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44 - Wise Advice on Dating (Part 2 with Shirley Paceley)
Today we're continuing our conversation with Shirley Paceley, author of SHINING A LIGHT: Creating Pathways to Equity, Safety, Healing, and Justice With People with Disabilities. See last week's episode for the first...
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43 - Shine A Light (a chat with Shirley Paceley)
I'm reading a great book, SHINING A LIGHT: Creating Pathways to Equity, Safety, Healing, and Justice With People with Disabilities by Shirley Paceley. Shirley Paceley has worked with people with disabilities for 48...
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42 - A Ramp to Hearts and Minds
Today's show is released on the 32nd anniversary of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities (ADA) act. While it hasn't fix all the issues, or even come close, to providing accessibility to all people with...
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41 - Why We Need Disability Pride in Dating
In the month of July, we’re celebrating Disability Pride. According to the Disability Community Resource Center, Disability Pride is defined “as accepting and honoring each person’s uniqueness and seeing it as a...
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40 - What We Believe is What Others See
Every week when a new podcast is released, I send an email to people on my subscriber list with a little description of the podcast, along with the link to the free resource of the week. I’m not telling you that to...
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39 - "What's Wrong With You?"
“What’s wrong with you?” Don’t you love that question. I have been asked this before, several times. It amazes me that I actually don’t recall a date ever asking me this one. For you who have been asked this on a...
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38 - Choosing Dreams Over Fear
Let’s begin with a question, keeping in mind this is a podcast on dating and relationships.Are you choosing your dreams, rather than buying into sexual ableism? This can be a particularly good question to ask...
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37 - Lessons From the Pride Community on Dating With a Disability
Unified Diversity, seems a contradictory term, doesn’t it?It’s a topic I believe we pay too little attention to in the Disabled community – our solitary with other diverse populations, as well with one another. As...
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36 - Holding Space for Discomfort
My husband and I recently celebrated the 15th anniversary of our first date. To me, 15 years feels like a milestone. It also got me thinking about first dates and initially meeting people. It can be very tenuous,...
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35 - Neurodivergency and Finding Acceptance
Today I interview Ellen Merker, a Licensed Professional Counselor, who own Heart Consulting in Madison, WI. Heart Consulting works with people with developmental disabilities, physical disabilities, and mental...
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34 - What to Tell Yourself to Increase Dating Confidence
Let’s face it -- dating with a disability can be hard! People can struggle to accept you and what you have to offer. It can certainly affect your self esteem and confidence. This is exactly why I specialize in ways to...
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33 - Why "Everyone" Will Trip You Up
During the many years I was single, the best advice I got was “You won’t be for everyone.” This came as a relief and it still surprises me that it was news to me at the time. Well, of course, I’m not for everyone!...
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