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This Unexpected Life
Welcome to This Unexpected Life, a podcast designed to equip and encourage parents and caregivers of children with disabilities so they can embrace their journey with hope, faith, and resilience.
With over twenty years of parenting experience, Carrie M Holt is a story-telling companion for caregiving mothers, exploring the hope and healing found in Jesus Christ—one story at a time.
This Unexpected Life
Latest Episodes
When Caregiving Changes Your Marriage: Building Connection, Repairing Conflict, and Caring For One Another with Angela Vinokur
Marriage can be challenging in any season of life—but when you're raising a child with disabilities or special needs, the demands of caregiving can put extraordinary pressure on your relationship.In this episode of This Unexpected Li...
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When Caregiving Takes a Toll: Caring for Your Nervous System and Your Soul with Leslie Hansen
Have you been listening to the podcast for a while? Please leave a review!Caregiving can leave you living in a constant state of stress, always on alert and feeling like you have to hold everything together. But what happens to your brai...
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Caring for the Caregiver: How Your Story, Grief, and Community Can Lead to Healing with Cathy Loerzel
What if some of the ways you respond to the hard things happening right now are connected to stories of heartache from your past?For caregivers, especially parents raising children with disabilities or ongoing medical needs, the trauma d...
Finding Jesus in Chronic Illness, Weakness and Caregiving with Kristen Wetherell and Sarah Walton
For anyone walking through chronic illness, relentless suffering, caregivers, and special needs parenting, this conversation offers gentle biblical encouragement for the days when life doesn’t improve.Carrie sits down with bestselling au...
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When Shame Shapes Your Story: Finding Freedom, Healing, and God's Love in the Special Needs Parenting Journey with Dr. Zoe Shaw
For many parents raising children with disabilities, shame quietly becomes part of the journey. We question our parenting, compare ourselves to other families, wonder if we've somehow failed, and sometimes even believe God is disappointed with ...
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