Take the Next Step with Amy Julia Becker

By Amy Julia Becker

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Episodes: 32

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Take the Next Step is a podcast for families experiencing disability, offering weekly encouragement and practical next steps to help your family thrive. Your family matters. Your child matters. And we need you among us. Each Wednesday, we'll explore how to:


 - Navigate the challenges of disability parenting

 - Create moments of delight, joy, and connection at home

 - Connect with a supportive community where your family belong

 - Take meaningful, manageable steps toward a flourishing future


Take the Next Step is a resource from the Hope Heals Network, a collective of thought leaders offering honest and hopeful wisdom to help people flourish in the good and hard parts of their stories. To learn more about the work of Hope Heals, visit hopeheals.com or follow @hopeheals on Instagram.


More episodes: https://amyjuliabecker.com/take-the-next-step-podcast/


Episode Date
How to Navigate IEP Meetings and Disability Services • Meghan Burke, PhD
Sep 16, 2026
What We Need to Know About Disability and Happiness • Misty Coy Snyder
Sep 09, 2026
Raising Capable, Confident Kids: Disability + Parenting • David Thomas, LMSW
Sep 02, 2026
Be Unapologetically Impatient: Disability + Parenting • Christina Cipriano, PhD
Aug 26, 2026
Your Family Matters • A New Season of Take the Next Step!
Aug 19, 2026
How Disability Changed This Dad’s Idea of “Normal” with Mike Erre
May 06, 2026
From Fear to Future: How Families Plan for a Good Life with Sheli Reynolds, PhD
Apr 29, 2026
How to Find Your People When You Feel Invisible with Katherine Wolf
Apr 22, 2026
Disability + Siblings: What the Research Says with Meghan Burke, PhD
Apr 15, 2026
After Diagnosis: Grief Isn’t the End of the Story with Dr. Curt Thompson
Apr 08, 2026
Disability + Family: What Is Good? What Is Hard? with Renee Dollenmayer
Apr 01, 2026
Disability and Simple Faith Practices for Exhausted Parents with Pam Harmon
Mar 25, 2026
Your Child’s Behavior Is Communication with Emily Longino
Mar 18, 2026
Why “Special Needs Ministry” Isn’t Enough with Rebecca Wall
Mar 11, 2026
Parent + Caregiver: How to Do Both Without Burning Out with Juli Henderson
Mar 04, 2026
Disability: Tragedy, Inspiration… or Something Else? with Matthew Mooney
Feb 25, 2026
How Disability Parents Can Get Organized Without Burning Out with Angela O’Brien
Feb 18, 2026
Thriving in Marriage as Disability Parents with Todd and Kristin Evans
Feb 11, 2026
When Special Education Works with Adrian Wood
Feb 04, 2026
A Lifeline for Disability Parents: Your Feedback, Our Future
Dec 10, 2025
From Chaos to Calm-ish: Holiday Survival for Disability Parents with Niro Feliciano, LCSW
Nov 26, 2025
The Power of Proximity in Disability Parenting with Sho Baraka
Nov 19, 2025
How to Handle Awkward Questions About Disability with Carrie Hahn
Nov 12, 2025
The Help Disability Parents Actually Need (But Rarely Ask For) with Jordan Arogeti
Nov 05, 2025
What If I’m Just Exhausted? {Questions from Disability Parents} with Matt Mooney
Oct 29, 2025
From Deficit to Delight: Changing the Disability Narrative with Heather Avis
Oct 22, 2025
Disability & Belonging: “We Aren’t Us Without You” with Erik Carter
Oct 15, 2025
Disability & Family: The Yes/No Filter Every Parent Needs with Jillian Benfield
Oct 08, 2025
The Hospitality of Need: Disability and Interdependence with Kevan Chandler
Oct 01, 2025
Parenting Kids with Disabilities: The Power of Delight with Sissy Goff
Sep 24, 2025
Don’t Wait to Celebrate: Disability and Delight with Katherine Wolf
Sep 17, 2025
Introducing: Take the Next Step
Sep 10, 2025