Child Life On Call | Medical, Parenting, Healthcare, Grief, Trauma, Pediatrics, Coping Skills, Community & Support
Stories, Hope, Healing and Help for Parents Navigating Illness and Healthcare with Their Children
*Top 15% Globally Ranked Podcast*
Katie Taylor has been a child life specialist for almost 15 years and has one mission: to ensure that any parent who has a child with medical needs has access to other parents who have walked through the path before.
With over 200+ diagnoses covered in this podcast, Katie interviews parents of children with an illness or medical condition share their stories in safe, supportive discussions with a child life specialist.
Navigating life with a child who is sick can feel isolating, and this podcast offers parents a sense of connection.
Hosted by Katie Taylor, a Certified Child Life Specialist who provides evidence-based, developmentally appropriate interventions to help promote positive coping with hospitalization and illness.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 37 minutes
- Episodes
- 277
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
Episode 77 | How Can Music Therapy Help my Child
Answering parent questions in a 12 minute talk.
Katie, Certified Child Life Specialist talks with Christine Bomberger, Music Therapist at Cleveland Clinic Children's.
We talk about:
+Why music therap…
Episode 76 | Cortney’s Story - A daughter with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
Katie, Certified Child Life Specialist talks with Cortney Given, Life Coach and Host of the Mindset for Medical Moms Podcast.
Cortney could have never guessed that the high school paper she wrote HL…
Episode 75 | How to Talk to Kids About Death
Answering parent questions in a 12 minute talk.
Katie, Certified Child Life Specialist talks with Lauren Holley, CCLS and Professor discusses the topic: How to Talk to Kids About Death.
We talk about…
Episode 74 | Jessica’s Story - A son with Prader-Willi syndrome
Katie, Certified Child Life Specialist talks with Jessica Patay, Founder and Executive Director of We Are Brave Together.
Her own story as a mom of a child with special needs began in 2003 when her …
Episode 73 | Should Kids Go To Funerals?
Katie, Certified Child Life Specialist talks with Lauren Holley, CCLS and Professor answers the question and discusses the topic: Should Young Kids Go To Funerals?
We talk about:
+How to assess wheth…
Episode 72 | Laurie’s Story - A son with Fanconi Anemia and Tetralogy of Fallot
“It was a life or death... that was our life and we rose to the occasion.”
Katie, Certified Child Life Specialist talks with Laurie Strongin from Hope for Henry.
We talk about:
+How parenthood starte…
Episode 71 | How To Tell Your Kids That Mom Has Cancer
Answering Parent Questions: How Do I Tell My Kids that I Have Cancer?
Katie, Certified Child Life Specialist gives you tips, language and things to consider when you’re telling children about a can…
Episode 70 | Sara's Story - Telling Your Child You Have Cancer
Not only does Sara talk with us about getting diagnosed with breast cancer at the …
Episode 69 | Liza's Story - A daugther with Lyme Disease
Episode 69 | Liza’s Story - A daugther with Lyme Disease “I don’t think I would have ever done the work on myself had it not been for my daughter’s struggle.”
Katie, Certified Child Life Specialist …
Episode 68 | Child Life Specialists Talk About How They Support Transplant Families
“Being a child life specialist with this population is not just about supporting them through their hospital experience, its about preparing them for the rest of their life.”
Katie, Certified Child L…
Episode 67 | Todd and Morgan's Story - A son with Biliary Atresia and a liver transplant
“We had to learn everything we could because our son’s life was literally on the line.”
Katie, Certified Child Life Specialist talks with Todd and Morgan who just a few weeks after the birth of the…
Episode 66 | How to Support Siblings of Children with Medical or Special Needs
Katie, Certified Child Life Specialist is interviewed and asked about ways to support children of chronically ill or medically complex children.
Questions that Katie discusses include:
+How to have …
Episode 65 | Holly's Story - A son with Hereditary Spastic Paraparesis (HSP)
"I think this may be a parent's worst nightmare.”
Katie, Certified Child Life Specialist interviews Holly, mom to three children living in Northern California. Holly’s son, Austin, was typical unti…
Episode 64 | Mijha's Story - A daughter with Triplication of Gends on Chromosome 15q
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Episode 63 | Krystal's Story - A son with Neonatal Pneumothorax in the NICU
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Episode 62 | Madeline's Story - The sibling of a child with a rare genetic condition
"It's been rough. It's like your heart is in two different places."
Katie, Certified Child Life Specialist interviews Madeline, a mom from Utah that shares her son’s experience with having a rare for…
Episode 61 | Lindsey's Story - A son with Infant Botulism
Annie, Certified Child Life Specialist interviews Lindsey, mom to Memphis a son who suffered from Infant Botulism.
Lindsey is an experienced mother of three when her son, Memphis, came into the world…
Episode 60 | Dafne's Story - Children with Chronic Illness: Juvenile Type 1 Diabetes, Psoriatic Arthritis and Ankylosing Spondylitis
Katie, Certified Child Life Specialist interviews Dafne, The Chronic Illness Coach.
Dafne is mom to three college-age kids and she and her husband live in Houston, Texas. In this episode, we talk a…
Episode 59 | Shay's Story - A daughter with Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome
Katie, Certified Child Life Specialist interviews Shay Shull from Mix & Match Mama. Shay is a cookbook author, lifestyle blogger, travel agency owner, wife and mama who loves making every day special…
Episode 58 | Shani's Story - A child with a learning difference #ADHD #Anxiety #Dyslexia #Dysmorphia
Katie, Certified Child Life Specialist welcomes back Shani (a.k.a. Child Life Mommy) to the podcast.
Shani is a Certified Child Life Specialist who has a private practice in Northern California and…