Back to the Future, with Effie Parks

Author: Jessica Patay
Published: Wed 31 Aug 2022
Episode Link: None

(This is the fifth of five re-releases of host Jessica Patay's favorite episodes from the last two years before we introduce Season 4 of Brave Together.)

Jessica loves this episode because she loves good storytelling! Fellow podcaster and friend, Effie Parks, shares about the impact and collision of Michael J Fox into her life and rare disease world.

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 reminded that we aren’t alone. This journey is hard. Whether it’s fellow moms in the trenches, or heroes of a totally different kind - we are surrounded by heroes giving us strength to look ahead.

Effie Parks of Once Upon a Gene Podcast shares her story today… about some of the things that one of her own heroes - Michael J Fox - taught her about staying rooted in the present - when the future feels like too much.

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