EPISODE · Apr 12, 2025 · 43 MIN
Starting a Family and Facing a Visa Battle. Staying Hopeful While Accepting Reality
from Lesson Learned · host Ali and Ellie
Sarah has spent nearly a decade building a home in Australia—now she’s expecting her first baby, all while she and her partner Lewis face the potential of deportation. But instead of spiralling, Sarah’s holding tight to what she can control: her mindset and her hope that everything will be alright.This episode is a reminder that uncertainty doesn’t have to break you. We talk visas, resilience, identity, and the quiet power of believing things will work out—even when you don’t have a guarantee they will.Sign Sarah & Lewis’s petition here:https://www.change.org/p/please-help-us-to-remain-in-australia-to-get-permanency-after-over-9-years-of-commitment?recruited_by_id=8c70a040-e825-11ef-9d8a-2193363918f5&utm_source=share_petition&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial&utm_term=psf_combo_share_message&utm_medium=copylinkWant more? Join us over @lessonlearned.podcast https://www.instagram.com/lessonlearned.podcast?igsh=MTFkb2gyMDUzaGljdQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qrCheck out our poddy producer Ry, AKA Robina: https://www.instagram.com/rizzonly/https://open.spotify.com/artist/4hlHbogulf6mV8VjyQUkTC?si=gIQhlO-KRsa4BiFbXSQ4Aw
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Sarah has spent nearly a decade building a home in Australia—now she’s expecting her first baby, all while she and her partner Lewis face the potential of deportation. But instead of spiralling, Sarah’s holding tight to what she can control: her mindset and her hope that everything will be alright.This episode is a reminder that uncertainty doesn’t have to break you. We talk visas, resilience, identity, and the quiet power of believing things will work out—even when you don’t have a guarantee they will.Sign Sarah & Lewis’s petition here:https://www.change.org/p/please-help-us-to-remain-in-australia-to-get-permanency-after-over-9-years-of-commitment?recruited_by_id=8c70a040-e825-11ef-9d8a-2193363918f5&utm_source=share_petition&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial&utm_term=psf_combo_share_message&utm_medium=copylinkWant more? Join us over @lessonlearned.podcast https://www.instagram.com/lessonlearned.podcast?igsh=MTFkb2gyMDUzaGljdQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qrCheck out our poddy producer Ry, AKA Robina: https://www.instagram.com/rizzonly/https://open.spotify.com/artist/4hlHbogulf6mV8VjyQUkTC?si=gIQhlO-KRsa4BiFbXSQ4Aw
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