I talk to Jennifer Tracy, a NJ transplant living in Las Vegas who has survived botched surgeries, partial paralysis, and extreme weight gain. Jennifer is a walking example of how you can never tell what is going on with someone, no matter how together he or she may seem. Check out Jennifer&apos;s instagram at https://www.instagram.com/alwaysroomforpizzasponsored by Comprehensive Cranium Care www.cranium.care and Digital Effex www.digitaleffex.com<a rel="payment" href="http://patreon.com/lightersidepodcast">Support the show</a> (http://patreon.com/lightersidepodcast)

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It started as a weight loss podcast, which quickly became a mental health podcast, which somehow became a pandemic podcast.  Jay, your host  (anxiety/depression/OCD/childhood trauma/family addiction)  lost 185 lbs after having bariatric surgery.  Guests have ranged from actor Ken Marino to a woman you have never heard of who lost 250 lbs, to a recovering addict, to essential workers during COVID-19. In 2020, the show became daily and ran for 100 episodes in 100 days. The culmination of everything The Lighter Side strove to be, Jay created an oral history of the pandemic, as told through the voices of the people who lived through it. There's something for everyone on the Lighter Side.