Thriving WITH a Terrible Diagnosis with Celeste Watkins-Hayes

podcast Jul 18, 2026
Podcast cover for Thrive with Morella featuring Celeste Watkins-Hayes discussing her book Remaking a Life and how women living with HIV/AIDS learn to thrive

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How does one THRIVE in spite of an HIV positive diagnosis? Or any other life-threatening diagnosis, for that matter?

Celeste Watkins-Hayes shares what she's learned over 15 years tracking the lives of more than 100 women living with HIV/AIDS:

  • How they go from "dying from", to "living with", to "thriving despite"...
  • How they turn “marginalized” into “meaningful”…
  • The power of owning your story to reclaim your power…

 Her book, Remaking A Life: How Women Living with HIV/AIDS Confront Inequality, is available now.

 

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