A Remix of Episode 1 of My Podcast
Hi! I'm Mandi, the Queer Christian Disabled host of Beyond Beautiful: Disability, Liberation, Love. Beyond Beautiful is my space to share stories, truths, and tools that help us reimagine and build a world where disability, justice and love are at the center. People who have followed my journey for some time may remember when I first started podcasting, I created a podcast called Find Your Beautiful: Life through the Eyes of a Christian Disabled Woman. At the time, that title
Mandi
Jan 273 min read
Sometimes the greatest act of courage is simply being yourself.
Sometimes the greatest act of courage is simply being yourself. People will always question who you are, or worse, make assumptions based on their own reality or their ignorance. Never feel obligated to build your home on someone else’s toxic land. Those who truly love you will never need an explanation. Those committed to misunderstanding you were never looking for one. For many of us, especially those of us in the disability community, the world teaches us early to shrink,
Jeffrey
Jan 231 min read
Dwayne’s Pompe story
Hi everyone, my name is Dwayne; I will be 58 years old in March. I was diagnosed with Late Onset Pompe disease (LOPD) in November 2018 when I was 50. I live in Southern California in the City of Irvine with my wife and mother-in-law. I am a father to four sons, in which our oldest son passed from a brain tumor at age 22 about 7 months before my diagnosis. I am a grandpa and have 2 granddaughters, ages 3 and 5, and a new grandson born last Nov. My passion is to connect with ot
Dwayne
Jan 216 min read
