Tubie Talks

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A series celebrating people and families who tube-feed.

Aug 4

Haley Stewart: A million-plus followers and a whole lot of hope

Haley Stewart was a teenager, tube-fed and living in a tiny town in Montana when her grandma convinced her to post a video. It changed everything. In the final episode of Tubie Talks: Hooked Up, Steph chats with Haley about growing up while her body fell apart, finding a community online that finally understood her, and the grief of losing a close friend. Haley also shares the hope and faith that's carried her through it all – and what she wants anyone struggling right now to know. Tubie Talks: Hooked Up is a Heart Out Media podcast proudly supported by Medicina, supplier of the GFit Low Profile Gastrostomy Button and a range of enteral feeding devices. CONTENT NOTE: This episode includes open discussion of chronic illness and medical procedures. Follow Haley on Instagram and TikTok Follow Steph on Instagram and TikTok Visit Haley's Etsy store Visit The Blend magazine
Jul 28

Lily-Rose Burnell: Meeting Billie Eilish between ICU stays

Lily-Rose "Rosie" Burnell has been septic 17 times and in ICU six times – and she's not afraid to talk about what that's done to her mental health. In this episode of Tubie Talks: Hooked Up, Steph sits down with her dear friend Rosie, recording just days after she came home from a month-long hospital admission. They talk about complex PTSD, the trauma of repeated ICU stays, and the very real cost of being seriously unwell while everyone around you keeps living their life. Rosie also shares the simple strategy that keeps her going: always having something to look forward to. Tubie Talks: Hooked Up is a Heart Out Media podcast proudly supported by Medicina, supplier of the GFit Low Profile Gastrostomy Button and a range of enteral feeding devices. CONTENT NOTE: This episode includes open discussion of chronic illness and medical trauma.
Jul 21

Freya Steindl: TPN, Taylor Swift and travelling the world

Freya Steindl has been on TPN since she was a baby – and it hasn't stopped her running half marathons, rock climbing or road-tripping across the US-Canada border for the Eras Tour. In this episode of Tubie Talks: Hooked Up, Steph chats with the 24-year-old paediatric nurse from Brisbane about growing up not wanting to be "the sick kid", working alongside colleagues who just get it, and what it's really like to not eat orally at all. Tubie Talks: Hooked Up is a Heart Out Media podcast proudly supported by Medicina, supplier of the GFit Low Profile Gastrostomy Button and a range of enteral feeding devices. You can follow Freya on Instagram. CONTENT NOTE: This episode includes open discussion of chronic illness and medical trauma.
Jul 14

Lilly Downs: Cheerios and coming off tubes

Missed prom, met her people online, and came off every tube she had. In this episode of Tubie Talks: Hooked Up, Steph sits down with 21-year-old Lilly Downs to talk life after a COVID diagnosis turned everything upside down. They cover feeding tubes in high school, finding friendship through illness, dating with medical baggage, and waking up one morning to a video with a million views. Tubie Talks: Hooked Up is a Heart Out Media podcast proudly supported by Medicina, supplier of the GFit Low Profile Gastrostomy Button and a range of enteral feeding devices. You can follow Lilly on TikTok and Instagram. CONTENT NOTE: This episode includes open discussion of chronic illness and medical trauma.
Jul 7

Amelia Tang: Let's talk body image

Misbehaving feeding tubes, changing bodies and moving cities to breathe. In this episode of Tubie Talks: Hooked Up, Steph sits down with disability advocate Amelia Tang to talk ME/CFS, mast cell disease, Cushing syndrome, body image, dating within the disability community and what social isolation really does to a natural extrovert. Tubie Talks: Hooked Up is a Heart Out Media podcast proudly supported by Medicina, supplier of the GFit Low Profile Gastrostomy Button and a range of enteral feeding devices. You can follow Amelia on Instagram. CONTENT NOTE: This episode includes open discussion of chronic illness and disordered eating.
Jun 30

Coady Gillis: Self-advocating queen

Besties, feeding tubes, hospital drama and a bit of rule-breaking. In the first episode of Tubie Talks: Hooked Up, Steph sits down with her friend Coady Gillis to talk friendship, chronic illness, self-advocacy and the people who show up when things get hard. Tubie Talks: Hooked Up is a Heart Out Media podcast proudly supported by Medicina, supplier of the GFit Low Profile Gastrostomy Button and a range of enteral feeding devices. CONTENT NOTE: This episode includes open discussion of chronic illness and medical trauma.
Season 2 Trailer

Tubie Talks is back. And Steph Kelly has the mic 🎙️

Steph Kelly is your host for season two of Tubie Talks: Hooked Up. She's about to hook you up with a cast of people who, like her, are living life – working, playing, travelling, dating and doing it all – with chronic illness, disability and feeding tubes. Tune in for weekly episodes from July 1. Tubie Talks: Hooked Up is a Heart Out Media podcast proudly supported by Medicina, supplier of the GFit Low Profile Gastrostomy Button and a range of enteral feeding devices.
04/13/2024

The tube-feeding TikTok star: Steph's story

She's got a G-tube, J-tube, TPN and half a million social media followers. Meet Steph Kelly, a Sydney nurse who's built a colossal community by candidly sharing what it's like to live with feeding tubes, frequent hospital stays and a lengthy list of conditions – including hyper-mobile Ehlers Danlos syndrome, POTS, and serious heart issues – all while leading a full, and often very fun life. Come behind the scenes of Steph’s viral posts as I spend a morning with this incredible advocate. And that's a wrap for season one of Tubie Talks! You can read an interview with Steph in Issue Three of THE BLEND magazine: theblendmag.com/issue-2-1-1 Follow Steph's TikTok account here: tiktok.com/@stephkkelly Follow Steph's instagram account here: instagram.com/stephkkelly Tubie Talks is brought to you by the team at InterMed Medical, who supply an extensive range of very useful Medicina products: amslmedical.com.au It's produced, edited and hosted by Melanie Dimmitt: melaniedimmitt.com.au Sound engineering by Ash Ball at PEOPLEwho: thesepeoplewho.com The Tubie Talks podcast cover art is designed by Kathryn Lean: etsy.com/shop/KathrynLean Want more tubie stories? Read THE BLEND tube-feeding magazine: theblendmag.com

A series celebrating people and families who tube-feed.

Creator

Heart Out Media
Years Active

2023 - 2026
Episodes

14
Rating

Explicit
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