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 conditions. The heart of We Are Brave Together is to preserve and protect the mental health of caregiving moms everywhere.
Episodes
264 episodes
Summer Re-Run: Stop Stalling! Write Your Story
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...
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40:10
Summer Re-Run: On Marriage and Healthy Communication, Part Two with Meygan Caston
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...
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Summer Re-Run: On Marriage and Healthy Communication, Part One with Meygan Caston
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/p...
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29:37
Summer Re-Run: Breath is Your Superpower with D'Andre Clayton
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 brea...
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Summer Re-Run: The Worst Fear with Toby Stark
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...
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27:41
Summer Re-Run: How to Build an Entourage of Love with Emma Nadler
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 broad...
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35:00
Summer Re-Run: The Lazy Genius Tips for Overwhelemed Moms with Kendra Adachi
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 “h...
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32:25
Summer Re-Run: The Lost Art of Asking for Help with Cheryl Ryan Chan
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 ...
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32:09
Summer Re-Run: Transitioning from Middle School to HS (for Neurodiverse Teens) with Natalie Borrell
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 sch...
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26:28
Summer Re-Run: Advocating at the Hospital Bedside for Our Kids with Katie Taylor
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 enthu...
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29:23
Summer Re-Run: Strength Based IEP's with April Rehrig
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 ...
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27:24
Story: Victory is a Walk by the Beach and Our S8 Wrap Up with Jessica Patay
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 anniversa...
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Season 8
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Episode 222
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12:16
STORY: Ryan’s Instinctive Gifts and What He's Taught Me with Chris Patay
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 experienc...
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Season 8
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Episode 221
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36:35
ASK US ANYTHING: What We Can Say to Ourselves in the Midst of Chronic Hardship
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, Wh...
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Season 8
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Episode 220
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26:13
EXPERT: How to Prepare for Police Involvement with Tammie Penta PD
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 ...
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Season 8
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Episode 219
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33:25
STORY: Autism Out Loud with Carrie Cariello, Kate Swenson and Adrian Wood
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 experienc...
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Season 8
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Episode 218
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EXPERT: A PBS Documentary Called Caregiving with Tom Chiodo
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 ...
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Season 8
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Episode 217
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35:47
BONUS: Re-Release of In His Own Words with Ryan Patay
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 ...
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Season 8
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23:25
STORY: Brain Injury and Ambiguous Loss with Kelly Lang
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 experienc...
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Season 8
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Episode 216
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THRIVING DISABLED ADULTS: How TAR Syndrome Shaped My Strength with Kelly Pozil
Hello Brave Friends! On this episode, #215, we are hearing about the experience of another Thriving Disabled Adult, Kelly Pozil! Kelly was born with TAR syndrome that resulted in having no radius bone in both her arms. In ...
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Season 8
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Episode 215
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33:35
ASK US ANYTHING: FEELING ALL THE FEELS
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, #214, we are responding to the question, Wh...
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Season 8
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Episode 214
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27:57
STORY: Exploring Shame in Caregiving with Jennifer Iannuzzi
Hello Brave Friends! Welcome to today's story episode, #213. 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 experienc...
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Season 8
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Episode 213
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ASK US ANYTHING: How to Unplug from Hyper-Vigilant Caregiving
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, #212, we are responding to the question, Ho...
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Season 8
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Episode 212
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27:13
EXPERT: When You Wish Your Kid Had a Different Diagnosis with Amanda Griffith-Atkins
Hello Brave Friends! Welcome to today's expert episode, #211. These are conversations with experts in fields relevant to caregiving parents. Our guest today is LMFT Amanda Griffith-Atkins, who is another Brave PWS mom as w...
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Season 8
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Episode 211
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29:21
STORY: I Was Afraid No One Would Believe Me with Lindsay Hooten
Hello Brave Friends! Welcome to today's story episode, #210. 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 experienc...
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Season 8
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Episode 210
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