My Complex Parenting Podcast

Telling Your Story is Badass

Rachel has the opportunity to chat with author and advocate Sue Robins about her newest book, Ducks in a Row. Join them as they chat about what it means to tell your story as a parent and the many ways in which that can happen. They provide advice about how to tell yours not only well, but safely as you share your experiences with others.

Mummy vs AAC

Join Rachel as she talks to Jo from Mummy vs AAC about how being a speech language pathologist overlapped in her life raising her incredible daughter. Rachel and Jo talk about the various challenges and victories that come with trying to navigate this area of the communication world!

Hospital Hacking:Why Do We Do It?

Join Rachel as she talks about the efficiencies parents create in their lives to streamline complex tasks. Seriously people! Write your brilliant ideas down! You're all so smart!

Envisioning and Creating New Communities of Care

Join Rachel as she talks to two moms who were inspired to create a community of support and resources that they knew from their own experiences would benefit families greatly! This episode is about seeing the gifts in each other and how we can sometimes use that to help inspire new ideas.

Filling Gaps and Innovating

Rachel talks to Stephanie St. Pierre, the founder of Chromosome 22 Central. Stephanie created an organization to aid in the development of science surrounding her daughter's rare chromosome diagnosis. Join our conversation about what it means to pioneer in the science surrounding your child's diagnosis!

On Information, Emotion and Echo Chambers

We all want to do right by our kids. When emotions are high, it can be a challenge to sort through scientific information with objectivity. Join Rachel and her guest Lydia Greene as they talk about their struggles with parenting in a world of information, disinformation and imperfect health care relationships.

Non-speaking Youth Telling Their Own Story

Join Rachel when she speaks with Sam Noyek as they talk about her work offering non-speaking youth to share their own stories about well-being. They cover a lot of areas in this chat including why beards are so awesome!

Not Sorry: A Retrospective

Join Rachel as she talks with her spouse Nick about what it means to own your space in the world. In a world that sometimes feels unwelcoming or uninformed, they share a retrospective of what it meant to participate in the community, unapologetic about who they were as a family.

Thinking About Mental Health and Challenging Behaviour

Rachel gets to talk to a research team about the complex subject of behaviour in childhood disability. 

Yes In Fact, You Actually Are Stressed Out!

Part one in a series about what we know about caregiver stress and who is missing at the table when it comes to sharing these stories!