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Join Brooke and Elena as they talk about Brooke’s journey from her home in Canada to Tuscany Italy for an extended stay as Brooke and her husband undergo an accessible renovation back home. Jet lagged and recovering from a cold (please excuse her raspy voice!), Brooke explains how everything went wrong during their 16 hour […]
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Welcome Kass Keller to the Podcast! As wife and full-time caregiver to her C4 husband Josh, Kass knows a thing or two about finding (and maintaining) a life of balance (or striving for one anyways!). Join us as we discuss her daily life, her role as wife and caregiver, the story of her partners accident, […]
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Join us as we discuss the new insurance statistics in North America and globally surrounding a record increase in disability and life insurance claims. As we always say, once the insurance companies start sounding the alarms, and their profits are threatened, you KNOW its a real problem. But how exactly does this affect YOU and […]
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In this episode, and the final episode in our series on mental wellness, Brooke interviews Elena about her very personal journey off anti-depressant medication after over 15 years. Elena was adopted from Siberia at age 8, and brought to Canada by a single mother who raised her and gave her a new chance at life. […]
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As promised, and as part of our polyamory series, in this episode we interview a real life WAG of SCI who is in a polyamorous relationship with her L2 paraplegic partner Barkley. Andraea Girard shares her experience of living with her boyfriend and daughter, while also being in a relationship with her “anchor partner” Barkley […]
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Join Elena and Brooke as they discuss beginning to build your own “tool kit” for mental wellness, and how beginning to look at your own needs and placing intentions and importance on your own mental/emotional health can lead you down an amazing path to wholeness and peace. We ask the question, “how are you really??”. […]
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Join us for another episode in our Mental Wellness series – this time, we discuss all about the unhealthy coping strategies we, as WAGS (and as human beings) have experienced in order to deal with our high stress lifestyles. Did these coping mechanisms help us or hinder us? Are you currently working through some unhealthy […]
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January 2023 we are dedicating to mental/emotional health and wellness, and highlighting the importance of “doing the inner work” with a series of informative, highly personal and vulnerable episodes. In this episode we provide an intro to this series, discussing some hot topics in our community, and sharing bits of our own journeys with inner […]
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Listen in as Brooke and Elena discuss where the group and Podcast is going in 2023, as well as asking each other some questions to outline where we are in our own personal journeys. They then tie it this into their upcoming mental health podcast episode series in January 2023. Happy Holidays to ALL of […]
Our most anticipated episode every holiday season! We compiled a unique list of holiday gifts and stocking stuffers so YOU can get some ideas of how to spoil your Quadriplegic loved one this year. Whether you are looking for ideas yourself, or, you want to send this episode to friends/family for them to use, this […]