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Rising Above Ministries is lifting up the special needs community through support, encouragement, inspiration, and community.
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Tuesday Feb 04, 2025
Tuesday Feb 04, 2025
About the Episode
Austin is 22 and loves friends, music, and his new job at Old Navy. Austin was diagnosed with autism when he was 2.5. He has a heart of gold!
In this episode we get to hear about his life as an adult with autism.
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Tuesday Jan 28, 2025
Tuesday Jan 28, 2025
About the episode
Enjoy this conversation Becky has with our friend, Mattea, about her experience "adulting with a disability." Mattea was on the show in 2020 shortly after she graduated from HS. She has two degrees from Tennessee Tech University. She now has a travel agency where she helps families with disabilities plan vacations.
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Tuesday Jan 21, 2025
Tuesday Jan 21, 2025
Today, Becky is joined by her friends Kim and Meredith to discuss how they have come alongside she and her family during a long, challenging hospital stay.
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Tuesday Jan 14, 2025
Tuesday Jan 14, 2025
Steve & Becky sit down to discuss plans for the coming year, and how you can be a part of it in our 250th episode of the Rising Above with Becky Davidson podcast!
Tuesday Dec 24, 2024
Tuesday Dec 24, 2024
Tuesday Dec 17, 2024
Tuesday Dec 17, 2024
About Kari
Kari A. Baker is a former financial services executive and business owner turned author, speaker, and podcaster. She is the founder of KIND Families, a community of people who love Kids with Invisible Neurological Differences and is the host of The KIND Families Podcast on Apple and Spotify. Kari became a KIND mom in 2014 when her son Brady was diagnosed with autism at age three. She started KIND Families to encourage, support, and inspire others to find God's purpose and promise in KIND-ness. Her first print book, Finding KIND, features a foreword written by Brady
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*Use the discount code BRAVE10 if you purchase Kari's book on her website, https://findingkind.myshopify.com/.
@kariabaker on Instagram, Facebook, & LinkedIn
The KIND Families Podcast on Apple & Spotify
Tuesday Dec 10, 2024
Tuesday Dec 10, 2024
About Beth
Beth Davis is a wife & a special needs mom. She’s a born and raised north Florida girl & takes a lot of pride in hailing from the south. Beth holds a part-time position at her family owned company & wholeheartedly embraces the the additional title of “family personal assistant” that her role affords her. She is passionate about sharing their journey as a special needs family in hopes that others will feel encouraged. Beth is a devout lover of Jesus, BBQ, & being outdoors…and if spare time ever presents itself, you can find her piecing together a jigsaw puzzle at her kitchen table.
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Instagram: @thesouthernmess
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Tuesday Dec 03, 2024
Tuesday Dec 03, 2024
About Jess
Jess Ronne is an author, speaker, podcast host at Coffee with Caregivers, associate producer of the Unseen Documentary, and caregiver advocate. She is founder and executive director of The Lucas Project, a non-profit dedicated to providing recognition, resources and respite support for special needs families. She and her husband Ryan live in Michigan with their 8 children, including their son Lucas who has profound disabilities. Her story of beauty from ashes has been shared on The Today Show, Daily Mail and Huffington Post and is detailed in her memoir Sunlight Burning at Midnight. To follow the ongoing saga she can be found at www.jessplusthemess.com or purchase her latest books Blended with Grit & Grace, Lovin’ with Grit & Grace, and Caregiving with Grit & Grace.
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Tuesday Nov 26, 2024
Tuesday Nov 26, 2024
The Rising Above team enjoys chatting about Thanksgiving traditions and the importance of being thankful!
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Tuesday Nov 19, 2024
Tuesday Nov 19, 2024
About Jayne
Jayne lives in Sutherlin, Oregon with her husband Sabin and three sons. Jayne grew up in Northern Ireland, but met her husband at Moody Bible institute when she was there for a year as an exchange student from Belfast Bible College. Her oldest son was diagnosed with Autism when he was 4 years old. She loves to go to the Oregon coast, daily walks drinking tea and coffee. She also has a passion to reach out to other moms on a similar journey so they know they aren’t alone. Recently, she has joined Rising Above as one of our newest community group leaders.
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