Toxic Mold Sucks Podcast, Presented by Malachi's Message Foundation

Dana was living a fulfilling, active and inspiring life, documenting the beauty of the ocean and all its incredible life forms with her underwater photography business in Hawaii. She also had a tremendous passion for inspiring women and youth, taking on the role of a real life mermaid. She was living the dream until she started to get ill and found herself barely able to get out of bed. Like many she too went from doctor to doctor until someone finally told her that it could be mold. Her story and journey to finding answers is so powerful. She is now on the path to recovery and we are honored that she came on to share her story with Malachi's Message Foundation. You can read more about her and see how she is helping others by going to her website https://curecirscampaign.org.

For the past 20 years Karen Ferris has been known as "The Mold Attorney of Texas."  But many don't know her personal story with toxic mold. Prior to legally representing those going through mold, Karen was an active and successful employment attorney. She loved running, biking and skiing. But this all changed in 1997 when she moved into an apartment during her divorce. Suddenly she started to get ill. None of the prescriptions that she was given were helping any of her sudden on-set of debilitating symptoms. Then, one day she saw her complex on the news. Someone was suing them for mold; that is when she knew what was the root cause to all of her health issues. Being the fierce fighter that she is, she sued the complex and represented herself. From there, she made it her mission to fight for others that have been affected by toxic mold and make sure that they get the justice that they deserve. She knows first hand that mold can change your life and cause you permanent damage. To this day, Karen is still on seizure medication and still suffers from neuropathy.

PJ Harlow is a very well known name in the mold community. She is a Holistic Mold Consultant & Founder of PJ Harlow Wellness Inc. They are a virtual, IICRC-certified boutique Mold Consultancy dedicated to empowering health-minded homeowners (like you!) to navigate the path to a thriving healthy home.   Her company offers those going through mold many resources, tools, personal help; while also empowering her clients to become their own advocates. Learn all about what she does and hear first hand why having someone like her by your side is extremely beneficial. PJ is also a mold survivor. Her and her family went through an extremely devastating mold nightmare. You can find her personal mold story on our channel and see why she has so much passion to help others through her own company.

PJ was newly married, healthy, looking forward to having another baby, when she, her new husband and kids found themselves in a home riddled with hidden toxic mold. She went from the happiest time of her life to losing her health, everything that she owned, her job, her car and because of mold, she then found herself in the battle of her life: fighting for custody of her children.

This is such a great and extremely informative video. Brian shares what he sees in his industry and why there are so many problems with our HVAC's. One is that the Manual J, Manuel S and Manuel D isn't being performed for each new construction home. This can cause major problems that can lead to mold growth. We discuss why the fan should never be set in the "ON" position and how that can create moisture and mold issues. Is fogging your ducts really helpful? Go check out his full interview.  It will arm you with some great education that we all need to know in order to help prevent our own HVAC's from having moisture and mold issues.  More about Brian below: Brian is a very popular HVAC person in Houston and surrounding areas. Not just because he is good at what he does; but because he has taken the time to learn about mold and understand how it can truly impact the health of the occupants of a home when it is causing an IAQ problem.  Brian Wright owner of Crossway Mechanical LLC in Tomball TX. Brian haas been in the residential side of the HVAC industry for 28 years. Specializes in Retrofit replacement market. HE is a Nate Certified technician, NCI member and certified : Air balancing certified, Carbon monoxide and combustion analysis, duct system optimization, residential HVAC system performance specialist.  He is also BPI certified blower door testing.