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
Dear Jack: You Are Enough
We spend a lot of time on the podcast sharing messages and stories that are good reminders of what moms and caretakers need to hear - the reminders that we need to repeat to strengthen, encourage and…
The Worst Fear
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 prot…
Back to the Future
We all need heroes, and every mom who shares her story here is offering something heroic - in vulnerability, they hold up a mirror, a place we can go to witness parts of our own paths, and be reminde…
Sexual Health is Self Care! (Just for Moms)
Sex isn’t something parents usually think of when they think of “self-care,” but the fact is, in the lives of many partnered moms - in and beyond the disability community - undistracted time to conne…
When Nothing Makes Sense
This life can be incredible. It is profoundly beautiful AND… it can be profoundly isolating. Especially when a lack of diagnosis or cooperation or understanding from family, doctors, and teachers mak…
Breath is Your Super-Power
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 C…
Dear Younger Me: Mother’s Day
“Dear Younger Me” is a long-standing Brave Together tradition. In celebration of Mother’s Day, we hear from several moms farther ahead in their mothering journey, about what they would share with the…
Self Compassion vs. Burnout, and What to do About Both
Rose Reif is a therapist who helps adults with disabilities who are struggling with anxiety, depression, transitions, and other challenges - and - she counsels parents of kids with disabilities who a…
Dear Sawyer
In this altered family life, siblings occupy a sacred space, learning to carry the beautiful and the brutal sides of life while also being the brother or sister of a loved one with a disability. Grow…
How to Publish a Book (Really!)
We Are Brave Together is full of amazing stories - we all have so much to share with the world, about our journeys, our families, about this altered life. Have you ever wanted to put it all down on p…
You Will Feel Better
Think back on your journey… maybe it was sometime in the early days of your child’s diagnosis. Maybe it was sometime during the process of early schooling or therapy… Maybe it was a health crisis, or…
How 504s and IEPs Go to College
April Rehrig joins Jessica Patay in a punchy overview of how to handle 504s and IEPs in the transition from high school to college! You’ll want to take notes for this episode.
April is a cross-traine…
Meatball Sandwich
You know those days… when there’s that one thing - that one little thing - that pushes you over the edge? Those moments of derealization and overwhelm can be horrible… but they can also offer a windo…
Minimizing Hospital Hassles
Daniel and his family have spent a lot of time in the hospital. At the age of 12 months, Daniel’s first child Lucas was diagnosed with the rare disease Menkes Syndrome. In this episode, Daniel shares…
The Weight of Air
In this community, it can be especially hard to find time to process our feelings. The demands of life don’t wait for us to process or neatly put them away. So, when grief hits close to home, it can …
IEPs - The Basics: Part 1
PART 1 -- IEPs are a foggy, foggy sea... but in this two-part episode, hear some sharp tips on navigating the process and the all-important meetings with your child’s IEP team. For over 28 years, Eli…
IEPs - The Basics: Part 2
PART 2 - IEP’s are a foggy, foggy sea... but in this two-part episode, hear some sharp tips on navigating the process and the all-important meetings with your child’s IEP team. For over 28 years, Eli…
This is Not a Gift
We talk a lot on the podcast about perspective… about how to zoom out and take good care of our momma hearts. But… what about the really, REALLY bad days, when you don’t want to hear any of the usual…
To Diploma or Not to Diploma?
Is a High School Diploma actually the right route for your child? In this practical Brave Together episode, Jessica and Advocate, Kristen Carmi and Transition Expert, Dr. Gwen Palafox discuss - in de…
The Broken Crystal Ball
In this week’s Story episode, Ryane Nicole Granados shares the wisdom she’s learned from the moments in life that shatter our expectations, predictions, and preconceptions of the future. Ryane is a s…