When Autumn Comes Podcast Episodes
We have all heard the oxygen mask analogy…remember to put yours on before you try to help other people. Why is it that in motherhood, especially medical motherhood, we have such a hard time doing just that? Today, the girls talk about mental health, specifically anxiety. They discuss Katrina’s journey with deciding to start medication….
It’s 2025, a New Year…Did you make a resolution? Have you broken it already? This year, the girls are focusing on small changes. Because who has room for lofty resolutions when you spend your days caring for everyone else? Since we mentioned caring for others…maybe these habits need to focus on ourselves. Join Suz and…
New Years is a time for re-entry from the holiday fog, renewal of goals and ideas, and reflection upon the year before. Everyone talks about resolutions and how they will be a new and better person in the coming year. We plan to accomplish more, be better, clean our dirty houses. But what if we…
Tis the season of family visits and travel, baking cookies and decorating, shopping for all of the gifts…Its enough to make your head spin. But how do you manage all of the demands when every day life is already so demanding? Today, Suz and Katrina talk all things Christmas. They discuss their ideal and what…
Having a child in the PICU is traumatic. Losing a child, moreso. How does someone navigate returning to the PICU with their second child, after having lost their first in the very same unit? Today, the girls sit down and talk about just that. Benji is home now, after a recent hospitalization. This hospitalization was…
The age old battle with stuff…People seem to fall into two distinct categories, keepers and thrower away-ers. No matter which camp you fall into, clutter is something universal that every household deals with. Today, the girls get into the ins and outs of clutter. They discuss the psychology of clutter, both how it happens and…
Raise your hand if you have memories of elementary school picture day…Did they pass out those little plastic combs? Anybody have some really terrible pictures to share? Today, Katrina and Suz talk about what happens when picture day is really more than just picture day. When your child is facing rare disease, with a shortened…
For several seasons now, we have heard Susan interviewing guests. Amazingly brave people have stepped up to the microphone to share their stories with our listeners. Today, we flip that scenario. Now, it’s Suz’s turn to share. Today, Katrina interview’s Susan. The ladies discuss Susan’s story. Suz shares the trauma surrounding Lorelei’s birth and her…
We all know the analogy about riding in an airplane. When the oxygen masks fall down, you put your mask on first before helping those around you. In medical parenthood, how do you put your own needs ahead of the significant needs of your child? We aren’t talking about making sure the laundry is clean…
Mornings are getting cooler and the autumn leaves are on their way in the next few months. Today, the girls recap summer vacation just as the “carefree” days of summer fade away and we transition into fall. Summer vacation looks different under the lense of medical motherhood. Gone are the days of backpacking in Europe….