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Brave Together Podcast: Support and Community for Caregiving Parents

This is Brave Together Podcast. On Brave Together Podcast, co-hosts Jessica Patay, Susanna Peace Lovell and Dr. Zoe Shaw, will share interviews, celebrate stories, explore challenges, and rally hope for the motherhood journey. Through this inspirational and resourceful podcast, may all caregiving parents know that they are not alone. We Are Brave Together is a global nonprofit that creates community for mothers raising children with disabilities, neurodivergence, or complex medical and mental health

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2:36

Welcome to Season 9 of Brave Together Podcast

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2025/09/02

Welcome to Brave Together Podcast, an empowering resource for the parents of children with disabilities, neurodivergence, and all unique needs. Hi Bravies! Welcome to Season 9 of Brave Together Podcast. Yes, we've switched back to our original name, but we are as always, relentless in our mission to provide you the caregiving parent with resources, a platform for your stories and of course, community. I'm Jessica Patay, founder of the nonprofit, We Are Brave Together and a mother to three ch...

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40:10

Summer Re-Run: Stop Stalling! Write Your Story

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2025/08/27

This week Jessica Patay interviews Sarah, Laurie and Ann - three warrior moms who’ve picked up the pen and written their stories. We hope that in listening you’ll be encouraged, equipped inspired to write your own story; the world needs to hear it! Sarah Swindell lives in the Austin area with her husband, Greg, a former Major League Baseball player and 2019 Texas Sports Hall of Fame Inductee. Sarah is a commercial actress/model and has been working in the industry for over thirty years, and ...

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Summer Re-Run: On Marriage and Healthy Communication,...

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2025/08/20

In Part Two of our series with Meygan Caston, you will hear the most practical advice on something I think we all take for granted: great communication skills! How can we get to the root of some marriage issues if we do not properly learn/re-learn/practice good communication skills? Meygan Caston is the cofounder of Marriage365, where she and her team specialize in creating online and on-demand resources for engaged and married couples. Meygan and her husband Casey live in Orang...

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29:37

Summer Re-Run: On Marriage and Healthy Communication,...

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2025/08/13

In this episode you will hear the most practical advice from Meygan Caston on something I think we all take for granted: great communication skills! How can we get to the root of some marriage issues if we do not properly learn/re-learn/practice good communication skills? Meygan Caston is the cofounder of Marriage365, where she and her team specialize in creating online and on-demand resources for engaged and married couples. Meygan and her husband Casey live in Orange County, Ca and ...

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27:31

Summer Re-Run: Breath is Your Superpower with D'Andre...

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2025/08/06

What do you do when everything is going wrong? How do you zoom out enough to see things clearly - instead of reacting in fear or desperation? Jessica Patay and Yoga Instructor/Entrepreneur, D’Andre Clayton talk about the power of a regular breath practice to help develop clear-headedness and build peaceful foundations for our perspectives on the challenges of life. Find D’Andre on Instagram @dandreclayton @hotyogahealthyyou Brave Together Podcast is a resource produced by We Are Brave Togeth...

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27:41

Summer Re-Run: The Worst Fear with Toby Stark

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2025/07/30

In a world where children and young people who have disabilities are at an increased risk of being abused compared with their non-disabled peers, how can a parent learn to manage their fears and protect their children? On this week’s episode of Brave Together, Jessica Patay and expert advisor Toby Stark discuss some of the most important questions parents need to ask of the organizations supporting and caring for youth. Learn more about Toby’s incredible work here. Brave Together Parenting...

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Summer Re-Run: How to Build an Entourage of Love with...

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2025/07/23

Hello Brave Friends, you know we encourage sisterhood on this podcast but we don’t always talk about the unexpected community that can form around our children with unique needs, when we’re open to it. And sometimes that means having a broader idea about who that community may include. It might NOT be other mom’s, even care-giving mom’s with kids the same age because hey, they're BUSY! Instead, it might be a retired neighbor looking for some way to be of service, a single friend who has the t...

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32:25

Summer Re-Run: The Lazy Genius Tips for Overwhelemed...

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2025/07/16

Do I really need to cook dinner EVERY night? And if so, how can I find joy in it? Joy, you say? What would that look like? A glass of wine, maybe? Music? In the overwhelming lives of caregivers, it’s easy to feel like the days are full of “have to’s” but what if we isolated the actual necessities and found ways to make everything else in our busy lives easier and MORE FUN! Today we help you streamline your New Year with tips from the Lazy Genius, Kendra Adachi. Kendra Adachi is a two-ti...

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32:09

Summer Re-Run: The Lost Art of Asking for Help with...

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2025/07/09

Our lives as caregivers require WAY more help than we are willing to ask for, so what stops us? The intention for this episode is encouragement and maybe a nudge toward self-reflection as to WHY ON EARTH we of all people wouldn’t be able to ask for the help that we so badly need. On this episode, host Jessica Patay, talks to Cheryl Ryan Chan, who does workshops on The Lost Skill of Asking for Help, among other caregiver focused topics. They discuss why asking for help can feel so diffic...

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26:28

Summer Re-Run: Transitioning from Middle School to HS...

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2025/07/02

Transitions are hard for everybody, but especially for our neurodiverse teens and their parents. Just when you’ve gotten used to middle school and all that is expected in that environment, your teen is ushered into the wilderness of high school and a fresh batch of unknowns. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a guide? Well, you’re in luck! On this practical episode, host Jessica Patay interviews Natalie Borrell, a Certified Academic Life Coach, Licensed School Psychologist and the founder of Life Su...

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29:23

Summer Re-Run: Advocating at the Hospital Bedside for...

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2025/06/25

Hello Brave Friends! Welcome to our practical episode with Katie Taylor, who not only has wonderful professional credentials, she is also our Connection Circle Leader for Austin, Texas, and we are so grateful for her leadership and her enthusiasm to serve and support caregiving moms. Katie Taylor is very impressive. She is the co-founder and CEO of Child Life On Call, a digital platform revolutionizing pediatric health care by putting parents at the center of the medical journey. With over 13...

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27:24

Summer Re-Run: Strength Based IEP's with April Rehrig

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2025/06/18

Hello Brave Friends! Welcome to today's practical episode with April Rehrig. She's going to talk about strengths-based IEPs. Have you even heard of that? I don't think I'd ever heard of it until recently. It's an IEP that looks at abilities as well as weaknesses. It looks at what students CAN do, what the team wants them to do next, and how strengths might be used to set goals to help address a particular need. April is a repeat guest because we love her and appreciate her. She's the fo...

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Story: Victory is a Walk by the Beach and our S8 Wrap...

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2025/06/11

Hello Brave Friends! Welcome to our Season 8 wrap up episode, #222. The host of the 'Brave Together Parenting Podcast' addresses the 'Brave Mom Squad,' expressing gratitude and celebrating the podcast's five-year anniversary and 220+ episodes. Reflecting on Season 8, the host highlights top episodes and thanks sponsors Rise Educational Advocacy, Pediatric Minds, and Yoga Six Rolling Hills. 'We Are Brave Together' is introduced as the nonprofit supporting caregivers through support group...

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STORY: Ryan’s Instinctive Gifts and What He's Taught...

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2025/06/04

Hello Brave Friends! Welcome to today's story episode, #221. These are true stories from a moment in the life of a caregiving parent. We hear a crafted story, and then have a conversation with our guests that goes deeper into their experience. In this heartfelt conversation, Chris and Jessica Patay reflect on their journey as parents of a child with Prader-Willi syndrome. They discuss the challenges and joys of parenting, the importance of community support, and the lessons learned from their...

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ASK US ANYTHING: What We Can Say to Ourselves in the...

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2025/05/28

Hello Brave Friends! This is an Ask Us Anything episode in which YOU, the listener, get to write or call in and, you guessed it, ASK US ANYTHING! In this Ask Us Anything episode, #220, we are responding to the question, What can I say to myself and what can others say to me in the midst of chronic hardship? In this final AUA episode of season eight, the hosts reflect on the challenges and unexpected gifts of caregiving. They discuss the importance of self-compassion, validation, and eff...

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EXPERT: How to Prepare for Police Involvement with...

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2025/05/21

Hello Brave Friends! Welcome to today's expert episode, #219. These are conversations with experts in fields relevant to caregiving parents. On this episode we have Tammie Penta PD, a retired Police Sergeant and Brave Mom to an adult son with Prader-Willi syndrome who trains police departments all over the country to interact safely with adults living with PWS and other intellectual disabilities. In this conversation, Jessica Patay and Tammie Penta PD, discuss the importance of preparin...

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50:59

STORY: Autism Out Loud with Carrie Cariello, Kate...

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2025/05/14

Hello Brave Friends! Welcome to today's story episode, #218. These are true stories from a moment in the life of a caregiving parent. We hear a crafted story, and then have a conversation with our guests that goes deeper into their experience. This episode is VERY special because we have on the podcast today, not one, not two, but ALL THREE authors of the instant New York Times Bestseller, Autism Out Loud: Life with a Child on the Spectrum, from Diagnosis to Young Adulthood―Moving Stories and...

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35:47

EXPERT: A PBS Documentary Called Caregiving with Tom...

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2025/05/07

Hello Brave Friends! Welcome to today's expert episode, #217. These are conversations with experts in fields relevant to caregiving parents. Today, Brave Together founder, Jessica Patay and author Kelley Coleman interview Tom Chiodo. Tom Chiodo is the Executive Producer Special Projects, National Productions at WETA, flagship PBS station in Washington D.C., developing primetime documentary films and original digital content, accompanied by national impact and engagement campaigns, for 3...

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BONUS: Re-Release of In His Own Words with Ryan Patay

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2025/05/01

Hello Brave friends! May is Prader-Willi Syndrome Awareness Month and, as you probably know by now, my son Ryan has Prader-Willi Syndrome. He’s 21, almost 22, and today we are re-releasing episode number 100 from Season 3, in which I shared the story of how we told Ryan about his diagnosis. And after the story, I have the joy and the privilege of interviewing Ryan, but go grab a Kleenex because, as you will hear, he ends up interviewing me. So thank you for being here and I hope you enjoy lis...

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32:08

STORY: Brain Injury and Ambiguous Loss with Kelly Lang

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2025/04/30

Hello Brave Friends! Welcome to today's story episode, #216. These are true stories from a moment in the life of a caregiving parent. We hear a crafted story, and then have a conversation with our guests that goes deeper into their experience. In this heartfelt conversation, Dr. Zoe Shaw interviews author and speaker, Kelly Lang, who shares her profound journey following a traumatic car accident that changed her and her daughter's life forever. She recounts the harrowing moments of the accide...

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