The Special Needs Mom Podcast
Kara Ryska
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The Hidden Cost of Being The Strong One
Send us a text (Note: we are not able to respond but LOVE to hear from you!!)In this episode, Kara re-shares a deeply personal story about the aftermath of a medical crisis with her son and what she…
Digging Deep Without Trying Harder: A Different Kind of Healing with Erin Popp
Send us a text (Note: we are not able to respond but LOVE to hear from you!!)What happens when everything you intellectually understand still doesn’t help you survive the hardest seasons of…
The Emotional Cycle of a Special Needs Mom
Send us a text (Note: we are not able to respond but LOVE to hear from you!!)This episode explores the emotional stages many special needs moms move through, from survival and self-sacrifice to…
Medical Mistakes, Ethical Repair, and How Caregivers Rebuild Trust with Anika Atkins
Send us a text (Note: we are not able to respond but LOVE to hear from you!!)Ethics educator and special needs mom, Anika Atkins, joins me for a conversation about medical mistakes, ethical repair,…
The Power of Letting Be: Why Being Held in Community Changes Everything
Send us a text (Note: we are not able to respond but LOVE to hear from you!!)In this episode, I reflect on the power of being held inside a safe community and what becomes possible when you stop…
A Mindset That Can Handle Uncertainty: Learning How to Be Okay Even When You’re Not
Send us a text (Note: we are not able to respond but LOVE to hear from you!!)A powerful reflection on uncertainty, resilience, and learning how to trust yourself in seasons where you cannot control…
Permission to Not Be Great as a Special Needs Mom
Send us a text (Note: we are not able to respond but LOVE to hear from you!!)You don’t need to be great right now you need permission to do what works. In this short episode, Kara shares why choosing…
The Next Right Thing: How to Move Forward When You Feel Stuck with Misty Coy Snyder
Send us a text (Note: we are not able to respond but LOVE to hear from you!!)Misty Coy Snyder shares how “the next right thing” helped her move forward after her son received a Down syndrome…
How to Finally Organize Everything You Carry as a Special Needs Mom
Send us a text (Note: we are not able to respond but LOVE to hear from you!!)Caregiving does not become overwhelming because we do not care. It becomes overwhelming because everything lives…
The Hidden Path to Feeling More Alive When Grief is Part of Your Story
Send us a text (Note: we are not able to respond but LOVE to hear from you!!)Grief does not mean something is wrong with you. In this episode, I share why grief is part of the special needs parenting…
Your Well Deserved Holiday Bonus
Send us a text (Note: we are not able to respond but LOVE to hear from you!!)This episode is a small way of saying I see you and I appreciate you this holiday season.Read the full show notes and…
Reimagining Christmas When the One You Pictured Does Not Exist
Send us a text (Note: we are not able to respond but LOVE to hear from you!!)There is often a version of Christmas we carry in our heads. Quiet. Cozy. Predictable. The kind that feels comforting but…
Your Gateway Drug to Self Compassion
Send us a text (Note: we are not able to respond but LOVE to hear from you!!)This week I hit record while standing, which feels fitting because this episode has a little extra energy behind it.…
The Challenging Story is Not The Only Story
Send us a text (Note: we are not able to respond but LOVE to hear from you!!)This episode came from a simple morning walk and one very unexpected moment of wisdom from my teenage niece’s boyfriend.…
Complex Gratitude
Send us a text (Note: we are not able to respond but LOVE to hear from you!!)This Thanksgiving week, I’m keeping it simple and talking about complex gratitude. The kind that feels messy, honest, and…
Coffee with Kara: Life Updates and Messy Realities
Send us a text (Note: we are not able to respond but LOVE to hear from you!!)Today’s episode is a cozy, casual chat. The kind you’d have over coffee with someone who gets it. I almost skipped…
Caring for Yourself When Behaviors Get Hard with Brittney Crabtree
Send us a text (Note: we are not able to respond but LOVE to hear from you!!)This week, I’m back with my friend Brittney Crabtree from Moms Talk Autism for part two of our talk on behaviors that…
Punched at Parties with Brittney Crabtree
Send us a text (Note: we are not able to respond but LOVE to hear from you!!)In this episode, I sat down with my friend Brittney Crabtree from Moms Talk Autism to talk about something few of us say…
Why Fixing Feels So Heavy (and Acceptance Feels So Light) with Carrie Holt
Send us a text (Note: we are not able to respond but LOVE to hear from you!!)This week, I invited my friend and returning guest Carrie M. Holt back to talk about something that every special needs…
Balancing Identities: Mother, Professional, Advocate, Woman with Cynthia Schulz
Send us a text (Note: we are not able to respond but LOVE to hear from you!!)This week, I got to sit down with the wise and feisty Cynthia Schulz, author of Shine On: Raising Our Children with…
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