The Adapted Life
Welcome to The Adapted Life Podcast, a dedicated space for those who have faced profound challenges, particularly those who have navigated the journey of having a child born with severe disabilities. This podcast serves as a sanctuary for connection, offering support and strategies for building resilience when life unfolds differently than we envisioned.
In this series, I share my personal journey with my disabled son, detailing the ups and downs we experienced together. Our story is one of love, hardship, and ultimately, adaptation. But now, my focus has shifted to the complex and often lonely path of adapting to life after the loss of my son.
Grief is a powerful, consuming force that changes everything. It can feel isolating and overwhelming, reshaping how we perceive the world around us. Through this podcast, I hope to explore what it means to grieve, to honor the memory of my son, and to find ways to move forward while carrying his spirit with me.
We'll discuss practical approaches to adapting to loss, including how to find joy in small moments, the importance of community support, and strategies for navigating everyday life when the ground beneath you has shifted. This journey is deeply personal, yet universal in its themes of love, loss, and resilience.
Join me as we create a conversation around grief and adaptation, turning our experiences into pathways for healing and connection. Every story shared strengthens our community and reminds us that while loss is an inevitable part of life, we have the capacity to adapt and find new meanings, even amidst heartache.
The Adapted Life
Grieving caregiver, I lost my Mom but have to keep going.
episode 10.
The Adapted Life Podcast
Life in my shoes. Recovering from grief. Why my podcast matters.
My world was crushed on January 23, 2022 when my mother passed away suddenly. It has taken me a month, but I am finally able to talk about it. I share with listeners why creating and building this podcast is so important.
Being a caregiver is hard. But it is also full of wonderful blessings and joy. I am here to help and encourage others.
I want to express to anyone who is listening, that in this creation of Julie the caregiver, I have learned so many things about myself. I heard a quote today that said, “it is truly in helping others that we discover who we really are as people” .
That is the essence of why I am podcasting. I am truly still discovering all of the ways that this will bloom. As I open up my heart to abundance and receiving, things are just flowing to me. When I get side tracked, as I have since something tragic happened in January, its as if a force inside my heart pulls me back here to this space where the ideas begin to flow again.
The adapted life is a place of growth. A place for kindness. A place for comfort. A place to feel supported. A shoulder to cry on. An encouragement during a rotten time. A place to help eachother. A place to grow. A place to create. A place for anyone who wants to understand the REAL meaning of “caregiver”. The adapted life podcast, is, in itself, a caregiver. This is why I am here. As I continue to manage the complex life of my medically fragile son, I am deepening my soul and finding new things about myself every day. Like how to come back from being so profoundly sad, and find purpose in that sadness.
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