Episode 9 - "Finding Community" an Interview with Sarah Broady
Have you ever felt alone in this journey and like you just wish there was someone you could sit down with who understands? In this episode, Jonathan & Sarah interview Sarah Broady, host of A Special Hope Podcast, about her own journey in finding community.
“I just remember longing, “Can I just go and have a cup of coffee and sit across the table from someone whose eyes I can look into and know that they understand on the same level that I understand.””
Have you ever felt alone in this journey and like you just wish there was someone you could sit down with who understands? In this episode, Jonathan & Sarah interview Sarah Broady, host of A Special Hope Podcast, about her own journey in finding community.
Resources
https://www.facebook.com/ASpecialHopePodcast/
https://www.facebook.com/hopeinautism
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Episode 8 - "Reframing Life" an interview with Colleen Swindoll Thompson
In this interview, Colleen walks Jonathan and Sarah through how to REFRAME life’s circumstances. It isn’t clean. It isn’t easy. It can often leave you feeling like your life is an HGTV home remodeling show but it leads to a deep healing that only God can provide.
“When you reframe, you say, ‘Let’s look at this situation another way’… Reframing doesn’t mean your circumstances change, your pain disappears, or the life you planned happens. It means you have the clarity to grow and thrive regardless of those circumstances. And no matter the issue, the reframing process begins and ends with your mind-set. Only God’s truth can help us see life clearly.””
In this interview, Colleen walks Jonathan and Sarah through how to REFRAME life’s circumstances. It isn’t clean. It isn’t easy. It can often leave you feeling like your life is an HGTV home remodeling show but it leads to a deep healing that only God can provide.
Resources
https://www.facebook.com/reframingministries/
https://reframingministries.com/
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Episode 7 – 6 Hacks For Strengthening Your Family
As parents of children impacted by disability & special needs, it can often seem like we are in survival mode. In this episode, Becky Davidson walks us through practical steps that we can apply to strengthen our families. Through this episode, you will be better equipped for the journey ahead of you.
“This journey is going to be harder than you can imagine, but it is going to be one of the most richly rewarding experiences in your life. There is purpose in the pain, a message in the mess, and every trial will produce triumph. If you surrender your pain to God, then God will reveal himself to you in unspeakable ways.”
As parents of children impacted by disability & special needs, it can often seem like we are in survival mode. In this episode, Becky Davidson walks us through practical steps that we can apply to strengthen our families. Through this episode, you will be better equipped for the journey ahead of you.
Becky and her late husband, Jeff, co-founded Rising Above Ministries based in Cookeville, TN.
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Episode 6 – "Born Broken: An Adoptive Journey" An Interview With Kristin Berry
When we are raising a child who we know will have a disability the rest of their life, we have to look for the hopeful moments within that. ~ Kristin Berry
“When we are raising a child who we know will have a disability the rest of their life, we have to look for the hopeful moments within that.”
Kristin is a foster to adopt Mom, national speaker, co-founder of Confessions of an Adoptive Parent, author of Born Broken: An Adoptive Journey. In this interview, she shares her family’s adoption story and the lessons she has learned along the way. Even if you are not an adoptive parent, what she has to say in this interview will resonate with you.
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Episode 5 – "Embracing The Messy" An Interview With Mike Berry
Life as a family impacted by special needs can be “messy.” There are many aspects that are hard and create extra stressors. In this episode, Mike Berry, the founder of Confessions of an Adoptive Parent offers hope in the midst of the hard and the “messy.”
“When I use the word joy, I’m not talking about happy go lucky. I’m talking about the sustaining belief that even through the storm you are held and you are with hope. That’s what joy is.”
Life as a family impacted by special needs can be “messy.” There are many aspects that are hard and create extra stressors. In this interview, Mike Berry, Founder of Confessions of an Adoptive Parent, shares about finding hope in the storm and lessons we can apply from his most recent book Winning The Heart Of Your Child that will help us navigate this journey.
Resources
https://confessionsofanadoptiveparent.com/
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Episode 4 – "Aching Joy" An Interview With Jason & Sara Hague
Did you know that two people can experience the same event but process it differently? This is very true with how parents respond to a child’s diagnosis. In this episode you will be encouraged as author Jason Hague and his wife Sara share about their journey.
“God, I need a tool for today. I need a key. Can you help me understand what he is trying to communicate? The Lord just said, ‘You need to treat everything he does as communication, then you are going to understand a lot more of what he is trying to tell you.’ That was a pivotal moment for me. ”
Summary
Did you know that two people can experience the same event but process it differently? This is very true with how parents respond to a child’s diagnosis.
In this episode, Jason and Sara share lessons that they have learned in their family’s journey. Jason and Sarah share how they each responded differently to their son Jack’s diagnosis of Autism. Jason shares what was the most helpful way Sara came alongside him as he was struggling with depression. Sara shares an encouraging word to couples where one spouse may be struggling with depression.
Jason is the author of Aching Joy: Following God Through The Land Of Unanswered Prayer. You can order his book below.
Resources
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Episode 3 – "Different Dream Parenting" With Jolene Philo
This episode of the Hope Anew Disability podcast features Jolene Philo. Jolene Philo is the mother of a son born with life-threatening special needs…
“He (God) knows the best path and He sets the best path for us, you just have to trust that. Trust His goodness. That it is the best thing for us.”
SUMMARY
This episode of the Hope Anew Disability podcast features Jolene Philo. Jolene Philo is the mother of a son born with life-threatening special needs. In her twenty-five years of teaching experience, worked with children with special needs in the classroom. She has written several books about caregiving, parenting children with special needs, and special needs inclusion ministry. She speaks at disability parenting conferences around the country, conducts accreditation workshops for foster and adoptive parents, and trains special needs children’s ministry leaders and volunteers. She and her husband live in Iowa.
In this episode, Jolene shares valuable realizations about life through her journey that began as child, as her dad had multiple sclerosis and continued as an adult when doctors discovered their son had a tracheoesophageal fistula.
You can connect with Jolene Philo at her website: www.DifferentDream.com
“Over time, I can look back that God was there every step of the way, and everything that happened to me, to my dad, to my son, to our family was preparation for what I’m doing now.”
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Episode 2 – Finding The Blessings In The Journey With Sandra Peoples
When someone in your family is diagnosed with a disability, it can be difficult to move past the pain and confusion. Listen to today’s episode as we talk with Sandra People about her unique journey in disability and how she has come to the point of being able to see the blessings!
When someone in your family is diagnosed with a disability, it can be difficult to move past the pain and confusion. Why did this happen? What will our lives look like now? But living in a family impacted by disability can be a special blessing!
In this episode, we talk with Sandra about her unique journey in disability and how she has come to the point of being able to see the blessings!
Sandra Peoples, MDiv, is a leading voice in the disability community as an encourager to special-needs parents. She has been a member of a special-needs family since the day she was born. Her older sister has Down syndrome, and in 2010 her son James was diagnosed with autism. Sandra is the executive editor for Key Ministry and Not Alone (Patheos), and her writing has been featured by FamilyLife Today, DaySpring, Parenting Teens (LifeWay), and (in)courage. Sandra, her husband, and their two boys live outside of Houston. You can connect with her at sandrapeoples.com.
You can connect with Sandra at her site on Patreon
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Episode 1 – Jonathan & Sarah McGuire – Introduction To Hope Anew
Welcome to the first Hope Anew Podcast, a podcast for parents of children impacted by disability!
Are you the parent of a child impacted by disability? Do you ever struggle with grief over the additional struggles your child faces or feel isolated and like no one “get’s it”. Many parents of children impacted by disability are struggling. Hope Anew provides a safe place to experience Christ-centered hope and healing.
Today Jonathan and Sarah share about their family’s journey, how God has used it and introduce Hope Anew.
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