Tag: Disability Parenting

• When Shame Shapes Your Story: Finding Freedom, Healing, and God’s Love in the Special Needs Parenting Journey with Dr. Zoe Shaw

  

  For many parents raising children with disabilities, shame quietly becomes part of the journey. We question our parenting, compare ourselves to other families, wonder if we’ve somehow failed, and sometimes even believe God is disappointed with us. In this deeply honest conversation, licensed psychotherapist, author, and special needs mom Dr. Zoe Shaw shares her own…

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  Children with special needs, Christian Caregiving, Disability Parenting, Healing through Faith, Season 2, Special Guest, Special Needs

• Learning to Embrace the Life You Didn’t Expect: Finding Peace, Purpose, and Prayer in the Special Needs Parenting Journey with Jenn Soehnlin

  

  When Jenn Soehnlin’s two young sons began receiving diagnoses including hearing loss, apraxia, autism, and anxiety, her world quickly filled with therapies, specialists, grief, and questions for God. What started as a season of overwhelming uncertainty led Jenn into a crisis of faith as she wrestled with why God would allow so much hardship in…

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  Apraxia Awareness, Autism Parenting, Disability Parenting, Embracing the Journey, Hearing Loss, Parenting Children with Disabilities, Praying Scripture, Season 2, Special Guest, There Was Jesus Series

• The Autism Caregiver’s Journey: Finding Jesus in Perfectionism, People-Pleasing, and Isolation with Sarah Mays

  

  When Sarah Mays first heard her newborn son cry, she knew something wasn’t right. What followed was a long journey of medical appointments, therapies, genetic testing, autism, ADHD, and learning how to advocate fiercely for her child. In this heartfelt episode of This Unexpected Life, Sarah shares how caregiving has been woven throughout her entire…

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  Autism Mom, Autism Parenting, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Caregiver Burnout, Caregiver Support, Caregiving Journey, Chronic Illness Parenting, Disability Parenting, Faith and Caregiving, Grief and Special Needs Parenting, Parenting a Child with Autism, Season 2, Special Needs Mom Encouragement, Special Needs Parenting, There Was Jesus Series

• There Was Jesus: Knowing God’s Presence in Trauma, Loss & Disability Parenting with Becky Davidson

  

  This month kicks off the new podcast series entitled, There Was Jesus. In this deeply honest episode of This Unexpected Life, Carrie M. Holt sits down with returning guest Becky Davidson to discuss recognizing God’s presence in the middle of suffering, trauma, grief, and caregiving exhaustion. Becky shares how years of hospital stays, caregiving stress,…

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  Attachment wounds and God, Caregiver Burnout, Christian Counseling, Christian Trauma Healing, Disability Parenting, Finding God in Suffering, Grief, Grief and Caregiving, Losing Spouse, Rising Above Ministries, Season 2, Special Needs Parenting Podcast, There Was Jesus Series, Widowhood and Faith

• When Your Yes Is On The Table: Trusting God Through Disability Parenting, Adoption, and Trauma with Johnna Hensley

  

  What does it look like to keep saying “yes” to God when life feels chaotic, exhausting, and completely unexpected? In this heartfelt conversation, Carrie Holt sits down with author, disability mom, and “coordinator of chaos,” Johnna Hensley. With six children—including a son with complex medical needs and three adopted children—Johnna shares what it really means…

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  Adoption and Fostering, Christian Caregiving, Disability advocacy, Disability inclusion, Disability Parenting, Grief, Lifelong Disability Care, parenting adult child with disabilities, Season 2, Special Guest