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Challenge Accepted
by Stephanie Lucas
A parenting podcast for families who have experienced the unique challenges of raising a differently abled, neurodiverse, or medically challenged child. Join host Stephanie Lucas as we discuss the stories and emotional experiences of these families - supporting the entire family in growing through adversity. Transcripts available at www.stephanielucasmft.comID: Title reads Challenge Accepted subtitle A parenting podcast with Stephanie Lucas. An illustration of an adult woman and young child in bright and colorful clothing with blue hair are dancing. Star shaped doodle graphics surround them.
Episodes
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Minisode 11: The Land of Maybes
Stephanie shares about the transition from ending the clinical trial, starting a pandemic and getting a new progressive hearing loss diagnosis. She shares about the transition from feeling that "maybe" things will turn out fine, to knowing you've got an uphill battle to climb; exploring the...
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Episode 11: "The right people around us" with Turi Hoaglin
The first in a new mini-series where Stephanie interviews each of the different parent guides on the Hands and Voices of Oregon team! This series will explore hearing loss from each of the different angles of our families, and explore the common threads between us. Turi is the cheerleader and one...
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Minisode 10: Deadlines and Checkboxes and Hope
Stephanie shares about her own emotions during the clinical trial they completed as a part of CMV research. She discusses how her needle phobia impacted the frequent blood draws, and what she learned about herself and the medical community. Baby Signing Time Affiliate Link: https://bit.ly/3fmKmg1...
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Episode 10: "She Doesn't Follow The Rules" with Hailey Adkisson
In this episode we talk to Hailey Adkisson about her daughter Juniper who has infantile spasms, a rare and catastrophic form of epilepsy. We discuss the process of making medical decisions, holding onto and losing hope, and carving out a different view of the future for your child. Check out her...
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Minisode 9: You Are the Expert
In this episode Stephanie discusses the process of deciding to enroll Riley in a drug trial for CMV. She explores the emotions related to the cost and the systemic pressures it puts on a family when decisions that could forever alter their child's future are on the line.
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Episode 9: "Carry It With You" with Grant Lucas
In this episode Stephanie interviews her husband, Grant, about his experience with their daughter's hearing loss diagnosis. They explore together his take on the impact it had on him and their marriage. We discuss the topics of paternal post partum depression, learning to find balance and how to...
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Minisode 8: Surviving
Stephanie talks about her experience with a cascade of stressors when Riley was 6 months old. Returning to work, severe sleep deprivation, weaning, enrollment in an intensive research study, receiving Riley's first hearing aid, postpartum depression and a distant marriage all combined to create a...
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Episode 8: "A Boost of Bravery" with Krystal and Andrew Wallick
Stephanie interviews author Krystal Wallick about her experience with her son staying in the NICU with high risk lung complications. She also interviews her husband Andrew Wallick about his experience separately. Both interviews touch on finding ways to care for yourself in difficult moments,...
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Minisode 7: Recap
In this minisode Stephanie recaps the different topics and interviews she's covered in the first half of season one, as well as sharing some updates from our guests. Take a listen to make sure you're catching up with the whole team and get excited for what's to come with the Challenge Accepted...
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Bonus Episode: "Giving Them A Voice" with Valli Gideons
Valli Gideons is a writer, military wife and mom to two teens with hearing loss. She shares about her story raising two young kids with hearing loss, the hard work and high expectations it took to see them thriving now as teens, and finding her own voice as a writer with a story to tell. She has...
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Minisode 6: Welcome To The Club
In this minisode Stephanie explores discovering Deaf culture and realizing her identity had shifted. She discusses coming across differing opinions and how it feels to try and work out what's best for your child. She offers encouragement to parents feeling awash in how to know what's "right".…
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Episode 6: "Fight For What You Believe" with Becca Cordes
Becca Cordes shares her intimate story of baby loss and trisomy 18. Listeners are encouraged to take care of themselves around this sensitive subject. Theirs is a powerful story of emotion, hope and Valor. Becca shares about carrying her son after the diagnosis, how she supported her husband and...
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Minisode 5: Just Keep Swimming
In this episode Stephanie shares about her discovery of a clinical trial for CMV babies and the decision to enroll. She reflects on how medical days at specialty hospitals can be full of twists and turns, and how the speed of progress in the world of special needs can be lightning fast or…
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Episode 5: "You Need Support" with Janna Cowper
Janna Cowper shares her story as a mom who is hard of hearing, raising two hard of hearing girls. She shares about her journey growing up hard of hearing and how this differs from learning to parent hard of hearing children. We discuss the value of having support people along the way, even if you...
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Minisode 4: What is CMV?
In this minisode Stephanie explores finding out about CMV (Cytomegalovirus) and their family's experience with education, treatment and potential outcomes. She discusses the emotions that can come with being at 'fault' for your child's disability, and the beliefs about self she holds tightly to…
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Episode 4: "You Get To Fall In Love With Two Smiles" with Katie Park
Katie Park is a work at home mom of 3, small business owner and #cleftstrong mama. She shares with us about her experiences receiving the diagnosis, going through surgery and what it was like to have a baby born with cleft lip. We hear about how she and her husband processed their grief…
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Minisode 3: Trusting My Providers
In this episode Stephanie explores some of the key factors that have impacted both her personal mistrust and broader patterns of mistrust in the medical community. She shares a piece of Riley's story, getting her first hearing aid, and discusses how her personal work in therapy has helped her to...
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Episode 3: "Trust" with Krista Haller
Krista Haller is a therapist and parent coach who is the mom to two young daughters. She talks with us today about her experience with identifying each of her children’s sensory needs, speech development and anxieties. She shares about struggling with mistrust in the medical community and…
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Minisode 2: It's Just a Different Place
In this minisode Stephanie shares the age-old story "Welcome To Holland" and discuss the process of grief, doubt and self-judgments that can happen upon learning that your child has a disability. Transcript: https://wordpress.com/post/stephanielucasmft.wordpress.com/50 Why'd They Do That Game:...
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Episode 2: "Your Story is Powerful" with Duane and Becky Zingale
Duane and Becky talk about their experience as a family with Treacher Collins Syndrome. TCS is a rare genetic disorder that affects facial structure and hearing. Duane was born with TCS as was their youngest daughter. They share their experience of becoming parents, the differences between…
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Minisode 1: How It All Began
Stephanie shares about her experience finding out that her daughter had hearing loss. She discusses her own and her husband’s emotional process, and normalizes that there is no ‘right way’ to learn hard news. Transcript: https://wordpress.com/post/stephanielucasmft.wordpress.com/38 Why'd They Do...
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Episode 1: "Organic Growth is Slow" with Fiona West
Fiona West lives in the Pacific Northwest, and is a mom to two elementary aged kids, each with their own unique challenges. She talks with us today about how she identified her son’s neurodiversity initially, learned to value her own needs along with the unique needs of her family, and measures...
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Episode 0: Welcome to Challenge Accepted
In this introduction to the podcast, you'll hear from the host Stephanie Lucas regarding her work as a marriage and family therapist, her family's journey of becoming a hearing loss family, and the goals of the podcast to build a community of support for parents and caregivers of children with...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
A parenting podcast for families who have experienced the unique challenges of raising a differently abled, neurodiverse, or medically challenged child. Join host Stephanie Lucas as we discuss the stories and emotional experiences of these families - supporting the entire family in growing through adversity. Transcripts available at www.stephanielucasmft.comID: Title reads Challenge Accepted subtitle A parenting podcast with Stephanie Lucas. An illustration of an adult woman and young child in bright and colorful clothing with blue hair are dancing. Star shaped doodle graphics surround them.
HOSTED BY
Stephanie Lucas
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A parenting podcast for families who have experienced the unique challenges of raising a differently abled, neurodiverse, or medically challenged child. Join host Stephanie Lucas as we discuss the stories and emotional experiences of these families - supporting the entire family in growing through...
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Challenge Accepted is created and hosted by Stephanie Lucas.
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