Off the Fucking Rails with Kim Griffin
Kim Griffin
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Fellow mom in the trenches, Amanda Atkins, joins Kim & Allie to share about the experience of having a child with a rare genetic syndrome, in this case, Prader Willi Syndrome. Amanda is a Chicago-based therapist, whose Instagram feed is dedicated to helping others process the grief, and disappointment that can often accompany parenting a child with a disability. Amanda's openness and willingness to share her vulnerability make the questions and subject matter flow easily, whether discussing NICU time, the Britney Spears case, hashtags, or locked cabinets. Join them as they discuss their experiences of diagnosis, the challenges of early parenting in isolation, and their efforts to confront their own ableism, in this conversation from July 2021.
To learn more about PWS, or to donate toward research and programming, please visit the Foundation for Prader Willi Research. If you'd like to know more about Amanda, her practice, or to engage her services in finding a therapist for YOU, please visit her website: http://www.amandaatkinschicago.com/.
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Sometimes random classes on the internet lead you to lifelong friendships. Such is the case with Kim and Jacqueline. Jacqueline Raposo is a writer, creator, chronic illness advocate and fascinating human being. Kim and Jacqueline caught up in May to discuss the process of getting to know oneself, what to do when you can't feel your feelings, and how to get help when insurance and finances thwart your every effort. As someone living with chronic pain and illness, Jacqueline shares her insights into the experience of the pandemic for those in the chronically ill and disabled communities, urging us to consider the limitations that "Going Back to Normal" entail. Jacqueline is the type of friend you need to keep a note open in your phone to collect the juicy offerings and amazing pearls of wisdom she's constantly dropping, so we have all her genius recommendations up on the otfr blog. Be sure to subscribe! Tons of juicy episodes coming your way with some spectacular guests.
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Associate Producer: Allison Beauregard // @allison.beauregard
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Season Two is off with a bang as Kim and Allison spend a morning with cool-as-fuck Laura Benanti: a woman who has conquered Broadway, toured the country with her own vaudevillian cabaret show, made us laugh through our fear and misery as the Bonkers Melania impersonator on Colbert for four years, and single-handedly started a movement for lonely artsy high schoolers during COVID with her inspiring doc Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020 with HBOMax. She's also just a lady trying to figure out how to parent and unpack her privilege, feeling like an Imposter much of the time, like the rest of us. (Unbelievable, but true.) Dive in for some delightfully deep conversation with a fierce advocate, and capital-A Artist we genuinely wish could be everybody's ballsy best friend.
For more on this episode and past guests, visit: thekimgriffin.com/otfrpod
Associate Producer: Allison Beauregard // @allison.beauregard
Find us on social media @otfrpod
