The Beauty of Different: Guest Alicia Lafoucade

Discovering grace for the journey you didn’t plan but were chosen for.   In this episode, I sit down with my longtime friend and former colleague, Alicia Lafoucade, for a deeply personal and powerful conversation about motherhood, resilience, and redefining what strength truly looks like.  Years after raising her two older children, Alicia found herself surprisingly pregnant again. What followed was a journey she did not plan — but one she was chosen for.   Her daughter Trinity was born with Down syndrome, and from that moment forward, life expanded in ways she could never have imagined.  This isn’t just a conversation about diagnosis. It’s about identity.It’s about courage.It’s about challenging misconceptions.It’s about seeing worth beyond labels.  As we acknowledge Down Syndrome Awareness, this episode invites us to move beyond awareness into understanding — and beyond sympathy into dignity.  We talk about fear, faith, family, advocacy, exhaustion, joy, and the grace it takes to walk a road you never mapped out.  Sometimes the journey you didn’t plan becomes the very place where your heart grows the most.Coaching & Guided Growth ExperiencesSupport The Podcast & Access Digital ResourcesTheme Music: Roger RyanThanks for listening. We're Better with You!