Behind the scenes of a helluva year
A sneak peak into the tragedy and grief, joys, wins, contributions, successes and massive strains of 2020 for host Genia Stephen and Good Things In Life. Plus, a “where we are headed” look into the future.
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The gift of being known for your contribution ~ with Julie White and Angie Breeden
Angela Breeden and Julie White talk about the On Purpose Project, which brings citizens of their small town with and without disabilities together for civic improvement projects.
Surviving and thriving after the horrors of institutionalization ~ Joe Clayton
You can listen to this podcast episode on iTunes or Spotify. Transcript below. “I stood up on the back of
Building a support team without driving anyone to drink with Faith Clarke
You can listen to this podcast episode on iTunes or Spotify. Be sure to register for Faith’s upcoming webinar for
Missing persons – on the loss of a sibling to institutionalization
Marilyn Dolmage never met her brother Robert, who died at Huronia Regional Centre at the age of 8, but she
#088 Love and accountability in the face of the tyranny of the “normal”
Victoria Freeman’s book “A World without Martha: A Memoir of Sisters, Disability and Difference” is fundamentally about what it means to live in a world where only some people are deemed worthy of love. On the podcast, Victoria and I read excerpts from the book and explore the themes of this all-too-real story.
This podcast comes with a #triggeralert. It also comes with the opportunity to use Victoria’s story – and Martha’s story – as motivation, fuel, learning to make life better for those in our community who are othered and excluded.
#087 – Relearn history to unlearn bias – with Terra Smith
Just like advocating for your child, sometimes unlearning and relearning how we see the world can be a messy, ongoing exercise. But if we are to move forward together as a society, we have to do the work. We have to get out of the wading pool, and dive into the big pool.
#086 – The F Words – with Dr. Peter Rosenbaum, Danijela Grahovac and Andrea Cross
We are talking about F-words on the podcast, but not that one. Better ones. F-words that help us focus on the things our kids are, and the things our kids can do. These F-words are ones we can use to get doctors and therapists to see the whole picture of who our kids are now, and who they are becoming. F-words that lead to the good things in life.
#085 – What matters gets counted – with Samantha Noyek, Claire Davies, and Nora Fayed
In this episode, I’m talking with Samantha Noyek, Claire Davies, and Nora Fayed about the importance of researching the obvious, the idea of quality of life as it relates to kids with significant disabilities, and building a dictionary of our kids unique communication styles.
In Nora’s words: “We’re talking about involving these children in the world when society has not even thought to even consider them.”
#084 – Bias is a Human Experience – with La Shanda Sugg
“Can we realize that even though we’re loving our children, we can be doing them so much harm when we don’t address those beliefs, those worldviews, and those expectations: the biases that we have?”
La Shanda Sugg joins me on the podcast to unpack the relationships between trauma, bias, and othering and how this plays into all of our interactions with strangers, and with our own kids. This is a podcast you do not want to miss.