Empowering Women Supporting Their Partners In Chairs
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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 […]
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When Angela and her husband Arthur were married later in life, she thought their new life would be smooth sailing into the sunset. Then her husband had a tragic motorcycle accident and everything changed. The next few years presented many trials and tribulations, including a separation for 13 months in which their relationship was tested. […]
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Celebrating Caregivers Awareness Month with a few stories, a few rants, and some inspiring solutions to Date Nights Gone WRONG as WAGS of SCI. Elena and Dan’s latest experience trying to get to the Elton John concert in their city will show you just how inaccessible most transport and venues still are..even in modern cities! […]
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Looking for some real life advice from a WAG who has been there, done that? Lisa Lumley has been married to her T3 injured husband Dan for 41 years. They have three adult children, who all work in the medical field. Prompted by her passion as Dan’s primary caregiver after his motorcycle accident, Lisa is […]