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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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34:52

Summer Re-Run: When Your Spouse is Not Very Involved...

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2024/08/07

Hello Brave Friends! This is a Summer Re-Run of one of our favorite Ask Us Anything episodes from Seasons 5 and 6. Call in to our SpeakPipe to ask YOUR questions and tune in next season, starting in September 2024, for many more. 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 episode, #168, we are tackling the HIGHLY relatable question, what do we do when our spouse is not very involved in our disa...

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29:08

Summer Re-Run: Will A Caregiver Support Group Make Me...

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2024/07/31

Hello Brave Friends! This is a Summer Re-Run of one of our favorite Ask Us Anything episodes from Seasons 5 and 6. Call in to our SpeakPipe to ask YOUR questions and tune in next season, starting in September 2024, for many more. 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 episode, #165, we are discussing how to get the most out of connection circles and in general, support groups, without takin...

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37:49

Summer Re-Run: Comparison within the Disability...

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2024/07/24

Hello Brave Friends! This is a Summer Re-Run of one of our favorite Ask Us Anything episodes from Seasons 5 and 6. Call in to our SpeakPipe to ask YOUR questions and tune in next season, starting in September 2024, for many more. This is another Ask Us Anything episode in which YOU, the listener, get to write or call in and, you guessed it, ASK US ANYTHING! Today we’re discussing the topic of comparing. Whether it’s our stories, our parenting styles or our child’s outcomes, comparin...

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32:46

Summer Re-Run: My Child is Aggressive and I Feel So...

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2024/07/17

Hello Brave Friends! This is a Summer ReRun of one of our favorite Ask Us Anything episodes from Seasons 5 and 6. Call in to our SpeakPipe to ask YOUR questions and tune in next season, starting in September 2024, for many more. This is another Ask Us Anything episode in which YOU, the listener, get to write or call in and, you guessed it, ASK US ANYTHING! Today we’re discussing the topic of raising a child who is aggressive or has bouts of violence towards others. We speak from exp...

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30:39

Summer Re-Run: Our Family Needs a Break and I Feel So...

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2024/07/10

Hello Brave Friends! This is a Summer ReRun of one of our favorite Ask Us Anything episodes from Seasons 5 and 6. Call in to our SpeakPipe to ask YOUR questions and tune in next season, starting in September 2024, for many more. This is another Ask Us Anything episode in which YOU, the listener, get to write or call in and, you guessed it, ASK US ANYTHING! Today we’re discussing the question, is it okay to take a vacation with the typical members of the family while leaving my child...

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26:40

Summer Re-Run: When Friends Wear the Disability Swag...

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2024/07/03

Hello Brave Friends! This is a Summer Re-Run of one of our favorite Ask Us Anything episodes from Seasons 5 and 6. Call in to our SpeakPipe to ask YOUR questions and tune in next season, starting in September 2024, for many more. This is our inaugural Ask Us Anything episode in which YOU, the listener, get to write or call in and, you guessed it, ASK US ANYTHING! Today we’re discussing the question, “Is it strange to feel frustrated when I see friends and family support and voluntee...

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25:29

Can Caregiving Dads be Accepted into Mom Groups?

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2024/06/26

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 episode, #185, we are responding to the question, Can Caregiving Dads be Accepted into Mom Groups?Another amazing question to close out Season 6! First off, thank you to this Dad for calling in and posing this vulnerable question. I know a lot of parents are going to benefit from this conversation. It seems that because mom’s histo...

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32:32

How a Stay-at-Home Dad Created a Digital Assistant...

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2024/06/19

Hello Brave Friends! Welcome to today's practical episode, #184. Our guest today is a dad! Ryan Sheedy is a dad, a rare disease caregiver and a founder. He lives in Bentonville, Arkansas with his wife and three sons. In 2018, after 15 plus years in business development and fundraising, he paused his career to become a stay-at-home dad caregiver for his twin sons. One of his sons, Reynolds, was diagnosed with Costello syndrome in 2018. Since birth, Ryan has been Reynolds’ primary ca...

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40:26

What You Wish You Could Ask ParaEducators with...

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2024/06/12

Hello Brave Friends! Welcome to today's practical episode, #183. Our guest is Anjillene O’Connor. She came to my family well over a decade ago. She was working in our school district, as an interventionist, and wanted a little work on the side. She loved my kids, understood them, would cook for them and was just the best. Everybody in my family loved Miss Jill, (we still call her Miss Jill). Today she has been working in education for 20 years, continuing on to the completion of her spe...

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38:56

How Spelling Revealed A Non-Verbal Teen’s Brilliance...

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2024/06/05

Hello Brave Friends! This is story episode #182, about what can happen when parents presume competence in their non-verbal, autistic son. Today we hear from Jason Hague about his experience accepting his autistic son Jack’s presumed intellectual disability, making peace with it, and then seeing a documentary that changed everything.Welcome to today's story episode: How Spelling Revealed a Non-Verbal Teen’s Brilliance.Jason Hague has been telling his story of faith, fatherhood, and autism...

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31:36

How Do I Access Playfulness When My Life is So Serious

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2024/05/29

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 episode, #181, we are responding to the question, How do I Access Playfulness When My Life is So Serious? This is such a great question, and as you will hear, all three of your hosts grapple, themselves, with how to find “the fun” in the midst of chronic hardship. It’s not everyone’s natural gift to make light of the dark stuff or ...

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24:21

Welcoming Big Emotions with Cheerful Helpers Dr....

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2024/05/22

Hello Brave Friends! Welcome to today's practical episode, #180. Our guest today is Dr. Jaclyn Zeccola, the clinical director of Cheerful Helpers, which is a well established therapeutic school and early intervention program dedicated to supporting children who are experiencing developmental challenges. As you will hear in the episode, what makes their programs successful and unique to them is their collaboration with parents, their use of narration to help investigate the reasons behind...

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26:38

Parenting Children with Invisible Disabilities with...

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2024/05/15

Hello Brave Friends! This is story episode #179. And it features one of the many powerful stories we showcase in our first ever Brave Together book! It’s an anthology of stories shared courageously by our community of moms and it’s called Becoming Brave Together: heroic, extraordinary caregiving stories from mothers hidden in plain sight. It is available now and the link to find it is in the show notes, so go get yourself a copy!Today we hear a story from Lora DeMello about her experience par...

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37:41

Making Friends from Behind the Window with Claire...

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2024/05/08

Hello Brave Friends! This is story episode #178. And it features one of the many powerful stories we showcase in our first ever Brave Together book! It’s an anthology of stories shared courageously by our community of moms and it’s called Becoming Brave Together: heroic, extraordinary caregiving stories from mothers hidden in plain sight. It is available now and the link to find it is in the show notes, so go get yourself and everybody you know a copy!Today’s story is from Claire McMurray who...

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26:00

A Down Syndrome Diagnosis in South Africa 30 Years...

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2024/05/01

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31:29

We All Deserve a Dignified Place to Toilet with Jayme...

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2024/04/24

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33:51

Diagnosis Isn't a Choice, My Martyrdom Is with...

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2024/04/17

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39:55

How to Support my Neuro-Divergent Kid as They Blossom...

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2024/04/10

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32:02

How a Caregiving Parent Became an Entrepreneur with...

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2024/04/03

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29:35

Walking on Eggshells with Epilepsy with Erin Rusling

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2024/03/27

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