Wisdom Shared with Carole Blueweiss
Meet the experts on the frontlines: individuals with first-hand experiences facing a range of challenges. Their personal stories not only provide unique insights but also open up new possibilities for how we navigate our own lives.
- Update frequency
- every 31 days
- Average duration
- 44 minutes
- Episodes
- 53
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
FBI Stories From Retired Agent
Episode Summary
In part 2 of my conversation with retired FBI Special Agent Aaron Weeter, we learn more about life as an FBI agent. Aaron explains how he got started, what it was like to work on high-…
Overdose Awareness: A Sister's Tribute
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Since 1999, more than one million people have died from a drug overdose in the United States. On International Overdose Awareness Day, we reflect on these senseless preventable deaths.…
Retired FBI Agent Reflects On Opioid Crisis
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Our last episode explored addiction from the perspective of loved ones. In this episode, we are looking at the opioid crisis from the point of view of a retired FBI agent, Aaron Weeter…
Anonymous Sister
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In this episode, I'm joined by two special guests, harm reduction activist Julie Stampler and award-winning documentary filmmaker Jamie Boyle. We discuss the opioid epidemic through t…
Addiction to Sobriety: A Mother's Journey
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Melissa Conrey shares her story of living with drug and alcohol addiction and now, sobriety. A single mom of two, she worries about her children who have been exposed to so much. She w…
A Little Perspective Makes a Big Difference
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This episode features mother and daughter Bobbie and Angela Singletary. This dynamic duo shares their story, full of hardship, resilience, joy, love, and support. Bobbie, Angela, and t…
Lisa Greer: A Mother's Transparent Perspective
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Lisa Greer is a mother of five, a former executive and business owner, a convener of charitable events, and the author of Philanthropy Revolution. We discuss her childrens' diagnoses …
Special Ed Teacher & Foster Parent Patty Speaks About Adoption
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In this episode, we meet Patty Braendel, a special education teacher who is an adoptive mom, a birth mom, and also a foster mom. We hear about her journey to parenthood with all its up…
Kathryn Paylor-Bent: Disability Meets Fashion
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Kathryn Paylor-Bent has a lot of wisdom to share and we cover a lot of ground in this conversation. We talk about her experiences as a disabled woman, wheelchair user, and the CEO of t…
Children's Anxiety With Hospital Procedures: A Father's Digital Solution
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In this episode, we meet Dom Raban, a designer, software developer, and father of Issy. Issy underwent cancer treatment at age 13. While Issy is now a young adult and cancer-free, th…
A boy and his mom: passions, dreams and spina bifida
Eleven-year-old Easton and his mother Jennifer are a great son-mom team. In this episode, we will hear from both and learn about support dogs, supercars, playgrounds, pregnancy, birth, and spina bifi…
George Estreich: A father speaks about Down syndrome and biotechnology
George Estreich is an award-winning writer whose work includes poetry, memoir, and non-fiction. He is also a musician who plays with the band Mule On Fire. In addition to writing and music. George is…
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Video with transcript: https://youtu.be/Su9LTiwiyGQ
Laura, a young woman with Down syndrome talks about her life and goals.
For more information about Down syndrome, see here.
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Tough Love: A Blind Man tells his story
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In this episode, we meet Josh Burch, a 48-year-old man who was born with Optic Nerve Hypoplasia. Josh talks about the challenges of growing up blind and shares how he navigates a world…
Blind from Birth: A Stepmother Shares
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Julie Burch is an accomplished author (pen name: Juliet Brilee) and stepmother to Josh, who was born blind. Now 48 years old, he lives independently with his seeing-eye dog, Lou. In th…
Dwarfism: A Mother-Daughter Conversation
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In this episode Jillian and Audrey, mother and daughter, share their perspectives about dwarfism and offer helpful advice and wisdom along the way. They speak about topics ranging …
Dwarfism: Life as a Little Person
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Jillian Curwin, an advocate for dwarfism and disability awareness, is the host of the podcast, “Always Looking Up." She was born with achondroplasia—a form of dwarfism. On the previou…
Dwarfism: Raising a Little Person
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Audrey Curwin is the mother of two adult children, Jillian and Benjamin. Audrey was the Assistant Prosecutor in Gloucester County, New Jersey, supervising the domestic violence and sex…
Carole's Wisdom Shared: Movement and Aging
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In this 14th episode of Wisdom Shared, Dr. Carole Blueweiss shares her own wisdom in an interview by Kathy Cocks for her podcast, Knowledge for Caregivers. In the episode, Carole bring…
Anorexia: A Father's Perspective
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Dr. Blueweiss speaks with Nafiz Cekirge, a father in central New Jersey who speaks candidly about the impact that anorexia has had on his oldest daughter and on the family. There are …