”Autoimmunity and the Good Girls” Behind-the-Page with Sara Hirsh Bordo
Welcome to Behind the Page, a limited podcast series for my first book,"Autoimmunity and the Good Girls: How Permission to Put Ourselves First Has the Power to Keep Us Well."
I’m your host Sara Hirsh Bordo. For the last 12 years, I’ve been a documentary filmmaker telling the real stories of women and girls. I’m also an autoimmune diagnosed, lifelong recovering good girl and a recovering eldest daughter with Hashimoto's.
For the first time, I’m coming out from behind the camera and the story I’m telling is mine. The story of what being raised to be good as a girl can do to our health as women.
Over the last three years, I have been speaking with experts spanning science to soul, other daughters raised to be good and self-compromising as I was, and conducted my own research across 1,000 autoimmune diagnosed American women. My book comes out on June 2nd, but I don’t want you to have to wait to hear what I think might be in service of you now. So I’m sharing some of my favorite moments in a handful of 15 minute episodes beginning March 31st.
Please know we are not here to stay the same- we are here to to transform, to heal, and to rise. I hope to see you next time!
Pre-order your copy wherever your favorite books are sold. A percent of the author's proceeds will benefit the Society for Women's Health Research.
More about the book can be found at: www.autoimmunityandthegoodgirls.com
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Episode One: “You’re Not Broken” with Nicole Sachs, LCSW
Welcome to “Behind the Page”- a limited podcast series for my first book Autoimmunity and the Good Girls: How the Permission to Put Ourselves First Has the Power to Keep Us Well. Thank you so much for joining me, I’m your host, documentary filmmaker and author, Sara Hirsh Bordo.
Over the last many years in writing and researching for my book, in addition to interviewing other daughters raised to be good as I was, and my own national research across 1000 other autoimmune diagnosed women, I was lucky enough to sit down over zoom with an incredible group of experts spanning from science to soul, across medicine and modalities. Even though my book releases in June, I believe there are so many gems of wisdom, so many slips of permission, that might be in service of you now.
My first episode features highlights from my interview with the incredible Nicole Sachs, LCSW: a best-selling author, psychotherapist, and internationally recognized leader in MindBody medicine. She is the creator of JournalSpeak®, a groundbreaking practice that has transformed the lives of thousands struggling with chronic pain, anxiety, and other conditions. And as the host of the podcast The Cure for Chronic Pain and founder of BreakAwake, Nicole has created a global community for healing.
We met for the first time last summer. I asked for her approach on working with women like me, with autoimmune disease- how she explains how we might have arrived at our diagnosis, how empowerment fits into the experience of that diagnosis, and how compassion for where we’ve been can help us make new decisions for how we want to live differently going forward.
Nicole is such a force and I’m honored to say, a new friend. Take a breath, this time is for You…and enjoy.
FOR MORE ON NICOLE:
Link to Nicole’s bestselling book MIND YOUR BODY
https://www.yourbreakawake.com/book
Link to Nicole’s Membership Community
https://www.yourbreakawake.com/membership
Link to Nicole’s Podcast “The Cure for Chronic Pain with Nicole Sachs, LCSW”
https://www.yourbreakawake.com/podcasts/the-cure-for-chronic-pain-with-nicole-sachs-lcsw-2
https://nicolesachs.substack.com/
Instagram @nicolesachslcsw
TikTok @nicolesachslcsw
YouTube @thecureforchronicpain
A WOMEN RISING® PRODUCTION
Written, Directed and Produced by Sara Hirsh Bordo
Editor and Consulting Producer, Eric Larner
“Metamorphosis” by MILCK, Licensed courtesy of Resin8 Management
"Autoimmunity and the Good Girls: How the Permission to Put Ourselves First Has the Power to Keep Us Well" (HarperOne) is available for pre-order wherever books are sold and will be released June 2, 2026. A percentage of the author's proceeds will be donated to the Society for Women's Health Research.
www.goodgirlsbook.com
Monday Mar 23, 2026
Monday Mar 23, 2026
Welcome to “Behind the Page”- a limited podcast series for my first book "Autoimmunity and the Good Girls: How the Permission to Put Ourselves First Has the Power to Keep Us Well" (HarperOne, June 2nd, Available Now for Pre-Order).
I’m your host Sara Hirsh Bordo. For the last 12 years, I’ve been a documentary filmmaker telling real stories of women and girls. I’m also an autoimmune diagnosed, lifelong recovering "good girl" and a recovering eldest daughter diagnosed with Hashimoto's. For the first time, I’m coming out from behind the camera and the story I’m telling is mine. The story of what being raised to be good as a girl can do to our health as women.
Over the last many years, I have been speaking experts spanning science to soul, other daughters raised to be good and self-compromising as I was, and conducted my own research across 1000 autoimmune diagnosed American women. But I don’t want you to have to wait until June 2nd to read all what I think might be in service of you now. So I’m sharing a few favorite moments from my expert interviews in a handful of 15-20 minute episodes.
More about my book can be seen at www.goodgirlsbook.com. I will be donating a percentage of my proceeds from every book sale to the Society for Women’s Health Research.
If what you heard might be in service of a friend or a family member, please share it. Take care and I hope to see you next week for Episode One with Nicole Sachs, LCSW.