Episodes
Episode 65 | Holly's Story - A son with Hereditary Spastic Paraparesi…
"I think this may be a parent's worst nightmare." Katie, Certified Child Life Specialist interviews Holly, mom to three children living in Northern California. Holly's son, Austin, was typical until just after his 1st birthda...
Episode 64 | Mijha's Story - A daughter with Triplication of Gends on…
Mijha and her husband live in Atlanta with their three daughters—ages 9, 5, and 8 months at the time of this conversation with Child Life On Call. Her middle daughter, Violet, was born with challenges that became evident only...
Episode 62 | Madeline's Story - The sibling of a child with a rare ge…
"It's been rough. It's like your heart is in two different places." Katie, Certified Child Life Specialist interviews Madeline, a mom from Utah that shares her son's experience with having a rare form of skeletal dysplasia an...
Episode 61 | Lindsey's Story - A son with Infant Botulism
Annie, Certified Child Life Specialist interviews Lindsey, mom to Memphis a son who suffered from Infant Botulism. Lindsey is an experienced mother of three when her son, Memphis, came into the world. She breastfed him like s...
Episode 60 | Dafne's Story - Children with Chronic Illness: Juvenile …
Katie, Certified Child Life Specialist interviews Dafne, The Chronic Illness Coach. Dafne is mom to three college-age kids and she and her husband live in Houston, Texas. In this episode, we talk about how her children all su...
Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome (KTS): One Family's Rare Disease Journey
Katie, Certified Child Life Specialist interviews Shay Shull from Mix & Match Mama. Shay is a cookbook author, lifestyle blogger, travel agency owner, wife and mama who loves making every day special for my family. Shay is mo...
Episode 58 | Shani's Story - A child with a learning difference #ADHD…
Katie, Certified Child Life Specialist welcomes back Shani (a.k.a. Child Life Mommy ) to the podcast. Shani is a Certified Child Life Specialist who has a private practice in Northern California and you can learn more about ...
Episode 57 | A NICU stay for micro preemie twins born at 23 weeks
Katie, Certified Child Life Specialist interviews Amanda, mom to two micro preemie twins born at 23 weeks. Amanda and her husband met at Baylor University and had a normal pregnancy and delivery with their first son. Their se...
Episode 56 | Effie's Story - A son with a Rare Disease , CTNNB1
Katie, Certified Child Life Specialist interviews Effie Parks, mom to Ford who was born with a rare disease called CTNNB1. Effie is the host of the Once Upon a Gene podcast and in this episode she shares about her journey int...
Episode 55 | Dana's Story - Child Life Speialists in Schools - 12:14:…
Katie Taylor, Certified Child Life Specialist interviews Dana Burnett, Certified Child Life Specialist for the Bougier City, Louisiana school district. Dana talks about her child life journey up until this point and how she h...
Episode 54 | Danielle's Story - A daughter with Eosinophilic Gastroen…
Katie, Certified Child Life Specialist talks to Danielle, mom to Della a daughter with Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis. You may know Danielle formally as Danni Starr, the media personality, but she is also momma of two girls, on...
Episode 53 | Teresa's Story - A daugther with Spina Bifida and Tether…
Katie, Certified Child Life Specialist interviews Teresa, a mom of a teenage daughter with Spina Bifida. With no signs of abnormalities during her pregnancy, Teresa was shocked to learn that a fatty lump on her daughter's ski...
Episode 52 | Nichole's Story - A son fighting cancer with help from M…
(This episode was developed in partnership with Aflac. I was compensated for this episode, but all opinions are entirely my own. #ad ) In this episode, Katie Taylor, Certified Child Life Specialist talks about the importance ...
Episode 51 | Katie and Jamie's Top 5 of 2020
In another version of "Katie and Jamie's Top 5" these two friends and child life specialists try to lighten the mood by talking about our favorite things of 2020. We can all admit the year was...meh... so why not chat about s...
Episode 50 | Eileen's Story - A son with Recessive Dystrophic Epiderm…
In this episode, Annie, Certified Child Life Specialist, talks to Eilieen. She is the amazing mom of a determined, fun loving, 4-year-old hero named Brady. Brady was diagnosed with Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa (...
Episode 49 | Supporting families facing childhood medical experiences…
Katie talks to two Certified Child Life Specialists and military spouses, Savannah Self and Lisa McWhorter about ways to support military families. From long waits in military hospitals to helping children navigate the deploy...
Episode 48 | Meg's Story - A daughter with craniosynostosis
Meg, is mom to four children one of whom is living with syndromic craniosynostosis. Her daughter, Avery, who is now six-years-old is proof that children are resilient and capable of so much. She discusses the exhaustion that ...
Episode 47 | Rosaria's Story - A son's legacy after passing from canc…
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Episode 46 | Pediatric Pain with the Meg Foundation
Katie, Certified Child Life Specialist, talks with Jamie Gentille, Director of Child Life Services at Inova Children's Hospital and Dr. Jody Thomas, from the Meg Foundation for Pain , in this episode. Dr. Jody Thomas is a lic...
Episode 45 | Amrita's Story - A son with GERD and feeding aversion
Spit up, and even reflux, can be a common problem for infants, but what happens when it's more than that? In this episode, Amrita shares with Katie, Certified Child Life Specialist, about what happens when a child's reflux be...
Sickle Cell Anemia in Children: A Mother's Advocacy Journey
In this episode, Katie interviews Lisa, mom to Riley. Sweet Riley is a spunky and sweet two-year-old living with Sickle Cell Anemia. Lisa talks about how they knew it would be a possibility while she was pregnant due to the t...
Autism Diagnosis: A Mother's Journey from Anxiety to Acceptance
In this episode, Katie, Certified Child Life Specialist, interviews Jessica, mom to two special needs children and one of which who is on the Autism spectrum. Jessica is also an adult clinical neuropsychologist and also hosts...
When Your Child is Diagnosed with Leukemia: What to Expect
Elizabeth, mom to three girls, shares with us her experience of having a daughter with cancer. In just an hour and a half, her 9-year-old daughter went from a pediatricians office to a cancer ward. Elizabeth discusses her Eli...