When Kindness Gets Complicated: A Conversation with Rebekah Taussig on Motherhood, Messiness & Magic

Expanding on a conversation Joy and Jenelle began in an earlier episode, “How to Handle Over-Helpers”, they are joined by one of their favorite authors, Rebekah Taussig, for her first appearance on the podcast.Together, they dig into surprisingly similar stories, from growing up with internalized shame around disability to the awkwardness of being prayed for in public to delicately navigating well-meaning people and organizations. Along the way, they unpack the layers inside stories that are sometimes uncomfortable, sometimes funny, and always deeply human.Rebekah Taussig is a writer, speaker, and author of the bestselling memoir Sitting Pretty and We Are the Scrappy Ones.Connect with Rebekah Taussig:InstagramSubstackWebsite