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.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 29 minutes
- Episodes
- 266
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Bonus Episode: Social Skills 101
In this Bonus Episode covering Social Skills in younger children with special needs, we hear from Monica Fyfe. Monica is a mother of two, a Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT # 47541) a Board Certifi…
Bonus Episode: Social Skills 102
In Part Two of our Bonus Episodes covering Social Skills in children with special needs, Cecilia and Jason speak to us about the different levels of play, and the important things parents can keep in…
ADHD and Neurofeedback with LMFT Dannelle Newnam
Dannelle Newnam, LMFT, is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Oklahoma, and is Board Certified in Neurofeedback. She is also a certified provider of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy specifically …
ADHD & Distance Learning with Jamie Katz
Jamie Katz, is the Co-Founder of Brain Bridge in Manhattan Beach, California. Brain Bridge specializes in combining brain training with social and emotional well-being for youth and adults, families…
When to Medicate Your Child
With Child Psychiatrist, Dr. Lawrence Braslow. Dr. Braslow has 20 years of experience, providing psychotherapy and medication support to his patients, serving both children and adults. He completed h…
Radical Self-Acceptance with Emily Nolan
Emily Nolan is the host of Brave Talks, a YouTube show and podcast sharing radical honesty and self-acceptance. A former model and Division 1 athlete who struggled deeply with disordered eating, body…
On Marriage & Healthy Communication, Part Two
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 mar…
On Marriage & Healthy Communication, Part One
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 issue…
Single Mom Super Powers, Part Two
Guest: Rory Hunter. A woman who is no stranger to loss and grief, a widow and a single, working mom, Rory Hunter is the epitome of grace and wisdom under pressure. Her WABT story began when her middl…
Single Mom Super Powers, Part One
“How do you do it?” As a single, working mom, how do you stay grounded and grateful? Lora Ackermann is gratitude and joy personified in the midst of hardship and spinning multiple plates. She curren…
Mental Health, Motherhood, and Me
Undercover Moms and Mental Health: A mother’s heartache and journey with her own children propelled Joye Madden into advocacy and support of other parents whose children have mental health challenges…
Anyone Have a Map?
This week, Jessica discusses how to navigate IEPs & Distance Learning. Advocate/Educational Therapist Eryn Yolac, and Special Education Attorney Grace Clark brilliantly take on this topic during such…
BONUS EPISODE - Managing Anxiety - Part 2
Part 2 of Managing Anxiety, where LMFT, Dannelle Newnam (who spoke at one of our online support groups this summer) offers some incredible wisdom on facing, manging, and conquering our anxiety, She o…
BONUS EPISODE: Managing Anxiety - Part 1
By popular request - we are giving you the clear wisdom of LMFT, Dannelle Newnam, who spoke at one of our support group zooms this summer. She offers practical tips on how to reduce daily anxiety lev…
Sibling Series, Part 4 with Jeanie Bergen
This week, Jessica Patay interviews the incredible Jeanie Bergen. Jeanie Bergen became her sister's guardian when she was 20 years old, and in this episode, tells her own and Edna's story with a grac…
Sibling Series, Part 3 with Luke Patay
Jessica Patay is joined by her son, Luke Patay, age 19, for this episode!
Luke shares his perspective of what life is like with Ryan and Prader-Willi syndrome.
Jessica said this was a precious treat fo…
Sibling Series, Part 2 with Mo Langley
"I see the siblings. I see them as champions of their families. I see their need to succeed as to take care of their family. I see these wonderful children who are mini caretakers, and I want to take…
Sibling Series, Part 1 with Chris Ioimo
Chris Ioimo, LMFT, and Clinical Director of Journeys Counseling in Torrance, California, joins Jessica Patay, in this first episode of the series. Chris grew up in a special needs family, with an old…
The Power of Caregiving
Co-hosts of the Who Lives Like This?! podcast, Elizabeth Aquino and Jason Lehmbeck, caregivers themselves, share some stories of strength and resilience they’ve admired as they have interviewed many …
The Power of Rejecting Mom-Guilt
Susanna Peace Lovell is a certified professional life coach and advocate dedicated to the health and wellness of special needs families everywhere. Her own daughter Arizona has multiple challenges an…