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Ordinary Life, A Podcast About Parkinson"s.

Kitty Doyle & Emma Kyriacou

Kitty Doyle and Emma Kyriacou get real about living with Parkinson’s—while finding plenty to laugh about along the way. It’s honest, heartfelt, and sometimes a little cheeky. From the challenges of daily life to the ridiculous advice people love to give, Kitty and Emma prove that even with a chronic illness, there’s always room for humour, hope, and good conversation.#parkinsons #yopd #parkinsonsdisease #invisibledisability #youngonsetparkinsonsordinarylife.co.nz

health & fitness stand-up

All Episodes

16:49

Facing Futility

Ordinary Life, A Podcast About Parkinson"s. ·

2026/03/17

What's the Point? It's all a moot argument, isn't it? Parkinson's will get you in the end, so why push back at all? We discuss how we deal with feeling apathetic.

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15:55

Awkward Advice

Ordinary Life, A Podcast About Parkinson"s. ·

2026/03/10

What do you do when people say, "have you tried...?" (insert product name) We talk about how to deal with the endless stream of unsolicited advice, how it makes us feel, and why people have the urge to do it at all.

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16:46

In Surgery We Trust

Ordinary Life, A Podcast About Parkinson"s. ·

2026/03/02

We talk to Johnny Boyle of Auckland about life with Parkinson's, and his hopes for improvement as he prepares for major brain surgery to try to reduce his symptoms. #parkinsons #deepbrainstimulation #dbs #brainsurgery

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16:09

Ages and Stages

Ordinary Life, A Podcast About Parkinson"s. ·

2026/02/24

There's a huge range of different symptoms caused by Parkinsons, and Kitty and Emma talk about how they experience some and not others at different times. They explain how they try and roll with it. Adapt and keep moving people!

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18:51

Feel the Fear

Ordinary Life, A Podcast About Parkinson"s. ·

2026/02/17

We're feeling the fear and doing it anyway in this episode! Kitty and Emma talk about how scary it is to be disabled in public, and the various ways we're both showing up in our own lives.

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16:30

Perfect Planning

Ordinary Life, A Podcast About Parkinson"s. ·

2026/02/10

Having a plan and knowing what's right and wrong is great, but who comes up with these great ideas that actually don't help at all? Kitty and Mike talk about examples of some things that are supposed to help keep us safe, but real life doesn't always follow the plan that's been made by others.

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16:18

Whose Illness is This Anyway?

Ordinary Life, A Podcast About Parkinson"s. ·

2026/02/03

Parkinson's is bad enough for those with the disease, but what about those around us? What impact does this have on our children, does it shape their view, affect their day to day lives? We talk to Kitty's daughter Amelia about her thoughts on living with those affected by changing health.

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15:45

Emma's Auckland Adventure

Ordinary Life, A Podcast About Parkinson"s. ·

2026/01/27

Emma talks about her appointment at Auckland Hospital for Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), an invasive yet effective treatment for the symptoms of Parkinson's. How does she feel, and how does one cope with the prospect of such major surgery? Contains graphic descriptions of treatments.

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16:27

New Year, Same Old Issues

Ordinary Life, A Podcast About Parkinson"s. ·

2026/01/11

Kitty and Mike discuss what they have learned over the year.

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14:56

Not-Quite Review of the Year

Ordinary Life, A Podcast About Parkinson"s. ·

2026/01/02

Kitty and Mike talk about their 2025 and hopes for 2026. Emma will be back in 2026!

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15:48

Where's Your Head At?

Ordinary Life, A Podcast About Parkinson"s. ·

2025/12/26

Discussing the mental mind games we play with ourselves, and how other people perceive the cause of our issues.

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15:44

Prescribing Poverty

Ordinary Life, A Podcast About Parkinson"s. ·

2025/12/19

We talk about the reintroduction of prescription charges and how its increasing the costs of chronic illness on families.

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15:56

The Parkinson's Dichotomy

Ordinary Life, A Podcast About Parkinson"s. ·

2025/12/12

We get riled up about the grim stories about Parkinson's that charities use to attract donations, and how difficult hearing them can be for people trying to live positively with Parkinson's. Are we just being difficult? Or are these contradictory things both true - that it is hard living with Parkinson's AND possible to live positively with it?

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15:55

The Discrimination Business

Ordinary Life, A Podcast About Parkinson"s. ·

2025/12/05

Is it a good idea to fess up that you have PD to your boss or prospective employer? What happens if you do and they discriminate against you?

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17:25

Secrets & Lies

Ordinary Life, A Podcast About Parkinson"s. ·

2025/11/28

Is honesty the best policy when it comes to opening up to others about your diagnosis? And can you deal with the whispers of sympathy?

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17:03

Grief and Fury

Ordinary Life, A Podcast About Parkinson"s. ·

2025/11/21

How do you cope when you realise that your life is not going to follow the direction you imagined? Emma and Kitty discuss 'self-grief' - their term for this agonising situation. They express their feelings and explain how grief can turn to anger and other emotions. #kittyandemma #emmaandkitty #kittyd

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16:15

Beautiful Big Pharma

Ordinary Life, A Podcast About Parkinson"s. ·

2025/11/15

Inspired after watching a drama that implied that all drugs are bad, Kitty and Emma chat about attitudes towards medication and taking many pills. Is it really acceptable to question if people need the medication they are prescribed? What alternatives are there? Kitty Fitton is on a mission to prove that disability and illness doesn’t mean the end of life as we know it. She writes about hating exercise, coping with blended families, Parkinson’s, and trying to reach the bottom of the laundry

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14:54

Scent-sing Parkinson's?

Ordinary Life, A Podcast About Parkinson"s. ·

2025/11/07

In this episode the girls talk about the senses and how they may be affected when dealing with Parkinson's.

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15:47

Park Your Stress

Ordinary Life, A Podcast About Parkinson"s. ·

2025/11/02

Kitty and Emma catch up for a debrief on stress in their lives (and how to manage it down) and end up discussing disability parking. Kitty Fitton is on a mission to prove that disability and illness doesn’t mean the end of life as we know it. She writes about hating exercise, coping with blended families, Parkinson’s, and trying to reach the bottom of the laundry basket.

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16:52

Nobody Like Me

Ordinary Life, A Podcast About Parkinson"s. ·

2025/10/30

Mike, Kitty and Emma discuss the impact of Mike's out of hospital cardiac arrest, and how he often feels that he has no support network of his own.

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