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159: Sharing the Mental Load with Your Partner in Disability Parenting w/ Amanda Griffith-Atkins + Will Atkins
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May 02, 2024 |
158: Serena’s Story | Disability Advocate Turned Disability Parent, a Degenerative Diagnosis, + the Power of Now
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Apr 25, 2024 |
157: Friendships with People Who Don’t Have Disabled Kids w/ Jillian Arnold
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Apr 18, 2024 |
156: Should I Get a Divorce? Insight + Solidarity from Divorced Medically Complex Parents w/ Amanda Griffith-Atkins
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Apr 11, 2024 |
155: Aneesa’s Story | A Terminal Diagnosis + Dark Clouds and Silver Linings
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Apr 04, 2024 |
154: Deaths in the Community | How it Affects Us + Our Relationship with the Parents w/ Rose Watson
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Mar 28, 2024 |
153: Hurtful Things Loved Ones Say and Do | How it Affects Us + What to Do About It w/ Amanda Griffith-Atkins
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Mar 21, 2024 |
152: Stephanie’s Story | A Stroke in Utero, Recurring Medical Trauma + No Space To Process It
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Mar 14, 2024 |
151: Fostering Friendships with Other Disability Parents w/ Kate Livingstone and Kari Harbath
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Mar 07, 2024 |
150: Siblings | Listening + Learning from Glass Children w/ Megan Schneider
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Feb 29, 2024 |
Mini Episode: A Sprint to the Finish for Our Family and Friends Fundraiser!
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Feb 27, 2024 |
149: Annie’s Story | Physician Mom, Infertility, + Comparison Between Twins
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Feb 22, 2024 |
Mini Episode: An Exciting Update for Our Family and Friends Fundraiser!
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Feb 20, 2024 |
148: The Family + Friends Perspective | What it’s Like to Watch us Navigate Life with Our Medically-Complex Children w/ Kassie Harbath
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Feb 15, 2024 |
147: Sex + Disability Parenting | All the Ways It Takes a Hit + Ways to Reclaim It w/ Amanda Griffith-Atkins
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Feb 08, 2024 |
146: The Dad Perspective w/ Derek Dizney, Zach Schneider, + Juston Cheney
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Feb 01, 2024 |
145: Ashley’s Story | Childhood Dementia, An Ended Marriage, + Learning to Live in The Present
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Jan 25, 2024 |
144: Season 9 Kickoff | This Season’s Theme, Our Friends + Family fundraiser, & a Sneak Peek of Upcoming Episodes w/ Alyssa Nutile
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Jan 18, 2024 |
When Your Child is Inpatient at Hospital During Holidays or Special Events w/ Amanda Griffith-Atkins [REPLAY]
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Dec 07, 2023 |
Isolating at Home During Holiday Events to Avoid Illness w/ Amanda Griffith-Atkins [REPLAY]
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Nov 30, 2023 |
The Holidays + Why They Can Be Tough for Disability Parents w/ Amanda Griffith-Atkins [REPLAY]
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Nov 22, 2023 |
143: Season 8 Finale | International Listeners, Frantic Behind-the-Scenes Work, and Surprising Popular Episodes w/ Alyssa Nutile
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Nov 16, 2023 |
142: What If My Disabled Child Outlives Me? w/ Amanda Griffith-Atkins
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Nov 09, 2023 |
141: How Our Faith + Spirituality Can Be Impacted by Our Experiences with Our Medically Complex Children (+ Visa Versa) w/ Ali, Bethany, Melissa, and Rachel
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Nov 02, 2023 |
140: Alyssa’s Story | A Mistaken Brain Surgery, Rebuilding Trust in The Medical System, + A Life-Limiting Prognosis
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Oct 26, 2023 |
139: In-Home Nursing | The Good, the Bad, + the Ugly w/ Caitlin Castro, Nicole Dennis + Brooke Teremi
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Oct 19, 2023 |
138: Therapy 101 | Barriers Disability Parents Face + How to Receive This Much-Needed Care w/ Liz Spitzer, PhD
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Oct 12, 2023 |
137: Life After Child Loss | What is Grief, How Does It Show Up, and What Can We Do About It? w/ Cole Imperi + Leah Deason
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Oct 05, 2023 |
136: Bethany’s Story | Trach Life, Calloused to Trauma, + Making Space for Anger
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Sep 28, 2023 |
135: Careers + Family Roles | The Ways They’ve Been Impacted by Disability Parenting + The Resentment We Feel w/ Amanda Griffith-Atkins, LCSW
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Sep 21, 2023 |
134: Child Loss 101 | What to Expect, Decisions You Can (and should) Make Now + How to Make The End Of Your Child’s Life As Beautiful As They Are
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Sep 14, 2023 |
133: Bek’s Story | Solo Medical Parenting, 13 Years of Living in Survival Mode + Grieving the Children She Dreamed of Having
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Sep 07, 2023 |
132: When “Self-Care” Gives Us the Swears | the Inaccessibility of Self-Care + How to Redefine It w/ Amanda Griffith-Atkins, LMFT
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Aug 31, 2023 |
131: Chronic Stress + Our Bodies | Ways Our Physical Health Takes the Hit w/ Amanda Griffith-Atkins, LMFT
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Aug 24, 2023 |
130: Fearful of Child Loss | Anticipatory Grief + the Ways it Guts Us w/ Amanda Griffith-Atkins, LMFT
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Aug 17, 2023 |
129: Maddison’s Story | A Delayed Diagnosis + Painful Comparisons
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Aug 10, 2023 |
128: Season 8 Kickoff | a New Theme, Sneak Peeks of Brand-new Episodes + a 9-Month Secret Revealed w/ Brittany Steitz
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Aug 03, 2023 |
Health Anxiety w/ Amanda Griffith-Atkins, LMFT (Rebroadcast)
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Jul 27, 2023 |
To Those Who Cannot Say, “I Wouldn’t Have Them Any Other Way.” (Rebroadcast)
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Jul 20, 2023 |
The Sibling Perspective w/ Katherine Acton (Rebroadcast)
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Jul 13, 2023 |
Should A Child’s Disability be Part of Their Parent’s Identity? w/ Author Emily Ladau and Amanda Griffith-Atkins, LMFT (Rebroadcast)
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Jul 06, 2023 |
The Parable of the Pain Scale | The Ways Bearing Witness to Our Children’s Suffering Calibrates Our Pain Scales to an Entirely Different Level w/ Libby Holley (Rebroadcast)
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Jun 29, 2023 |
The Story of Claire (Rebroadcast)
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Jun 22, 2023 |
Family Planning When You Have a Medically-Complex Child w/ Amanda Griffith-Atkins LMFT + 13 Special Guests (Rebroadcast)
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Jun 15, 2023 |
It’s All My Fault (Rebroadcast)
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Jun 08, 2023 |
Living with Sleep Deprivation w/ Jill Arneson (Rebroadcast)
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Jun 01, 2023 |
Confessions of a NICU Nurse w/ Sam Keirsey, RN BSN (Rebroadcast)
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May 25, 2023 |
127: Season 7 Finale + 3 Year Anniversary | How This Podcast Has Changed My Life w/ Juston Cheney
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May 18, 2023 |
126: Therapies | When to Scale Back and How to Do So w/ Andrea Loveday-Brown and Larkin O’Leary
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May 11, 2023 |
125: Tips and Tricks for Traveling with Disabled Kids w/ Alyssa Nutile
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May 04, 2023 |
124: Suzy’s Story | Brain Injury, the Exhaustion of Living in Survival Mode, + Wondering If This Is the End
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Apr 27, 2023 |
123: “Special Needs” + Why Parents Need to Drop the Term w/ Kari Harbath and Disability Activist Hannah Setzer (VOICEOVER)
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Apr 20, 2023 |
123: “Special Needs” + Why Parents Need to Drop the Term w/ Kari Harbath and Disability Activist Hannah Setzer
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Apr 20, 2023 |
122: 5 (Surprising) Things Parents Want Special Ed. Professionals to Know w/ Tiffany Goodchild
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Apr 13, 2023 |
121: When Strangers “Just Ask” + How to Handle That w/ Disabled Author James Catchpole
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Apr 06, 2023 |
120: Alexis’ Story | Epilepsy, Holland, + Suicidal Ideation
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Mar 30, 2023 |
119: Your Child’s Medical Team | How to Push Back, Ask Questions, and Build Your Dream Team w/ Dr. Kelly Fradin, MD
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Mar 23, 2023 |
118: Medical Organization Hacks | Supplies + Info + Appointment Scheduling
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Mar 16, 2023 |
117: Trauma-versaries + Other Triggers to Our Medical Trauma w/ Hailey Adkisson and Madhura Katre
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Mar 09, 2023 |
116: Kinda Obsessed | Celebrating Our Relationships with Our Children With Rare Conditions w/ 24 Parent-Contributors
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Feb 28, 2023 |
115: Melanie Dimmitt’s Story | a Diagnosis Delivered in Bite Sizes + How It Started Vs. How It’s Going
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Feb 23, 2023 |
114: Grieving Our Children’s Intellectual Disabilities + Facing Our Internalized Ableism w/ Marci Dunning
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Feb 16, 2023 |
113: Blenderized Diets for Tubies | The Life-changing Health Benefits and How to Get Started w/ Cassie Krings and Hilarie Dreyer, RD
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Feb 09, 2023 |
112: Abby’s Story | Skeletal Dysplasia, a Prenatal Diagnosis with Grim Hopes of Survival, + Ditching the Bubble Wrap
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Feb 02, 2023 |
111: Season 7 Kickoff
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Jan 26, 2023 |
110: When Your Child is Inpatient at the Hospital During Holidays w/ Amanda Griffith-Atkins
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Dec 15, 2022 |
109: Isolating at Home During Holiday Events to Avoid Illness w/ Amanda Griffith-Atkins
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Dec 08, 2022 |
108: The Holidays + The Ways They Can be Tough for Disability Parents w/ Amanda Griffith-Atkins
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Nov 17, 2022 |
107: Season 6 Finale episode w/ Brittany
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Nov 10, 2022 |
106: Respecting and Honoring Our Nonspeaking Children w/ Brianna Christian
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Nov 03, 2022 |
105: Brianna’s Story | Regression, Finding Purpose, and a Nurse-Turned-Medical-Mom
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Oct 27, 2022 |
104: Tangible Ways to Support Parents of Disabled Children | A Message for Our Loved Ones
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Oct 20, 2022 |
103: Instilling Body Image Resilience in Children with Disabilities w/ Dr. Lexie Kite
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Oct 13, 2022 |
102: Becoming a Single Medical Mom w/ Tiffany Pasillas
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Oct 06, 2022 |
101: Tiffany’s Story | T18/Edward Syndrome + Advocating for Her Daughter’s Right to Live
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Sep 29, 2022 |
100: Raising Awareness | Disabled People (and Their Parents) Do Not Owe Society Anything
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Sep 22, 2022 |
99: Family Planning When You Have a Medically-Complex Child w/ Amanda Griffith-Atkins LMFT + 13 Special Guests
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Sep 15, 2022 |
98: Siblings | Ways We Can Protect Our Glass Children w/ Melissa Schlemmer
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Sep 08, 2022 |
97: Melissa Schlemmer’s Story | A Rare Disorder Affecting the Brain + Radical Acceptance
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Sep 01, 2022 |
96: “All We Want Is a Healthy Baby” | How This Feels to Parents of Unhealthy Babies
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Aug 25, 2022 |
95: The Parable of the Pain Scale | How Bearing Witness to Our Children’s Suffering Calibrates Our Pain Scales to an Entirely Different Level w/ Libby Holley
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Aug 18, 2022 |
94: Family + Friends | How to Stay Close When You Feel Worlds Apart w/ Chelsea Denham
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Aug 11, 2022 |
93: Chelsea’s Story | Airway Issues, a Dirty Baby, and Making Scary Medical Decisions
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Aug 04, 2022 |
92: Season 6 Kickoff
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Jul 28, 2022 |
Jess’ Story | A Twinless Twin and Something to Prove (Rebroadcast)
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Jul 21, 2022 |
The NICU Experience | An Initiation into Medically-Complex Parenting (rebroadcast)
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Jul 14, 2022 |
Effie’s Story | Siblings, Italy, and a Next-Level Laugh (rebroadcast)
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Jul 07, 2022 |
What Your Child’s Doctors Want You to Know, But Don’t Tell You w/ Dr. Dominic Moore, MD (Rebroadcast)
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Jun 30, 2022 |
Confessions of a Medical Mama w/ Anna Brown (Rebroadcast)
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Jun 23, 2022 |
Medical Equipment| The Ultimate Hate/Love Relationship + How to Vacation With It All w/ Falesha Johnson (Rebroadcast)
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Jun 16, 2022 |
It’s All My Fault (Rebroadcast)
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Jun 09, 2022 |
It’s OK to be Angry w/ Orley Bills, LCSW (Rebroadcast)
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Jun 02, 2022 |
When Your Mommy-Gut Is Alarming and The Doctors Won’t Listen w/ Tameka Diaz (Rebroadcast)
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May 26, 2022 |
91: Season 5 Finale w/ Special Guest Brittany Steitz
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May 19, 2022 |
90: Living with Sleep Deprivation w/ Jill Arneson
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May 12, 2022 |
89: Gaslit by Others and Ourselves
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May 05, 2022 |
88: Numbing Out When Things Are Tough w/ Anna Smyth, MS, RYT
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Apr 28, 2022 |
87: Depression, Anxiety, + PTSD in Medically-Complex Parenting w/ Karley Henderson
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Apr 21, 2022 |
86: Karley’s Story | Two Rare Syndromes, Playing the What-If Game, and Appointments on The Daily
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Apr 14, 2022 |
85: Should A Child’s Disability be Part of Their Parent’s Identity? w/ Author Emily Ladau and Amanda Griffith-Atkins, LMFT
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Apr 07, 2022 |
84: Grieving Our Child’s Medical Complexity w/ Carrie M. Holt
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Mar 31, 2022 |
83: An Evolution of Faith w/ Kimberly Arnold, Part 2
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Mar 24, 2022 |
83: An Evolution of Faith w/ Kim Arnold, Part 1
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Mar 17, 2022 |
82: Kim's Story | Hard-Earned Awe, Mothering a Glass Doll, and a Brand-New Marriage Put to the Test
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Mar 10, 2022 |
81: Health Anxiety w/ Amanda Griffith-Atkins, LMFT
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Mar 03, 2022 |
80: Celebrating Our Children + Our Growth w/ Lexie Emory, Roya Malaekeh, Analy Navarro, Heather Cox, and Rayel Lockhart
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Feb 24, 2022 |
79: Debilitating Guilt + the ‘You Break It, You Fix It’ Mentality w/ Wendy Hair
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Feb 17, 2022 |
78: Wendy’s Story
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Feb 10, 2022 |
77: To Those Who Cannot Say, “I Wouldn’t Have Them Any Other Way.”
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Feb 03, 2022 |
76: Medical Mom Soul-Searching w/ Moira Cleary, CPC
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Jan 27, 2022 |
75: My Journey as an Adoptive and Foster Medical-Mama w/ Sarah Yates
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Jan 20, 2022 |
74: Sarah’s Story
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Jan 13, 2022 |
73: Season 5 Kickoff
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Jan 06, 2022 |
Announcement and Recommended Episode #7
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Dec 30, 2021 |
Announcement and Recommended Episode #6
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Dec 23, 2021 |
Announcement and Recommended Episode #5
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Dec 16, 2021 |
Announcement and Recommended Episode #4
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Dec 09, 2021 |
Announcement and Recommended Episode #3
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Dec 02, 2021 |
Announcement and Recommended Episode #2
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Nov 25, 2021 |
Announcement and Recommended Episode #1
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Nov 18, 2021 |
72: Season 4 Finale
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Nov 11, 2021 |
71: Confessions of a NICU Nurse w/ Sam Keirsey, RN BSN
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Nov 04, 2021 |
70: Accessibility and Ableism w/ Vanessa McLeod
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Oct 28, 2021 |
69: Vanessa’s Story
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Oct 21, 2021 |
68: Dipping My Toes into Educational Advocacy
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Oct 14, 2021 |
67: What Your Child’s Doctors Want You to Know, But Don’t Tell You w/ Dr. Dominic Moore, MD
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Oct 07, 2021 |
66: Machine Dependency w/ Falesha Johnson
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Sep 30, 2021 |
65: The Story of Cali
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Sep 23, 2021 |
64: Improvement-triggered Grief
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Sep 16, 2021 |
63: Medical Bills and Expenses w/ Gina Pola-Money
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Sep 09, 2021 |
62: Hospitalizations w/ Erica Ryan
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Sep 02, 2021 |
61: The Story of Westley
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Aug 26, 2021 |
60: Blindness
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Aug 19, 2021 |
59: Educational Advocacy + IEPs w/ Catherine Whitcher, M.Ed
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Aug 12, 2021 |
58: Medical Advocacy w/ Tameka Diaz
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Aug 05, 2021 |
57: The Story of Evely
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Jul 29, 2021 |
56: Season 4 Kickoff
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Jul 22, 2021 |
55: Season 3 Finale
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Jul 08, 2021 |
54: Disabled Adult Perspective w/Erica Stearns
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Jul 01, 2021 |
53: Diagnosis Jealousy w/ Kara Ryska
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Jun 24, 2021 |
52: The Story of Levi
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Jun 17, 2021 |
51: Isolation vs. Connection
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Jun 10, 2021 |
50: The Sibling Perspective w/ Katherine Acton
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Jun 03, 2021 |
49: The Story of Anna
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May 27, 2021 |
48: Lifting the Curtain
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May 20, 2021 |
47: Siblings w/ Katie Taylor, CCLS
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May 13, 2021 |
46: Confessions of a Special-Needs Mama w/ Anna Brown
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May 06, 2021 |
45: The Story of Emery
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Apr 29, 2021 |
44: Inclusion in the Hearing Loss World
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Apr 22, 2021 |
43: Emotional Safety in Marriage w/ Dr. Matt Townsend
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Apr 15, 2021 |
42: Friendship + Inclusion w/ Effie Parks
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Apr 08, 2021 |
41: The Story of Ford
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Apr 01, 2021 |
40: Wendy + the Sibling Experience
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Mar 25, 2021 |
39: Inclusive Children’s Books w/ Macy Gilson, Megan DeJarnett, and Jessica Parham
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Mar 18, 2021 |
38: Social Media + SN Community w/ Jess Wolff
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Mar 11, 2021 |
37: The Story of Lily
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Mar 04, 2021 |
36: Rare Disease Day 2021, The Parent-Perspective
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Feb 28, 2021 |
35: Season 3 Kickoff
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Feb 18, 2021 |
34: Season 2 Finale
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Feb 04, 2021 |
33: It’s OK to be Angry, w/ Orley Bills, LCSW
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Jan 28, 2021 |
32: Self-Care w/ Jessica Patay
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Jan 21, 2021 |
31: The Story of Ryan
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Jan 14, 2021 |
30: You Are Exactly What Your Child Needs
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Jan 07, 2021 |
29: Resilient Mindset w/ Claudia Taboada
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Dec 31, 2020 |
28: Living with Grief w/ Anna Stanfield
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Dec 24, 2020 |
27: The Story of Gilbert
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Dec 17, 2020 |
26: The NICU Experience | An Initiation into Medically-Complex Parenting
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Dec 10, 2020 |
25: EMDR Trauma Therapy w/ Rosey Schaefermeyer, LCSW
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Dec 03, 2020 |
24: Disability Advocacy w/ Jenny McLelland
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Nov 26, 2020 |
23: The Story of James
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Nov 19, 2020 |
22: It’s All My Fault
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Nov 12, 2020 |
21: Giving Back w/ Tara Docekal
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Nov 05, 2020 |
20: Anticipatory Grief w/ Katie
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Oct 29, 2020 |
19: The Story of Claire
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Oct 22, 2020 |
18: Season 2 Kickoff
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Oct 15, 2020 |
17: Season 1 Finale
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Sep 24, 2020 |
16: Strategies to Support Selective Eaters w/ Kimberly Hirte, SLP
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Sep 17, 2020 |
15: Communicating w/ a Nonverbal Child
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Sep 10, 2020 |
14: The Story of Miller
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Sep 03, 2020 |
13: Feeding Tube Adventures
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Aug 27, 2020 |
12: 3 Fun Ways to Facilitate Language Development w/ Hearing Specialist Angie
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Aug 20, 2020 |
11: Embracing Your Therapy and Medical Tribe w/ Kari Harbath
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Aug 13, 2020 |
10: The Story of Sloan
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Aug 06, 2020 |
9: 3 Tips for Taking Charge of Your Therapy and Medical Team
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Jul 30, 2020 |
8: Advocating Using the FIG Method w/ Dr. Saperstein
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Jul 23, 2020 |
7: Educating Others About Your Child’s Differences w/ Emily Young
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Jul 16, 2020 |
6: The Story of Nora
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Jul 09, 2020 |
5: A List of Diagnoses
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Jul 02, 2020 |
4: You Are Not Your Child’s Therapist w/ Developmental Specialist Lisa Rawley
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Jun 25, 2020 |
3: Quality of Life w/ Alyssa Reidhead
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Jun 18, 2020 |
2: The Story of William
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Jun 11, 2020 |
1: Season 1 Kick-Off
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Jun 04, 2020 |
Preface: Kimball’s Origin Story and a Little More About TRL
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May 29, 2020 |
Trailer: Sneak Peek into The Rare Life
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May 07, 2020 |