Living with Lupus: Identity, Faith & Motherhood | Shedrica Holmes

Can you rebuild your identity after lupus takes away the life you planned at 21?

On the Bouncing Back Podcast, Melissa McCurley, a 7th-generation North Texan REALTOR and fellow autoimmune warrior, brings real conversations to professionals thriving with chronic illness. Guest Shedrica Holmes, a movement coach and founder of Clarity That Moves, was diagnosed with lupus in 2006 at age 21 and had to relearn how to walk and talk.

You’ll learn how therapy and acceptance helped Shedrica Holmes rebuild her identity, how faith and mindset shifts keep her going, how she planned motherhood with lupus, and how pen, paper, and creativity bring her clarity.

🎧 Hosted by: Melissa McCurley

🎤 Featuring: 

Shedrica Holmes is a movement coach, teacher, and the founder of Clarity That Moves. She offers one-on-one coaching built on a step-by-step clarity framework. She also creates journals, planners, devotionals, ebooks, and coloring and activity books for adults and children. 

💡 What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

✔️ Therapy helps you navigate the grief and envy of a chronic illness diagnosis ✔️ Thriving with chronic illness can mean accepting its highs and lows ✔️ Faith can be the reason you refuse to let lupus win ✔️ Mindset shifts for chronic illness start with what you listen to ✔️ Motherhood brings an identity shift toward caring for more than yourself 

✔️ Pen-and-paper planning and vision boards can turn goals into results ✔️ Creativity and play belong in wellness alongside fitness and nutrition 

⏳ Timestamps (Click to Jump!):

📌 00:00 - Lupus at 21: Relearning to Walk and Talk 

📌01:23 - Identity, Family & Faith After Diagnosis 

📌03:26 - Lupus (SLE) Symptoms Explained 

📌05:21 - Faith on Hard Days 

📌06:19 - Invisible Illness & Weight Changes 

📌09:41 - Accepting the Highs and Lows 

📌10:30 - Why Therapy Came First 

📌13:11 - Told Not to Have Kids, Now a Mom of Two 

📌14:28 - Planning Pregnancy with Lupus 

📌17:49 - Vision Board Goals Reached in 6 Months 

📌21:58 - The Clarity That Moves Framework 

📌26:17 - Just Pick One and Move Forward 

💡Key Questions Answered in This Episode

Q: How can you prepare for pregnancy with lupus?→ A: Shedrica Holmes, a mom of two living with lupus, waited until her kidney specialist confirmed her lab markers were good. She then took folic acid and vitamins, prepared mentally, and chose a partner who understood her health might change.

Q: What is systemic lupus (SLE)?→ A: Systemic lupus (SLE), as Shedrica Holmes describes it, can affect every organ, including the skin, kidneys, liver, and brain, unlike lupus that stays in the skin. Her symptoms included joint pain, hair loss, a butterfly rash, hives, and seizures.

Q: Why can lupus treatment cause weight gain?→ A: Shedrica Holmes explains that the steroids she took for inflammation and pain “blow you up,” and another medication made her eat more. Her weight has ranged from 80 to almost 200 pounds.

📇 Connect with Shedrica Shant’e

• 📷Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamshedrica/

• 📷Instagram: Business → https://www.instagram.com/lupusspeaks/

• 🔗Website: https://shedricaholmes.com/

• 🔗Website:https://dreamandsow.com  

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