
The Adapted Life, Finding Next
I’m Julie Hasselberger. For 26 years, I was the full-time caregiver for my beloved son Daniel, whose life was marked by profound disability and extraordinary beauty. This podcast began as a way to support other parents navigating the complex, often isolating world of special needs caregiving. But life changed — heartbreakingly and irrevocably — when my son passed away.
Now, The Adapted Life, Finding Next is a space for truth-telling, tenderness, and transformation. It’s about what comes after the role that once defined you is gone. It’s about grief, relational trauma, resilience, and the raw, ongoing search for next — for purpose, healing, and connection.
If you’re facing a season of reckoning, rebuilding, or rediscovery, I invite you to walk with me. You are not alone. This is the adapted life… and together, we’ll find what comes next.
The Adapted Life, Finding Next
Adapting into 2023
Episode 21
Season 2
In this episode, I am excited to be able to continue this journey with my listeners. Sharing an overview of what happened in 2022, and looking into the new year, with curiosity and intention to continue following my heart on this purposeful mission.
There are significant challenges facing caregivers that resonate with me, and I talk briefly about my own continuing challenge to find care for my son so that I can engage in my own work. This is a big crisis for caregivers, and I will dig deeper into this I'm sure as the year goes on.
At the end of this episode, I wrap with reading a short poem, from my collection that has been growing. I'm writing again. And that in itself is a testament to my own self actualization and discovery. I really enjoy being creative.
This is a community. I'm here to find a network, role models, suggestions, podcast guests, and anything that will help to bring some light on this adapted world we live in. Sometimes, I feel like I live on a different planet, so please help me to not feel so alone. I'm sure we have so much to share and do. Lets laugh, share, and expand.
Thank you for listening.
You can watch us on Youtube @jhasselberger
I'm on instagram, and Facebook too.
Daniel and I have our collaborative artwork featured in our little shop on Esty.com as well. It's a special treasure we are sharing.
https://www.etsy.com/shop/DanielsSpecialArt?ref=seller-platform-mcnav
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQr7Ot0J0o6_gRnG_fJvzDg