7, she lost all of her hair. Her mom started making her customized wigs–wigs she agonized over keeping secure at sleepovers with her dance team, while she slept, dancing on the court at an NBA game, in the shower. She kept her baldness a secret for 13 years–all the way up until last year. Lindsey and Kalayna talk about what changed, the unexpected reaction she...

1 month ago

37 minutes

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Go Inside the 40th Annual NAAF Conference

Lindsey is throwing it back this week to her time in Chicago this past June at the 40th annual NAAF conference. In honor of the milestone, she spoke with a number of attendees–returners, first timers and some previous VNA guests–about what this one weekend a year means to them. Next year’s NAAF conference will take place June 25, 26, 27 and 28 in Orlando, Florida.

1 month ago

18 minutes

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Linda & Charlie: A Love Story

Lindsey has conducted a lot of interviews throughout her career, but this interview might be her favorite of all time. Nope, it wasn’t conducted at her apartment or even on a fancy red carpet. Today’s guests are Linda and Charlie, a couple Lindsey met at the Chicago NAAF conference back in June at a hotel bar. Ordering French 75s turned into them opening up about their love story; Linda has alopecia, and Lindsey was so energized and inspired by their tale of love and fresh takes on dating tod...

1 month ago

31 minutes

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Become the You You Love in the Mirror ft. Artist Keya Trammell

In this episode, Lindsey is in-person with Chicago native Keya Trammell in New York. Keya is a singer, actress, makeup artist and alopecia areata advocate. She and Lindsey were both diagnosed at age 2. The ladies get super vulnerable about the condition's ups and downs and discuss how the arts has been healing to them both. Of course, they talked about dating, how much they love Beyoncé AND Keya's upcoming album.

2 months ago

1 hour 3 minutes

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How to Center Your Side Hustle ft. Rosemary Osondu of America's Sweethearts

It is officially September, which means it’s Alopecia Awareness Month, and the first guest Lindsey is kicking it off with is very special. You definitely saw Rosemary Osondu doing hair on the now Emmy-nominated docuseries, America’s Sweethearts, which has been renewed for a third season. Growing up, she enjoyed watching her mother style hair for her and her siblings. Hair was always a passion of Rosemary’s but as part of a Nigerian family full of medical professionals, she started out on a pa...

2 months ago

47 minutes

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Saying "Alopecia" on Netflix and America's Sweethearts Season Two ft. Armani Latimer

In this episode, Lindsey meets the inspirational Armani Latimer in-person at the 40th annual National Alopecia Areata Foundation (NAAF) conference. The former Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader takes us through the past few months since dancing bald at a Monday night football game in a stadium of 80,000 to then sharing her story in season two of the hit Netflix docuseries America's Sweethearts. She also takes Lindsey through securing better compensation for future Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. The lad...

4 months ago

27 minutes

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Advocating for Your Healthcare & Professional Pivots ft. Kelsey Logan, LMSW

In this episode, Lindsey speaks with Kelsey Logan (she/they), LMSW. Now a psychotherapist for individuals and couples with a clinical focus on sexuality and gender, Kelsey opens up about pivoting from the music and theatre goals that felt expected of her--by others and more importantly, by herself. Plus, she shares her experience advocating for herself when her doctor brushed off what turned out to be endometriosis.

7 months ago

1 hour 1 minute

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Dating, Love, Marriage & Alopecia with Sarah Guenzburger

In this episode, Lindsey speaks with bald baddie, alopecia advocate, physical therapist and recent newlywed Sarah Guenzburger. The ladies get honest about the ups and downs of dating with alopecia, navigating being a bald bride–or being a bald girlie in a wedding party!–and finding true, authentic love–just as Sarah did with her husband Marcus. Plus, Sarah shares how alopecia was even part of her and Marcus' special wedding day.

9 months ago

1 hour 36 minutes

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Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader Armani Latimer on Dancing Bald & Keeping Her Wig 'Thunderstruck'-Secure

In this episode, Lindsey interviews Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader Armani Latimer about rocking her baldness on live TV at a Monday night football game in a stadium of 80,000 people this past December. Latimer shares her alopecia journey, discusses the healing and hardship of being a professional dancer when it comes to self-image and even reveals her tips for keeping her wig secure--even during the show-stopping, hair-whip-worthy "Thunderstruck" routine. Plus, Latimer touches on whether fans wil...

9 months ago

25 minutes

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Tamsen Fadal on Shattering Menopause Misconceptions & Rewriting Narratives for Women

In this episode, Lindsey interviews award-winning journalist, menopause advocate, filmmaker and content creator Tamsen Fadal. She is a co-producer on the documentary The M Factor: Shedding the Silence on Menopause, set to premiere on PBS on October 17 ahead of World Menopause Day on October 18. In March, she will publish her newest book How to Menopause. Tamsen opens up about her own experience entering menopause and midlife and how gaps in guidance inspired her to seek out answers and suppor...

1 year ago

31 minutes

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Lindsey Opens Up About Her Alopecia Treatment

In this solo episode, Lindsey opens up about her history with alopecia treatment, the over-a-decade pause she took and coming back to it in the form of taking the JAK inhibitor Lifulo by Pfizer. She also discusses the healing process of penning a piece in The Cut about recalibrating her identity as a woman pursuing treatment for her hair loss.

1 year ago

56 minutes

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The Power of Policy, Storytelling & Ayanna Pressley: Go Inside the D.C. NAAF Conference

In this episode, Lindsey takes you inside the 2024 National Alopecia Areata Foundation conference. It took place this past June in Washington, D.C. The D.C. setting is an important one for alopecia advocacy work. As listeners know all too well, it’s an election year. It feels like government and public policy are at the forefront of minds and memes, but all that stuff can also feel so divisive and simply out of reach. And what might any that have to do with alopecia? Well, as it happens...

1 year ago

40 minutes

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Simon Rubenstein on Navigating Alopecia, Making Change for NAAF & Creating Confidence

Happy Alopecia Awareness month! In this episode, Lindsey interviews Simon Rubenstein. He’s the youngest board member on the National Alopecia Areata Foundation Board of Directors. He's also a film director, a producer, a writer, a photographer, a multicam operator, a community organizer and a business entrepreneur. They discuss the importance of empowering others in the community through choice, be that treatment access, wigs or rocking what you’ve got. Simon also shares about his experience ...

1 year ago

44 minutes

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Wig Tips & Healing Past Hair Horror Stories with 2024 Tony Honoree Nikiya Mathis

In this episode, Lindsey is combining her passions for theater, hair and self-image in a conversation with 2024 Tony honoree Nikiya Mathis. The ultimate multi-hyphenate, Nikiya is a classically trained actress with an MFA in Acting from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts as well as a wig and hair designer who has lent her talents to shows like Chicken & Biscuits, Death of a Salesman, Topdog/Underdog, Once Upon a One More Time, The Heart of Rock and Roll, Home, Cats: The Jellicle Ball and of c...

1 year ago

1 hour 2 minutes

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Turning Trichotillomania into Healing Art with TRICH Playwright & Star Becca Schneider

In this episode, Lindsey has the opportunity to combine her passions for theater and connecting with others via Very Nearly Almosts. She spoke with Becca Schneider. Her solo show TRICH, which chronicles her experience with trichotillomania, was the top-selling play at the 2021 United Solo Theatre Festival at Theatre Row in NYC, winning both the Best Actress and Audience Choice Awards. It’s now performing regionally and is headed to Allentown later this month. Becca and Lindsey connected over ...

1 year ago

46 minutes

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Felicia Flores on Dating Bald & Creating Baldie Con

In this episode, Lindsey deep dives into hair loss with Baldie Con creator Felicia Flores. The ladies discuss dating with alopecia, how Flores' hair loss journey inspired her to create Baldie Con and what exciting developments are on the way for the annual event down the road.

2 years ago

46 minutes

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Joyel Crawford on Saying 'Yes' to Her Shine and What 'No' Actually Means

In this episode, Lindsey speaks with Joyel Crawford. She is a TEDx speaker and the best-selling author of Show Your Ask! She is also the CEO and Founder of Crawford Leadership Strategies and the host of the Career View Mirror podcast. The ladies discuss Joyel's alopecia journey and how she's turned her own process of sharing her shine into a practice with her clients. Plus, she offers insight for disclosing alopecia in the workplace and an adorable story about her husband.

2 years ago

40 minutes