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
Truth or Dare with Susanna Peace Lovell, Cindy Kaplan and Jessica Patay
Remember that game we played as kids, Truth or Dare? Well, for our world as caregivers, the truth is hard to say but ultimately freeing and the dare is accepting the consequences of holding it all in…
Screaming Your Truth with Laura Lee
Welcome Brave Friends! So many of us grow up learning that keeping it all inside is what we have to do to be accepted. We think that by holding in our true feelings it will help us be the person othe…
Your Kid Is NOT Lazy: Understanding ADHD with Leslie Josel
Hello Brave Friends, do you think you fully understand ADHD and how it impacts school and everyday life? Although it is common, it is not simple, not by any means. It is extremely complex. There are …
Marriage & Grit with Carrie Cariello
Hello Brave Friends, every relationship has its struggles and triumphs but not every relationship allows the world to peek behind the “fairytale” curtain and see its gritty inner workings. This takes…
When Your Spouse has ADHD with Meygan Caston
We talk a lot about being a parent but what about being a partner? It’s not always a picnic right? Now add in ADHD to your partnership and all bets are off. From the forgetfulness to the impulsivity …
When Pictures Pop-Up with Amy Neyer
Hello Brave Friends, if you’re on planet earth right now, you probably have social media. It’s a handy tool that connects us with friends, allows us to share our lives and generally makes our lives e…
What Your Teens Need from You with Matt Metcalf
On today’s practical episode, host Jessica Patay invites DBT expert, Matt Metcalf, to share from his wealth of knowledge about parenting kids who struggle with INTENSE emotions. He explains to us his…
Feeding Tube Torture with Madeline Cheney
Imagine you’re listening to the news and they’re describing a form of torture and then you realize what they’re describing is something you do for your child's survival, DAILY! Our journey as parents…
Stop Treating Yourself Like Sh*t: Please Practice Self-Compassion with Jessica Patay
What if we changed things up a bit and started speaking to ourselves with loving kindness and compassion?? What if instead of self-judgment and self-criticism in our heads, we heard empathy and encou…
Overcoming vs. Undergoing with Jillian Benfield
The day we found out our child’s diagnosis lives in all of us. It is a marker of a major shift in our journey as human beings. Who we are, how we feel, what we know, all began to change that day. And…
The Lazy Genius Tips for Overwhelmed 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…
A Voyage on the Seas of Autism with Julie Paterson
Happy New Year, Brave Friends! Let's go on an adventure! Life, like a boat ride, takes us in all directions, up and down, side to side and depending on the weather, can even capsize us! But what if o…
Holiday Break Announcement
Hello Brave Friends, we’re taking a month off for the holidays, but will be back January 11th, 2023 with more practical and story episodes. So make sure you’re subscribed so that you don’t miss a thi…
My Worst Nightmare with Angie Robinson and son Giancarlo
It’s hard to think of a more jarring scenario than coming home from a fun night out to find your child in the midst of an unexplained medical emergency. The warrior mom lives in all of us though, and…
What the Sacred Siblings Want You to Know with Chris Ioimo
The daily needs of our unique children can take up A LOT of space in our lives and the siblings of those children experience that in all kinds of ways. Their lives are just as altered as ours are by …
Not at Christmastime with Karen Draper
When a medical event rocks her son and family a week before Christmas, guest Karen Draper has to rapidly process everything and do her best to move through it with grace. From the life saving steps n…
Repackaging the Holidays with Margaret Webb
The holidays can be tough for everybody! We all get this extra large serving of commitments and expectations that can make enjoying anything feel off the table. Add the element of unique needs to thi…
What I Dream About with Jessica Patay
Today we hear from our host, Jessica Patay, as she shares the answer to her favorite question to ask her guests, “If you could dream BIG, for the disability community, what would you CREATE or CHANGE…
What Do I Do When Crisis Hits with Samantha Morey
What do we do when a crisis hits? Most moms already know the answer because we’ve been to the ER or seen a pharmacy bill! YIKES!!! In those moments did we FREEZE? FIGHT? Maybe even FAWN? Most importa…
Stretching for New Possibilities with Cindy Kaplan
Today we are a fly on the wall in a very special yoga class. In this class we witness a connection between human beings revealing new possibilities. We stretch our bodies and notice how caring for ou…